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Blasius Osko (right) and Oliver Deichmann (left) photographed by Thomas Meyer|The height-adjustable Dress stool for Brunner will be unveiled at Orgatec|Kink is a limited-edition range in pine and tubular steel sold through Berlin design gallery Helmrinderknecht|Straw by Blå Station is made from tubular steel folded at the joins, like a bent straw|The fold-away Clip Chair for Moooi was inspired by a wooden fruit basket|The Clip chair for Moooi, shown open|Pebble was picked up by Blå Station after stalling with several other manufacturers|Plot, by Brunner, lets specifiers build modular, multi-level ‘landscapes’ of seating|The otherworldly Abyss, a flexible rope light for Italian brand Kundalini|Tweet, a tablet stand (also for Ligne Roset) shaped like a birdhouse|The sushi roller, an early hit: it sold 5,000 units in three years|Created by the pair as students, Airhopper piqued Adidas’ interest|Lightweight and fluid in form, Ficelle, for Ligne Roset, was inspired by cooked spaghetti||

Berlin double act Osko + Deichmann

Their youthful product designs – an automatic sushi roller; a pair of boots for jumping around the city – were…
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21 Oct 2014
Simon Henley||

The Shredder: HHbR's Simon Henley

Simon Henley is an architect, writer researcher and teacher, combining a day job as principal of Henley Halebrown Rorrison with…
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09 Oct 2014
Alain Gilles|Acoustic cocoon BuzziHood, the first of Gilles' products for BuzziSpace|Gilles' latest from BuzziSpace, BuzziPicnic is a friendly meeting spot|French brand Qui Est Paul? made Gilles' rotational-moulded Translation chair|Rechargeable LED light Nomad can be carried, hung or set on the floor or table|Casamania's Container sideboard is like a little city of modular office storage|Tracks for Bonaldo sees the table's extending mechanism put on show beneath the table|With wire or smooth tops, Bonaldo's Tectonic tables can be combined|Gilles experimented again with tessellating shapes for his Tension table|Multicoloured steel legs lend Bonaldo's Big table a sense of irreverence||

Alain Gilles: creating a buzz

Best known as the creator of cheery acoustic products for BuzziSpace – but he's also unusual among his peers for…
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02 Oct 2014
(L-R) Russell Curtis, Tim Riley and Dieter Kleiner|TNG has been designed flexibly so that anything seems possible|Timber and natural light sidestep the usual community building cliches|Enfield Business Centre's new glazed frontage provides a welcoming face|Enfield's flexible reception space: "More like a pavilion than a foyer"|Building a sense of ownership: TNG Wells Park Youth Centre|Open Eye Gallery, whose Corian facade is the canvas for changing artwork|The gallery bookshop: an outward-looking design helps to increase footfall|Sinta Tantra's Together Yet Forever Apart, 'wall art' for 2012's biennial|The Europan-winning housing scheme for Stoke-on-Trent|RCKA's three-storey extension added to tech company De La Rue's HQ|The De La Rue building fosters the cross-fertilisation of ideas|Acoustitch, RCKA's artwork for the Crown Estate's 11 Waterloo Place||

RCKA: activist architects

From high-tech laboratories to community buildings, this trio creates spaces without a trace of gimmickry, where users feel a sense…
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02 Sep 2014
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The Shredder: design writer Dominic Lutyens

Design writer Dominic Lutyens shares some pet hates Walkie Talkie Building While the ethereal, steeple-like Shard and pinecone-shaped Gherkin taper…
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02 Sep 2014
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What Next for Jacques Herzog?

Jacques Herzog, co-founder of Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, talked to Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic last night…
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28 Aug 2014
Helen Berresford heads up ID:SR, the interior design shoot of Sheppard Robson||

The Shredder: ID:SR's Helen Berresford

Helen Berresford heads up ID:SR, the interior design offshoot of architecture practice Sheppard Robson. She has overseen projects for ITV…
People
18 Aug 2014

AHR's Brian Johnson on the Aedas demerger

Brian Johnson, chairman of AHR, talks to onoffice about the Aedas demerger, the benefits for AHR and the future of…
People
25 Jul 2014

Q&A: Benjamin Hubert talks to onoffice

Q&A: Acclaimed British designer Benjamin Hubert talks to onoffice about being a Design of the Year nominee; choosing the right…
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25 Jul 2014
Stefan Borselius|Skandiform's curvy Spino sofa system, launched earlier this year|The Fogg light, manufactured by Swedish firm Ateljé Lyktan|Lengths of extruded aluminium are sliced up to make the Sting chair|Aircone, one of several acoustic room dividers designed for Abstractra|Air-flake sprang from a need for caustic dividers that are semi-transparent|The Sam table for Fogia, designed with Note and Andreas Engesvik|Detail of the Sam table|Dundra, another seating range for Blå Station, is soft and stackable||Skandiform's curvy Spino sofa system, launched earlier this year|Oppo, Blå Station's swivelling 'alien' clair|The Dunder easy chair Blå Station|The asymmetrical, hybrid Wilmer chair, designed for Blå Station|Peekaboo for Blå Station pioneered the use of automotive acoustic material||

Onoffice talks to Stefan Borselius

The Swedish designer's conscious decision to restrict the number of collaborations he works on has only made him all the…
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14 Jul 2014
Louis Kahn, 1972 ©Robert C. Lautman Photography Collection, National Building Museum|The National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1962-83 ©Raymond Meier|Library of Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, 1965-72 ©Iwan Baan|Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, 1959–65 ©John Nicolais|Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut 1951-53 ©Elizabeth Felicella|Franklin D Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, New York, 1973-2012 ©www.amiaga.com|Kahn's former assistant Imtiaz Mia at the National Assembly building ©Robert Richman|Louis Kahn and employees model making, late 1960s ©George Alikakosdman||

Remembering the genius of Louis Kahn

Architect, artist,  inspiration, perfectionist and brick whisperer: the Design Museum's new exhibition on Louis Kahn examines the enigmatic character's life…
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08 Jul 2014
Hassell's Mark Kelly says we're in the "sharing age"|The group considered technology and sustainability and their potential impact on the design of universities||

Education Futures Forum with Hassell & CH2M Hill

 With students expecting a 24/7 experience, and learning freed from physical boundaries, what lies ahead for the design of universities?…
People
23 Jun 2014
Alberto Alessi, representing the third generation of the family business||

Alberto Alessi on classic design

Alberto Alessi, who has been CEO of Alessi for more than four decades, talks to onoffice about creating enduringly popular…
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06 Jun 2014
(L-R) Andrew Haythornthwaite, Peter Marigold, Liliana Ovalle, Oscar Narud, Amy Hunting, Ed Swan and Mathias Hahn||

VIDEO: Okay Studio discusses Five

Five members of the Stoke Newington-based collective Okay Studio discuss 'Five': five different projects to celebrate the fifth Clerkenwell Design…
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05 Jun 2014
Je Ahn, architect and director of Studio Weave||

Video: Je Ahn of Studio Weave

Je Ahn, architect and director of Studio Weave, discusses the architecture group's installation for Clerkenwell Design Week 2014, which pays homage to the…
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03 Jun 2014
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VIRTUAL CUPPA with Neil Usher

This month, Neil chats to Monica Parker, workplace director for office design and consultancy practice Morgan Lovell, about the symbiotic…
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30 May 2014
|The DYB centre de competénces, a skills centre for watchmakers|Exhibition design for the winners of 2005's Swiss Federal Grants for the Decorative Arts|Allegro lights for Foscarini|Oasis cafe chair and table for Moroso|Reel for B&B Italia is made from string woven taut around a frame|Oïphorique, a light installation that expands and contracts like a sea creature|Theatrically spinning fabric pendants make up Les Danseuses|Ruckstuhl's Silento panel|Furniture brand USM's stand in Milan, festooned with strings of ball bearings||

Profile: Atelier Oï's elemental approach

Swiss architecture and design studio Atelier Oï begins its projects, be it a perfume bottle or building, on an elemental…
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29 May 2014

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