architecture
The Dolder Grand: After a construction phase lasting four years, Zurich celebrates the return of one of its most prominent landmarks. The original “Curhaus” (health spa), built in 1899, has been transformed into a luxury-class city resort in Switzerland. In the process, the hotel’s glittering past and vibrant future have been fused together, as reflected [...]
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Kola wins an honorary mention at Fennia Prize 2012 –design competition The jury was impressed by Kola for its lightness, sitting comfort and good ergonomic properties. Ecology and innovativeness were also of great importance when evaluating the entries. In addition, the product family can be varied to produce different alternatives with different legs, armrests and [...]
DARRAN is pleased to launch the RIFT Collection, a new, highly flexible, people-centered casegood system at NeoCon 2012. Created by design industry superstar David Allan Pesso, RIFT was developed to meet the needs of the changing work environment. Developed for DARRAN’s ‘Design Build’ platform, RIFT can support multitasking, focused individual work, knowledge sharing, and collaboration [...]
As part of the celebrations for its 90th anniversary, Marzorati Ronchetti presents a chair designed by Antonio Pio Saracino. The chair, exposed during last Salone del Mobile at the Galleria Rossana Orlandi in Milan, is produced in two different versions: mirror-polished stainless steel and acid-treated carbon steel. Its shape reminds of a ribcage and the [...]
Cernobbio. The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este will once again host a spectacular world premiere in 2012 and, in so doing, build on its tradition as a gathering of the industry’s leading coachbuilders. The premiere in question will see the time-honoured Milanese coachbuilder Zagato team up with BMW to unveil the result of a unique collaboration: [...]
It’s LIQUID International Contest – First Edition 2012: Miriam Aust & Sebastian Amelung Miriam Aust and Sebastian Amelung, the designers of aust&amelung design studio, are the product design winners of It’s LIQUID International Contest – First Edition 2012 with their artwork “Like paper”. aust&amelung creates and develops furniture, interior and exhibition architecture in Kassel. In [...]
