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Italian kitchen brand Arclinea’s new Thea concept points kitchen architecture in an innovative new direction while still allowing harmonious integration with its existing systems.

‘Some technology is useful, but there's a lot of rubbish out there,’ argues Gary Singer of Eggersmann Design. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

Flooring can be a key tool in visually connecting interiors with outdoor spaces, providing a seamless image. Atlas Concorde shows how.

‘Of all the different parts of a house, the kitchen seems to be the focus of most of the client's expectations,’ suggests Alireza Razavi of Studio Razavi. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

The new Théâtre Le Maillon in Strasbourg has an invisible leading actor – Solarlux glazing, which shows just how dramatic minimalism can be.

‘We treat the kitchen like a piece of furniture,’ says architect and kitchen designer Norbert Wangen. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

Watch now for professional kitchen design, planning and specification insights from Norbert Wangen, Alireza Razavi of Studio Razavi, and Eggersmann Design's Gary Singer.

Premium kitchen brand next125’s award-winning ‘Trolley’ brings multifunctional mobility beyond the kitchen and into other increasingly connected home spaces.

German design duo kaschkasch’s new P.O.V. table family for Czech wood-bending experts TON is as versatile as the material it celebrates.

Thanks to their unobtrusive form, both the Square 16 and Horizontal sofas by De Padova are perfect for design projects that aim to be uncomplicated, comfortable and reassuring.

Inspired by traditional Japanese living concepts, the Time & Style ēdition collection by Italian manufacturer De Padova succeeds in bringing visual calm to rooms.

See which dazzling selection of international designers has made it into the current collection of legendary Italian manufacturer De Padova.

Japanese wood-furniture specialists Conde House are practising what they preach with their new Open Office space in Tokyo, where the in-house team and visitors alike can experience first-hand the flexibility and comfort of their soft-contract

Sisters Reta and Iva Schnellmann of RIPOSA combine years of expertise and fine craftsmanship into a unique sleeping experience.

In the minimalist new spa of the recently refurbished Hotel Fjordgaarden in Ringkøbing, Denmark, Unidrain’s HighLine Custom drain completes the scene, by not being seen. Watch the video to find out more.

With a heritage in joinery that stretches back five decades, Porto-based family business Wewood is on a mission to put Portuguese furniture design firmly on the international design map.

Named after the boats which traditionally transported wine barrels from countryside to coast, the design of Wewood’s sculptural Rabelo sofa embraces Portugal’s rich history and culture.

In lieu of Spring season fairs this year, Portuguese furniture manufacturer Wewood has created an inspirational in-house publication with which to spark the imaginations of architects and planners.

With its Work from Anywhere ecosystem, contract furnishing expert Haworth provides cogent solutions to the challenges posed by modern workplace scenarios.

WANDER è il nuovo magazine di Inkiostro Bianco: un viaggio condiviso fra tappe, incontri e pensieri creativi.

Our world is becoming more complex by the day and the list of challenges longer and longer, so all the better if we are not only surrounded by bright minds and innovative ideas, but also by clever materials that can make our lives a little easier.

With its clamp and lightweight form, TEAM HOME, Tobias Grau’s home version of the TEAM office light, moves wherever the work is. Watch the video to see how it makes the home office work better.

Renson’s range of sun protection solutions not only helps users to stay cool outdoors, they also regulate indoor temperatures by blocking sun rays before they can even hit the glass.

Aero Skye, the bladed roof solution from outdoor living experts Renson, allows garden spaces to be utilised to their full potential all year round – blending the benefits of nature with indoor comforts.

With its flexible range of products that open up to the outside, specialist in outdoor living concepts Renson creates spaces that encourage and enable users to embrace nature…

In close collaboration with designers, Röthlisberger Kollektion produces pieces of furniture with the potential to become classics.

FRITSJURGENS pivoting doors can be installed in minutes and give architects the possibility to make lasting statements.

Design experts from the leading global bathroom-solutions and kitchen-fixtures manufacturer talk customer-centric and inclusive design, sustainability, and their new digital-experience platform, GROHE X.

A 19th-century design language articulated via 21st-century creative collaborations: Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH's bentwood expertise is defining some of the finest contract spaces the world over.

'The bathroom is obviously a very personal space – you're naked most of the time!' says Ariane Steinbeck. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

Duravit’s New England-inspired Cape Cod series by Philippe Starck not only harmonises neatly with its other collections, it delivers big on solutions for small spaces.

The high-quality materials and clarity of form typical of Nordic design can also be found in Cecilie Manz’s Luv collection for Duravit – no surprise then to find it in the bathrooms of luxury hotel, Villa Copenhagen.

Duravit’s new HygieneFlush flushing technology is the latest in its range of hygiene features to take bathroom cleanliness, as wells as water efficiency, to the next level.

In private homes and hotels alike, bathrooms are increasingly bringing the outside in, providing an unparalleled sense of well-being for the user.

'Water is something unpredictable and it always goes wrong,' says Lukasz Zagala. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

D-Neo, designer Bertrand Lejoly’s flexible new collection for Duravit, is evidence that premium design and affordability need not always be mutually exclusive.

Design meets fashion. And, for once, in a good way. The super-brand Kartell by Laufen bathroom collection gets a new set of clothes…

Flexible, innovative and future-oriented: in the idyllic village of Muotathal, the young generation has taken over at the helm of MAB Möbel AG.

'A good bathroom is a living room also,' say Peter Jöhnk & Corinna Kretschmar. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

How can our bathroom experiences be even further enhanced? By combining water with light suggest the experts at KEUCO, who’ve developed a bathroom lighting solution that corresponds to our natural biorhythms.

With topics ranging from community building through cultural perception to architects as business developers, the Heinze ArchitekTOUR’s ‘Out of the Box’ series identifies new approaches and new role models for how we will live tomorrow.

From 19 April to 14 May, the industry will come together virtually for the Heinze ArchitekTOUR – a digital space for exploring ideas about how we will live and work in the future.

For some valuable insights on what the bathroom means today, we've spoken to Peter Jöhnk and Corinna Kretschmar of JOI-Design, Lukasz Zagala from Medusa Group and RPW Design's Ariane Steinbeck.

Italian manufacturer Dresswall shows how to clad walls in hours rather than days with its new DresswallStripes collection – creating environments that range from the minimalist to the theatrical.

Originally created for the Bavarian National Museum by designer Bernhard Dessecker, Moooi is delighted to bring the all-seeing Iconic Eyes pendant to the luxurious end of the lighting market.

While brick has enjoyed a renaissance in contemporary architecture, due in no small part to its sustainability credentials, manufacturer Randers Tegl is delivering even greater creative potential and versatility with its long-format Ultima brick

Cherishing one’s heritage isn’t at odds with ‘opening up new possibilities for the future’. So says B&B Italia’s new artistic director, Piero Lissoni.

Inspired by luxury European villas of the early 20th century, Italian ceramics specialist Ceramiche Keope presents its reminiscently atmospheric 9Cento collection, with six marble varieties that hark back to the period. Watch to learn more.

Maxalto's pursuit of excellence is evident both in its name – derived from the Venetian ‘massa alto’ meaning ‘the highest’ – and in the restrained luxury of the new Heritage Perspectives collection by Antonio Citterio.

Amtico’s flooring products not only look like the real thing, they’re also more robust than the natural materials which they imitate, offering architects versatile surface solutions and greater planning freedom.

With the new WEIBELWEIBEL furniture label, the brothers have definitely landed a coup and are making their own mark on the Intertime company.

Occhio+ represents a broadening of the Occhio product portfolio into the larger contract sector, and, as such, is aimed explicitly at architects and planners.

Occhio's project service offers comprehensive, 360° support to clients – leaving no question unanswered when it comes to lighting design.

Greek manufacturer Bright Special Lighting produces lighting solutions as much as lighting fixtures, solutions that have helped shape metro stations, restaurants, hotel complexes, museums, airports the world over.

Planners looking to not only illuminate interiors, but rather achieve a sense of dramaturgy with ambient light, will find the right partner in Munich-based lighting specialist Occhio.

CTO Lighting celebrates the British craftsmanship and tradition at the core of its collections – and nowhere more so than in its new luminaire family named after Arthurian legend.

With minimal material thickness, the inLight concrete pendant luminaire – ingrau’s latest creation – achieves maximum impact.

When German firm LTG Lofts to go was looking for a lighting partner to take the interiors of its modular coodo mini-homes to the next level, it turned to the expert planners at Lampenwelt...

With a pandemic and quarantine to contend with, British lighting brand Joe Scog’s ethos of utilising existing components, handmade elements and waste materials wherever possible was again put to the test in the creation of its latest luminaire...

The STRASSERTHUN team carries craftsmanship in its heart and is striding into the future with joy and innovative drive.

The versatile table luminaire JOKER by Regent Lighting provides targeted, glare-free light with manually adjustable colour temperatures – allowing people to create the lighting mood that's right for them. Watch the video to find out more.

Alongside collaborations with more established names, Dutch lighting brand Hollands Licht is a champion of emerging design talent, whose innovative, sculptural luminaires shine even before they’ve been switched on.

For planners who have had it with generic contract environments, BoConcept’s wide product portfolio offers solutions with scope for customisation, personal touches and, naturally, a dash of hygge.

Family-run company ROVIVA combines tradition with future-oriented innovation.

In all of its furniture, Ritzwell carries forward its own history, combining inspiration from 20th-century modernism with Japanese precision.

In search of a chair that was timeless, simple and beautiful for the fit-out of their Casa Caminada hotel in Switzerland, cousins Andreas and Gion Caminada found the perfect match in Ritzwell’s Marcel.

With designs that blend craftsmanship and technology with Japanese sensibility and tradition, Ritzwell is frequently specified for high-end contract – as here, at L Side Cafe in this Lexus dealership in Osaka.

‘If it's not a smart home you're building these days, then it's already an old house,’ says German smart-home expert Andreas Dörflinger. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

SCHÄTTI creates luminaires that follow in the line of great Swiss designs.

Trust Swiss textile specialists CRÉATION BAUMANN to develop a curtain collection that provides both comfortable indoor conditions and energy-saving benefits. Meet GLARE & HEAT...

ALPHABET BY ZAMBELIS’s TAF24 luminaire system can easily switch between horizontal and vertical configurations, offering scope to planners for creating sculptural lighting effects.

Greek luminaire manufacturer ALPHABET BY ZAMBELIS’s new website functions as a planning tool for creating the right lighting concepts, as well as helping professionals communicate their ideas to customers.

TECHNOLOGY DESIGN WEEK: With homes becoming increasingly smart, José Tomás Franco outlines eight strategies for incorporating domotics into architecture.

Premium Italian furniture-maker PAOLO CASTELLI’s roots stretch all the way back to 1877, and today, four generations later, the family company continues to be a go-to partner for timeless contract solutions.

Platform lifts. Swedish manufacturer ARITCO shows how architects can integrate them into residential properties without them looking like an afterthought – but rather a serious design statement.

Italian brand KRISTALIA is blowing its own trumpet about its new Palco outdoor collection – a modular system designed by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin that combines soft elements with pallet-inspired teak platforms to create super-specifiable seating for

Whether for co-working locations or residential living rooms, AL2's expressive furniture designs imbue spaces with unique personality and storytelling.

What do Snoop Dogg, James Bond and Canadian-British designer Philippe Malouin have in common? Why, the cult Swiss furniture brand de Sede, of course...

For PEKA-METALL AG, true beauty is more than just a front.

ORAMA MINIMAL FRAMES’ window- and door-frame series ZERO° shows how inside and out can be seamlessly merged – even when it comes to more-complex floor plans.

Minimal in profile, ORAMA MINIMAL FRAMES’ high-tech aluminium frames mean an architectural lightness of touch. But don’t be fooled. Their high load-bearing capacity brings the engineering smarts.

How to harness the robust, natural qualities of leather while creating furniture that remains elegant, comfortable and highly specifiable? FREIFRAU MANUFAKTUR shows how with its new armchair Grace.

For a new residential project set amid the green meadows of the north-German countryside, interior planners raumideen were presented with a brief that called for a creative lighting concept – so they turned to ARTEMIDE…

Which kind of light is best for working? The one you have to think about least. With LIGHTPAD, Swiss manufacturer REGENT LIGHTING has created a modular system that optimally lights the workspace – whatever the time of day.

British Lighting Designer ASTRO has introduced a versatile and striking matt black finish to both signature designs and new season innovations, making them now more specifiable than ever. Watch the video to discover more…

When we consume the earth's precious resources, they should be used as sustainably as possible and then renewed – just like Finnish wood veneer manufacturer CWP does it.

Danish furniture brand MENU means business. Its Norm Architects-designed Snaregade Conference Table comes in a range of high-quality materials and with optional work-friendly features such as cable tray and seat runners. Watch the video to learn

LIGALICHT stands for premium design, innovation, LED expertise, sustainability and Swiss quality.

Historic neighbourhoods seldomly generate new buildings. But last year, one such sprouted on a historic old boulevard in Denmark.

The new Sky-Frame system with the flush-fitted transition is the first of its kind – innovative materials and workmanship mean it is so well insulated that it can also be installed in regions of extreme cold.

KETTNAKER combines a systematic, unified design approach with high-quality materials and 150 years of tradition. The result is furniture that remains loyal to the virtues of its Southern German roots.

Lighting brand ZERO present HOOP: a luminaire designed by fellow-Swedish design group Front. An elliptical globe of light sits within a system of wire loops – its technology hidden to give it a magical feel. Watch the video to find out more...

Furniture designs by LEHNI are timeless and enduring. The same goes for its kitchens.

'Furniture is the interface between our bodies and space,' says London-based designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. Watch now for more insights!

When it came to choosing a brick for its Casa Sand project in Aarhus, Denmark, Christoffersen & Weiling Architects decided on the Ultima from Randers Tegl. Find out why, here.

'It's the death of really hard-edged contract furniture,' says Eero Koivisto of Swedish architecture and design office Claesson Koivisto Rune. Watch now for more insights!

The Italian brand’s multi-cultural outdoor collection helps articulate the spatial continuity between inside and out. Here’s how...

With its outstretched, gravity-defying wings, imposing character and good looks, DRAENERT’s 'Adler' dining table is aptly named – it being the German word for ‘eagle’.

A nine-metre-long bar counter made of natural stone? For DRAENERT – a company in whom architects and interior designers find a partner that makes the extraordinary possible – not a problem.

Getting away from it all has never been so appealing. Check out our edit of some of the latest cabin builds out there.

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: 'The home will continue to be a major hub in the post-pandemic future.' WGSN forecasting expert Lisa White sets her sights on 2030.

From the very beginning, HÜSLER NEST has relied entirely on natural materials – and is therefore bang up to date.

'The office is going the way of the dining room,' says Jay Osgerby, one half of the innovative design duo Barber Osgerby. Watch now for more insights!

Watch Barber Osgerby, Studio MK27, Konstantin Grcic, Claesson Koivisto Rune and Adam Nathaniel Furman!

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: Raumplus launches an immersive, virtual fair-stand and digital house for architects and planners.

No matter what your creative vision is for your next bathroom project – be it minimalist or sensually elegant – GROHE’s Perfect Match offers users a range of elements from a series of distinct design directions that allow you to create a unique

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: ‘Live Ekstraordinær’ – so goes BoConcept’s new motto, a call for us to embrace our individuality and an offer to architects and planners to embrace the unique qualities of the Danish brand’s contract-loving products.

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: Find out what long-term BoConcept collaborator Morten Georgsen knows about designing for contract settings. (Spoiler: it’s a lot.)

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: While Denmark’s BoConcept has long been a household name when it comes to household design, its contract division has, in recent years, become a trusted, go-to planning partner for architects.

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: How can designers and architects make purchasing decisions easier and avoid planning errors? The Munich-based interior design studio Christine Kröncke has a digital answer.

With their trademark craftsmanship, materiality and attention to detail, British Lighting Designer ASTRO, presents its new Tacoma luminaire – a versatile, sculptural design that functions in a range of architectural settings.

Don’t throw away, reuse: Thinking in cycles is becoming increasingly popular. The furniture industry also recognises this, as shown below by some promising concepts. (DE / FR only)

The minimisation of living space due to rising rents and increasing scarceness of supply, as well as the nomadic nature of our mobile society, puts demand on furniture. Here, we present four flexible examples from the Swiss design scene. ( DE / FR

Light straight out of the power socket? With Plug & Light, German think-tank Insta is setting new standards for the connecting of low-voltage LED luminaires to the mains supply – and more and more luminaire manufacturers and planners are

10,000 pieces of furniture for 482 apartments in just 13 weeks? When it came to the Victory Plaza residential complex in London, BoConcept showed it can do the math.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly relevant, but what does it mean for the design sector? A look at experimental approaches and the first chair produced in series by man and machine. (DE / FR only)

Nel processo di arredo di uno spazio, la luce svolge un ruolo determinante. Proprio per questo Midj ha realizzato le sue prime collezioni dedicate all’illuminazione.

VORWERK’s colourful acoustic-tile range boasts not only aesthetic and functional benefits, it has strong environmental credentials, too – and with its online configurator, Vorwerk lets you create perfect flooring patterns from the comfort of your

In Danish Villa Sand, characteristic bricks and deliberate variety of bonds come together to create a unique home next to the sea.

How does one recognise high-quality furniture? Is expensive always better? And what lies beneath the surface? Below, a few pointers to avoid being deceived by beautiful appearances when buying furniture (DE / FR only).