Design

The poetic mirror serie by Jean-Marie Massaud für Glas Italia

Our selection of results of the famous wallpaper competition

Places, products, authors, museum, collections, characters, chronicle, glossary

Our selection of new products displayed at the imm cologne 2008

With the help of digital technologies it is possible to create all forms imaginable, whilst streamlining the design process from concept to fabrication.

The designer Alexis Oehler works in the heart of Berlin's Kreuzberg district, but the romantic impression given by his workshop is contradicted by the hardness and roughness of his preferred material, which normally tends to evoke associations of

Young designer present their work at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

The very young swedish company Wästberg launches its first collection

For 'Meuble Paris' fair and pursuing its annual Creation Assistance programme, VIA has presented the Carte Blanche grant awarded to designer Frechin.

Sunday before last this year's imm cologne closed its doors after receiving 107,000 visitors from 103 countries–statistics which speak for themselves.

The 'Professorship Project' is the programme at the Karlsruhe College of Design under which known designers are invited to become visiting professors.

This year, too, the imm cologne will provide lots of opportunities to discover young design talent and discover fresh ideas. Here a few suggestions.

The annual Stockholm Furniture Fair, which takes place from 6 - 10 February, is enjoying ever greater popularity with both manufacturers and designers.

"Limited edition" obscures the boundary of design and art. Craft elements bring singularity into mass-produced works and lift them to an art piece.

The cooperation between BASF, industrial designer Konstantin Grcic and Italian furniture manufacturer Plank is a result of the Universal Days workshop.

At that time the Casala furniture company, which was founded in 1917, was one of the leading manufacturers in Germany. New now is the product Casalino.

Brazilian design can look back on a long history. And although it was initially strongly influenced by European design ideas, it has since developed.

Due to new processing methods bamboo materials, such as bamboo veneer or Plyboo (in other words bamboo plywood) have become important materials for the furniture industry. And the good thing is that it is now possible to overcome the musty colonial