Wilkhahn’s tip: Stefan Diez exhibition
Munich-based designer Stefan Diez is considered one of the most important younger generation German designers. Now the Museum for Applied Art Cologne (MAKK) is set to show an in-depth exhibition.
Category: Architecture & Design
Respect and perspective: Wilkhahn supports db competition
It’s only the second time that db magazine has run its competition for redevelopments of existing builds. The event received an overwhelming response with 289 entrants and three prizes and seven mentions awarded. The quality of the projects was also exceptional.
Life can be so simple: Occo selected by BDIAusgesucht!
The executive committee of the BDIA (German Association of Interior Designers) chose its favourite objects from 32 products submitted by association members – and Occo was one of the items gaining top rankings.
Stylish conferencing: Wilkhahn’s Heerema headquarters reference project on Stylepark
In the light-flooded headquarters of offshore company Heerema, Wilkhahn’s Graph conference chair and Graph and Timetable tables are an attractive combination for small meetings and large conferences alike.
A look back at Orgatec 2016: Wilkhahn leads the way – with clever solutions for office 4.0
Wilkhahn featured a whole range of new and established products for office 4.0 at Orgatec in Cologne. The showcase focused on three key questions: how can staff consistently maintain good health? How can design foster loyalty and motivation? And what’s the best way to promote interaction between office workers?
Wilkhahn News: ICONIC AWARD for Metrik
Discovering and honoring the very best in interior design is the aim of the German Design Council’s ICONIC AWARDS: Interior Innovation competition. One of the products singled out this year is Wilkhahn’s Metrik cantilever chair, which won the “Best of Best” award.
The beauty of the process: PrintStool One in film
Wilkhahn’s PrintStool One, produced in collaboration with designer Thorsten Franck, is the first dynamic stool manufactured using 3D printing methods. A brief film shows the beauty of its production process, the diversity of options it affords, and the new aesthetic of the surfaces.
Wilkhahn design talk: “Here we really did push feasibility to the limits.”
Andreas Hess (photo right) about whiteID’s Metrik cantilever chair for Wilkhahn and the lessons learnt from making chairs for children and chairs for adults and what Helmut Schmidt and Dirk Nowitzki have in common.
Wilkhahn’s tip: Dubai Design Week 2016
The city on the Persian Gulf will be presenting itself for the second time this year during Dubai Design Week as an international hotspot for the design community. The event will be based in Dubai Design District (d3) where the Wilkhahn showroom is also located.
Wilkhahn design talk: “Hey, if you could stack it too it would be perfect”.
Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub discuss the new Occo chair and table range