Heimat Lamp by Birgit Severin and Guillaume Neu-Rinaudo
The question as to what “home” means has never been an easy one to answer, and in our global age
smow blog compact: Bauhaus Archiv Berlin present Textile Design Today – From Experiment to Series
Mild-mannered and polite as we are, we still occasionally find ourselves causing offence, arousing feelings of mild outrage and generally
smow blog 2015. A pictorial review: December
December is famously a half month – no one does anything useful in the second half of the month, unless
smow blog 2015. A pictorial review: November
November 2015 was a month of exhibitions, including Konstantin Grcic at the Grassi Museum Leipzig and Anton Corbijn at C/O
smow blog 2015. A pictorial review: October
Normally October is all about design festivals, October 2015 wasn’t. On the one hand we weren’t at that many this
smow blog 2015. A pictorial review: August
As we noted in our 5 New Design Exhibitions for August 2015 post “Everyone, but everyone, it would appear is
smow blog 2015. A pictorial review: July
The older we get the more important July becomes as it allows us to return to college to view design
smow blog 2015. A pictorial review: June
June 2015 saw the DMY Berlin festival re-launch after the original organiser ran into financial difficulties; a re-launch which we
Bora Hong – Cosmetic Surgery Kingdom @ VOLUME Gallery Berlin
For the 13th century Dominican friar Thomas Aquinas beauty required a perfect combination of integritas, consonantia & claritas – integrity,
DAD Galerie Berlin present Highlights of Dutch Design Week 2015
Obviously defining a “Best of” Dutch Design Week, or indeed any design week, is impossible, one can only hope to
Anton Corbijn – Hollands Deep & 1-2-3-4 @ C/O Berlin
As older and more loyal readers will be aware if there is one thing we really, really dislike, more so
smow blog Interview: Uli Budde
We were first introduced to the work of Berlin based designer Uli Budde when we saw his “Reading Table” project
Wohnungsfrage @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
“What is understood today as the housing problem is a specific intensification of the bad housing conditions endured by the
smow blog compact: 31 Tage Golden Tips at stilwerk Berlin
Among the more interesting and entertaining texts we didn’t publish from IMM Cologne 2015 was our post on the showcase
smow blog Interview: Gunnar Søren Petersen – I believe that the design schools need to work much more closely with industry and with producers
In our recent review of contemporary Berlin creativity we noted that one of the problems increasingly being faced by Berlin
5 New Design Exhibitions for September 2015
As old Mother Goose, allegedly, once claimed: Thirty days hath September, and the following five enticing new design and architecture
smow blog Interview: Sigurd Larsen – I think as architects and designers we have got a lot to thank the Berlin art scene for !
As we noted in our recent review of contemporary creativity in Berlin, the creative landscape in the German capital is
smow blog Design Calendar: July 21st 1934 – Happy Birthday Ulrich Müther!
The so-called “Teepott” on the promenade at Warnemünde on Germany’s Baltic See coast is a rare and precious construction. Not
Universität der Künste Berlin: Rundgang 2015
It is probably fair to say that over the years and decades the Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK Berlin, has
DMY Berlin 2015: H20 – Tea by Induction by Marta Suslow
“Fancy a cup of tea?” “Oh, yes please! Thank you!” “OK, I’ll put the kettle on” “Troglodyte” Boiling water for
DMY Berlin 2015: SF Modular Shelving System by Philipp Beisheim
There is little in this world that brings us more pleasure than a good modular shelving system. We know that
DMY Berlin 2015: Klein’s Lamp by Lucien Dubuis
Customs are a form of social regulation. Love them or loath them customs allow us to form connections, to find
DMY Berlin 2015: Splitting Wood by Bastian Austermann
The first thing any carpentry apprentice does is build their own wooden toolbox. It makes sense. You’re learning to work
DMY Design Spots 2015: Pet Market at Galerie erstererster
Much as we adore our pets they can be troublesome. Be it the cat the refuses to move from your
DMY Berlin 2015: The Shrinking Office Project by Roy Yin
As we have often noted in these pages, a combination of increasing automation, advancing technology, the changing nature of industry