Tangerine has presented a design concept for a new type of metro train. It is intended to help increase rail travel capacity and raise passenger numbers in a post-Covid-19 world […]
In times when the home is experiencing renewed appreciation, Heimtextil has presented the trends for 2021/22 at an online press conference and given a preview of the design themes at […]
An era of porcelain manufacturing is coming to an end. For 26 years, Günther Raithel and his son Holger ran the Kahla porcelain factory in Thuringia. Günther Raithel took over […]
Cini Boeri, born on 12 June 1924, obtained her degree from the polytechnic university of Milan in 1951. After it, she completed an internship at Giò Ponti’s architecture firm and […]
By Thomas Wagner. They drive away boredom, they liberate thought and they civilise people. In a book entitled “Die blitzenden Waffen” [English: The Flashing Weapons], philosopher Robert Pfaller explores why […]
The Van Alen Institute and New York City Council have announced the winners of the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge project, an international design competition that aims to spark a public conversation […]
Japanese car culture incorporates many vehicles of extraordinary technology and design. They are often unfamiliar in this part of the world, which is because many of them are produced only […]
For some years now, the VW Group’s finest models have been coming from Spain. The success of the group’s Seat brand directly correlates with the design of the Martorell-made cars. […]
The Zumtobel Group’s annual reports are consistently an example of courageous and extraordinary corporate publishing. Many of these “art books”, first published in 1992 on the initiative of Jürg Zumtobel, […]
There is still no way of knowing when we will come through the COVID-19 pandemic and when we will have unrestricted access to cultural institutions once again. Nonetheless, museums, galleries, […]
Diageo, a global manufacturer and seller of spirits and beers, has founded the company Pulpex Limited together with the venture management company Pilot Lite. This company focuses on the production […]
Californian start-up Arevo previously specialised in the 3D printing of small parts for mass production. Then, at the Eurobike 2019 cycling show in Friedrichshafen, Arevo presented the first 3D-printed carbon-fibre […]
Jomoo Germany, a subsidiary of the Jomoo Group based in China, has acquired Poggenpohl Möbelwerke in Herford, Germany, as a strategic investment. The renowned kitchen furniture manufacturer had previously filed […]
In the cosmetics market, both manufacturers and recycling companies were previously uncertain about the use of so-called post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials in cosmetics packaging. While the relevant Regulation on Cosmetic […]