Design Talk with Marcus Foley
We had the pleasure speaking to Mr. Marcus Foley, Founding Partner and Group Managing Director at PDM International. Here are some insights from his 20 years in the design industry.
Author: Wilkhahn
Encouraging movement and interaction in office 4.0
Office 4.0 is all about two core issues. Firstly, how do we keep employees consistently healthy and productive? And secondly, what key role do offices play when people can work at any time and from anywhere?
The making-of Wilkhahn’s new film
Wilkhahn has created a new film with an intriguing look behind the scenes. Snapshots of the recently completed shoot provide a sneak preview.
5th German Chair Builder Day – a showcase of chair production regions
From a regal throne to an everyday object is how you could briefly sum up the cultural history of the chair. It wasn’t until the industrialisation of chair production in the middle of the 19th century that sitting on chairs became possible for everybody. Across Germany, regional hubs for chair factories sprang up and experienced something of a boom thanks to vast supplies of timber. Some of these areas included Deister-Sünteltal in Lower Saxony, where Wilkhahn is still based today, as well as Rabenau in Saxony, where the 5th German Chair Builder Day will take place on 10 and 11 September.
La Biennale di Venezia
“Reporting from the Front”: This title symbolises the dynamic interpretations of realities being shown by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, this year’s director of the Biennale, at the world’s most important international architecture exhibition. 2016 sees the fifteenth outing of the “Biennale di Architettura” in Venice.
Call for entries: European Architectural Photography Prize 2017
The European Architectural Photography Prize is presented every two years and its theme this time is borders.
Modus task chairs – Auditorium in Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Just like the elite university of Oxford itself, the new building on the revered campus exudes exceptional class too. Herzog & de Meuron chose Wilkhahn’s benchmark Modus office chair as the seating for the big lecture theatre in the School of Government at Oxford.
Wilkhahn dynamic office – Office for motion
Both globally and locally, businesses are faced with the challenge of ensuring efficient information flows for everyone involved. In a knowledge-based era efficiency and motivation are vital. But one of the most pressing problems is often overlooked.
Conference Call in Real Life
Quite a big part of the global economy is managed by conference calls. Everybody has its own experiences with it. This video from 2014 shows this type of event in real life. And it is still true… and entertaining. Watch Video
Adding more movement to a bank’s new build
A new building designed by Aalen-based Liebel/Architekten was commissioned by Volk- und Raiffeisenbanken in Markgröningen in south Germany. The goal is to develop communal space.