The pictures of some moments in history take on an iconographic character. dpa photographer Bernd von Jutrczenka took such a picture while Angela Merkel testified to the NSA committee of inquiry.
There’s no question that sitting down for long periods of time is unhealthy. Which is why Wilkhahn has spent decades making offices more physically active places. For example by creating furniture that provides stimuli. And now the company has developed a special fitness app that encourages office workers to do exercises on their office chairs.
One of Dr Dorothea Giesecke-Kuppe’s many achievements has been to complete the biggest order in Wilkhahn’s history. She’s currently preparing to restructure Wilkhahn’s production processes. We talked to her about illusions, the right image and the right books.
Wilkhahn is the only company with two products in the current ActiveOfficeAward’s top ten that the renowned office-planning experts at Eurocres are offering.
Two Wilkhahn products are on the shortlist for an award offered by the renowned office planning experts at Eurocres.
Coinciding with the start of the UN climate conference in Marrakech, 41 German companies from across industry are calling on their government to develop an unambiguous plan to achieve the climate goals of the Paris agreement. Wilkhahn is naturally one of them.
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.
Two concrete recycling companies and one manufacturer of ethically viable smartphones – these are the winners of this year’s German Environmental Prize. Wilkhahn, which itself received the nation’s leading environmental award in 1996, took part in the award ceremony and is currently paving the way for a new milestone in ecological responsibility with its Printstool One.
The Wilkhahn Collection, Erika Knoop and Yvonne Goulbier are inviting visitors to come to an exhibition that will open in Eimbeckhausen on 14 October 2016 at 7 p.m. Three artists will be presenting a range of different work there along the “Art has no limits” theme.
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?