| Brand building: the corporate campus expresses itself | | | Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj – COAST | | | Large multinational companies are increasingly using architecture as a powerful tool both to express their individual brand identities, as well as to engage, motivate and excite employees.
| | Work it: easy! at home
Things aren‘t always black and white, sometimes you need more variety in your life. With our attractive covers, you can show your personal style! The fast and easy way to bring colour to your workplace at home – in line with trends and your own mood.
| | | My office, my way: new workplace design | | Same chair, same desk, same office – not anymore. Today's office workers are increasingly demanding more from their workspaces and designers, as well as manufacturers, are responding.
| | Optimum acoustics in the office thanks to drapilux
Open office structures are modern, but have poor room acoustic properties. drapilux textiles and sound absorbers help offices to achieve optimum acoustics with great design possibilities and added value through intelligent functions.
| | | | | COMFORT WITH A CONSCIENCE: ARPER | | Italian manufacturer ARPER’s versatile, new armchair collections – designed by Lievore + Altherr Désile Park, and Jean-Marie Massaud – prove that luxurious looks and sustainability are by no means mutually exclusive.
| | | SOUND CONSTRUCTION: SIGEL | | German office product specialist SIGEL’s new Sound Balance acoustic solutions not only promote communication and optimise open-plan office acoustics, they help shape the workplace, too.
| | | EYES ON THE PRIZE: GERMAN DESIGN AWARD 2021 | | 10 July is the closing date for entries for the GERMAN DESIGN AWARDS 2021, which, for the first time, also features a prize aimed at young architectural offices and design studios in a new category.
| | | | A LITTLE HELP FROM YOUR FRIENDS: POLIFORM | | Marcel Wanders and Jean-Marie Massaud worked with Italian furniture manufacturer POLIFORM on its latest collections – drawing inspiration from the atmosphere of ‘beauty and strength’ on the factory floor, while adding their own signatures to the creations that emerged.
| | With its strong formal and material expression, the JK21 range of fittings by Italian bathroom specialist ZAZZERI – inspired by its iconic Junko series – is big in the bathroom.
| | | STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: REGENT LIGHTING | | Swiss manufacturer REGENT LIGHTING’s Milano Slim luminaire is plain perfection, bringing shadow-free light into offices and classrooms with a reserved elegance.
| | | | | Dado sofa, flexible comfort for multipurpose workspaces
Dado: a modular sofa system, for combining endless sofa combinations. The different parts fit together with Swiss precision. It's geometric, pure design – perfect proportions, generous volumes and subtle, surprising upholstery colour-contrasts – adapts to all types of public, private or business projects.
| | | Sberbank HQ, Moscow, by Evolution Design | | | Photo: Sergey Melnikoff | © Sberbank For more | | Swiss architectural and design practice Evolution Design, in partnership with Russian architectural office T+T Architects, has developed striking new headquarters for Russian bank Sberbank. An internal atrium acts as a remarkable centrepiece for the scheme, complete with a suspended, diamond-shaped meeting space, 20m high green walls and a series of cantilevered meeting rooms.
| | As part of our monthly giveaway, you can win one of ten Wilkhahn AT Mesh office chairs.
| | Solari / Product Design Consultant Gensler
A benching system combining stellar performance with out-of-this-world style. With an electrically-controlled, height-adjustable worktop, desks are accessorised with dividing screens and storage elements.
| | Established in 1995 by Armin Ebner, Susi Hasenauer and Stephan Ferenczy, BEHF Architects is an award-winning architectural office located in Vienna, operating at international level. BEHF Architects seeks to improve the built environment by bringing together innovative design strategies and energy-saving, cost-effective solutions tailored to both site resources and user.
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No standing still: upcoming virtual events
| | | Fuorisalone Digital
15–21 June, 2020 | | | San Francisco Design Week
15-25 June, 2020 | | | Spotlight with Zahid Sardar: Clive Wilkinson, FAIA FIIDA
17 June @ 10a.m. PDT (CEST 7p.m.) | | | DigitalFUTURES WORLD: Architects Unite
27 June–03 July, 2020 | | | Gdynia Design Days, Gdynia, Poland (Physical fair)
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