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In the years since, the scope of that beginning has expanded substantially beyond just a flower shop. Her floristry is no longer seen as only a craft; it is understood as an art: “I think it is one of the most interesting times, or maybe the most interesting time yet in floral design, because there are so many boundaries that still exist — there are so many things that are yet to be done,” Ruggaber explains.

Their first visit to Japan was twelve years ago, and since that fateful trip, they have returned almost every year. “We thought, well, we like it so much here, maybe we shouldn’t waste time visiting or experiencing other things,” Marcin says, Gosia nodding in agreement. It was on these visits that they were first exposed to a culture of tea: from the crisp bottles lining convenience store shelves, to the formal practice of chanoyu (茶の湯) practiced in tea houses.

Name Ruinart Words Rosie Flanagan Tadashi Kawamata has been creating temporal installations from salvaged materials since the late 1970s — wooden accretions that appear to have grown organically from the architecture they inhabit. These symbiotic structures have been exhibited everywhere from the Venice Biennale to Documenta, the Centre Pompidou and MoMA PS1.

Name Veronika Janovec Images Clemens Poloczek Words Anna Dorothea Ker “Is the equation between destruction and growth also a formula for art?” writes American postmodern novelist Kathy Acker in Against Ordinary Language: The Language of the Body, her seminal 1993 meditation on how weightlifting exposes the shortfall of words in capturing embodied experience.

The space features concertina windows that open the café to the courtyard during warmer weather. When the sun is high, they bring ample light into the space. During the winter months, the lighting design is used for aesthetic form and atmospheric effect. Hand-textured Murano sconces from Milan-based studio 6 am cast a warm rose-hued glow across the interior. A Noguchi lamp throws papered light from the shelves, and a faceted pendant by Asca Studio draws the line of sight to the coffee bar below it.

Forms evolved organically through association and invention. “I started by collecting images of things that interested me,” he explains. These are the images he shared ahead of the interview. Among them: undulating vaulted ceilings, a still of avant-garde Austrian artist Valie Export overlaid with the text “Art can help to sharpen our perception,” condensation trails of white arching across a blue sky.

How did you want to reinvent a sports studio in terms of design? The dominant trend has been to impose a specific atmosphere: dark rooms, loud music, red lighting, environments that deliberately stimulate and stress the nervous system. What concerned me was that this approach is rarely questioned. We already place stress on the body through training, yet we often add another layer of sensory stress without asking whether this actually supports long-term health. Our approach was the opposite.

The collaboration between ORFÈVRE and Wittek brings the artist’s timeless designs back into focus. A concise collection encompasses the slim and medium Anhild Bangle, Clara Earrings, Memoire Ring set with twelve diamonds, Compressed Ring, the Schlitzring with its precise cut, the awarded Ouroboros Ring, reflecting cycles of eternity, and the iconic Tension Ring, a design classic that continues to define modern jewelry.

Name Gonzalez Haase AAS Project Aeyde Haus Images Clemens Poloczek Words Anna Dorothea Ker On Berlin’s monumental Karl-Marx-Allee, one of the former GDR’s emblematic sites of Socialist Classicism has taken on a renewed role as the working home of one of the city’s leading design exports.

The interior in Ottensen had to support both hospitality and audio without asserting either too strongly. von Thien pursued his vision for a room that settled the senses. “I wanted to create a timeless, grounding space that suits the music, an atmosphere that invites you to linger and feel calm,” he explains. Cork became central to the acoustic design.