More and more companies are focussing on materials that are based on the growth of microorganisms such as algae, fungi and bacteria. This trend was confirmed by the latest edition of Biofabricate in January, which was […]
They felt like pirates and stole the show from big brother IBM with a small computer and an advertising clip: Forty years ago, Apple introduced the first Macintosh and fundamentally changed our relationship with computers. A […]
Two design students, high standards and a clever idea. 40 years ago, Manfred Wolf and Jean-Marc da Costa founded a company that was to combine innovative luminaire design with high technological and craftsmanship standards. Since then, […]
Onomatopoeia, or “onomatopoeia”, is an art that is as mimetic as it is productive. For Japanese star architect Kengo Kuma, this means placing architects and users on an equal footing. “Architects,” he says, “are not at […]
According to the website of the „gemeinsamdafuer“ initiative, the revelation of a secret meeting of right-wing extremists in Potsdam and the inhumane plans discussed there has “really made everyone realise that we have to stand up […]
“There is design in everything,” wrote the Cuban-Mexican designer Clara Porset. She believed that craftsmanship and industry inspired each other, which could show modern design an alternative path. Naturally, not all of her colleagues shared her […]
