Once again this year, Hochparterre has announced the Golden, Silver and Bronze ‘Hasen’, the ‘Kaninchen’ – and for the first time the trophy for the Audience Award at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.
Why do street lamp posts always have to be straight? Shouldn’t a telephone booth – since it’s no longer in use anyway – be twisted once in a while? And should the walls of a house sometimes have a zip? The British artist Alex Chinneck answers questions like these with his artworks on the streets, squares and house walls of Bristol.
The product design group LIXIL has launched a foldable bathtub at Designart Tokyo under the name Bathtpe. The idea is fascinating and it is probably not unusual that it originated in Japan. As is well known, rooms that can be used in different ways have a long tradition there. But the idea could also be a success here.
