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Stephen Burks on his relationship with Africa, working with African artisans, and the evolution of his practice.

One could say that WARASAW HOME in 2016 was the next big thing. Today, this has become a reality.

Diébédo Francis Kéré creates places of community.

With its uncompromisingly clean lines, GROHE’s newly designed Atrio fittings collection is already a design classic.

Recent concert hall projects are hitting all the right notes with a mix of intriguing forms and multi-functions that make room to enjoy more than just the music.

A swivel chair is a swivel chair is a swivel chair, right? Not at all, as shown by the JOYCEis3 by Daniel Figueroa for the German furniture manufacturer INTERSTUHL. Thanks to its innovative modular design, myriad individual combinations are possible.

Pavilion projects are like catnip for architects. These often impermanent structures provide the ideal testing ground for new concepts, forms and material expression.

The results of Azure’s eighth annual AZ Awards competition are in!

FIR ITALIA presents Green Total Look, the new totally 'green' stainless steel programme.

There’s a lot to be said for being superficial. CLEAF, the design-meets-technology surfaces manufacturer, has turned it into a veritable artform, as only the Italians know how.

By seamlessly hiding away the mechanics of their designs the modular components of VOLA’s mixer taps offer endless potential.

Arne Jacobsen’s clean-lined and uncomplicated HV1 design commissioned by VOLA founder Verner Overgaard was the defining moment for the modern tap.

SBID has announced an extension on the entry deadline for the SBID International Design Awards. Interior Designers and Architects now have until 6 July 2018 to submit their entries.

When it comes to sitting, what type are you? And what does your sitting style say about you? Are you a self-engrossed sloucher, a boastful alpha male or, possibly, a fearful bunny? This sitting test will tell you.

Urban greening projects are breathing new life into global cities by opening up public access to previously underused civic spaces.

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management combines tradition and dynamics in unique urban architecture. 

JESS DESIGN produces designer furniture with a unique character that you can see and feel in the appearance, materials and comfort. Come into our world and experience it for yourself.

Why children prefer a clear architectural style, and what levels of flexibility and openness spaces should offer.

VILLEROY & BOCH introduce a new tile concept. OPTIMA: Imposing mega-formats bring out the best in ceramic surfaces.

Calvi Brambilla transforms ANTONIOLUPI's Milan showroom in the style of a hammam to set the perfect stage for the company's unusual designs.

To honour its 15 years of collaboration with Dutch designer Tord Boontje, Swarovski launches the enchanting chandelier collection Luminous Reflections.

VILLEROY & BOCH's specialist bathroom furnishings are perfect for specification in kindergarten projects.

VILLEROY & BOCH’s O.novo Kids collection helps children grow and learn to trust their instincts- while getting them excited about hygiene.

They say the revolution starts at home, but Villeroy & Boch's O.novo Kids collection makes the case the bathroom can be an important place of learning as well.

Recently completed pool projects around the globe provide more than a just quick dip. Their bold designs make for an altogether more atmospheric and immersive swim experience.

The leading Italian design furniture company B&B ITALIA honours the pioneering designer and architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni with an extensive new edition of his most impressive designs.

The next edition of WARSAW HOME, the largest interior design fair in Central and Eastern Europe, starts on October 4, 2018. Read on to find out why it is worth being there.

The German sanitary fittings manufacturer GROHE knows how hard it can be to create a consistently harmonious bathroom. It has found the ideal solution in the new GROHE Ceramics series, which is perfectly coordinated with the company's own fittings.

ATLAS CONCORDE’s offerings allow customers to personalise their home with a selection of tiles that perfectly suit their individual style

ATLAS CONCORDE’s innovative floor and wall solutions for hospitality and retail spaces create richly immersive, emotional environments.

ATLAS CONCORDE says relax with their tactile, natural-looking wall and flooring solutions that combine beauty and functional aesthetics.

Ventura Future took place in three exceptional locations: Loft, a beautiful Milanese gallery space, FuturDome, the former meeting place of the Futurist movement; and the former pharmacy faculty of Viale Abruzzi, an ancient building with an

Great oaks from little acorns grow. This is the story of how the premium workspace-solutions brand KINNARPS managed to become a global player while staying true to its roots and values.

Stacking up literally and figuratively, Jehs+Laub’s A-Chair design for BRUNNER brings style, function and comfort right to your seat.

Proudly industrial and always premium, Italian furniture and lighting brand PEDRALI put on a show to remember at this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan.

With design concepts integrating environmental factors, multi-use function and strong aesthetics, today’s car parks are bringing man and machine into better coexistence.

When it came to the design of a new park-and-ride facility in the Netherlands, Dutch office Groosman chose to give people and place as much right of way as automobiles.

Nimbus lends wings to light with the battery-powered wall luminaire Winglet CL. It can be positioned in any conceivable location without the need for power outlets.

SBID AWARDS 2018 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!

For the Italian manufacturer FLEXFORM, the sofa is the most important piece of furniture. Having perfected its comfort, functionality and elegance, getting up is now only in exceptional cases necessary.

MOSA presents Murals Fuse, a ceramic series that offers a fresh approach in designing with tiles.

"The future is cableless!" Following this credo the Nimbus Group develops battery powered luminaires that provide an unprecedented flexibility to its users.

Firmdale Hotels commissioned ORIGINAL BTC to create a customised version of its Pillar Light for the Whitby Hotel in New York. I think the Sting song title works well.

Fusing classic forms with the contemporary, ORIGINAL BTC exhibits newly launched products at this year’s ICFF in New York.

With innovative designs and a strong interest in preserving traditional craft, Original BTC is a shining example of British-made design.

Villa Schilde is an impressive detached house in sculptural architecture.

For the last 60 years, the innovative Italian bathroom manufacturer ANTONIOLUPI continues to surprise with their unconventional concepts that question existing design stereotypes.

WantedDesign 2018 will take place May 17 – 22 With its marquee events during NYCxDESIGN in May, WantedDesign is a platform dedicated to promoting design and fostering the international creative community at large throughout the year.

Utilising modern processes, the Italian mosaic manufacturer MOSAICO+ expands the individualisation and expressive possibilities of this iconic technique, taking it into today's world.

For the design of the St. Regis Vommuli Resort, the architects of WOW blended natural forms and traditional materials that partner seamlessly with Tribù’s luxurious outdoor furniture.

Clean, zen-like havens with a Scandinavian sensibility were on display in the 2018 Collection from MINOTTI at the Salone del Mobile.Milano

MINOTTI's latest designs for the 5-star hospitality sector mix aspirational glamour with a zen-like attitude.

The second edition of Ventura Centrale hosted the following exhibitors: Stephan Hürlemann with horgenglarus, Surface in collaboration with David Rockwell and 2x4, Baars & Bloemhoff, Editamateria with Antonio Aricò, Nitto, AGC Asahi Glass,

Design-led store concepts are turning shopping into a resolutely aesthetic experience, with highly curated, supremely Instagrammable interiors.

A veritable collection of local designers, installations, live demos and panel discussions make the show a must-attend destination for trade professionals and design lovers of all ages

The new RESCLITE PRO LED solution from Zumtobel adds an extra dimension to emergency lighting. This efficient emergency luminaire utilises new lenses to provide enhanced flexibility.

The way we work has fundamentally changed in the last decades. With modular systems and specially tailored solutions, the German office furniture manufacturer PALMBERG ensures an office interior that supports the work process instead of standing in

Here are the winners of the Cristalplant® Design Contest 2018

From an unprecedented 997 entries from 46 countries, the illustrious jury has selected 64 projects, products and concepts/ideas as the AZ Awards 2018 finalists.

Old buildings are changing. Be it for reasons of historical preservation or land conservation, demolition is giving way to creative adaptation. It’s a whole new you.

British architectural practice WilkinsonEyre’s repurposing of a trio of listed Victorian gasholders has reinscribed their status as a London architectural landmark.

It's half a century since pioneering, Danish tap manufacturer VOLA first collaborated with design legend Arne Jacobsen. You wouldn't guess it, though, looking at their still-contemporary, architectural products.

Denmark’s first and largest architecture festival opens its fifth edition with a packed program, presenting again this year the range of the architectural field and a high level of ambition. Over 220 architectural ventures in Copenhagen, Aarhus,

The high-end Italian furniture manufacturer MINOTTI celebrates its 70th birthday! To mark this milestone, the company is launching an impressive collection of anniversary products that are among the highlights of this year's Salone del Mobile.

Premium German bathroom-fittings manufacturer GROHE has given its iconic Atrio series a stylish new redesign.

Thanks to the innovative solutions of JUNG, every hotel becomes comfortable.

Since 1912 JUNG has been producing timeless switches to the highest design standards in precision manufacturing.

On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2018 German manufacturer JUNG is inviting visitors to an interactive audiovisual staging of its iconic LS 990 light switch.

Since its recent launch in March 2018, GAGGENAU’s new Vario cooling 400 series has already garnered the coveted iF gold award for product design.

GROHE's SmartControl system turns the shower user into the author of their own shower experience. Water – the way you want it.

With high-tech yet simple and intuitive features, GROHE's new SmartControl system is a perfect addition for high-end hotel chains

Innovative and design-led sanitaryware manufacturer GROHE's new SmartControl system controls three separate spray functions with an exclusive turn feature, putting the user in full control of their shower.

The rise of Airbnb may have been a blessing in disguise for some architects as hotels must now compete even harder for their guests. The need for outstanding design and a strong sense of place means a new, more characterful and more interesting breed

Italian surface specialist INKIOSTRO BIANCO marries collaborations with talented designers with innovative production techniques, offering interior architects and other specifiers a far more expansive and individual effect than traditional wallpaper.

In these years Brera Design District has been establishing its role as first and most important district promoting design in Italy.

ARCHITECT@WORK will take place for the third time from 16 to 17 May in Copenhagen. At the exquisitely curated international trade fair, over 300 carefully selected exhibitors will present the newest and most innovative products, materials and

Italian high-end furniture manufacturer LONGHI defines luxury with its highly customisable collections as the pleasure of having something unique.

After the great success of the first edition, during Milan Design Week 2018, Isola Design District will be back. The doors of hidden locations, private courtyards and artisan labs of the neighborhood will open again to host young designers and

Award-winning Polish architectural office Medusagroup is on a roll. From large-scale commercial builds through to more intimate, poetic projects, their work never shys from bold formal expression and sensitive material consideration.

Look East! A burgeoning market and ever-increasing connectivity has provided fertile ground for architecture and design in Poland, with little sign of a slow-down.

With innovation his watchword, Polish designer Oskar Zięta takes the road less-travelled.

With its new Roma Diamond collection, high-end Italian tile manufacturer FAP CERAMICHE brings the classic elegance of marble into the here and now.

Let’s come together. Swiss manufacturer FRANKE's super-sleek, yet friendly, Maris line recasts the kitchen as the ideal platform for us to reconnect via the joy of cooking.

Pedrali’s new water-based, plant-derived paints mark another milestone in the Italian furniture manufacturer’s delivery of its clear and robust sustainability strategy.

In its Moss upholstery range German seating manufacturer COR presents its most comfortable model to date. The design by Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub resembles a floating cushion with multi-layered upholstery inviting you to sink deeply into it. It's

We've learned that learning itself, when it's made enjoyable, produces better results. And architects have learned how to respond to this shift by displacing the battery-farm model of countless, characterless classrooms with altogether more dynamic

MILAN – Ventura Future is the latest event by Organisation in Design and will take place during Milan Design Week (17-22 April, 2018) in three exceptional locations in the Loreto district in Central Milan, only two metro stops from Ventura Centrale

Located in the midst of the Belgian capital is a remarkable jewel on the renovated top floor of a historic building.

One of the typological furrows successfully ploughed by Danish practice CF Møller is the design of large school schemes. Its recently completed Copenhagen International School occupies both an intriguing site – on the extension of a former quay

Open-space offices, cellular offices, combined offices or team offices: WINI’s product portfolio brings together innovative solutions for modern contract furnishing – including modular table systems, individual, project and team workstations,

LUMINALE 2018 will feature international lighting art, mark an attitude to aspects of urban design, and show the biggest popcorn machine in the world.

With its new Perspex® Light product range optimised for LED lighting, Perspex® has a bright vision.

Shigeru Ban is considered the master of paper craftsmanship, and his ability to combine architecture and origami is one of the signatures of his internationally recognised buildings.

The 2018 edition of Light + Building in Frankfurt sees the launch of acoustics experts BUZZISPACE's new collection of acoustic lighting.

MILAN - Last year Ventura Projects unclothed the massive industrial warehouses under the Milan Central Station for the public of the Design Week, making room for spectacular installations of renowned international design labels and studios. This year

Designing better working environments with office chairs and conference furnishings is Bad Münder-based WILKHAHN’s core motivation, and seating that activates is becoming an increasingly important component of this.

Lighting is a core factor in office design. This is because light not only helps us to see well, it also influences our biorhythms and thus influences our health, well-being and performance.

A healthy mind in a healthy body, goes the old aphorism. Add to that: in a healthy building. Successful clinics and medical centres prescribe architecture as part of the treatment.

If you want a stable career, become a dentist. People will always have teeth. And if you want a reliable flow of work as an architect, you could do worse than to design dental practices. Here's a short international survey of five rather toothy new

A staunch commitment to R&D means EMILGROUP's stock-in-trade is as much innovation as it is the architectural ceramics its various brands produce.

Naked concrete and exposed ventilating pipes are stylish, but an acoustic liability. The OWAconsult® collection by the German manufacturer OWA improves acoustics while upgrading the ambiance of the space.

VITRA is using the power of good design to sustainably improve the quality of living spaces, offices and public facilities. The company’s guiding principle is to work with designers to design innovative products and concepts – such as the Studio

Digitalisation, Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things – more than ever before, there is a demand for intelligent system solutions that are designed to be user-friendly and which can be seamlessly integrated into business processes. In which

This year's edition of the LIGHT + BUILDING Fair takes into account the increasing need for security in both the residential and contract sectors and focuses on the latest developments in smart security technology.

The String shelf system, designed in 1949 by Nils Strinning, represents a milestone in Scandinavian design. STRING has been designed in such a way that it can be put together individually, and therefore adapts to all spatial conditions. With its

For his latest project, STUDIO BENKERT company founder Gerhard Benkert has designed unconventional, sculptural seating furniture that makes a striking statement in its surroundings.

STEELCASE supports leading organisations with in-depth knowledge and experience in workplace design. Together with Microsoft, Steelcase has developed five office solutions for the workplace of the future.

SEDUS is synonymous with innovation, technology and aesthetics, and continues to enrich the “office environment” with new product ­ideas and contemporary concepts. The company pays particular attention to current trends and changes in the office

General Director of Design Week Mexico and World Design Capital Mexico City 2018 revealed the details of the World Design Capital Mexico City 2018 activities program.

The museum has traditionally enjoyed a privileged, almost sacrosanct status in the cultural landscape. When it comes to the design of a new one, the stakes are high – with its architecture as much on show as its contents.

Bremen-based ACOUSTICPEARLS has no fear of commitment. Indeed, the acoustic product specialist sees its strong relationships with employees and customers alike as the secret to its success.

The international competition reaches its 10th edition, in collaboration with Falper - and involves young creative talents in the development of new bathroom icons

EuroShop spin-off C-STAR is hitting Shanghai for the fourth time, under the banner "Shape the Future of Retail".

The sustainable products manufactured by Richard Lampert, a Stuttgart-based company, are characterised by superior design coupled with handcrafted quality.

Life and work in urban centres will face growing challenges in the future. Digitally networked building technology offers solutions while raising the bar for comfortability.

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka tests the boundaries of materials in a surprising and alluring manner.

With a new, user-friendly concept and a creative, trend-focused supporting programme, this year's edition of DOMOTEX fascinated both visitors and exhibitors.

Our team chatted with the cheerful and somewhat cynical soul Sir Peter Cook. Having taught architecture for over fifty years, the British architect, lecturer and writer has played a pivotal role within the global architectural world.

As the company name suggests, Randers + Radius was established in 2012 following the merger of two companies, and can thus look back on a total of 60 years’ experience in high-quality designer furniture for the contract market – a good foundation

This company’s got perspective. Since 1937, American manufacturer Eastman has been making the world more colourful with VANCEVA® Colors laminated glass.

Scandinavian design meets environmental awareness and a distinctive re- and upcycling mentality. Founded in 1990 in Tibro, ­Sweden, furniture-brand Offecct with its considerable portfolio is now expanding to Milan.

Vienna-based architecture festival TURN ON rings in its 16th year with an ambitious, wide-ranging lecture program spread across two-and-a-half days beginning Thursday 8 March.

Feel the future. The latest edition of the world's leading trade fair for lighting and building-services technology is all about innovation.

Harri Koskinen is a Finnish industrial designer, furniture maker and exhibition designer; he is also currently the head of design for the Scandinavian firm Iittala.

We are excited to introduce the five jurors for the eighth annual AZ Awards, Azure’s international competition that celebrates excellence in architecture and design.