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Spoonfork No. 36 – the online magazine for design and music – is celebrating its 5th Anniversary. The award-winning magazine features a selfmade animated film, the New Yorker Streetartist WK interact, photographer Frank Kunert, who shows his surreal miniature worlds, and interactive congratulations from their readers. spoonfork.de/magazin

"Un peu de terre sur la peau" is the title of the wonderful exhibition of the exclusive French porcelain manufacturer Berndaud that opened on June 15th in the French city Limoges. Hannah Bauhoff has seen how beautiful “plain earth” can look on skin during the opening. She recommends: visit until October 16th the Foundation Berndadaud in 27, avenue Albert Thomas, Limoges and have a look at the beautiful designs.

The buildings designed by R&Sie(n) have many facets – but not always facades. At times they are as light as textile, lend multi-storey car parks sweeping, dynamic lines or assume the strange proportions of a bacterium enlarged millions of times under an electron microscope. Is this all chance? Not exactly. Indeed, the architecture that François Roche and Stéphanie Lavaux have been producing in their Paris studio for more than 20 years now turns out to be an intelligent combination of local resources and highly-developed technology. Norman Kietzmann met François Roche in Paris and talked with him about buildings as fiction, new territories and prickly aliens in the Swiss mountains. baunetz.de/talk/crystal

The current show at the Design Museum in Zurich proves: Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999) was one of the most innovative interior and furniture designers of the 20th century. She did not only strive towards a change in forms but also towards an improvement in social conditions. Katharina Altemeier produced her first web tv piece about the show. You can watch it on the website of the German design magazine form: form.de

“Designers illustrate home” is the title of the article Katja Neumann wrote for the summer issue of Heimatdesign magazine. heimatdesign.de

This years Design Miami Basel was bigger and much more exciting than in 2009. Katharina Altemeier reviewed the design event on form.de. form.de

Katja Neumann published a new issue of Spoonfork Online Magazine. Young Design, new music, the European festivals 2010 and some funny gimmicks all around the football world cup. spoonfork.de

Young design on ten pages: Katja Neumann published fresh projects made by students in the current issue of plugged – magazine for digital lifestyle.

In the castle the exhibition “Luminous Times – Lighting Design through the 20th century” which shows the lampcellection of Alexander von Vegesack, director of the Vitra Design Museum will open on June, 12th. Paralell to this show an exhibition of the Cité de l’Architecture & du Patrimoine and the Institut Français d’Architecture (IFA) called “Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007 – 2010” will be temporary exhibited. Hannah Bauhoff and her team have organsied both exhibition

To protest against the tight Brazilian import/export laws for art, Autista group held a simultaneous event. Verena Dauerer reports for Swedish-English SPANA. riksutstallningar.se/Templates/ExtNews____37603.aspx

The art of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) possesses the same intensity and energy that marked his brief life. In the course of only eight years he succeeded in creating an extensive oeuvre and introducing new figurative and expressive elements in contemporary art. On the occasion of his fiftieth birthday, the Fondation Beyeler is devoting the first large exhibition ever held in Europe to this outstanding American painter. A radio review by Katharina Altemeier: br-online.de/bayern2/kulturwelt/jean-michel-basquiat-fonsation-beyerler-kunst-ID1273474216046.xml

He was one of the first four official designers in East Germany – and one of the most successful. Erich John has designed the typewriter “Erika” as well as the shaver “Bebo Sher”. But his most well known object is the famous World Time Clock, a continually rotating installation that shows the time across the globe on the Alexander Platz in Berlin’s central district. Hannah Bauhoff has visited the designer in his private house for an interview.

Many young designers are living and working in Berlin. From time to time we visit the newcomers. This month Tanja Pabelick, Katharina Horstmann and Hannah Bauhoff have visited the Showroom of Llot Love in Berlin’s central district.

Evreybody who is plannning a trip to Wolfsburg has the chance to visit the "The Wolfsburg Project" of James Turell. The exhibition is extended until October, 3rd. Hannah Bauhoff recommends: Go and see it!

Last Wednesday there was the opening of the new exhibition of Vitra Design Museum – not in Weil am Rhein, but in Wolfsburg. Hannah Bauhoff was there and visited "Rudolf Steiner - Alchemy of the Everyday".

Katja Neumann published a new issue of Spoonfork Online Magazine. No. 34 shows a springlike collection of fresh design and new music as well as virtual landscape gardening and bumble-bees. spoonfork.de

“Stilvorlagen” is the title of the lecture series on contemporary graphic design happening every year at the department design of the University of Hamburg. Hannah Bauhoff gave a speech at Wartenau 15 in Hamburg on what public relations for this special cultural event could look like.

Sunday lights came on at the World’s biggest trade fair for light architecture and technologies. Katja Neumann and Hannah Bauhoff were on the site.

1300 internationally recognized personalities from publishing houses, advertising and industry came to the Deichtorhallen on March, 25th. Hannah Bauhoff was among them, also willing to know who will get one of the coveted trophies.

The networking platform for artbuyers, photographers and agencies was for the first time in Hamburg. Verena Dauerer and Hannah Bauhoff were on the site.

Hannah Bauhoff covers the world’s leading trade fair for Architecture and Technology "Light+Building" for the German Magazine "DIE ZEIT". zeit.de/lebensart/2010-04/lichtmesse-frankfurt

Mathias Schwartz-Claus, Curator of the Vitra Design Museum tackled one of the most difficult topics in contemporary design discussions. With his recently opened exhibition he tries to answer the main question. Hannah Bauhoff was in Weil for the opening.

Katja Neumann and Hannah Bauhoff wrote the cover story for the special issue “Light+Building” for "form magazine". The topic: Branding with lights by architecture. The article is available in English and German in the print issue and on form.de.

From April 14 till 19 Designjournalists will be in Milan, visiting both the Salone Internazionale del Mobile and the many fringe events across the city. Meet us!

“Unexpected Guests – Yesterday’s Houses, Today’s Design” is just one of the many fringe events of this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile. In its run-up Katharina Horstmann and Norman Kietzmann have already seen the exhibition, organized by trade fair organizer Cosmit and the City of Milan, for which the Italian curator Beppe Finessi staged over 200 contemporary design objects in four historical villas. casemuseomilano.it

What can simple tourist souvenirs tell us about society – the TV Towers exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, sheds light on the political and societal basis architecture is built on. Verena Dauerer reports for Swedish-English Spana magazine. Link: riksutstallningar.se/Templates/ExtNews____36051.aspx

Mountains, watches and banks stand for the typical Swiss values such as naturalness, tradition and quality. The current poster exhibition "Paradise Switzerland" at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich examines the myth of Switzerland and brings together distinctive examples of advertising from 1900 until today. Katharina Altemeier reviewed the show in the daily radio feuilleton kulturWelt on Bayern 2. Here you can find the script and an audio cutout: katharinaaltemeier.com

The Hamburger Kunstverein bursts at the seams because on March the 5th, it was awarded the honorary degree for independent magazines called “Gute-Seiten-Award”. Hannah visited this event.

As the creative director of Prada menswear Neil Barrett becomes the inventor of minimalist men's clothing during the nineties. At the peak of his success he starts his own company in 1999 and continues his preference of slim precise silhouettes. Norman Kietzmann met Neil Barrett in his studio in Milan and spoke with him about wardrobes full of uniforms, corporate self-determination and the return to his roots.

London-based design duo BarberOsgerby speaks with Katharina Horstmann about their early years in furniture design, the reason to have two separate offices in London, and the possibilities of limited edition pieces. designlines.de

Norman Kietzmann visited the world's leading trade fair for mobile technology and communication. Although Apple did not attend the event, the company affected most of their competitors' novelties.

"High-Tech-Chic“ is the title of an article, Katja Neumann wrote for Designlines about the new trend of how LED Technology finds its way into fashion industry. designlines.de

Do you know what a twiller is? No? Close your knowledge gap and read on PAGE online about the „KATE TOUCH“.

It’s done: On February 22 the new Vitra-House on the Vitra-Campus opened. Hannah Bauhoff and Norman Kietzmann visited this new design by architects Herzog & de Meuron.

Together with web designer Bashar Farhat Katja Neumann published a new issue of online magazine Spoonfork. The editorial focus of No. 33 lies on “hands”, presenting for example the detailed paperwork by Russian illustrator Yulia Brodskaya as well as a portrait of Studio Cinco from Argentina who develops hand-made design according to the “slow movement“. spoonfork.de

Now it’s official: Supported by Norman Kietzmann, Katharina Horstmann and Hannah Bauhoff implemented linguistically the repositioning of de Sede. Find out more in “Nouvelle N° 1”, designed by Meiré + Meiré.

From January 18 till 20 Designjournalists will be in Cologne, visting both the imm cologne and the „Passagen“ events in the city. Meet us!

Maarten Baas belongs to a select group of young designers who have refused the modernist role of the designer as a problemsolver in favor of self-expression. At 31, the alumnus of The Design Academy in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is the youngest designer receiving the Designer of the Year Award, initiated by Design Miami/, December’s limited edition design fair. Katharina Horstmann met Maarten Baas in London where they spoke about his success, his time as a student in Eindhoven and what he likes about performances in design. clearmag.com