Magazine Living and Furnishing
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Skai Design Lab: design by mouse click
Individualisation and digitalisation are new mega-trends in property design. When on holidays and on business trips, people look for accommodations that approximate their personal taste and address their wish for comfort. In order to stand out in the crowd, an ever increasing number of design and bo...
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Coworking space: shared office spaces with style
The age of digitalisation is bringing changes to the world of work with it. Thanks to mobile Internet, new occupational profiles and the growing number of freelancers, flexible work that is independent of location is possible in many professional groups. This trend is also reflected in the selection...
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The hot design of the new radiators
Radiators are often mousey grey and look anything but cosy. And yet heaters do play a key part in making a home cosy on cold days in particular. The new generation of radiators by manufacturers such as Antrax IT and Kermi shows that another way is possible. They look like artworks, are reminiscent o...
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Fully clad – wood on the walls
Wood has proven itself as a building material for millennia. With ever new possibilities for fashioning and processing, wood can be used flexibly and diversely. From solid wood to panellingg: wooden walls and panelling are the trend. And this not only because wood looks good. As a building material,...
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A perfect match: furniture and music
Furniture and music – it’s a combination that can open up additional sales opportunities for furniture manufacturers and retailers, especially in these times of growing consumer interest in the smart home. This is something that the latest figures from Statista also confirm. According to...
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Furniture that grows with your child
Kids grow really fast. Before you know it, their pants, T-shirts and shoes no longer fit. Even wardrobes and beds can often only be used for a short time given how quickly kids grow. This is especially annoying if you have invested in high-quality, expensive furniture for your child’s room. Lu...
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A simple idea: renting office furniture and equipment
Desks, office chairs, laptops, phone booths, coffee machines and much more besides: Berlin start-up Lendis supplies office furniture and technology in return for a monthly fee. The rented office equipment is priced from Euro 15 per workstation, and that’s with installation and maintenance incl...
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Online stores: retailers need to adapt
Furniture is increasingly being bought on online platforms. For businesses in the furniture industry, this means they need to offer online shopping to avoid losing valuable business. There are certain important factors to consider when setting up a store on the Internet.
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Outdoor lighting: making it shine
Today, outside areas function as a kind of extension to our homes. Many people use their own terraces and gardens as places to relax, leave their cares behind and rest. We feel close to nature in these spaces and can escape the stress of our everyday lives. When it comes to showing your garden in th...
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Insulation material made from wind turbines
The landscape of many regions of Germany would be unimaginable without wind turbines. Although they contribute significantly to the energy revolution, their disposal poses considerable problems for operators. The Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research presented new possibilities for recycling materi...
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Furniture industry: digitalisation needs PIM systems
PIM systems are the foundation for multichannel concepts, with enterprise resource planning (ERP) data and other information used to create a central database. What should companies in the furniture industry bear in mind when making their choice?
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Furniture awards under scrutiny
There are renowned design awards presented by prestigious institutions, some given by publishers and others by companies. With this article, we’d like to start a discussion with you about which of them are important and how they are – or can be – beneficial to furniture manufacture...
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“Made in Germany” means high quality
“Made in Germany” has a very positive ring to it, especially in other countries. And that’s also true for furniture. The image of German furniture is highly respected in the US, Russia, the Middle East, India and China. Furniture produced in Germany is synonymous with high quality,...
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Alternative furniture design made from plastic waste
Plastic waste is polluting lakes, rivers, canals and seas across the globe. To help tackle the problem of plastic soup, Dutch organisation Plastic Whale and Dutch furniture manufacturer Vepa have launched Plastic Whale by Vepa – high-end office furniture made from plastic waste from the canals...
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Villeroy & Boch enters new territory
The ceramics manufacturer Villeroy & Boch is entering new territory this year: for the first time, the company from Mettlach in Germany is now offering home furniture in addition to bathroom, wellness and tableware products. The new product portfolio includes furnishings for the dining room, uph...
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Invisible technology for furniture design
Whether it’s in the kitchen or the living room, horizontal storage cabinets with lift-up flaps are experiencing a renaissance. But any technology used in eye-level wall units is immediately visible. This means the fittings have to be delicate or, better still, invisible. Kesseböhmer, Gras...
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The rise and rise of digital platforms
Whether it’s for job hunting, online shopping or chatting with friends on social media, using digital platforms is simply part and parcel of many spheres of life. But it’s not just in the field of B2C that digital platforms are indispensable. Industrial companies also discovered digital...
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Non-wovens: materials with a bright future
More flexible, safer, resource-efficient and easy to care for – the requirements for modern materials are oriented to the increased needs of the market, of architects and designers, as well as of society. The latest development from materials research for furniture production and interiors cou...
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