To make the world not only more sustainable, but also more beautiful, the platform “Aware” is breaking new ground. The two founders Kim Fischer and Lena Schrum explain why bans […]
Between structuralism and postmodernism, he developed an architectural language from patterns and structures: an obituary for the architectural theorist and architect Christopher Alexander, who passed away at the age of […]
Always open to encounters and suggestions: The industrial designer Peter Raacke experienced and helped shape design history in Germany. Now he passed away in Berlin at the age of 93. […]
Wind turbines that are being renewed or have reached the end of their useful life are difficult to recycle or reuse. The Re-Wind Network is working on the reuse of […]
Traditional design patterns? Models that change from season to season? Poor quality of workmanship? If you’re expecting something along these lines, you’ve come to the wrong place. Since 2012, Esther […]
Every day, we use artificial, mostly electrically generated light without giving it much thought. Darkness seems to be banished, light is always and everywhere available. When light is needed, we […]
In the wake of the war in Ukraine, countless people have fled to Germany from the embattled country. To provide them with information about the war in their home country […]
According to the United Nations, plastics production has grown from two million tonnes in 1950 to 348 million tonnes in 2017. In the process, it has become a global industry […]
The architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who grew up in Burkina Faso and works from Berlin, will receive the Pritzker Prize 2022, the world’s most important award for architecture. With Kéré, […]
More than 20 years after the Vitra Design Museum’s “Sculptural Design” show, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne is dedicating the first comprehensive retrospective in Europe to the American-Japanese sculptor and […]
Even in times of digitalisation, posters still have an impact in public spaces. Even if they only circulate as a data set, they are at the same time a medium […]
With the seven-volume “Architectural Guide Sub-Sahara Africa”, Philipp Meuser and Adil Dalbai have succeeded in creating a compendium that not only presents a panorama of Africa’s diverse architectures, but also […]
It’s hard to talk about Finland and Helsinki without mentioning design and architecture. This is one of the reasons why a new museum of architecture and design is to be […]
Demolishing old buildings and replacing them with new ones is often a losing proposition from an ecological point of view, because many building materials cannot be recycled. Renovation, urban mining […]
In recent weeks, Europeans have been shown impressively that freedom and democracy cannot be taken for granted when the sovereignty of Ukraine and its citizens were attacked by force of […]
There is no doubt that the future belongs to carbon-neutral construction. To drive this development, the Luxembourg-based company Leko Labs wants to change the process of building. François Cordier founded […]
RYNX develops high-quality mechanical design displays that are reminiscent of the split flap boards at airports. In a new slim design, the displays convey text information in an aesthetic form. […]
They are easy to shape, versatile and cheap to produce: For decades, plastics have inspired the imagination of designers, given rise to companies and electrified consumers. Plastics are everywhere – […]
The automotive industry is undergoing a far-reaching transformation process. Not only proven drive systems are being put to the test, but also the associated business models and value chains. However, […]
Whether in protest or because of the sanctions imposed – since Russia’s war against Ukraine, many companies and brands have restricted their business in Russia or withdrawn completely. The German […]