Virtual worlds
Metaverse - mega opportunity or mega bluff?
It's coming within reach - the metaverse. It brings us flowery designer chairs and pictures of celebrity weddings on the moon. It's peppered with flashy creatures, avatars and gamers - and hard-working employees. So it's time to address the question: What is the metaverse and why does it matter?
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Women in Office Design
International network for women in the office furniture business sets an example for stronger cooperation
Men are still generally better connected than women in the working world and the office furniture industry is no exception. To make female positions and perspectives more visible, Harsha Kotak founded the international network Women in Office Design (WOD). We spoke to her about the reasons for WOD's...
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„Höhle der Löwen“
LAIK – Creative Ways the Invest
There is no lack of new ideas for young companies in the furniture industry. However, implementation often fails due to a lack of capital. The example of the start-up LAIK from Fürstenfeldbruck shows that there are extraordinary ways to attract attention. The entrepreneurs dared to enter the "Höhle...
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Start-up check
Furniture systems from Variand
The furniture industry has had two turbulent economic years and will have to organise itself differently in the future in terms of supply chains and scarcity of resources. In addition to small and medium-sized enterprises, this particularly affects young companies in the start-up phase. We spoke wit...
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HygroShape
Shaped by nature
HygroShape is the first concept for self-forming furniture. The project represents a paradigm shift in design and manufacturing processes for wood: By using material programming, a previously untapped potential of wood as a renewable material is activated, enabling more sustainable processes and app...
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Strong partnership
Sustainable furniture from the 3D printer
When sustainable design products cross boundaries, it often takes a strong partnership to make it happen – and that's the case with the outdoor furniture piece Twine. The product is a collaboration between designers HagenHinderdael, Dutch sustainable materials provider Reflow and award-winning artif...
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Flexible material
Self-adhesive wood veneer
Veneer is used, for example, to embellish furniture, doors, musical instruments or even the fittings of luxury class automobiles. In addition to traditional processing methods, the material can also be used self-adhesively. The start-up Flexfurnier.de or the manufacturers Schorn + Groh and Sunwood b...
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circular economy
Cradle to Cradle in the office
The office sector is increasingly relying on material cycles. Supply bottlenecks and rising energy costs are making the concept increasingly attractive. Read here what "Cradle to Cradle" means for products in concrete terms and get to know exciting projects that implement the concept.
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Online furniture trade
"Otto is about to become a platform"
Otto is the undisputed leader in online furniture retailing in Germany. Jörg Daschner, Otto's Retail & Marketplace Manager, explains in an interview how the Hamburg-based company has managed to leave Ikea, Amazon and the like far behind.
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Campus Germany
Circular building at a high level
National and international climate targets are also putting pressure on the construction industry: in addition to the reuse of building materials and the avoidance of waste, the focus is also on energy efficiency. A prime example of circular construction is the Campus Germany at Expo 2020 Dubai. We...
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Current figures 2022
Effects of the pandemic on the German furniture trade
The comprehensive yearbook "Möbel Zahlen Daten 2022" (Furniture Figures Data 2022) from Vincentz Network (former Ferdinand Holzmann Verlag) provides information on developments in the German furniture market in times of Corona. In three parts, we analyse the studies and statistics contained therein,...
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Classics of furniture design
The Egg Chair
There is a huge range of furniture designs, but some stand out from the crowd for a variety of reasons. Some pieces have become classics of furniture design. Form, colour, style, material or the fit, or non-fit, in an era make the works stand out.
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Start-up spotlight
KIRIBRICKS: Modular room dividers made of Kiri wood
The start-up KIRIMANUFAKTUR builds modular furniture from kiri wood. But what makes this material so special and what do the so-called KIRIBRICKS have to do with Lego building blocks? We spoke to KIRIMANUFAKTUR founder Paul Helmeth.
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Start-up spotlight
Toniton: Help with color matching
There is no question that colours have an effect. Research shows that our mood even improves significantly in a colourful environment. But choosing and matching colours for your own home can be difficult. The founders of the Swedish start-up Toniton thought so too and have developed a concept of how...
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Furnishing with emotions
The new trends for the home
For the fourth time, home expert Oona Horx-Strathern presents the most important home trends in her Home Report. She shows how the Corona pandemic is changing our homes in the long term and that sustainability and feelings are becoming increasingly important. We asked her for ambista what this means...
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Three examples
Craftsmanship in design
Many design icons are made using traditional manufacturing techniques, implemented by hand by specialists. Three examples that have certainly helped shape the history of furniture design are the furniture and the craftsmanship behind it by Ton, Carl Hansen & Son and Sika Design.
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Wooden high-rise building
Roots: Aiming high while conserving resources
Hardly any other building material has as long a history as wood. Wood is even more sustainable than concrete and is therefore considered the building material of the future. Particularly building types with which one does not first associate wood have recently been increasingly developed, planned a...
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Location determination
Central repositioning for offline shopping
Most furniture stores are located on the outskirts of cities. They are located in green meadows and wide open spaces, surrounded by car parks and loading areas, only accessible by car and with time to spare. If you want to shop here, you have to drive for kilometres to see and compare offers. For ma...
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