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The architectural and decorative Skybell system, Bover's most versatile luminaire, is suitable for the residential, commercial and hospitality sectors.

Since 1996, Spanish lighting brand Bover has been blending handcrafted production methods with advanced technology to create modern and modular lighting solutions.

For interior architects and designers, colour represents a powerful tool for not only shaping physical spaces, but also shaping the atmosphere and mood of the people who work in them.

Originally designed in 1951 and first realised by Arper in 2012, Lina Bo Bardi's Bowl Chair is back – in striking new colours and patterns that honour the designer's dual heritage...

In the absence of the usual furniture fair this year, designers turned instead to virtual and in-person spaces – a playground for new ideas and concepts that extend beyond art, architecture and design to include sustainability and circular

With eight decades of experience behind it, Swedish specialist in interior design solutions for office, education and care Kinnarps understands the value of the holistic ergonomic design approach.

Silent.office.wall from Recytex offers highly effective acoustic solutions in a wide variety of forms for the workplace, which can be easily assembled, dismantled and extended at any time. Find out more here...

The PALMBERG Workplace Intelligence Series explores the rapidly evolving landscape of work in terms of both user behaviour and office design. Sponsored by leading German office-furniture manufacturer PALMBERG, which has for decades developed products

‘How can we create spaces according to elementary human needs?’ asks Martin Lesjak of Innocad. Watch him address this question and more in the video.

The Creo shelving system from Bremen-based cabinet system experts raumplus combines functionality with a feeling of lightness and efficient storage space – as well as presentation areas for the things that need to be showcased. A multi-talent in

For CF Møller's Julian Weyer, 'the real point of an office these days is as a place of engagement'. Find out what else he has to say about the modern workspace in the video...

The Corian® Design business is launching in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) a set of bold, new aesthetics, for a total of eight new colours for its Corian® Solid Surface range of products for interior spaces and architecture.

Dauphin's new workspace chair Indeed by Rüdiger Schaack embodies contemporary demands for furniture that is not only flexible and functional, but sustainable and aesthetic, too.

With SHUFFLE from Interstuhl, the name says it all. While the universal chair system offers individualised solutions, all combinations are united by comfortable, ergonomic design.

Rearrange and rethink – the compatible elements that make up German office furniture expert Interstuhl's HUB system are flexible in every way.

SPLACES brings together Interstuhl's products and services to create aesthetic, functional and flexible working environments.

Home workspaces must combine all the tools of the shared office with the user's personality for an inspirational and creative solitary environment. Here are ten desk solutions that are up to the job.

‘A contemporary workspace is not about designing a place. It's about translating the culture, the identity of a company,’ says Peter Ippolito of Ippolito Fleitz Group. Find out more in the video...

The highly versatile TALO.YOU desk system makes it possible to furnish entire office spaces with a single, unified system.

Despite new and ever-evolving working habits and rhythms, for Lauren Touhey-Otto of Berlin-based architecture office Kinzo, the office still has a central role to play in how we work...

With its new office furniture collection Meet Up, Fantoni is responding to the increasing need for flexibility and agility at work, as well as disappearing management hierarchies.

BoConcept may be a global player when it comes to contract furniture solutions but the Danish brand also knows how to add the personal touch – just ask Innsbruck-based partner, Martin Bauer...

The 3D Wall Carve ceramic tile collection from Atlas Concorde adds texture to walls, with two of its five patterns created in collaboration with Italian design legend Piero Lissoni.

The Reframe Collection of smartly engineered, high-quality accessories from Danish design brand Unidrain brings intelligent solutions and a subtle feeling of luxury to bathrooms in five distinctive colours. Watch the video to find out more...

Office furniture specialist Haworth embraces awareness, analysis and imagination in its quest to create workspaces that have a positive impact on our lives.

While technology and a flexible, adaptable approach play key roles in Haworth's designs and office concepts, workers and their wellbeing remain front and centre.

What are the factors to be considered when devising workspaces which benefit not only the people in them but the environment, too? Office specialist Haworth provides an answer...

Axor demonstrates the meaning of the word 'icon' with its Axor Icons series – iconic designs designed by icons, Antonio Citterio, Jean-Marie Massaud and Philippe Starck.

The Lufthansa Lounge at Malpensa Airport in Milan shines thanks to luminaires and lighting systems from Artemide – literally brightening up passengers' time before or after a flight.

Whether bold colours or interesting textures, these stylish fixtures and finishes offer the latest in luxury wellness for the home.

Pre-pandemic, it was a rare concession granted by an employer; now, for many, home office has become the state of the art when it comes to work. But what demands does this change place on our living spaces? (DE only)

Cologne-based FLAT'N specialises in creating bespoke carpet designs, using innovative digital printing techniques to realise individual patterns, colour combinations and shapes.

Minotti's new 2021 collection is a tribute to mid-century style that includes versatile, modular pieces designed in collaboration with design greats such as Rodolfo Dordoni, Marcio Kogan, GamFratesi and Nendo.

Corresponding to the latest developments in home and work culture, Minotti's multifunctional and elegant 2021 collection adapts flexibly to different requirements.

With 13 new textiles, Minotti's has expanded its range of upholstery fabrics for both its indoor and outdoor furniture, all of which merge technological innovation with striking environmental credentials.

There was no shortage of innovative ideas in the iF Design Award 2021's office category, including some that will help to shape the offices and workspaces of tomorrow...

With contemporary lifestyles meaning more entertaining from home, forward-facing kitchen islands with integrated seating make staying in the new going out. But what makes the perfect kitchen island?

Dutch brand Jess's furniture is minimalist, experimental and incorporates ‘a sort of futuristic design that puts functionality in a different light.’

Vola's new RS11 hands-free, hand-sanitiser dispenser is ideal for a range of contract spaces, offering the Danish brand's trademark elegance and quality, as well as a safe welcome to visitors. Watch the video to find out more...

Axel Schmid of Ingo Maurer discusses how new lighting technology is not only a benefit in itself, but also the source of new ideas, tools and possibilities. Watch to learn more...

With its two new colours, turquoise and orange, the Parentesi 50 lamp by Flos pays homage to its designers Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzù – the latter of whom is known as the designer of the iconic Fiat 127...

The rooms and suites, the gym, the bar and the club lounge have a total floor area of 6,150 m², covered with oak parquet from Bauwerk.

It’s easy for enthusiasts and even professional designers to be dazzled by the blinding array of lights in various styles. Here are the main types of pendant light, and what they’re used for.

Pierre Jorge Gonzalez of Gonzalez Haase AAS talks about the role of light in the office of the future. Find out more in the video.

The award honours the best architecture, interior architecture, product design and brand communication. For 2021, it has set two trends: wooden architecture and redevelopment.

Berlin-based Unique Factory's commitment to providing personalised interior solutions is perfectly reflected in its carefully curated Potsdamer Strasse showroom.

The poetry and pragmatism of light with Guillermo López of New York-based architecture office MAIO.

The profound energy of Pierre Bleue stone creates luxurious contemporary interiors

From 15-17 November, leading roof window manufacturer VELUX will host its Build for Life Conference 2021, with the goal of developing more sustainable strategies for the building industry.

VELUX's Daylight Symposium is a three-day, digital event for researchers, architects and building professionals which highlights the benefits of the use of natural light on building projects.

In 2020, VELUX Group launched a comprehensive sustainability strategy called 'It's our Nature', which aims to pioneer on climate issues, innovate in relation to sustainability and promote responsible business practices.

‘Light is the essence of architecture,’ say Oliver and Tobias Link of Tobias Link Lighting Design. Watch the video for more insights...

With its Busch-Welcome® range, electrical-installations specialist Busch-Jaeger offers a variety of indoor and outdoor solutions for increased security and comfort around the front door.

If you’ve got it, flaunt it. Large, expansive sliding windows allow our interiors to connect with the local environment, while flooding them with regenerative natural light.

A unique opportunity to get inside the mind of Bernhard Aebi from Aebi & Vincent Architects via their striking youth hostel project in Bern – supported by Swiss furniture manufacturer Horgenglarus.

Wingburg allows door and wall to become one, so that rooms are not simply subdivided, but can be perceived as a flowing sequence of spaces – illustrated here by three interior projects...

Tecnografica's new Minerals collection was recently presented at Cersaie 2021 in Bologna and immerses interiors in stories of ancient natural stones and fossils.

Restrooms that bring unique character to interior projects are a great way to add individual style to the user experience. Here are eight of the best.

Cassina has reworked and reissued a number of iconic, mid-century designs and is moving them into public spaces with the new Cassina PRO collection.

Italian furniture expert Cassina has developed Cassina PRO – a collection of classic products adapted especially for contract spaces and high traffic areas.

The eclectic, new Cassina PRO collection offers ‘a wide choice of styles that can be adopted in different types of projects, making each one unique, but always with the same Cassina DNA.’

With its new chair and extended furniture family, internationally active contract furniture manufacturer Brunner is aiming to evolve the concept of the wooden chair. The result, a merging of nature and technology, is nate.

Berlin-based glass printing specialist Glastrix opens up broad possibilities for architects and interior designers looking to create bespoke design effects with glass.

With every household need catered for automatically, the Internet of Things promised us the easy life. Now smart home living can automate our daily lives, but what’s it really like?

During summer 2021, workers at Danish tap specialist Vola's factory in Horsens arrived one morning to find the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra waiting for them...

Both at the new Red Bull site in Amsterdam and the Limburgs Museum in Venlo, Leolux LX upholstered furniture enhances the ambience of each of these contract settings.

Leolux LX's upholstered furniture lines can be customised and made to order so that interior designers' visions can be realised, whether for the home or the contract sector.

Designed by Martin Ballendat for Dutch brand Leolux LX, the LXR18 armchair speaks the design language of the club chair, but is more modern, compact – and friendly.

In a post-Covid period of reinvention, Porto-based furniture brand Hamilton Conte is embracing modularity, new shapes and above all, comfort.

Get some bonus surface insights and tips from our design week experts – Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, Peter Bundgaard Rützou and Joaquin Vaquero!

What do you do if you need a lot of storage space in the kitchen but don't want it to be immediately visible? Or if you would like to integrate the kitchen into the living area or the office?

‘An architect defines a space, but its real meaning comes from its surfaces,’ says Joaquin Vaquero of CLK Architects. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

The new Kaijo and Canyon surfaces by designer Markus Bischof for Agrob Buchtal may differ significantly in form, but both create striking, geometric facades.

Warsaw Home & Contract is a welcome opportunity for architects and interior designers to re-establish business relationships, establish new ones and discover the latest ideas generated by Poland’s burgeoning design community.

‘We tend to go back to surfaces that allow time to pass, that show the imprint of what happens,’ says Peter Bundgaard Rützou of Space Copenhagen. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

DuPont has launched a new version of its website dedicated to exterior cladding solutions based on Corian® Solid Surface

‘The ultimate goal is that an empty space should feel welcoming just by the choice of materials,’ says Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

Brooklyn-based lighting brand Shakúff’s customised and ready-made lighting solutions blend craft, composition and smartly applied tech – robot consultations optional.

Colour and light are two hugely influential tools when sculpting interior space. They bring function and positivity to environments without adding physical clutter.

BoConcept's Morten Georgsen-designed Kingston table and Princeton chair merge functionality and elegance, creating extraordinary spaces that are fit for a king. Watch the video and learn how to live ekstraordinær...

No employee is the same, so why should offices be the same? A wave of flexible office furniture is giving companies and workers the freedom to change the way, and the places, they work.

The Design Educates Awards attract high-calibre international entries and honours projects that benefit society in ecological, sustainable and social terms.

How can architects best enhance our experience of architecture once the sun has gone down? One sure solution is close collaboration with specialised lighting planners...

Leuchtstoff equipa la iglesia parroquial de Santa Bárbara (Ortrand) en Brandemburgo con una iluminación LED contemporánea

For 125 years, German brand Alape has been perfecting the visual as well as haptic experience of washbasins and washstands made of glazed steel.

Skram has been creating future heirlooms for 20 years now – setting an example against today's fast-moving, throw-away, consumer culture.

B&B Italia's charming, curvaceous new pieces by Monica Armani and Antonio Citterio are inspired on the one hand by 1960s glamour, and on the other, by more natural, organic forms.

Sky-Frame installed a mirrored raft as an imaginary living room on Lake Lucerne for their latest commercial film in the series “Living with Sky-Frame – Lake Lucerne”. This is how the inside joins the outside and the living space connects with

Following a fully digital edition in 2020, this year Decorex returns to London’s Olympia as a live event from 10-13 October.

Commercial spaces must be enticing enough to pull people in, and comforting enough to keep them there. It’s this balance that makes the utilisation of technical lighting so important to master.

With the industries shift in focus towards sustainability, this Dutch brand has been there from the beginning.

The highly flexible PartiLine system furniture from System 180 supports participative working and makes it possible to create environments that can be changed quickly.

In Summer 2021, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra paid a visit to the VOLA factory in Horsens, Denmark, for a performance celebrating a shared commitment to craft and precision. Watch the video to see the team’s reaction.

Unique surfaces for every bathroom interior.

Aesthetics can be sustainable, too. Clever, timeless design rather than following trends is at the core of Italian furniture specialist Pedrali’s business.

In Autumn 2021, chair brand Wagner presents its iconic Stefan Diez-designed D1 in three eye-catching new limited edition colours. Watch the video to find out more...

The material underneath your feet is arguably the most crucial part of any interior. Here are the questions specifiers need to consider, when selecting the perfect floor covering for their project.

Autex Acoustics’ intelligent, sustainable solutions not only integrate into different architectural contexts, they also contribute to greater well-being and performance in working environments.

With MyData Analysis, Regent Lighting provides a smart technological solution that saves costs, increases efficiency and simplifies workflows – confirmed by its successful application in one of Europe's largest smart building projects.

For CTO Lighting’s new Modulo collection, designer Federico Peri found inspiration in a childhood memory to create a luminaire family that is contemporary and timeless, all at once.

Facades are the clothes buildings dress themselves up in. Physical declarations of prominence and boastful creativity. Here is an inspirational selection of architectural facades created by Architonic’s archive of manufacturers…

When it comes to creating timeless furniture, there's a lot to learn from modern classics like the String furniture system ...

Italian chair manufacturer Palma has reinvented its processes to make its production as green as possible.

For architect Hadi Teherani, ‘Furniture is like the actor in the theatre of architecture.’ We spoke with him live from Milan Design Week and you can see some highlights in the video below...

Open arms: Pedrali’s Blume collection by Sebastian Herkner now includes an armrest version, making it more inviting than ever before. Watch the video to find out more...

Morten Georgsen’s Billund table for BoConcept offers a flexible, multi-functional solution for small spaces.

Today, spaces in the home and at work need to adapt and function in different ways, making Danish design’s flexibility, simplicity and utility more relevant than ever.

Why has BoConcept been working with Dr Steffi Burkhart on the development of small, super-flexible hybrid spaces for living, socialising and working?

'When you're in an emergency, you do your best to experiment, to accelerate experimentation,' believes Stefano Boeri. Watch the video for more from the architect and curator of this year’s supersalone event in Milan...

The 2021 collection by Flou depicts six aspects of our changing environment, bridging our increasingly indoor lives with the world outside, again.

In collaboration with the established French design institute VIA, the Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency is seeking to put Hungarian design on the world map.

Once the forgotten realm of interiors, creating the perfect soundscape is now just as important as light and decoration. Here are the different acoustic products available to create the right tone…

From providing shade in warm climates, to improving air quality and helping workers feel closer to nature, there are many good reasons for going green in the office...

‘When we design something, we're already thinking about how people will take pictures of it,’ say Fabio Calvi & Paolo Brambilla. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

With numerous design options to choose from, the double award-winning MX-3 cassette awning from Markilux provides shade solutions that are tailored to individual needs.

Cbdesign’s outdoor collections combine aesthetic influences from the past with both natural and innovative synthetic materials, to create an optimised blend of performance and design.

The BetteAir floor-level shower tile from Bette allows absolute design freedom in the bathroom.

Bavarian wood furniture expert Zeitraum’s Curtain table marks a departure from classic table archetypes, while also embracing the company’s trademark commitment to sustainability.

‘25 per cent of the carbon of a building is the interior and furniture plays a huge part in that,’ says Mike Holland from Foster + Partners. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

Next year, Portugal’s Wewood celebrates ten years in business and with a new design director Philipp Grundhöfer in place, the future also looks bright for the wood furniture specialist.