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northmodern is a new trade show for Furniture, Design and Art. Building on a strong design heritage in Denmark and with a unique position in Copenhagen, northmodern facilitates a new and innovative business platform, hosting a trade show twice a year

The annual World Architecture Festival Awards, the ‘Oscars of architecture’, is now open for entries. The awards will be celebrated at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore this November, following three days of intensive live

designjunction will make its official US debut during the NYCxDESIGN in May 2015 with a major collaborative showcase of cutting-edge, contemporary design.

WantedDesign, the platform dedicated to promoting design in the U.S. and abroad, is especially excited to announce highlights from this May, which also happens to be the company’s Fifth Anniversary.

May 12-15, 2015.Miami Beach Convention Center.Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

This is the second part of a Trend Report from Milan 2015. The most notable visual design trend in Milan this year was the layering of colour and light; transparency, translucency, and reflection.

North America. It may be the new world to some but Architonic's latest installment in its ongoing Architonic Trend Analysis series – North American Design Brands 2014–2015 – reveals a ranking headed up by a number of manufacturers with

Halfway through my visit to the Milan design week, this year, I posted a cri de coeur on Facebook: “Major FOMO. No time! No time!” The brevity only emphasised the point.

Brooklyn is only a short distance from Manhattan yet it has its own, highly distinctive identity. Talk to Brooklyn’s tight-knit but burgeoning community of designer-makers and you get the impression that this New York borough is widely seen as more

Clerkenwell Design Week 2015 (19-21 May), sponsored by Renault, is set to build on the success of its previous five editions with an impressive mix of cutting-edge installations, exclusive product launches and insights into contemporary design and

From 4 to 7 May 2015, Techtextil in Frankfurt will once again be throwing open its doors. The international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens will be showing all the relevant applications for these products – not only within the

Curated by Architonic.Messe Frankfurt, TECHTEXTIL, 4. - 7. Mai 2015, Halle 4.1, Stand M50

Miami Ironside, a creative district in Miami’s historic Upper Eastside, will host a series of events and exhibitions this May to celebrate MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS, the North American extension of Europe’s leading showcase for design and décor

It might be the final frontier, but it's also close to our hearts. Space. On Architonic, we present a considered edit of the most notable reference projects out there, intelligently cross-linking these with products and profiles to give you the best

Brand New World curators Vesna and Jovan Jelovac, together with those cool cats from Architonic, enjoyed the company of Milan’s Goods and Bads in arguably one of the most fashionable showrooms in town - DUŠAN. We were honored to host more than 600

Dwell on Design LA, America’s Largest Design Event, curated by the editors of Dwell magazine, returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center, May 29-31, celebrating its 10 year. Join 30,000+ attendees at this magnificent 3-day wonderland of modern

dotsandplanes’ European Inspiration Tour, from June 15th to 19th, is a 5-day long design immersion into European design with independently picked visits and with the perfect atmosphere to build lasting business connections. The trip has stops in

Its roots may lie in transient structures, but contemporary textile architecture, with all its creative, functional and ecological possibilities, is definitely here to stay.

Techtextil in Frankfurt, Germany, is the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and non-wovens. The complex industry, with its countless products for industrial-manufacturing processes, will once again be taking the stage from 4 to 7

Heimtextil is continuing its successful Theme Park idea. After an exciting première of the new trend area at the latest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, Heimtextil has now started planning for the trend season 2016/17.

Timeless appeal is expressed in a versatile personality of quality: this is the unmistakable style with which Giorgetti is present at the 2015 Salone del Mobile. Stylistic research, attention to detail and traditional workmanship produce eclectic

When young English aristocrat Lady Mary Isabel Portman commissioned an Arts-and-Crafts-style mountain hideaway near Garmisch-Partenkirchen on the eve of the First World War, little did she know that it would, a century later, become a one-off,

Our new Architonic Trend Analysis series is anything but immaterial. Hence our look at materials and their relative popularity – by active text-search on architonic.com – over the past three years.

Iconic Italian furniture brand De Padova is set to show new products at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile that draw on decades of design excellence and reaffirm its credentials as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of upholstered

From 20 to 23 March 2015 the 18th successive Münchner Stoff Frühling took place in the Munich showrooms of the 24 participating textile brands. The 13 stations offered visitors exclusively designed interiors, brand presentations and innovations

Which brands have cleaned up when it comes the most searched-for sanitary-ware manufacturers on architonic.com?

Over the centuries finespun cotton towels have proven themselves in the Arabian bathing culture. Especially in Tunisia the colorful towels are essential to everyday life. But also western bathrooms are lately welcoming the simple, stylish and

Stick a pin in the middle of a map of Switzerland and the chances are you've landed near Thun, a small town that's home to a big player in terms of materials know-how. Long-established, high-end carpenters and fitters strasserthun invite architects,

The DST system from Pfleiderer will raise designers’ creative freedom to a whole new level, because, with the DST range, interiors can be decked out with different surfaces, textures and core materials and can thus be used to satisfy many technical

It’s natural to compare. We all do it. Call it human nature. When such sizing-up is motivated by dissatisfaction or inadequacy, it’s probably not such a healthy activity. But if it’s underpinned by a desire to take stock, to see where you stand

From April 14 to 19, Ventura Lambrate will visitors of the Milan Design Week what is happening in contemporary design. At the 2015 edition a curated selection of over 176 exhibitors originating from 36 different countries will be on show. Whether

Superstudio Group celebrates 15 years as the leader of international Design in Milan with the new format SUPERDESIGN SHOW, evolutionary project that replaces and incorporates the success of the “Temporary Museum for New Design”. This year’s

With the upcoming week of Fuorisalone 14‐19 April 2015 (Milan), the Brera Design District comes to its sixth edition. The district is the creative business core of Milan; it extends along Bastioni di Porta Nuova to Via Broletto, along Via Legnano

BRAND NEW WORLD, produced by Vesna and Jovan Jelovac, forecasters of design future, shows “DESIGN 2.0” powered by LAUFEN, in what is arguably one of the most elegant showrooms in Milan - DUŠAN. The exhibition will be part of the Milan

The new LED Warm Dimming (DT) technology can be used to change the lighting to meet the technical and design needs of the moment, creating a pleasant, halogen dimming effect.

It’s a long time since bathrooms were regarded as purely functionalist, private spaces for performing perfunctory, daily ablutions. For the past 20 years or so, they’ve been elevated to a potentially communal space people choose to linger in.

Premium Italian design brand Arper has made it its job to look at our jobs – the ongoing changes in the where and the how we work – responding with a collection of high-performance furniture designs that don't slack off in the aesthetics

Star designers in their own country, Seyhan and Sefer, founders of Autoban, have been putting Turkish design back on the international map for almost a decade. A recently released monograph, published by Gestalten, traces the origins of their

Design Meneghello Paolelli Associati / Divisione FIMA Wellness

Together with Alper Atac, Peter Eisenman was awarded the realisation of one of Istanbul’s most important public projects currently in development – the Yenikapi Transfer Point and Archaeological Park. This large-scale endeavour is meant to reread

Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, will open its doors in Frankfurt, Germany, from 4 to 7 May 2015. Besides countless other applications of these products in the context of industrial manufacturing

Pushing beyond national borders, today’s fiercely energetic Polish design scene hasn’t forgotten its heritage. Emblematic of how history can influence contemporary design to foster new narratives, The Centre of Modern Design’s one-of-a-kind

The name of both the company and the brand is labo crème brûlée. It's a name which suggests fire and flames, and Christian Seltmann, his wife Tania Theler Seltmann and his brother Philipp are full of burning enthusiasm for their new project. The

Recognised as one of today’s foremost architectural photographers, Hélène Binet works exclusively with analogue film. Fostering a style all her own, The Franco-Swiss artists has captured some of the past quarter-century’s most monumental

The word itself may have been coined relatively recently, but the ritual of 'wellness' – as a means of rejuvenating mind and body – has a long and healthy tradition. This hasn't, as a number of recent projects demonstrate, stopped a bevy of

A range of warm embracing tones: various shades of red, from the most vivid one to terracotta, are combined with light blues, teal greens and more neutral colors. Soft velvets are paired with textured fabrics and ultra-matte surfaces are juxtaposed

"Münchner Stoff Frühling" is a leading trade fair for interior textiles. .From 20 – 23 March 2015, 24 international textile brands from the premium segment invite to their Munich showrooms, presenting their new collections and the latest textile

With an increase of around three percent in the number of visitors, Heimtextil 2015 in Frankfurt am Main once again ensured the new furnishing season got off to a successful start. A good 68,000 trade visitors were very pleased with the high quality

Ever since 1827, when Nicéphore Niépce made the first permanent photograph - a record of the view of the rooftops outside his studio window - architecture and photography have enjoyed an intimate relationship. Constructing Worlds, a major new

spoga+gafa, taking place in Cologne from August 30 through September 1, 2015, is the world’s leading trade fair for the leisure and garden sector. The garden unique segment is a distinct platform for high-end garden furniture at spoga+gafa that is

March 10-13, 2015.Sands Expo and Convention Center - Marina Bay Sands Singapore.Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

Known for gentle twists – playful experiments and objects that reevaluate our daily experience – Louise Campbell believes that everything is possible until the opposite has been proven. Campbell explores new forms of production without loosing

People with physical disabilities are dependent on buildings being designed in such a way that they provide disabled access. This principle has for the most part been applied in public facilities, even though there is still ground to make up in this

Ever since the mid-nineties, flowing and organic forms that shape facade and roof design have been a prominent trend in contemporary architecture. Whereas in the past the implementation of special facade solutions required architects to cooperate

Top Belgian office furniture brand Bulo debuted the new DAN collection at Biennale Interieur in Kortrijk on 17 October. Empowering everyone who loves work and not constrained by space, time or place, DAN thrives to make a radical shift away from

Just as over the past decade online booking systems have simplified the search for the right accommodation for the next holiday or an upcoming business trip, new communication technology combined with innovative materials will in future extend and

Rockouture is a piece that combines the classic patterns such as capitonné with themes paying homage to the eclecticism Bauhaus such as the metal structure.,100% Made in Italy for a distinctly eclectic piece with unique design.,Frame covered with

It’s a real phenomenon, an undeniable success. How did designers from different countries who share common values, manage to create a style more than sixty years ago, that retains a remarkably modernist appeal, and continues to fuel the demand for

The new 2015 catalogue produced by Swedish furniture brand Röshults depicts its products positioned around the lounge and expansive terraces of a luxurious villa in the French city of Nice. The managing director of Röshults, Tobias Lindberg,

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of two giants in Danish furniture design: Børge Mogensen and Hans J. Wegner. While exhibitions and book publications celebrated the two geniuses in particular and the grandeur of Danish design in

The latest flooring collection from pioneering Swedish brand Bolon epitomises the ethos of design-led innovation established by sisters Annica and Marie Eklund since they took control of the family business in 2003. Subtle pastel shades, versatile

When the first ‘modern automobile’ was introduced to the world, it was the year 1886. The ultramodern horseless vehicle would remain the exception for a number of years, and parking problems were unknown, and still a long way off. Wöhr was

Oskar Zieta is arguably one of Poland’s most renowned designers. He is also Head of Industrial Design at the New School of Form in Poznań (2010) created by Li Edelkoort, where he is now, continuing his ambitious path to innovate, create, produce,

Welcome! The Cubit sofa is the latest addition to our world of furnishings. Like our shelves, it’s modular, puristic and diverse. And best of all, it’s completely manufactured in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany!

Intelligent systems are enjoying a boom throughout the home automation sector. At the BAU 2015 exhibition in Munich, KLAUS Multiparking will be demonstrating the implications of this trend for the parking solutions of the future. As one of the

The 2015 AZ Awards is now open for submissions.Established by Azure Magazine* in 2011, the AZ Awards is an international competition celebrating design excellence. The winners and finalists of the AZ Awards greatly benefit from the exposure offered

This anniversary is celebrated in honour of all our exhibitors who annually provide excellence, bring diversity and deliver boldness to MAISON&OBJET PARIS. But it is also thanks to you, our visitors, that our fair has become such a success over

At The White Company store in Norwich, designers Dalziel and Pow (D+P) have created an all-LED store experience with a domestic, ‘home-from-home’ quality that takes customers on a journey through the space and engages them with the products on

Das dritte Symposium TEXTILE-ARCHITEKTUR findet am 19. Februar 2015 in Hamburg statt: Direkt am Wasser wurde mit der Elbarkaden Lounge inmitten der HafenCity ein reizvoller Ort für die Ganztages-Veranstaltung gefunden.

Die Gestaltung von Arbeitsumgebungen wird zunehmend beeinflusst von der instinktiven menschlichen Liebe zur Natur, die wissenschaftlich als Biophilie bezeichnet wird. Die Natur soll mit Hilfe von Tageslicht, Grünpflanzen oder natürlich anmutenden

Scandinavian design is a well-known and highly valued concept for design-interested people all over the world. The largest source of inspiration in this field is Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which for more than 60 years has attracted

New creations, new openings and a short artistic film: here are all the latest updates from the brand of bathroom design that continues to make us dream and be talked about.

It may sound paradoxical, but corporate store architecture today strives to be as individualistic as possible. This is partly due to necessity. Like many booksellers, high-end fashion labels are fending off fierce competition from online retailers.

In the retail world, bookstore interiors are arguably changing more radically than in any other sector. Time was when bookshops appealed for being old-world and fusty, with their labyrinthine layouts, faintly musty smells and eccentrically bookish

As a leading international fair for home and contract textiles, Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main will, from 14 to 17 January 2015, again welcome architects, interior architects, interior designers and related professions to take advantage of this

Lighting and acoustics are without doubt two of the essential factors in determining the comfort of an office as a workspace. In a career spanning more than 25 years so far, Dietrich F. Brennenstuhl has acquired great expertise in both of these

We all know what veneer is – at least we think we do. Few of us, though, know the full range of applications that this finest of tree products has to offer. Highly versatile not only in technical terms, but also in its visual and emotional impact,

Textile architecture can do more! So how can you tap into the potential of textile materials for use in building and construction? To show how well the individual innovative textiles can fit into architectural applications, this special show is being

Sustainability is one of the major topics among current trends in the furnishings and textile sector. And that is, of course, equally true for the world's largest trade fair for home and contract textiles. Heimtextil, from 14 to 17 January 2015, will

The bathroom is often the most understated and unambitiously decorated space in residential interiors as its design is dictated by functional requirements such as the need for surfaces that repel moisture. But the era of bland bathrooms may be over

The reduced design of the ViVAA LED room lighting focuses on its pleasant, soft light. The high indirect component brightens corridors, entryways and rest areas in a friendly and welcoming light.

Kitchen appliances from Gaggenau are a captivating blend of design, usability and professionalism — right down to the last detail.

Combined with the PULSE VTL light management system, the free-standing luminaire LAVIGO from Waldmann imitates the dynamic course of daylight, recreating the natural light experience and its positive effects at office work stations.

The well known Italian modern furniture manufacturer ‘FORMER’ is back…….and in a Big way.

In a world where an overabundance of consumable products leads to a throwaway culture and fleeting trends, Dutch-based furniture producer Ghyczy is pioneering an alternative by developing timeless designs that combine innovative engineering with

Fireplaces were once essential: from prehistoric times to the 19th-century, a home’s hearth provided light, heat and a means with which to cook. Today, you might think they were superfluous, obsolete in this age of centrally heated buildings. Yet

At this year’s Orgatec, Italian firm Pedrali added to its collection of furniture designed in response to the evolving requirements of the contemporary contract markets, with a particular focus on the shift towards workplaces that aim to emulate

ARCHITECTS is an innovative acoustic panel system by acousticpearls that provides an optimal means to partition large spaces conveniently and help reshape the acoustics of workspaces.

In the Epònimo collection the piece that has caught most of the public’s attention is the Rock table. Marble is a precious material, classical and yet timeless, well suited for the development of modern objects while mantaining a quality of

The new Waldmann PARA.MI LED task luminaire comes in a range of basic forms and colors that can be combined freely to ensure optimal lighting and maximum individuality in the office.

Faye Chalmers and Michael Hammond of World Architecture News explain the benefits of entering projects for their international architecture awards.

Heimtextil, the leading and largest trade fair specialising in home furnishing and contract textiles, will once again open its doors in Frankfurt am Main for four days from 14 to 17 January 2015. Around 70,000 trade visitors, including many

On a family holiday to Lake Garda as a teenager, staying near the town of Malcesine, I discovered a design store that seemed to house all the contemporary design I had only ever seen before in books. The shop owner took to my enthusiasm and gave me a

Waldmann addresses the needs of new normative and situational demands in the office with its modular LAVIGO LED luminaire family. The clear lines and simple elegance characteristic of the luminaire design by Structurelab architect Jürgen Schubert

In September, we saw the launch of the eagerly anticipated Apple Watch. Much has already been said about the potential impact of this device on the worlds of consumer electronics, fashion, well-being and productivity. It’s certainly a step forward

Ab dem 25. Oktober wird im Museum Marta Herford die Ausstellung »Die Brüder Rasch und ihre Im­pulse für die moderne Architektur« zu sehen sein, an deren Vorbereitung ich mit einem ungeheuer engagierten Team unter Roland Nachtigäller, dem

Headache? Poor concentration? Annoyance? Irritation? Communication problems? It’s time to make your hearing feel important, Slalom design your silence. (Beatrice Fanchini)

An early must-see for the international furnishings sector in the run up to the show. From 14 to 17 January 2015, Heimtextil, the world's largest trade fair for home and contract textiles, will open its doors in Frankfurt am Main. The show is a major

Nomos GO of FIMA Aqua Code: Water and design the protagonists!.Design Castiglia Associati / Division FIMA Aqua Code

To celebrate the launch of its innovative new glass product Laminis, Fabbian was inspired to photograph it within the subterranean stone quarry of Cava Acque in the Berici Hills near Grancona, in the province of Vicenza. This wasn’t some capricious

With a global user study on perceived lighting quality in offices, which the Austrian luminaire manufacturer Zumtobel is conducting together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO) in Stuttgart, the company is making an

Carusoacoustic.it is a website aimed at a new section of products created by Lamm dedicated to acoustic and lighting comfort. Caruso derives from an idea: an innovative new approach to a comfortable environment. It goes without saying that studying

Committed to the exclusive use of natural materials, Discipline expands its range of products. Together with cork, glass, bamboo and copper, the brand introduces eucalyptus wood.

The West Coast Design Event Set to Attract Influential Design Community and Enthusiasts with Curated Selection of Leading Brands, Series of Special Events, Panels and Workshops

Given that Patrizia Moroso has a history of mingling with artists and cartoonists, it’s not surprising that the objects produced by the brand founded by her father, Agostino are visually compelling. Thanks to the art director’s eye for organic

CHANGE represents a new generation of adjustable-height office desks and conference tables whose development has emphasized exemplary functionality, versatility and, most notably, a focus on design.

What began with enamelled water cans and bowls in 1896 has today culminated in A˘form – an impressive and extensive collection of basins and washstands for the personalised design of high-quality and aesthetic washplace solutions. As before,

A killer whale, an owl and an armadillo were among the creatures that inspired a collection of furniture and products presented by Lotte Chemical Deutschland at the recent London Design Festival to demonstrate the versatility of its STARON®

The discrete radiator which keeps things nice and tidy with an essential and particular shape

Dwell on Design NY, curated by the editors of Dwell magazine, debuts at 82 Mercer in SoHo, NY. Join 5,000 design elite as Dwell upends the standard "trade show" format and creates a unique forum to engage, learn, inspire and connect.

Meet your global creative heroes and spend four amazing days in sunny Belgrade at Belgrade Design Week 2014

Given the huge vogue for cladding buildings in ceramic tiles, we shouldn’t be surprised to hear that they are now fast infiltrating interiors too. It’s not hard to see why. People find glazed ceramic tiles appealing because of their seductive

The completeness and efficiency of Gaggenau home appliances collections represent the company aim, a mission which has lasted for over 300 years and which has expressed itself through a passionate search for the perfect balance between form and

Following the successful launch of the RE/COVER green collection, with "PARTS", Vorwerk is now also presenting plank formats of ecological elastomers for flexible design in the business-site sector and residential living spaces. A structured surface

New horizons are opening up in the working environment: in technology, in management, in infrastructure. More and more, creativity, interaction and communication are becoming the central issues for successfully dealing with work tasks. The key is to

India is one of the most stimulating environments I have ever been in. It was in Viluppuram, a small town in the far south-east of India, 40 km west of the Bay of Bengal, that I discovered Rangoli, a symbolic floor art, outside many people’s homes.

Wilkhahn has always focused on durability and permanence, and its new "Graph" conference programme is very much part of this tradition. With its innovative chair and accompanying table this German furniture manufacturer is restyling corporate

Anybody who wants to sit comfortably, loves beautiful tables and appreciates specialness should look out for these three letters: KFF – the design label from Lemgo.

The radiator which becomes a piece of design. Its semplicity, elegance and lightness makes him unique and inimitable.

A house in Tokyo balances year-round thermal comfort with issues of privacy (Text by Stephen Crafti)