Category: Airport design


Apr
05
2016
USM Airportsystems at Passenger Terminal Expo 2016 Cologne

The Swiss architect Fritz Haller famously developed a space colony as a means to allow him to explore his ideas

Mar
29
2016
Rimowa at Passenger Terminal Expo 2016 Cologne.... and already thinking about Barcelona....

As more loyal readers will be aware, we are firmly of the opinion that increasing digital technology must be employed,

Mar
21
2016
Cloverleaf modular sofa system by Verner Panton through Verpan, and distributed to airports via Vitra, as seen at Passenger Terminal Expo 2016 Cologne

If the Light + Building trade fair in Frankfurt is home to exhibitors the majority of us have never heard

Nov
16
2015
The sideboard and chair designed by Paul Thiersch for the Weissenhofsiedlung Stuttgart, as see at Moderne in der Werkstatt - 100 Years Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle

As we noted in our post celebrating Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle’s 100th birthday, one of Paul Thiersch’s first initiatives upon

Jun
29
2015
Shade, and lack of, in Tel Aviv

It being July, there is an obvious temptation to search for new design and architecture exhibitions opening near the coast,

Oct
01
2012
lc2 le corbusier copy

There are a thousand good reasons to avoid travelling through Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport. And a couple of very

Jul
17
2012
Resmo by Chien-Hui Ko

Back in April we asked Pascal Berberat, Head of the Vitra Airport Division why airport seating always has armrests. And

Jul
03
2012
Lost Furniture Design Classics Alexander Girard Group Herman Miller Armchair

The history of furniture design is strewn with works that briefly graced the public stage before vanishing without the honour

Apr
14
2012
Passenger Terminal Expo 2012 Pascal Berberat Vitra Airport Division Suita

We suspect the reason we write so much about designer furniture in an airport context is simply because of the

Jan
05
2011

While critics denounce such as an easy and obvious way to generate content – for us reviewing the past year

Dec
03
2010

Although he was not showing any new products at Orgatec 2010 Alberto Meda used the show to catch up a

May
11
2010

We used to love flying. But after Lufthansa’s decision to send us on unwanted world tour rather than directly from

Mar
16
2010

In the past we have often talked about airports, airport design and airport furniture. And not just because we want

Feb
11
2010

Despite the many disadvantages, problems and general chaos budget airlines have brought into our previously well structured and ordered lives,

Apr
22
2009

Firstly apologies for the small delay… the internet connections in Milan aren’t all they could be :) A couple of

Mar
20
2009

Passenger Terminal Expo is Europe’s largest airport terminal exhibition. And while such is always good to know, why are we

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