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Katharina Schwarze
19.05.2022
Lea Korzeczek and Matthias Hiller of Studio Oink talk about why our kitchens have so many appliances, but so little food.
James Wormald
18.05.2022
Cristina Acha Odriozola of Acha Zaballa Arquitectos discusses contemporary social kitchen spaces: ‘That model of the service area is obsolete.’ Hear what else she has to say…
Simon Keane-Cowell
17.05.2022
Cristiano Pigazzini and Daniel Heckscher of Note Design Studio converse on future kitchen requirements: 'It is cheaper to get food than to prepare food.' Watch the video to hear more…
16.05.2022
Dries Otten discusses keeping things simple in kitchen design: 'I always try to bring it down to the basic question, what do we really need?' Watch the video to hear what else he has to say…
Take our hand, as Designboom, Architonic and ArchDaily guide you through both the fair and the city before and during Milan Design Week. Find out where to find the best products, people and parties.
The architects of these four projects used monochrome colour and material palettes to clearly define kitchen spaces in open-plan layouts. Here’s how.
28.04.2022
Monica Armani discusses the materiality of outdoor furniture: 'There are many secrets that everyone working in the outdoor market knows.' Watch the video to learn more…
Brand story
Emma Moore
Iconic British brand Lincrusta's embossed wall and surface coverings lend a luxurious feel to interiors as well as boasting substantial credentials when it comes to sustainability.
Texturally rich and customisable wallcoverings such as Tropical Leaf and Palm from UK brand Lincrusta anticipate post-pandemic trends for tactility and personalisation.
Lincrusta's surface-covering products extend beyond those for walls, allowing interior designers to add flashes of pattern and texture to ceilings and other surfaces, too.
27.04.2022
Single colour tiles might look simple on the surface, but with a little creative thinking, the full range of possibilities starts to emerge. Here are five original ways to apply them.
26.04.2022
Patrick Jouin of Patrick Jouin iD introduces the hardwearing comfort of new outdoor materials: 'We have fabric that can resist the sun and the rain, that is so sensual.' Watch the video to learn more…
22.04.2022
Swiss sound-management experts Impact Acoustic are getting heard when it comes to architecturally integrated acoustic solutions. Watch the video to learn more…
21.04.2022
By surrounding users with the comforting permanence of the ground, these six projects from across the world create intimate sunken living spaces that hold us in a supportive embrace.
14.04.2022
With natural lighting, surfaces and adaptable physics, 3D visualisation uses realism, real-time rendering and VR technology to help clients see plans for real in a virtual world.
12.04.2022
Private pools provide both tranquillity and excitement, literally just outside your back door. But a relaxing pool is useless without the surrounding area to enjoy it.
07.04.2022
MAKE's Katy Ghahremani discusses selecting furniture early in the design process: 'It's important to show clients the materiality of spaces in the context of the FF&E.' Watch the video to learn more…
These five projects encourage visitors to keep looking up. Using different materials and techniques, they turn the mundanity of flat, boring ceilings into special, individual surfaces to gaze up at.
06.04.2022
Alfredo Häberli of Alfredo Häberli Design Development discusses furniture that touches the soul: 'You can ask, is this piece of furniture design talking to me or not?' Watch the video to learn more…
Mareile Morawietz
Product surfaces are often not given the credit they deserve. With phantom and black phantom, the lighting specialists at Occhio have now added two novelties to their repertoire that stand out from the crowd.
With its Cosmos Black and Titan Grey collections, German specialist in door and window handles Karcher Design offers specifiers a universe of options in the creation of striking architectural accents.
Alyn Griffiths
01.04.2022
With their concept of B/Style, Italian furniture specialists Bonaldo apply the idea of a harmonious gesamtkunstwerk to interior design – and their new catalogues.
29.03.2022
Even as global pandemic restrictions ease, wellbeing continues to take centre stage in the design of shared public spaces. Italian manufacturer Pedrali shows how with their premium outdoor range.
They’re often considered to be only for the rich and famous, but walk-in wardrobes don’t actually need that much extra space. Here’s how to create one with the perfect fit.
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.
17.03.2022
As part of the world’s biggest online network for creatives, DAAily jobs helps talented professionals find their dream job, and world-famous firms find fresh minds.
10.03.2022
Pushing the family together has revealed the functional inadequacies of the open plan. How do we give everyone their own space, without putting up walls?
24.02.2022
The planet we’re on has finite resources. By making new products from old, we stop the rot and start to build back better. Recycled manufacturing has changed the meaning of the words ‘new’ and ‘used’.
Architonic
The black, matt-textured PerfectSense Feelwood lacquered boards from EGGER lend this modern kitchen space in Aurach, Austria, a natural elegance while also appealing to the senses. Watch the video to learn more…
17.02.2022
When bathed in constant light, Scandinavia is spoiled with beautiful scenery. When the sun goes away, however, attentions turn inside. Here’s how to recreate amazing Scandinavian home interiors.
09.02.2022
Edward van Vliet discusses how he creates unique hospitality experiences from the ground up, arguing that 'when you start with the floor in a certain pattern, then you have done half of your work.' Watch the video to learn more…
08.02.2022
Say sayonara to smooth painted walls and farewell to flat wallpaper; these are the latest ways to create striking feature walls that literally impose themselves onto interior environments.
Diego Gronda of Studio Gronda discusses designing for the guest experience and sustainable, adaptable interiors: 'We cannot keep on demolishing structures.'
03.02.2022
As a sustainable material, wood lasts a long time, it’s renewable and with amazing natural looks, it has a long-lasting impact too. Here are ten examples of products that use solid wood wisely.
Peter Smisek
26.01.2022
Tasked with creating experiential retail spaces that attract and engage potential customers, interior designers and architects today have a range of tools at their disposal. Not least among them, shiny ones…
UNILIN Division Panels
High Pressure Laminate (HPL) is now an indispensable part of the interior design world, that includes Unilin Panels, which manufactures not only melamine panelling but also top quality HPL panelling.
25.01.2022
With its own PVD coating system, Swiss brand LAUFEN helps architects and planners to create colourful, bespoke, high-quality kitchen and bathroom spaces.
20.01.2022
Seven different ways architects, designers and specifiers can utilise glass to create light, modern spaces, as well as magical and mysterious environments.
19.01.2022
Reinventing the shower floor, BetteAir starts again with a clean slate. The innovative tray uses a flush-mounted drain and minimal rim to create a sanitary landscape of purity. Watch the video to learn more…
18.01.2022
Celebrating its 10th edition in 2022, the International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture challenges students to explore the role of natural light in architecture. Find out more in the video…
17.01.2022
After the temporary nature of the past year, 2022 will see long-term change take centre stage. From bold palettes and organic materials to functional environments, here’s what’s in store for the year ahead.
Even ordinarily plain buildings can benefit from modern manufacturing techniques and technologies which enable the creation of more intricate, unique and characterful facades.
13.01.2022
These most-popular office interiors of 2021 gave employees space to both work and play, while projecting a respectful, comforting and professional aura to clients.
12.01.2022
To reach this list of our users' most popular new residential interior spaces of 2021, projects must have had jaw-dropping visuals, but they also tend to feature the most sensible, functional long-term solutions to their brief.
Space partitioning can often be dismissed as a bland, acoustic-only solution. But these five projects show how space can be artfully divided while adding colour, character and personality.
06.01.2022
When you think about renovating, it’s easy to think of stressful situations. Clicwall, the modular wall-cladding system with a smart click profile by Unilin Panels, makes your renovation a dream come true.
17.12.2021
Coming soon: Master Oak, the latest generation of melamine and HPL panelling from Unilin Panels with lifelike natural oak design. Unilin Panels is setting a new standard for the world of interior design.
Sisse Bro
22.11.2021
Through research and development, long-time manufacturer of decorative vegan leather coverings, Morbern, is bringing highly relevant fabrics to the contract market, in a range of glowing colours.
Barbara Jahn-Rösel
17.11.2021
The new matt-textured PerfectSense Feelwood lacquer panels from Egger ‘shine’ with practical properties, such as an anti-fingerprint surface, which proves to be a great advantage, especially with dark colour variants.
16.11.2021
Egger’s PerfectSense Feelwood 'Range for the Senses' collection synchronises a natural texture with reproduced natural decors, creating surfaces that feel as good as they look. Watch the video to learn more.
08.11.2021
The threshold-free shower tile BetteAir offers planning security for creative free thinkers - seamless, floor-level and almost invisible.
Dominic Lutyens
04.11.2021
Marca Corona draws on two centuries of expertise and cutting-edge technology to produce decorative ceramic tiles, covering walls and floors to truly immersive effect.
3M
01.11.2021
In the absence of the usual furniture fair this year, designers turned instead to virtual and in-person spaces – a playground for new ideas and concepts that extend beyond art, architecture and design to include sustainability and circular
DuPont Corian
27.10.2021
The Corian® Design business is launching in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) a set of bold, new aesthetics, for a total of eight new colours for its Corian® Solid Surface range of products for interior spaces and architecture.
22.10.2021
An honourable mention for OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Centre celebrates the textural power of subtly shaded glass.
The 3D Wall Carve ceramic tile collection from Atlas Concorde adds texture to walls, with two of its five patterns created in collaboration with Italian design legend Piero Lissoni.
Markus Hieke
19.10.2021
Cologne-based FLAT'N specialises in creating bespoke carpet designs, using innovative digital printing techniques to realise individual patterns, colour combinations and shapes.
12.10.2021
From 15-17 November, leading roof window manufacturer VELUX will host its Build for Life Conference 2021, with the goal of developing more sustainable strategies for the building industry.
VELUX's Daylight Symposium is a three-day, digital event for researchers, architects and building professionals which highlights the benefits of the use of natural light on building projects.
In 2020, VELUX Group launched a comprehensive sustainability strategy called 'It's our Nature', which aims to pioneer on climate issues, innovate in relation to sustainability and promote responsible business practices.
06.10.2021
When it comes to the renovation of existing spaces, architects can find the optimal flooring solutions by merging existing features with contemporary new elements.
Gerrit Terstiege
05.10.2021
Berlin-based glass printing specialist Glastrix opens up broad possibilities for architects and interior designers looking to create bespoke design effects with glass.
30.09.2021
Get some bonus surface insights and tips from our design week experts – Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, Peter Bundgaard Rützou and Joaquin Vaquero!
29.09.2021
‘An architect defines a space, but its real meaning comes from its surfaces,’ says Joaquin Vaquero of CLK Architects. Watch now for more insight and commentary!
28.09.2021
The new Kaijo and Canyon surfaces by designer Markus Bischof for Agrob Buchtal may differ significantly in form, but both create striking, geometric facades.
‘We tend to go back to surfaces that allow time to pass, that show the imprint of what happens,’ says Peter Bundgaard Rützou of Space Copenhagen. Watch now for more insight and commentary!
27.09.2021
‘The ultimate goal is that an empty space should feel welcoming just by the choice of materials,’ says Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects. Watch now for more insight and commentary!
24.09.2021
Colour and light are two hugely influential tools when sculpting interior space. They bring function and positivity to environments without adding physical clutter.
14.09.2021
The material underneath your feet is arguably the most crucial part of any interior. Here are the questions specifiers need to consider, when selecting the perfect floor covering for their project.
10.09.2021
Facades are the clothes buildings dress themselves up in. Physical declarations of prominence and boastful creativity. Here is an inspirational selection of architectural facades created by Architonic’s archive of manufacturers…
09.09.2021
The 2021 collection by Flou depicts six aspects of our changing environment, bridging our increasingly indoor lives with the world outside, again.
08.09.2021
Once the forgotten realm of interiors, creating the perfect soundscape is now just as important as light and decoration. Here are the different acoustic products available to create the right tone…
Julia Hauch
07.09.2021
The BetteAir floor-level shower tile from Bette allows absolute design freedom in the bathroom.
Harriet Thorpe
02.09.2021
‘3M™ DI-NOC™ offers designers and facility managers a fast and affordable way to create stunning new spaces without being constrained by budget or construction time,’ says Paola Silva Coronel, Global Advisor for 3M. Find out more...
04.08.2021
How to make office spaces more inviting to workers used to the comforts of home? For increasing numbers of interior architects and designers, textiles provide a compelling answer.
27.07.2021
With its highly innovative HybriQ technology, the family-run Spanish surface specialist Cosentino makes a radical contribution to the circular economy – and offers harmonious colour designs for kitchens and bathrooms.
21.07.2021
Concrete packs a powerful architectural punch, not least when serving as a scene-setter in contemporary commercial spaces.
14.07.2021
The new premium version of Egger’s PerfectSense lacquered board allows architects to set new standards for matt and high-gloss surface finishes.
29.06.2021
A new hillside home in Hobart demanded a project partner that would do its location and surrounding views of nature justice. Enter German window-and-door specialist Unilux...
FLORIM
Earth and technology to sustainably build the cities of the future.
23.06.2021
Can wallpaper support sustainable architecture? Meet Tecnografica's new botanical wallpaper design, with its ecologically certified finish.
15.06.2021
Dutch manufacturer Mosa’s new Mosa Stage tile series is perfect for high-traffic public spaces and, with its Cradle-to-Cradle Silver Certification, also supports environmentally friendly design. Watch the video to find out more...
The Shaping Surfaces competition invites architects and interior designers to get creative with Cleaf’s surfaces while also starting a discussion about the design of interior spaces.
04.06.2021
The new Atelier collection from Italian manufacturer of porcelain-stoneware tiles Casalgrande Padana shows the power of softer colour tones.
27.05.2021
Tile brand Ceramic District’s premium-quality, German-made products explicitly address the needs of architects and interior designers, empowering the creation of first-class ceramic architecture.
More than 50 years of experience in the production of upholstery fabrics for the contract sector has once again helped Morben earn the title of ‘Best Managed Company’.
Originally developed for the healthcare sector, Morbern Europe’s sustainably produced fabrics today have a far wider range of applications, namely ‘upholstery solutions for the new normal’.
Morbern Europe's all-weather materials withstand the most extreme of applications – just one of the reasons why premium outdoor furniture manufacturer Extremis chose them.
26.05.2021
Denmark down under. BoConcept’s contract team blends nature-inspired tones and textures with contemporary function and design at the Waterfall residential development in Sydney...
21.05.2021
Get some bonus flooring insights from Jan Parth of David Chipperfield Architects, Peter Ippolito from Ippolito Fleitz Group and MACH Architektur’s David Marquardt.
20.05.2021
‘The floor is the foundation of any design in the end,’ says David Marquardt of MACH Architektur. Watch now for more insight and commentary!
19.05.2021
‘A surface is always the last touchpoint of a proof of concept,’ says Peter Ippolito of Ippolito Fleitz Group. Watch now for more insight and commentary!
Jean-Christophe Camuset
18.05.2021
Italian manufacturer Foglie d'Oro brings high-quality, responsibly sourced materials and precision craftsmanship together with as much expertise as the elements in its high-end parquet floors.
‘The installation of flooring on site is when the project becomes a real building,’ says Jan Parth of David Chipperfield Architects. Watch now for more insight and commentary!
In addition to its range of high-quality terrazzo and floor surfaces, Pandomo also offers versatile solutions that enable interior architects and designers to create unified looks on walls and ceilings, too.
17.05.2021
Jan Parth from David Chipperfield Architects, Peter Ippolito of Ippolito Fleitz Group, and MACH Architektur's David Marquardt share some thoughts on the ground beneath our feet.
Vorwerk flooring’s acoustic-tile system offers almost limitless combination possibilities, while its online configurator makes the creation of room concepts clear and uncomplicated.
07.05.2021
Studioart’s luxurious leather wall coverings offer visual as well as haptic appeal, wrapping rooms in architectural clothes that are like pieces of furniture in their own right.
05.05.2021
Kymo’s new handwoven, high-gloss-banana-silk carpet collection channels the shimmering optics of metal, animating floors in exclusive living spaces.
Frescolori has equipped the Hotel Moxy In Hamburg with its floor Maranzo with wayfinding system – creating both a solid foundation as well as architectural value.
22.04.2021
Know what ‘active hygiene’ is? We didn’t until 90-year-old Finnish furniture company ISKU invited us to find out…
21.04.2021
Flooring can be a key tool in visually connecting interiors with outdoor spaces, providing a seamless image. Atlas Concorde shows how.
13.04.2021
In the minimalist new spa of the recently refurbished Hotel Fjordgaarden in Ringkøbing, Denmark, Unidrain’s HighLine Custom drain completes the scene, by not being seen. Watch the video to find out more.
Comic artist Vittorio Giardino’s latest designs for Tecnografica’s ‘Art Collections’ series of graphic wallpaper artworks deliver more than a powerful visual impact, they’re also sound-absorbing, waterproof and 100 per cent sustainable.
Inkiostro Bianco
09.04.2021
WANDER is the new magazine by Inkiostro Bianco: a shared journey through various steps, encounters and creative thoughts.
26.03.2021
Italian manufacturer Dresswall shows how to clad walls in hours rather than days with its new DresswallStripes collection – creating environments that range from the minimalist to the theatrical.
24.03.2021
Inspired by luxury European villas of the early 20th century, Italian ceramics specialist Ceramiche Keope presents its reminiscently atmospheric 9Cento collection, with six marble varieties that hark back to the period. Watch to learn more.
Designers increasingly need sustainable fabrics for their contract projects, not just hard-wearing ones. Enter Canadian manufacturer Morbern.
23.03.2021
Amtico’s flooring products not only look like the real thing, they’re also more robust than the natural materials which they imitate, offering architects versatile surface solutions and greater planning freedom.
19.03.2021
Merging traditional, artisanal craftsmanship with versatile, modern materials, FAP Ceramiche presents a new nature-inspired porcelain-stoneware tile collection that channels the archetypal Italian summer.
23.02.2021
In order to meet the ambitious design goals and exacting standards of its prestige project in Dubai, architectural firm KPF turned to ORAMA MINIMAL FRAMES, with its extraordinary, innovative aluminium-frame solutions.
ORAMA MINIMAL FRAMES’ window- and door-frame series ZERO° shows how inside and out can be seamlessly merged – even when it comes to more-complex floor plans.
Minimal in profile, ORAMA MINIMAL FRAMES’ high-tech aluminium frames mean an architectural lightness of touch. But don’t be fooled. Their high load-bearing capacity brings the engineering smarts.
11.02.2021
When we consume the earth's precious resources, they should be used as sustainably as possible and then renewed – just like Finnish wood veneer manufacturer CWP does it.
Sky-Frame
04.02.2021
The new Sky-Frame system with the flush-fitted transition is the first of its kind – innovative materials and workmanship mean it is so well insulated that it can also be installed in regions of extreme cold.
28.01.2021
Processing million-year-old stone slabs is one of the pillars of furniture manufacturer DRAENERT’s business, and the company boasts an impressive natural stone park with 150 varieties for planners to choose from.
With its outstretched, gravity-defying wings, imposing character and good looks, DRAENERT’s 'Adler' dining table is aptly named – it being the German word for ‘eagle’.
Alun Lennon
13.01.2021
Like what you see? Jan Parth, project architect responsible for delivering David Chipperfield Architects’ latest cultural project, talks about the soft power of hard facades.
Advances in software provide architects today with virtually unlimited possibilities for designing fantastical facades, but the deployment of simpler geometric forms can pack an equally powerful visual punch.
Das Ideale Heim Magazin für Architektur, Design und Wohnkultur
12.01.2021
There’s only one firm in Switzerland that produces high pressure laminate (HPL) sheets: ARGOLITE.
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