Preparing for a digital trade fair is a new experience. With TOTO, we are busy behind the scenes with the upcoming ISH, which runs from 22/03 to 26/03. What makes the Japanese sanitary specialist's products so hygienic? How do the TOTO hygiene technologies interlock and ensure reliable cleanliness at all times? What is so special about toilet culture in Japan? There will be many answers at the ISH - also with webinars in a live and reportage character.
Welcome Rainer! Since January, Rainer Häupl has been strengthening our team as a cooperation partner in the area of text, strategy and consulting. Rainer is a trained architectural journalist and content marketing expert. For many years we have been connected through a common network and joint projects and share our passion for architecture and design topics. After a kick-off in January, we are looking forward to a continued inspiring collaboration!
What does bering*kopal . Büro für Kommunikation stands for? Who stands behind the press agency for architecture, building, interior design and sustainable design? And how do we work?
Congratulations to Kusch+Co! We are pleased that the two product highlights of this year, Creva soft j and Creva desk, have been awarded twice. And we are pleased that the two product highlights of this year, Creva soft and Creva desk, have received two awards: the German Design Award 2021 and the ICONIC Awards: Innovative Interior 2021. We have just posted our media information on the press lounge.
A new archetypeThe new Lighting Pad Lounge from Nimbus is described as a new "archetype" by Nimbus CEO and lead designer Dietrich F. Brennenstuhl. In its appearance of noble moulded wood, it is a lighting furniture that combines both lighting and acoustic effectiveness. Our media information describes this special product in detail and presents it in the most diverse interiors. We also like the new microsite of Nimbus, where you can really immerse yourself and discover a lot.
The press is busy once again before the summer break and our topics are well accepted. In these days, hygiene and infection prevention are the main topics - and this is an issue in which our clients Kusch+Co and TOTO have great expertise. This know-how and the solutions that are currently needed are, of course, of great interest to us. But the "change of baton" at Werner Sobek is also a hot topic, as is the new LED luminaire family from Nimbus, which is again causing a stir with its minimalist design. The magazine "InteriorFashion" has dedicated a whole page to the hygiene-optimised furniture by Kusch+Co and talked to the expert Ingo Bandurski - recently published under the headline "Demand up". Under the headline "The Hygiene Package", the SHK Journal highlighted the advantages of a TOTO shower toilet and the blog architekturmeldungen.de takes a closer look at Werner Sobek's "change of baton". And then we were very excited that the lighting magazine Highlight dealt intensively with the innovations of the Q Four luminaire family and put them online immediately. These were some of the pleasing news of the week. If you are interested in the media information on the respective topics, just contact us: Heike.bering@bering-kopal.de
Travelling and seating with distance - Kusch+Co now offers solutions!We are all getting more exercise, Corona will stay. And we have used the past few weeks to work out with our customers exactly those issues that are important in these times and that are actually urgently needed. Kusch+Co has many years of expertise in the hygiene and health sector. Hygiene-optimised seating furniture made by the Hallenberg-based company can be found in healthcare facilities all over the world. In response to recent events, the hygiene experts at Kusch+Co have now taken a closer look at seating in public areas and created solutions that can significantly reduce the risk of infection in waiting areas at airports, in foyers, administrative buildings and lobbies. According to Kusch+Co, the demand is enormous. The first customer for the new seating solution by far is Frankfurt Airport. The media information provides further detailed information. The video provides a short and concise overview.
A lighting toolbox for architectsTo develop a "lighting tool box" for planners and architects and to have the right product in the portfolio for every lighting requirement - this has always been the idea of Dietrich F. Brennenstuhl, CEO of the Nimbus Group. With the Q FOUR luminaire family and the three new versions, the tool box has been filled to the brim once again. This time with compact, minimalist spots, recessed and track versions for focused light, which we present in our current media information Brennenstuhl tells the story in a video podcast " Under the luminaire ...".
There is a lot going on at Kusch+Co again: the new website is online and at the upcoming Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) from 7 to 14 March, there will be two lectures and an exhibition on "New Work" in the company's own showroom.
There are many new developments in terms of lighting and acoustics, which are documented in our latest media information. There will be more at Light and Building 2020: Nimbus/Häfele will exhibit in Hall 1.2 G10 and Hall 3.1 C95, SATTLER in Hall 1.2 Stand H51.
Appointment of the weekThere´s always something special to discover at the Raumgalerie in Stuttgart. Like this Wednesday at 7 pm with an opening evening for Regina Dahmen-Ingenhoven´s drafts - a surprising mixture of opulence and minimalism that leaves the viewer in amazement. "Paradise for Everyone" is the title of the exhibition. Indusrial warehouses, flats, stands at fairs, terminals, stores and many other architectures: All of them are shaped into magical atmospheres by Regina Dahmen-Ingehoven and her team from DRDI. The multisided artist and architect is there as a guest at the Raumgalerie - you can see her work until the 29th of February 2020.
"In transit gloria" ... It´s got to come in mind when it comes to waiting areas - and the suitable furnitures for it. At a "Brand Essential" for Kusch+Co the author from Architonic was putting it in a nutshell what the internationally operating company based in Hallenberg stands for: high-quality seating furnitures in transit areas and lounges that are making the stay comfortable to the passengers. The content incorporated to the "Brand Essential" can also be found in both media information that we were publishing about the recently opended Beijing Daxing International Airport and the Frankfurt Airport. We also came up with something with the headline but it does not reach the Architonic: "Waiting in style in the Tea Garden" is the name of our brand new media information about the Beijing Airport. Kusch+Co has already equipped more than 260 airports and more projects are about to come. We are curious!
A lot going on in Stuttgart and CologneThe following week there are waiting some really exciting events that are related to our partners and clients! Now on Monday, 18th of November an evenin gof discussion and lectures takes place at the Raumgalerie in Stuttgart. "Could laws ensure the construction quality?" And with Kusch+Co as a partner of the KAP Forum in Cologne we follow up the question "What is staying from the Bauhaus year? Insights and outlooks." The young talent competition for designers of all disciplines - aed neuland - is presenting itself from 21st to 24th of November as a part of the Morgenmacher festival at Messepiazza Landesmesse Stuttgart. On Friday, 22nd of November - also in Stuttgart - the new yearbook is presented as a part of the symposium "Engineering Architecture - Design for Construction" and we can be curious about what Werner Sobek is revealing about "concrete innovations".
Success Stories"Success stories" is an editorial format on the Design Center Baden-Württemberg´s homepage: And like so often in the Swabian area these stories do not lie uncovered but you have to dig a little bit. For us, as a mediator it is always nice to see how they come about: A media event at SATTLER in Göppingen - we had been developing a good and entertaining program and Sattlers was giving deep insights into the company. Everybody was surprised that luminaires of international standing are developed in the province. And one of you, closely related to the institution of design, was very inspired. Now one of this Success Stories is dedicated to SATTLER under the title "Light needs design", very worth reading!
We made use of one of the last wonderful afternoons in autumn, closed the office and set out on our way: after about 40 minutes of driving with the suburban train from Rohr to Obertürkheim to experience what you can probably just experience in Stuttgart: vineyards near by the industrial location. Our team was accompagnied by Ariane Sohn and Thomas Rathay whom we owe the great photos - and Silke Rommel was planning the trip as a newly certified hiking guide - and the one who is the most outdoor-related colleague at our team! - from Ulbach up to the hill Rotenberg and in the end to the world champion of Maultaschen at Untertürkheim. Conclusion: if already Swabian than really Swabian! We should do that more often!
The 16th September it was announced that the design´s "enfant terrible" - Luigi Colani - died at the age of 91. The multisided designer will stay present for Kusch+Co with his Colani Edition. He was designing it - and many other drafts which stayed as a prototype forever - in the 1960s for the company from Hallenberg. But the production started in 2005. Colani really was a lot before his time. It´s written more about this incredible collaboration at our new media information.
PARCS, Bene´s revolutional furniture collection, is turning ten years old - and seems as fresh and unconventional as at its first day. We have a special relationship to PARCS. Not only because this program is occupying us currently in our media work. In 2012 Heike Bering had been visiting the two designers Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd in London commissioned by the magazine "md Interior Design Architecture" and wrote an interview: "The choreographers of design". Still an interesting story that is a lot about Bene.
Our client´s projects are taking us to beautiful places - to the Swabian province to Waiblingen and to the Austrian metropolis of Vienna. There is also an architectal gem to discover at Kirchheim am Neckar. So we take you with us at our current media information to an expedition to the "Hotel Bachofer" in Waiblingen, what meant fulfilling a long cherished dream to the Michelin chef Bernd Bachofer, and we jump to Vienna into the new "Andaz Vienna am Belvedere". And finally, again in the province, we head for the gingerly sanified "Alte Kelter" in Kirchheim am Neckar.
Pretty quiet!To create an acoustically comfortable atmosphere at the interior is a topic that is keeping our clients occupied. The solutions are as individual as the constructor´s requests, the building conditions and the planners´ ideas. Claudia Wald (Mori Space Stuttgart) for example, is convinced that the Rossoacoustic´s acoustically effective products are perfect for inserting them at a not used factory floor. The software corporation k15t is now working at this floor and is thrilled. The AZ Architekturzeitung was picking that topic immediately and putting it online. And here are our new media information about Rossoacoustic.
May we present? Our new customer Kusch+Co. With the latest media information on the modular seating furniture range Creva soft (Design kaschkasch), our cooperation shows the first visible result - and we look forward to providing regular information on Kusch's activities in future. Very exciting: the internationally active company based in Hallenberg is not only strong in design and high-quality contract furnishing, but also market leader with comprehensive expertise in the healthcare and transportation segments. Welcome to Kusch+Co!
On the move with SATTLERs: a small group of editors from Germany and Switzerland was following our invitation and was taking a look around: The family firm was giving us a deep insight in design development and production, was inviting us to a vintage car ride and finally entertaining us at the luxury food manufactory Jörg Geiger! All this at a gorgeous summerlike day in May.
Voting for lohrmannarchitekt: In any case, lohrmannarchitekt gets our vote! The Stuttgart architectural office, for which we have been working for several months, submitted the BauBuche (beech wood) for the materialPREIS 2019. The chosen material is versatile BauBuche which lohrmannarchitekt used for the corporate architecture of LAB1886, especially for the shuttle's use in its function as the workshop and presentation vehicle of LAB1886. More information and access to the voting until May 15th is available here - we are happy about everyone who participates!
Module Q - this is the name of the new ceiling luminaire family from Nimbus. Its design is minimalist, the lighting effect brilliant. Our press release is available for download here.
The new UMAR experimental unit demonstrates how construction solutions can be completely eco-friendly.
TOTO at ISH 2019 - with brand ambassador David MarquardtTOTO at ISH 2019 - with brand ambassador David Marquardt, MACH ArchitectsWe are at ISH 2019 with TOTO from 11.03. to 14.03.2019. In Hall 4.1., Stand H 05, TOTO will be presenting Japanese bathroom culture at the highest level - and this time has also appointed a brand ambassador who knows the company very well: David Marquardt from MACH Architects Zurich. David Marquardt will be present at the stand party on the 1st day of the fair from 2 p.m. and also in the evening - we are looking forward to many inspiring discussions and interviews!
Record numbers of visitors and a shower of awards: Werner Sobek, who designed the ThyssenKrupp Test Tower together with Helmut Jahn, has impressive results to present after one year of operation.
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