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Between Improvisation and Perfection

Nora Schmidt

05.09.2008

Even if the influence of traditional Scandinavian furniture design on her work is unmistakable, Ditte Hammerstrøm's design is far removed from dry Nordic functionalism.

CHANEL Mobile Art

NoéMie Schwaller

02.09.2008

Imagine a museum, instead of travelling far to see it, will stand temporarly in your home town.

Architonics Top 400

Architonic

27.08.2008

Which designers are accessed most frequently at Architonic.com? To find out we have extracted the statistics for all the direct accessing of designers.

Tactile Legerity

NoéMie Schwaller

27.08.2008

Cork enables innovative production methods and new ways of interaction with the environment. Widely praised as a pioneering force in green trends, this tactile and unconventional material.

King Bonk

NoéMie Schwaller

26.08.2008

The designers Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard are known for their experimental creations. The form of this fibre-glass seating, for example, is created by the hardening of foam material.

Silent Design

Nora Schmidt

26.08.2008

The work of the swedish designers Linus Berlund und Mats Seitz

Working in comfort

science communications GmbH

25.08.2008

The functional features of REFLEX by Girsberger support the swivel chair's aesthetic appeal

Polycarbonate goes Olympic

Sascha Peters

18.08.2008

The locations for the competitions in this summer's Olympic Games in China had to meet a range of criteria.

Win a Limited Architonic Collector´s Box

Architonic

15.08.2008

Architonic will monthly draw ten people to win one of the limited edition Collector´s Boxes, containing the three most recent Architonic Flip Books.

Catwalk Furniture

NoéMie Schwaller

13.08.2008

It's astonishing that two major designers implement the same idea in the same season. With both Martin Margiela and Hussein Chalayan, furniture was the dominant theme of the autumn / winter 2006 collection.

Spam Architecture

Architonic

13.08.2008

Romanian artist Alex Dragulescu creates artwork blending traditional art and new media.

Patchwork Collection

Line Numme

13.08.2008

As Amy Hunting says herself, she tries to combine her work as an illustrator and her furniture designs in the best possible way. The result is her 'Patchwork Collection'. A successful composition of art and design.

Peeled Architecture

Nora Schmidt

11.08.2008

He gives the impression of wanting to tidy everything up and clear away any unnecessary visual ballast. Meticulously and with surgical precision Richard Galpin breaks down the fine top layer of large-scale architectural photographs.

Architectural Competition Zurich

NoéMie Schwaller

05.08.2008

The former workers' district of Zurich is undergoing large-scale rehabilitation. After the renovation and conversion of a number of buildings such as the Volkshaus and the Hotel Rothaus, there are now further plans for a new development: an area of

The World´s Most Beautiful System Crashes

Nora Schmidt

04.08.2008

When the computer of a colleague of mine crashed a few days ago in the middle of an image processing operation sized several gigabytes, his only response was a big smile.

"The style has always been the problem"

Nora Schmidt

28.07.2008

An interview with the Italian architect and designer Michele De Lucchi

Indestructible Remembrance

Nora Schmidt

28.07.2008

As if their indestructible presence wanted to make sure that we don't forget the past. As if they wanted to tell us that war is present everywhere – for many years now the bunkers.

Success by design

Line Numme

28.07.2008

'HansandFranz' is a name which couldn't be more German (apart from the 'and' instead of 'und'), and perhaps it's an omen of the fact that they would head in the direction of America – known of course as the land of unlimited possibilities.

Vitra in Brazil

Architonic

21.07.2008

Written by Maya Jordan, Photos by Nelson Kon and Fran Parente

2008 Pavilion for the Kivik Art Centre

Nora Schmidt

17.07.2008

The concrete structure, which at first sight looks rather awkward and monumental, reveals itself at a closer look as a walk-in sculpture which.

New lamps by Jaime Hayón

Metalarte

17.07.2008

Jaime Hayón’s work has transcended the barriers between two worlds that have always been apart: art and design.

Licht und Farbe im Berliner Untergrund (Light and colour in ...

Susanne Junker

15.07.2008

U-Bahnhöfe der klassischen Moderne (Underground stations in the classical modern style)

Investigating the nature of things

Caspar Schärer

08.07.2008

On the death of Hannes Wettstein (1958-2008) by Caspar Schärer

YAMoPo 2008: Yet Another Most Popular Architecture Sites ...

Architonic

04.07.2008

We are architects, and during the last few years we have been reading and commenting on several architectural websites. As many of you do, we love to watch, learn and discuss about architecture online.

London is swimming

Architonic

04.07.2008

The photos are all by Gigi Cifali, who originally trained as a topographer, from a series called "Absence of Water." The images document the disused pools of London.

SurroundThings

Nora Schmidt

02.07.2008

The first individual exhibition by the Swiss designer Alfredo Häberli at the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich. From June 27 - September 21

First 'Design Competition' of the Middle East

Line Numme

01.07.2008

Last Saturday the award ceremony for the 'Traffic Design Competition' took place for the first time. More than 100 participants from 16 cities in the Middle East and northern Africa were judged by a jury of renown experts.

Magis' chair Trioli wins the Compasso d'Oro

Magis

30.06.2008

Trioli is a versatile design by Eero Aarnio. It’s a chair for toddlers, and, turned upside-down, it becomes a chair with a higher seat for bigger children.

Mix wins the Compasso d'Oro Award

LUCEPLAN

30.06.2008

The international Jury of the XXI edition of the ADI Compasso d’Oro, has awarded the prize to the Mix lamp designed by Alberto Meda and Paolo Rizzatto.

The Blue Planet

3XN

27.06.2008

Inspired by the shape of water in endless motion, The Blue Planet is shaped as a great whirlpool. The new Denmark’s Aquarium is situated

Deutsches Gütesiegel Nachhaltiges Bauen

Architonic

27.06.2008

Ab sofort gibt es ein deutsches Zertifizierungssystem, das die Nachhaltigkeit von Gebäuden bewertet.

Between Heaven and Earth

Nora Schmidt

25.06.2008

The Baumraum team, which is made up of architects, landscape designers, innovative craftsmen and tree experts, plans modern tree house designs which are constructed to the individual specifications of the client.

Detail in Process

Susanne Junker

25.06.2008

Christine Killory and Rene Davids examine the influence on architecture of high-tech engineering on the basis of 25 buildings erected in the USA.

Design Miami/Basel

Nora Schmidt

25.06.2008

For the third time international design and art galleries are presenting much sought-after design classics and exclusive products as part of the 'Design Miami' exhibition at the Art Basel fair.

Almost 'No Design'

Nora Schmidt

25.06.2008

The Belgian designer Xavier Lust has won international recognition with his ingeniously crafted designs. Since achieving his big breakthrough with 'le banc' ten years ago he has produced designs for well-known manufacturers such as MDF Italia,

Architectural Bridge Building for the Expo 2008

Rieder

23.06.2008

The British star architect Zaha Hadid has chosen glass fibre reinforced concrete from the Austrian company Rieder to envelope the 275 meters long „Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion“, the new symbol of the Expo 2008 in the northern Spanish Zaragoza.

Hermetically Sealed

Architonic

20.06.2008

The plan extends our research into the notion of ‘abstract verandah’ to include a barcode motif in the plan. A series of discrete spaces, organised in a way to suit the client’s particular requirements, results in a coded arrangement that is

Fantoni sponsors the 11th International Architecture ...

Fantoni

19.06.2008

This year, as in 2006, it plunges in the world of architecture cooperating and panelling the exhibition spaces with design and technology thanks to its radiant and sound-deadening systems.

schmidt hammer lassen architects wins masterplan in Norway

SHL Architects

18.06.2008

The design for a mixed-use development on the shores of Straume, near Bergen

Between Painting and Object

Architonic

13.06.2008

A solo exhibition of the artist and designer Andreas Christen at Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, 29 May to 3 August 2008

Fashionable Technology

Susanne Junker

12.06.2008

Sabine Seymour, who among other things lectures at the Parsons New School for Design, New York, has put together a collection of products and materials which looks at the close interlinking of fashion, design, technology and science.

Big Size Villa

Nora Schmidt

11.06.2008

The time has finally come and the Indian elephants in the Copenhagen zoo have finally taken up residence in their new home. Compared with the old enclosure.

A Building's Life

Nora Schmidt

10.06.2008

Frederic Chaubin, photographer and chief editor of the French magazine Citizen K, is searching for places, that have a story to tell and whose unique character he can document with his camera.

"Slow Fashion" Furniture

Nora Schmidt

06.06.2008

The master project by Fredrik Färg initially suggests designs with a strong textile orientation. However, when you take a closer look at the.

"GECKO: Think Forward" Competition

Gabriella Gianoli PR

06.06.2008

Création Baumann to award prizes for innovative projects using GECKO

Pattern Concrete

Susanne Fritz

04.06.2008

The architects Blocher Blocher Partners, who specialise in corporate architecture, have developed this by converting the texture of the moss to an abstract motif and then vectorising it.

Panamá

Metalarte

03.06.2008

The Panamá collection is an outdoor lighting system that consists of two column heights and a wall bracket.

Urban Bathing

Nora Schmidt

03.06.2008

Swimming bath architecture has recently been making a comeback and is now manifesting itself in entirely new contexts.

Two Concepts, One Project

Susanne Fritz

02.06.2008

This year's European Championships, which are taking place at four venues each in Switzerland and Austria, have also been the occasion for the development or redevelopment of a number of stadiums.

The Last Diplomas

Nora Schmidt

02.06.2008

The diplomands of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste present their final projects

ICFF

Nora Schmidt

02.06.2008

The Big Apple – a metropolis for the arts and culture. For a long time one wondered, that New York had nothing more to offer than the, compared to European standards, rather small furniture fair. But.

Planilum

Architonic

28.05.2008

The electric light bulb has had its day. Ecological and energy-efficient illuminants such as LEDs or OLEDs are becoming more and more attractive to the consume.

Flare

Architonic

28.05.2008

Flare is a pneumatic building facade system, manufactured by WHITEvoid. The system consists of metal flake bodies.

Crucial Words

Susanne Junker

22.05.2008

It's an unusual thing to find a book on architecture with hardly any pictures, almost total reliance on text and taking as its subject a series of crucial questions relating to 31 buzzwords.

Design Collage of the 20th Century

Nora Schmidt

21.05.2008

Such a stylish and lovingly designed facility as Korea's aA Design Museum can probably only be created if a real enthusiast is involved.

Graphic on Architecture

Nora Schmidt

21.05.2008

The interplay between graphic art and architecture is a discipline in itself. Visitor orientation and guidance systems require a detailed analysis of the architecture of the building, and the operational and movement sequences of the building's

Re- strung

Nora Schmidt

21.05.2008

A simple cord becomes a complex shape, a line circumscribes a space – furniture and lamps with laced seats or lampshades originated in the nineteen-fifties, and today some of these constructivist pieces have attained cult status.

Busk + Herzog receive Furniture Award 2008

Magnus Olesen

13.05.2008

On 24th April Busk + Herzog were awarded the ”Furniture Prize 2008” at the Danish Museum of Art and Design in Copenhagen by a unanimous jury and the most esteemed representatives of the furniture industry in Denmark.

Urban design event

Architonic

09.05.2008

Exhibitions and installations in Milan during the Salone del Mobile 2008

Milan – an initial selection

Architonic

07.05.2008

Few exhibitors risk coming to Milan without some new products to show off. And even if not all of these new creations make it all the way to the production stage, they are still a thermometer for trends, vitality and differentiation within the

The Architecture of Presentation

Christina Barthelmie

07.05.2008

Because our attention is fully focussed on new products and old acquaintances we frequently overlook the architecture of the stands themselves, which is often of high quality and great elaboration.

Triennale di Milano

Nora Schmidt

06.05.2008

It's not just because of its dominant architecture – the Palazzo dell’Arte was designed early in the Thirties by Giovanni Muzio– but also because of its historic past that the Triennale has, for many years, been an especially popular location

LED.next technology and “Green Light”

con:text

05.05.2008

“The LED is the light source of the future” is the credo of the Nimbus Group, which is presenting itself at this year’s “Light + Building” fair in Frankfurt with an extensive and powerful LED range based on LED.next technology.

Cool & Fresh 2008

Line Numme

02.05.2008

This year the Salone Satellite was once more on show in its own pavilion. Set a little apart from the general hustle of the fair, it welcomed visitors.

Nordic Novelties

Nora Schmidt

30.04.2008

Our selection of new products displayed at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

Cities of the Pacific Century

Susanne Junker

11.04.2008

Olympic Games in China are dominating the headlines just as much as reports about the current spectacular major projects of thel architectural stars.

StokkeAustad

Line Numme

09.04.2008

Since 2004 Øystein Austad and Jonas Ravlo Stokke have formed the design team StokkeAustad, which is based in Oslo and just opened their design studio.

Urban Romanticism

Helmut M. Bien

03.04.2008

“Urban Romanticism” is the motto of the Luminale 08 marathon. Many openings will already take place on April 5th.

Duke Ellington meets King Midas

Susanne Junker

01.04.2008

Sprayed-on metal skin for seamless and geometrically complex metal surfaces

Master of Transparency

Architonic

31.03.2008

Besides its great architectural projects, the Ateliers Jean Nouvel created various furniture designs for several renowned international manufacturers.

Organic Network

Nora Schmidt

27.03.2008

The architect Keiichito Sako was one of the first to recognise the potential for his architecture in the growing giant China. 2004 he opened his studio.

Orquideorama

Architonic

26.03.2008

The organic parkway by Plan B Arquitectos and JPRCR Arquitectos

The Pink Project

Nora Schmidt

20.03.2008

In the autumn of 2005 the Lower Ninth Ward, a multi-cultural precinct in the east of New Orleans, was flattened by the force of the hurricane Katrina.

Bizarre I

Architonic

17.03.2008

Apocalyptic sentiments. The abandoned futuristic housing complex San Zhi is situated close to the Taiwanese capital and was planned in the early 80s.

The Eco-machine

Nora Schmidt

13.03.2008

Thom Mayne's studio Morphosis wins the Zumtobel Group Award for sustainable architecture for its Federal Building in San Francisco

Fiction

Architonic

11.03.2008

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

New Walls, Please!

Nora Schmidt

06.03.2008

Our selection of results of the famous wallpaper competition

Projekt Vitra

Susanne Junker

06.03.2008

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

Materialica

Christiane Sauer

28.02.2008

The tenth MATERIALICA in Munich focused specifically on design. For the fifth time the fair presented the Materialica Design + Technology Award to outstanding and innovative performance in the fields of design or engineering.

DDR- Nonstandard Buildings

Susanne Junker

27.02.2008

Ingrid Buron and Gregory Namberger "export" the spirit of Berlin to the island of Rügen

News from Cologne

Nora Schmidt

25.02.2008

Our selection of new products displayed at the imm cologne 2008

MaterialVision

Christiane Sauer

25.02.2008

Innovative materials inspire designers and architects to create ever new products and applications. This was demonstrated at the end of 2007, when the latest developments in the field of new production and surfacing materials were presented at two

Digital Furniture Design

Temenouzhka Zaharieva

21.02.2008

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

More Colour!

Nora Schmidt

20.02.2008

A few kilometres to the north of Swedens capital Stockholm, in a picturesque house which lies on the former hunting grounds of the kings of Sweden.

Golden moon surfaces

Susanne Junker

19.02.2008

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

Upward lighting

Zumtobel Lighting

14.02.2008

An unusual lighting solution for an unusual mountain railway

Greenhouse in Stockholm

Nora Schmidt

07.02.2008

Young designer present their work at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

A swedish bright spot

Nora Schmidt

06.02.2008

The very young swedish company Wästberg launches its first collection

The VIA Creation Grants

Line Numme

31.01.2008

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

In spite of all the prophecies of doom

Nora Schmidt

31.01.2008

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

GRP meets porcelain

Nora Schmidt

28.01.2008

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

The Kevi chair has found a new home

Engelbrechts

28.01.2008

Engelbrechts Furniture has just taken over the production and distribution of the internationally renowned Kevi chair and stool series, created by the Danish designer Jørgen Rasmussen.

Architecture in small scale

Nora Schmidt

25.01.2008

A few furniture parts, half done prototypes in the middle of the room – the studio of designer Eric Degenhardt seems like a well sorted working space.

Crowded House

Nora Schmidt

25.01.2008

At the imm cologne we our fifth anniversary and we had a big party at the Architonic Lounge and later at the SIDIspot. Thanks everybody who joined us.

Young Design at the imm cologne 2008

Line Numme

25.01.2008

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

Village life in the Greenhouse

Line Numme

23.01.2008

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

Architonic Concept Space I: The 'Arctic Lounge'

Architonic

20.01.2008

To mark its fifth anniversary, Architonic presented its Concept Space I – the 'Arctic Lounge' – at imm cologne 2008. Its designers, architects Professsor Tobias Wallisser and Chris Bosse, delivered an interior landscape inspired by polar

The logical thought to create useful things

Nora Schmidt

05.01.2008

For more than ten years the very successful design studio of Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd has been located in one of Shoreditch's typical small alleys.

The Sacco armchair celebrates 40 years!

Zanotta

04.01.2008

The armchair by Sacco, Paolini and Teodoro is one of the most meaningful example of design product able to embody an "era", while "contaminating" the living conventions that apparently look very formal.

Design + Research + Industry

Nora Schmidt

04.01.2008

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

The power of the empty space

Nora Schmidt

04.01.2008

The younger generation of japanese architects, including Kengo Kuma, who was born in 1954, has taken a new directions, by using more natural materials.

A classic returns

Nora Schmidt

04.01.2008

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

Nora Schmidt

04.01.2008

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

Notes on "Brick: the Exhibition"

Christiane Sauer

03.01.2008

The European Ceramic Workcenter (.ekwc) in the Netherlands regards itself as an international workshop facility and provides designers, artists and architects with the opportunity to carry out technical and artistic experiments using ceramics and

Nosigner

Nora Schmidt

03.01.2008

The 26-year old, who does not wish to reveal his real name, presented his poetic furniture and object designs at 100%Design under his 'Nosigner' label.

Bamboo 2.0

Nora Schmidt

03.01.2008

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

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