Design

At this year's Salone del Mobile, the Italian manufacturer introduced versatile new design forms, colours and systems that evolve and grow along with our ever increasing need for flexible living solutions.

Global Design Agenda's Sustainability Design Week speakers stress the need to design and build sustainable cities for survival.

Dauphin's Atelier series is an adaptable workplace seating range that combines comfort with solitary focus, collaboration, communication and restful retreat. Watch the video to learn more…

With their latest addition to an already substantial repertoire of soundproofing solutions, the global workspace specialist ensures that workers can be productive and stress-free no matter the office layout.

When faced with the question of how to maximise views and facade aesthetics without compromising on important safety or insulation issues for Amsterdam's otherworldly 'Valley' project, the planners turned to glass expert Solarlux for answers.

We take a look at hair salons from Japan and Sweden whose interiors venture far beyond the traditional boundaries of Scandinavian minimalism and Japanese wabi-sabi.

Discover how a loft project in Zurich’s city centre smoothly transitioned between the manufacturer’s luxury designs – giving the space a sustainable, modern refresh.

In the centre of Zurich, a renovation project celebrates its location's industrial past while also consciously focusing on sustainability, quality and continuity…

Sustainability is in vogue, but how can sustainable activities be distinguished from greenwashing and, above all, what really counts? Here we present a conversation with Mathias Seiler, head of design and marketing at Girsberger, about sustainability

These stylish home gym products allow users to exercise in the privacy of their own homes, without bulking out the interior.

As sanitary spaces become more recreational, what will the future hold for bathroom design? Luxury bathroom fittings manufacturer AXOR asks Hadi Teherani to provide the answer: individual.

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.

Michele Cazzaniga and Antonio Pagliarulo of CMP Design took to the DAAily bar Live Talk stage during Milan Design Week to explain how conviviality and friendship influence their work at every stage.

The new NOA outdoor living centre in Belgium offers boundless inspiration for the realisation of creative outdoor concepts, thanks to the collaboration of 24 high-end outdoor-living brands. Watch the video to find out more…

The results of AZURE’s 12th annual AZ Awards are here!

Milanese design duo Calvi Brambilla discuss the process behind their architecturally impressive fair stands at the DAAily bar during Milan Design Week.

These fitness fanatical office spaces make it easy for employees to build more exercise into their schedules — without working too hard.

Erfurt's Variovlies range of smooth, paintable and re-paintable wallpapers are made from recycled fibres, making them both environmentally friendly to manufacture and sustainable after application.

AXOR's Distinctive concepts series mixes sanitary ware from internationally renowned designers with personally designed bathroom and wellness spaces for a contemporary vision of individual luxury.

Design grandee Alfredo Häberli argues at his DAAily bar Live Talk for the importance of physical, tactile experiences at design fairs and events, such as Milan Design Week.

Textile designer Cristian Zuzunaga describes his iconic pixelated style and design process in his Live Talk at the DAAily bar during Milan Design Week.

Rising in popularity, the characterful glamour of brass is firmly back in the band. Here’s how to apply the golden metallic surface while keeping the noise down.

Using natural materials and traditional craftsmanship, Vincent Sheppard's Lento collection slows down time spent in both indoor and outdoor environments, making them as simple and relaxed as possible.

Architonic pays tribute to the visionary founder and editor-in-chief of Dezeen.

Design Composite's thermoplastic panels create organically changing lighting effects. With their flexible design, the acoustic panels combine low weight with high rigidity for multiple applications.

Jan Boelen of Atelier LUMA explains the conditions required for change: 'True innovation only happens when there's a cultural shift.' Watch the video to hear more…

Returning to office life when used to working from the comfort of home can be a shock. Dauphin's Lounge Vibes range eases the transition with cosy, flexible and individual office furniture.

The strong, vibrant colours of Dauphin's modular Lounge Vibes collections allow specifiers of contract and private spaces to create atmospheric conditions and interiors, wherever the setting.

The Atelier series from Dauphin Group's Lounge Vibes range allows users to meet and work together in an office environment with alternative private space for quiet, focussed or personal tasks.

Italian tile expert Florim's sustainable manufacturing practices help to protect the natural world which was the inspiration for its new Heritage Luxe and Nature Mood collections.

Craig Robertson of AHMM explains the opposing factors of modern architecture: 'Different stakeholders have different ideas of what a good building is.' Watch the video to hear what else he has to say…

After four plus years in the darkness, Light + Building is back lighting up creatives' calendars. Taking place in October 2022, the event will shine a light on emerging industry trends and innovations.

Bar stools make any flat surface suitable for drinking, dining or working in comfort and style. With so many sizes, materials, features and applications available, it’s time to sit up and take notice.

Terzani has recently created an immersive new experience in Florence where visitors can explore the luxury Italian lighting brand's collections in a space that is more gallery than showroom.

With six new colours inspired by the various guises of the sea and its coastlines, Barber Osgerby's latest additions to AXOR's One collection of faucets really mix things up.

With unapologetically individual designs, AXOR's distinctive product ranges appeal to consumers and specifiers unwilling to settle, when looking to create more personal bathroom spaces.

Tristan Auer utilised his full creative freedom in a Blade Runner-inspired bathroom space for AXOR's Personalities campaign, made possible with the brand's uniquely individual product lines.

With a myriad of 'r' words at its disposal, global office furniture brand Haworth has taken up the challenge of developing a 100% recycled and recyclable version of its Maari chair.

By creating a highly adaptable, user-centric designer desk, the international office expert once again seeks to highlight its commitment to anticipating the workspaces of our future – and making them functional for everyone.

DAAily platforms launches in a super-hot Milan, while we cool down with the Global Design Agenda Bathroom Design Week

For his most recent collaboration with the Italian furniture powerhouse, prolific French designer Norguet came up with a seating system that is both timelessly elegant and urgently adapted to contemporary interior needs.

Douglas Mandry and Nicolas Girotto, CEO of Bally, discuss the concept behind their collaborative 30-metre-long art curtain, installed in the DAAily bar during Milan Design Week.

Gaggenau's immersive Fuorisalone installation invited the architecture and design scene to come together for star-studded live talks and a unique showcase of products and materials at a historic venue away from the fair.

By looking to urban planning for design inspiration, Steelcase has created a new roadmap and key principles for designing workspaces that make employees feel 'rooted and replenished.'

By creating task-specific, easy-to-specify landscapes within the workspace, Steelcase's curated architectural scenes promote high performance and holistic wellbeing for a rejuvenated office experience.

Through clever contextualisation and the right design partner, the international work environment expert successfully reappropriates a staple of outdoor architecture for the office spaces of the future.

In collaboration with architect and designer Andrea Boschetti, Italian porcelain stoneware specialist Mirage has developed EpicArc, a sustainability-driven new table collection whose legs are the focal point.

Stefan Diez proposes a retail revolution while introducing his mudra chair for Brunner at his DAAily bar Live Talk during Milan Design Week.

Rewarding the educational value of architecture and design projects, the Design Educates Awards programme believes that innovation is worthless if it doesn't teach others to do the same.

Merging a long manufacturing tradition with cutting-edge technology while working with some of the industry's leading designers, locates Italian brand Falmec at the forefront of kitchen extractor hood evolution.

A new collaboration between CondeHouse and architect Sou Fujimoto sees the Japanese wood-furniture specialists bringing the 'wow factor' to its Hokkaido Rock House virtual space.

Sebastian Herkner introduces his recent Colombian-inspired, hand-woven outdoor furniture collection for Ames at his DAAily bar Live Talk during Milan Design Week.

By reducing waste and raw materials through design, reusing resources from elsewhere and bringing eternally recyclable products to market, VANK is turning back the screw for a healthier planet.

At the well-attended DAAily bar Live Talk series at Milan Design Week, Patricia Urquiola discussed the eco-credentials and bio-material innovations found in her Nuez Lounge Bio armchair for Andreu World.

The French designer's most recent project with the Italian furniture expert is a modular structure that befits the ever-changing nature of our contemporary interiors. We sat down with him at Salone del Mobile to learn more.

After a two-year hiatus, imm cologne returns in 2023 – bigger than ever, with a new, more diverse format and sights firmly set on helping to shape the future.

Bringing Designboom, Architonic and ArchDaily together in a single physical space for the first time, the DAAily bar served up A&D inspiration in Milan, along with food – and drinks – for thought.

HPL board specialist Resopal has recently expanded its already diverse design range with the Creative Selection, featuring 200 new designs – for dynamic and individual interior surface designs.

With market-leading sustainability, flooring manufacturer Fabromont's durable yet comfortable range is well suited to various projects, from hard-wearing private spaces to homely commercial ones.

Today, keeping the carbon footprint of new builds low has become an integral part of project planning. Whether it’s about meeting strict sustainability targets or accommodating fluctuating energy prices, here’s how to keep energy consumption low

This personally created retreat, designed by Sarah Poniatowski in southwest France for AXOR, blends together indoor and outdoor environments in a sanitary sanctuary of serenity and solitude.

For a long time, the Swiss furniture industry was considered a male domain. Today, however, a number of successful female entrepreneurs are proving the contrary. But how equal do women really feel in the sector and what is the secret of their

With its new tiles, the Italian ceramic manufacturer introduces products that are both sustainable and aesthetically pleasing, helping to bring the soothing effect of nature indoors at little cost to our shared planet.

Join us from wherever you are in the world to celebrate this year’s Winners and the People’s Choice.

With its newly launched website and suite of useful online tools, Italian design specialist Interni has broadened its philosophy of the 'total design experience' far beyond its physical stores – without losing any of the personalised touch.

Re-imagining the humble door frame as contemporary interior design, ECLISSE's 40-degree sunken frames turn doorways into special features, or allow them to blend in. Watch the video to learn more…

Li Wenqiang of PIG Design discusses the difficulties of designing bathrooms with limited space: 'It's a terrible experience, with knees and face against the door.' Watch the video to hear more…

Dutch Design Week (DDW) will take place in Eindhoven from 22 to 30 October 2022. You can submit your design projects until 1 July 2022.

BoConcept offers contract specifiers a variety of interior schemes and plenty of room for individual choice – particularly attractive to young, urban tenants looking to add their own personal touches.

Renowned designer Karim Rashid and iconic Danish interior brand BoConcept have founded a successful collaborative relationship based on shared values.

The latest project from BoConcept and designer Karim Rashid results in an organic, minimalist design that blends smoothly into the nature of interior landscapes.

By complementing bathroom surfaces and fixtures with striking fittings, designers can create characterful sanitary spaces without overloading them with decoration.

Putting Gabriel Scott's Welles chandelier's infinite potential for customisation to the test, six renowned designers reimagine the arrangement and materials of the iconic polygonal lighting fixture.

When it came to reinventing its most popular bathroom fittings, accessories, and furniture pieces, the German manufacturer decided on a monochrome shade as a new surface treatment: Black Selection helps integrate a timeless look and feel into a wide

Sebastian Herkner has shifted the usual perspectives on chair design for Freifrau. In the case of Theia, the frame becomes the protagonist by framing the seat shell like a jewel. 



Marc Sadler discusses combining functional intelligence with emotional environments in bathrooms, 'Design is tech that you control and style.' Watch the video to learn more…

As the German luxury fittings manufacturer celebrates thirty decades of its most popular bathroom series, it’s looking ahead and introducing new product variants and finishes to the modern classic.

Duravit's new Sebastian Herkner-designed Zencha series takes inspiration from Japanese tea traditions, not only in formal aesthetic terms but also the purity and harmony of its rituals.

The Zencha bathroom series' organic curves and light, natural materials allow for the creation of peaceful bathroom spaces that appeal to the soul as well as the body.

From its material palette and modularity to manufacturing processes, the Zencha collection was developed with sustainability and the wellbeing of the planet in mind, too.

Matteo Thun discusses eliminating bathroom touch points: 'The future of the bathroom is touch-free. You need clean, big surfaces.' Watch the video to learn more…

Upon a recent visit to Bette's HQ, the German bathroom expert revealed a whole world of architectural typologies in a new, immersive proof-of-concept experience.

The German Design Awards programme promotes the most innovative, industry-changing design, rewarding only entries that excel in both form and function, and now sustainability too.

LAUFEN x Alessi x Snøhetta. Three design heavyweights provide new perspectives in Milan.

At this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, the German expert for luxury bathroom fittings introduces the newest iteration of its popular rain shower – complete with integrated light sources and voice activation.

As humanity's earliest invention, the attraction of Earth's most destructive element is sewn into our nature. These 12 outdoor fire products help the modern human use and control it.

With all the attributes of contemporary modular contract furniture, cbdesign's Casual Modular system has 360-degree adaptability and multi-environment flexibility.

As B&B Italia's iconic Le Bambole furniture range turns 50, the Italian brand rereleases the updated collection, with a contemporary focus on sustainability and materiality.

Poliform's new collection – designed largely by Emmanuel Gallina and Jean-Marie Massaud, who have collaborated with the brand for many years – exudes a unified design language with an unchanged color palette but small changes in shape and texture

The established D1 chairs and comprehensive D2 furniture system by Diez Office and Wagner Living prove that sustainable design can be both aesthetically pleasing and easy to use, paving the way to a greener office future for all. Watch the video to

A tricky style to achieve, maximalism is as unique to each user as their own personality. Get it wrong and it’s easy to feel exposed and unfulfilled. Here are some examples that get it right.

A classic as a benchmark for the future: Tara from Dornbracht is available in new variants and surfaces.

Clerkenwell Design Week came back bigger than ever in 2022. With more showrooms, exhibitions and installations, festival visitors found out what the industry’s been up to while they’ve been away.

Appearing at Salone del Mobile for the first time in 2022, Dutch furniture specialist Satelliet Originals will be spreading the word about its playful yet robust offerings for contract spaces.

Find out why the recently renovated Interni flagship store in Milan is symbolic of the Italian company's larger goal of offering full-service partnerships to designers and architects worldwide.

Inspired by the New York neighbourhood of the same name, BoConcept's Karim Rashid-designed Chelsea chair combines luxury and comfort while also helping to create more living space. Watch the video to find out more…

With its latest product innovations for the new v-elements® collection, the Swiss outdoor expert stays true to its ethos of designing furniture that is accessible to all, ecologically designed and aesthetically pleasing.

Italian customisable furniture brand Riflessi gives clients another option, by choosing a new laminated steel to add to the country's illustrious design heritage of luxury materials.

Building on its years of expertise, the German luxury appliance manufacturer now proposes to inspire architects and planners with a large-scale installation at this year's Fuorisalone.

Against the backdrop of a potential global food crisis, our Kitchen Design Week speakers discuss the future of the kitchen, both functionally and culturally. And, in the near future, our DAAily bar in Milan opens its doors.

Reduced and elegant at the same time – Noto chair and easy chair.

By blending traditional Southern German craftsmanship and expertise with modern manufacturing and design talent, Lucas Schnaidt 1890 pay tribute to great designers' and architects' work from the past.

Visitors to the DAAily bar during Milan Design Week will be enchanted by an immersive floral installation from the Ritz Paris’ Lady of the Flowers, Anne Vitchen.

Italian spa expertise from QC Terme and Effe introduces new wellness habits to New Yorkers, at a destination day retreat on the city's Governors Island.

Exhibiting at the DAAily bar during Milan Design Week, Douglas Mandry’s 30-metre-long Art Curtain will introduce visitors to the Swiss artist’s Monuments project, documenting climate change.

Dutch sleep specialist Auping has been manufacturing mattresses and beds since 1888 and is now on a mission to realise its dream of a sustainable world.

When it comes to unforgiving materials such as glass, safety features often aren't the most attractive design elements. Saflex®'s unobtrusive FlySafe™ 3D technology breaks this trend – and protects wildlife, too.

The DAAily bar is set to become one of Milan Design Week's biggest destinations, with a series of Live Talks featuring speakers from the very top of architecture and design.

Since its founding in 1992, MDF Italia has worked with some of the world's best designers, creating furniture that has always responded to the demands of contemporary living.

MDF Italia's smart, adaptable solutions allow office planners to create spaces that are not only comfortable, but which can be shaped and reshaped according to changing needs.

With a focus on lightness, elegance and functionality, MDF Italia's outdoor collections share the DNA of their iconic indoor counterparts, offering comfort and durability in equal measure.

Designboom, Architonic and ArchDaily open the DAAily bar: the place for the A&D community to meet during Milan Design Week.

Greek brand Kraft Paints not only brings colour to the picture, its innovative and sustainably produced range of products also help architects in achieving their environmental certification goals.

Belgian vinyl-flooring brand Beauflor offers a broad range of designs for numerous contract spaces, as well as supporting clients in the creation of truly bespoke solutions.

Röthlisberger, originally founded as a joinery shop specialising in the production of designer furniture, launched its own brand almost fifty years ago, with a collection that manages the skilful balancing act between serial production and

Serving hospitality and waiting spaces with comfort and support, MENU's Tearoom and Co Chair collections give users two more reasons not to leave…

Lea Korzeczek and Matthias Hiller of Studio Oink talk about why our kitchens have so many appliances, but so little food.

Technologically advanced textiles play a hugely significant role in contemporary design and architecture, as demonstrated by the three international trade fairs - Techtextil, Texprocess and the Summer Edition of Heimtextil…

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…

From stretching summer evenings on a terrace to pre-dinner appetisers and post-dinner relaxation in the lounge, home bars simplify hosting duties and bring crafted collections closer to hand.