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Outstandingly staged: the German Lighting Design Award. Design with light has become enormously complex and diverse due to LEDs and digital technologies. The increasing importance of lighting design in architecture is drawn to the attention of the German Lighting Design Award, the 9th edition of which was celebrated in Wuppertal on May 16. Eleven projects from categories such as hotel, cultural buildings, office or education were honored in addition to the awarding of various special prizes. The Munich delicatessen house Dallmayr, for example, received recognition in the "Shops" category: Here the office Lichtkompetenz from Zurich had succeeded in designing the lighting sensitively and in harmony with the historic building. In the "Museums" category, the Futurium in Berlin was honored. The new building, which opened this year and combines a museum, laboratory and forum, only comes to life thanks to the elaborate lighting design by the studio realities:united. In ...

Blanco's color palette makes the kitchen aficionado's heart beat faster and turns the humdrum sink into a star Make the dull sink the star! The sink as an eye-catcher? Admittedly, you wouldn't necessarily think of it right away. But Blanco puts the central water source in the kitchen in the focus of the design. In addition to countless variants of sinks in different shapes and colors - which can also be equipped with functional accessories - colored taps are also part of the clever sink ensemble. These are designed at the Baden-Württemberg manufacturer contrasting and as an accent to the sink (made of stainless steel, Silgranit PuraDur or ceramic) or color-matched exactly with the CombiColours . The kitchen aficionado is spoiled for choice: How about a faucet in a harmonious coffee brown, for example? Or would you prefer a cool black or white faucet? Blanco offers more than 270 colored faucets: in Silgranit or ceramic look, adapted to the contemporary color palette of th...

Water march! The most beautiful watering cans for garden and balcony Almost more important than a green thumb: a watering can that makes watering fun! AD shows nine watering cans for style-conscious plant keepers. Because in the summer months the rains arm themselves, we have to water our thirsty green darlings on the balcony itself. And our indoor plants on the windowsill anyway. We went in search of stylish watering cans and found a colorful selection of large and small water dispensers. The functional jugs are great eye-catchers: distinguished shiny brass or stainless steel, classic plastic in bright red or sea blue. Happy Gardening! Nine stylish watering cans for garden and balcony: Watering can, Svenskt Tenn Piece of gold: to match his floor lamp from 2017, Finnish designer Harri Koskinen designed the 1.2-liter can (210 euros) in shiny brass for Svenskt Tenn. "Colibri", Blomus Inspired by the tiny birds with the endlessly long beak, the water flows unerringly th...

But please with cream! Siematic kitchens in ice cream colors Sage, plum and rosé - sound like the ice cream trends for summer? Almost! The new shades from Siematic provide refreshment rather visually. Cooking at this sage green island, a handleless SieMatic SLX, gives a clear view of the equally green garden. SieMatic Cooking at this sage-green island, a handleless "Siematic SLX," there's a clear view of the even greener garden. Classic white and black or urban shades of gray - Siematic kitchens are known for their restrained elegance. Now the premium manufacturer has expanded its color palette to include a few fresh pastel shades, in which every model in the "Pure", "Urban" and "Classic" lines can be painted to suit your mood. If you can't get enough, combine several colors with each other. Whether with a velvety matt or high-gloss finish, there should be something to suit every taste in the almost total of 2000 shades. An anti-prin...

Open Space rethought: This is how creatives work in Barcelona In the heart of Barcelona, interior designer Isern Serra has designed a light-filled, multifunctional open space for creative agency Fuego Camina Conmigo that inspires creativity. The rust red seating island showcases the "Dividuals" poufs by Swedish Note Design Studio for Sancal, which work very well as an ensemble because of their organic shapes. These are combined with the "Totem" and "Vestige" side tables. Salva Lopez Open Space: This is how creative work is done in the heart of Barcelona. In the hip Gràcia district, the new headquarters of one of Spain's best-known advertising agencies, Fuego Camina Conmigo, is located on the top floor of a three-story industrial building. The entire interior was created in collaboration with furniture manufacturer Sancal, which is showcasing its current collection here. The 2021 redesign, a project by Spanish interior designer Isern Sierra of the...

How're yuh doing? GamFratesi has designed a luminaire for Louis Poulsen. "Yuh" is a tribute to the two great lighting designers of Denmark: Arne Jacobsen and Poul Henningsen. Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi aka GamFratesi have designed a luminaire for Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen. The "Yuh" series includes a table, floor and wall lamp, is available in white or black and produces glare-free, downward light. The lampshade can be rotated, tilted and is height-adjustable. "The biggest challenge was to design 'Yuh' so that you can move it in different directions. We worked with three types of movement in the axis: Tilt, rotation and height adjustment," explains Enrico Fratesi. Incidentally, the designers found the inspiration for their new lamp in designs by the designers who made Louis Poulsen famous as a lighting manufacturer: Arne Jacobsen and Poul Henningsen. "Yuh" was first presented at the Salone del Mobile in 2017 and...

Blue, purple or yellow? The glass objects by Hermann August Weizenegger for Theresienthal Glass objects that look like a temple en miniature ? What may sound confusing as an idea, the Bavarian crystal manufacturer Theresienthal has congenially translated into solid matter. The vases, lanterns, candles and bowls in the Pagoda collection were inspired by various temple complexes in Asia, such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Based on a design by the Berlin designer Hermann August Weizenegger, a series of crystal glass objects has been created that is characterized by a highly refined, handcrafted production technique: by striking facets in the crystal glass as well as by a fine matte tier cut with colored key elements in blue, purple and yellow. Formal references such as the base, facets, and special cuts are interpreted in different ways, so that the objects appear very different, but harmonize with each other in a strikingly beautiful way. As in sculpting, the objects are cut out of the s...