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Thanks to an invitation to FEED, the first congress of international bloggers and digital media, received from Valencia Disseny Week and ADCV, the association of Valencia designers, Architonic had the opportunity not only to attend Habitat Valencia

Ernst Sagebiel's architectural matsterpiece Tempelhof Airport was the venue for this year's DMY design festival in Berlin. Architonic was needless to say there, ready for take-off.

"Cecilie is just like her furniture," a friend of mine who works as a designer told me when I mentioned I was going to be interviewing the Copenhagen-based designer Cecilie Manz. And, indeed, Manz exudes a calmness and composure much like her

Designed by Zieta Prozessdesign, presented at imm cologne 2010

Making of Architonic Concept Space III, created by Zieta Prozessdesign

Architonic Concept Space III, designed by Oskar Zieta and the CAAD Faculty at ETH Zurich

For years now international materials producers have been working on sustainable alternatives and they are now ready to launch biologically degradable plastics which can be used for a range of applications.

In the course of this year's Design Days in Geneva up-market dealer Teo Jakob Tagliabue invited guests to a very special exhibition at his showrooms.

Interaction with sensory user interfaces – computers, automats, mobile phones – has become part of our everyday life.

As with many other architects the design is being strongly influenced. You literally speak of architects' design.

Meanwhile osko+deichman have impressed a number of prestigious manufacturers with their reduced and minimalist designs. We met them at their studio in Berlin.

The Center was designed by the Californian firm of architects Morphosis and named after its generous sponsor Charles H. Cahill, who helped finance a large share of the 50 million dollar building.

Mike Meiré presents Dornbrachts novelties at this year´s ISH

Video-interviews from the world’s leading trade fair for bathroom- , building-, energy-, air-conditioning Technology and Renewable Energies

Science fiction – the world after its destruction in the year 2347. This could be a rough description of the first impression created by the photo-montages of the Canadian artist Dave Trautrimas.

The Danes Poul Christiansen and Boris Berlin have been working together as Komplot Design for more than twenty years now. With their many and varied designs, which are characterised by cutting-edge and in many cases experimental production processes,

On 16 February 2009 the "Mondays with Papst" exhibition opened in the old boiler house on the Wilkhahn site in Bad Münder.

The Berlin material supplier for architects and designers opens a creative store in Moritzplatz, Kreuzberg

Selected novelties from the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2009, Part I

At this year's imm cologne Degenhardt presented 'Landed', the prototype of a prefabricated house, in cooperation with Richard Lampert.

The new Architonic Guide Box, created by Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design

The vision behind the Architonic Concept Spaces is to bring together innovative designers on the one hand with the latest technologies, materials and producers on the other.

Europe remains the theme. Kem Koolhaas has recently presented a complex master plan for a European energy park in the North Sea.

Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents Sebastian Brajkovic's furniture series 'Lathe'.

In order to create centres along the way where the pilgrims can rest and pray the municipalities involved have commissioned eleven artists and architects to develop architectural solutions for this out-of-the-ordinary context.

Designed by Gramazio & Kohler, on view for the first time at the imm cologne 2009

An interview with Oskar Zieta, architect at the CAAD-professorship at ETH Zurich

Jørn Utzon, one of the greatest architects of the past century, died last Saturday, 29.11.2008.

Industrially prefabricated and modular dwellings have long since established themselves, in the USA, in particular.

On 21 November the curtain went up for this year's exhibition, which is entitled "Fifty Fifty", a title which is intended to highlight the shared interdependence and responsibility of designers and manufacturers.

There are now a number of companies on the market which specialise in the development of micro wind turbines that enable individual power generation.

The Swiss designer Beat Karrer researches new processing methods of bio-degradable plastics

The film derives its humorous scenes more from the impact which results when two worlds collide with each other.

Until the end of last year Marc Krusin had spent ten years as head of the design department at Lissoni Associati. Now he concentrates on the work in his own studio.

The Akademie der Bildenden Künste München exhibits at the Designers´Saturday

Stefan Diez couldn't have conceived a more appropriate name for the multi-purpose chair which he has, over a development period of three years, designed for Wilkhahn, the German producer of office furniture.

Like most LAVA projects the Schumacher Tower represents a form of architecture which integrates complex construction technology and novel digital design methods.

An entire house over a number of floors in the heart of the city has been turned into a work of art – yes, it's obvious that we're in Berlin.

It could easily have been a real flop - a period when Wall Street was in turmoil and in the UK the property market found itself in a state of meltdown was not the ideal time for 100%Design to take place in London.

The exhibition of the London designer collective Okay Studio at the Aram Gallery

The official Verner Panton reference portal www.verner-panton.com goes online on 5.9.2008

An interview with Marianne Panton and Rina Troxler, Verner Pantons longtime assistant

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.

The work of the swedish designers Linus Berlund und Mats Seitz

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.

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.

An interview with the Italian architect and designer Michele De Lucchi

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Our selection of new products displayed at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

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.

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.

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

Our selection of results of the famous wallpaper competition

Our selection of new products displayed at the imm cologne 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.

Young designer present their work at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

The very young swedish company Wästberg launches its first collection

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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