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90 Years Bauhaus

Nils Becker

25.08.2009

Exactly 90 years ago Weimar saw the foundation of the institution which more than any other influenced the architecture, design and art of the twentieth century.

Anni Albers and the forgotten women of the Bauhaus

Dominic Lutyens

13.03.2019

The Bauhaus, the interwar German design school that profoundly influenced later developments in art, architecture, product design and typography, was a complex, contradictory crucible of ideas.

Echoing the Bauhaus spirit: the D2 shelving system by DIEZ ...

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Architonic

26.04.2022

In a new exhibition of Bauhaus designer Erich Dieckmann’s timeless pieces, the D2 shelving system by DIEZ OFFICE for Wagner Living shows off its versatile aesthetics and ease of use. Watch the video to learn more…

WertelOberfell and the New European Bauhaus – the Cheri ...

Architonic

10.03.2023

New is coming! The Boucle version of IKER’s Cheri chair is proof that European designers and manufacturers are implementing the principles of the New European Bauhaus. It is a concept that leaves ample space for creativity and eco-friendly design.

Less is more: ABB-free@home Wireless from Busch-Jaeger

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Barbara Jahn-Rösel

06.05.2019

The intelligent switches available within the ABB-free@home range by BUSCH-JAEGER allow you to upgrade your home to wireless control without undoing existing cabling.

And the livin' is easy: Busch-Jaeger

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Gerrit Terstiege

15.08.2019

German specialists in smart-building technology BUSCH-JAEGER have developed a multitude of networked products and services that impress with their simple, intuitive usability and discreet elegance.

The past with a future

DETAIL - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail

17.08.2017

Designs from the Bauhaus era are still as contemporary as ever. TECNOLUMEN’s aim is to recreate the lamps of the period based on original drawings, and to manufacture them according to current technical standards. Contemporary designs supplement

Les Arts décoratifs de Paris: Cosmopolitan French Taste

TLmag

02.05.2017

Les Arts décoratifs, the Paris-based applied arts organisation, preserves the art of French living while keeping time with contemporary creation and craft.

Chair squared: Richard Lampert

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Katharina Sommer

27.10.2020

Don’t fall between two stools – especially not if they are RICHARD LAMPERT’s Prater and Santa Lucia chairs.

The relevance of Danish design: BoConcept and Morten ...

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Nick Compton

09.09.2021

Today, spaces in the home and at work need to adapt and function in different ways, making Danish design’s flexibility, simplicity and utility more relevant than ever.

Sky-Frame brings you out of your shell

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Alyn Griffiths

06.05.2020

Find out why architects like Bjarke Ingels use glass solutions from the Swiss manufacturer Sky-Frame to break down the boundaries between inside and out.

Setting the tone: Arper

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Emma Moore

22.06.2021

In a new report by Arper, the Italian furniture brand explores its relationship with colour, an element which, for them, is as integral to design as form or function.

Northern lights: Montana

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Alyn Griffiths

10.10.2019

In cooperation with the renowned colour expert Margrethe Odgaard, Danish manufacturer MONTANA has developed an impressive new colour palette.

Go with the flow: Wilkhahn

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Katharina Schwarze

24.04.2019

With its fluid lines and perfectly interlocking parts, the AT office chair from WILKHAHN gives the impression its frame is a single, seamless element.

Polish Design History

TLmag

04.03.2015

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

MIDJ PRESENTS FOUR COLLECTIONS OF LAMPS

Midj

15.12.2020

In the process of furnishing a space, light plays a decisive role. Precisely for this reason Midj created its first collections dedicated to lighting.

History Repeating

Brand story

Simon Keane-Cowell

10.12.2013

You can never have enough of a good thing, so they say. But lovers of iconic lamps from the early 20th century were for decades deprived of the possibility of owning some of the most striking luminary pieces by the Wiener Werkstätte and the Bauhaus,

Everything Plus the Kitchen Sink: BLANCO

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Sabina Strambu

03.03.2017

German kitchen sink and mixer tap specialist BLANCO combines a ninety-year tradition of producing superbly designed products with a distinct flair for the Zeitgeist.

A holistic shelving system with sustainability factor: D2 by ...

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Gerrit Terstiege

15.07.2022

With a special focus on recyclable materials and ease of assembly, the manufacturer's latest collaboration with DIEZ OFFICE proposes a futuristic solution to office storage.

Timeless design icons by next125

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Harriet Thorpe

11.04.2024

Elevating German craftsmanship, next125's iconic kitchen designs earn praise for their functional sophistication and technological innovation.

Lighting the way: AYNO by MIDGARD

Midgard Licht

08.12.2020

Designed by Stefan Diez and winner of a German Sustainability Award for 2021, AYNO is the first draft of a new Midgard lamp since the 1950s, and spans an arc from the origins to the present of adjustable lighting – in the truest sense of the word.

Form follows function: The Pocketsystem

next125

29.09.2021

What do you do if you need a lot of storage space in the kitchen but don't want it to be immediately visible? Or if you would like to integrate the kitchen into the living area or the office?

Fixing the gender imbalance of design

James Wormald

08.03.2022

Design can improve quality of life for all. But when those with the biggest pencils are men, the needs of female users are often ignored. More independent female designers can rebalance the scales.

Autoban: Highway to Design

TLmag

17.03.2015

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

Smart and simple but moving

Rat für Formgebung

13.01.2022

The ICONIC AWARDS 2022: Innovative Interior present the latest trends in the interior design industry.

Centre Stage for light

Light + Building

20.01.2020

It is also often nice if details stay invisible. Fully in accordance with the Bauhaus maxim – now a hundred years old.

From Start to Finnish: Architonic surveys Scandinavian ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

23.06.2010

With leading Finnish design brand Artek reissuing two of its fellow countryman Tapio Wirkkala's striking designs from the late 1960s and early 70s, as well as first-time-round, 'vintage' pieces of his being shown at international design fairs such as

The best seat in the house: ZÜCO

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Katharina Sommer

08.04.2020

ZÜCO may have been in business for almost a century, but that doesn’t stop the Swiss seating experts embracing the latest technology for enviable ergonomics.

Schüco declares open season!

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Mareile Morawietz

09.04.2020

Architectural boundaries are blurring thanks to German manufacturer SCHÜCO.

ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE: TACCHINI

Brand story

Emma Moore

04.11.2020

How to create furniture that responds to the increasing demand for diverse functionality? Commission a diversity of designers. TACCHINI shows how it's done.

Eternal flame: Fold by Steininger.Designers

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Julia Hauch

20.10.2020

If the gods on Mount Olympus had a kitchen, it might just resemble FOLD, the monolithic, shimmering-gold kitchen block by STEININGER.DESIGNERS.

Down to earth: Interface

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Katharina Sommer

26.09.2017

Synonymous with sustainability, the floor manufacturer INTERFACE has established its new German headquarters and showroom according to the principles of Biophilic Design.

It doesn't get any more colourful than this: Jakob ...

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Mareile Morawietz

25.05.2020

With its creative new fabric and wallpaper collections, Swiss fabric-firework specialist JAKOB SCHLAEPFER supplies planners and designers with the tools they need for realising truly extraordinary interior projects.

A light reduction: mawa design

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Katharina Sommer

30.01.2018

German lighting manufacturer MAWA DESIGN has leveraged its visually pared-down and formally perfect designs to position itself internationally as the go-to supplier of advanced, architectural lighting systems.

Vintage Scandinavian furniture

TLmag

28.01.2015

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

Sygnard's Art Deco update for the 21st century

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Emma Moore

15.03.2022

The Swiss furniture brand Sygnard combines old design with new technology – and makes the eclectic Art Deco style of the early 20th century fit for today. With furniture that brings opulence and precision into perfect balance.

Rendez-vous with Alessandro Mendini: Saba Italia

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Dominic Lutyens

17.06.2019

Inspired Italian manufacturer SABA ITALIA's new Rendez-vous sofa system has taken up residence in a Milan interior designed by Alessandro Mendini for the brand's S'–Magazine.

Helvetian Heroes: enduring Swiss design

Simon Keane-Cowell

08.01.2011

It's fair to say that certain countries have, over the years, been more successful than others in terms of marketing a distinctive and compelling national design identity abroad. The very human kind of modernism expressed in the furniture of postwar

I can see clearly now: SwissFineLine

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Gerrit Terstiege

04.09.2019

The Swiss family company SWISSFINELINE specialises in the manufacture of large glass surfaces for windows, doors and railings that allow a view of everything but the structural elements.

People Will Talk: Dornbracht Conversations 3

Simon Keane-Cowell

11.03.2011

Put a group of designers, curators and design writers in a room and what do you get? The Dornbracht Conversations. The third annual platform for intelligent dialogue on the state of design, past, present and future, hosted by German design

Textiles, architecture and the human being in dialogue: nya ...

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Barbara Jahn-Rösel

27.05.2019

Founded 55 years ago, the international textile editeur NYA NORDISKA has continually pursued its aesthetic philosophy of minimalism, in addition to using textiles as a means to invoke a sense of wellbeing in an architectural landscape.

Straight out of Sweden: new Skargaarden outdoor-designs for ...

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Alyn Griffiths

29.03.2022

Fourteen years after its inception, Swedish brand Skargaarden has firmly established its premium outdoor furniture. Their new pieces for 2022 are further proof that local design and a loving attention to detail are recipes for success.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Skargaarden

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Dominic Lutyens

27.04.2020

Swedish summers are rather short. Which may be why outdoor-furniture manufacturer Skargaarden produces pieces that celebrate every precious, sun-filled moment of outdoor living.

Swiss chair design through the decades

möbelschweiz

07.10.2020

A useful piece of furniture or a beloved design object? A chair can be many things. At the same time, it tells us something about the person who designed it, as well as the social and economic context of the times it was designed in. Take a seat! (DE

More is more: GIMA

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Mareile Morawietz

20.01.2021

German brick manufacturer GIMA has been providing architects with the building blocks they need for bringing designs to life since 1903, and, today, offer not only a wide range of brick and paving possibilities, but innovative, bespoke,

TON 822 Chair: an icon for the 21st century

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Emma Moore

06.05.2022

If it ain't broke, change it. Claesson Koivisto Rune reimagines TON's classic 811 chair for the 21st century. The TON 822 chair proves things really can get better with age.

HFDA’s design LAB promotes the best in Hungarian design

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Dominic Lutyens

09.09.2021

In collaboration with the established French design institute VIA, the Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency is seeking to put Hungarian design on the world map.

Virtual winner's podium – the ICONIC AWARDS 2022: ...

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Gerrit Terstiege

04.03.2022

We continue to laud the 112 winners of this year’s ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Interior. In part three of our nine-part series, we turn our attention to the topic of simplicity…

Micro-office spaces for the modern small business

James Wormald

16.10.2023

Small businesses can keep overheads down by literally reducing the area above their head. These professional and productive micro-offices give companies the opportunity for growth.

Forward-looking Italian craft from Cantori

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Tom Howells

09.06.2023

While leveraging the historic artisan craftsmanship of Italy's Marche region, Italian family-run furniture brand Cantori's elegant and joyful collections are also future-oriented and eco-friendly.

Le Corbusier Reloaded: LC2 at designfunktion

Designfunktion

29.05.2015

Angular, cubic, clear – and surprisingly comfortable: like no other piece of furniture, Le Corbusier's chair LC2 represents the furniture design of early modernism. The manufacturer Cassina has now clad the classic, designed in 1928, in new

Glazed Expression

Brand story

Giovanna Dunmall

16.11.2015

It’s ten years and counting for DesignTaleStudio, high-end Italian tile manufacturer CERAMICHE REFIN’s in-house research lab, which continues to push the boundaries of what’s technically and aesthetically possible in ceramics through its bold

Ten coffee tables to elevate any living room

Claire Brodka

30.08.2023

Coffee tables are some of the most versatile furniture pieces in the home, changing from display cabinets to impromptu dinner tables in a matter of minutes. We take a look at different highlights from our Architonic catalogue.

What makes a good desk light? Ten lamps with bright ...

James Wormald

31.10.2022

Desks, whether in or out of office, in or out of hours, can be lonely places. When long, dark nights start to breach our working days, it’s good to have a desktop friend, to lighten the load.

Lean On Me: wall-supported furniture and lighting

Dominic Lutyens

18.02.2014

We all need a little support sometimes. Behind the growing trend in furniture and lighting for wall-leaning or wall-mounted designs is a diversity of factors, among them the practical, the social and the aesthetic. Architonic gets up close and

Size Doesn’t Matter: contemporary Nordic architects who ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

12.02.2013

Head north and you'll find a thriving design culture where the level of consideration given to the way things look, feel and work isn't determined by their scale. Be they housing projects, chairs or taps, the Scandinavian approach to design continues

A high-temperature laboratory for glass and light

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Ulrich Büttner

02.03.2015

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

Think pink: a brief history of the trending designer colour

James Wormald

20.11.2023

More than just bubblegum and Barbiecore, the rise of pink as a serious colour for designer interiors and surfaces has been on the (swatch) cards for years. These example projects and products explain.