Category archives: Art, Design and Culture

Interior Design: Shabby Chic

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For the past few years, shabby chic has become more and more popular. This form of interior design is created by old and new items without looking seedy, but its name comes from the intended used-look touch. Chipped paint and untreated wood are widely accepted nowadays. Shabby chic is where...

Fashion meets Interior: Butlers

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Most of you have probably heard about Butlers at least once. This label offers both delicate décor items and lovely gifts in its numerous stores. Additionally, Butler has also its own shabby chic furniture selection. When it comes to interior design, this label is simply invincible, as it offers you...

DIY Decorating Ideas

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Not always are we satisfied with the decorating ideas we see in shops, hence my motto: Do It Yourself! Homemade decoration breathes a unique charm into your premises. Often, it doesn’t even require much effort, since old things can be quickly transformed into new ones if you follow the right...

Classics of Furniture: Vitra

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If you’re looking for compatible interior decoration, check out the classics of interior furnishings we’re showing you this week. One of them is Vitra, a furniture store offering bold designs for the office, public and private rooms. The Switzerland-based label carefully develops its iconic products together with designers. The family-run label...

Fashion meets Interior - Esprit

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Our online shop collects the latest fashion trends and also offers you stylish accessories for your home, including Esprit’s Home Collection, which is a mix of carefully selected fabrics. Esprit Home introduces a new living environment presented in a modern way, which you’ll surely like. Whether you’re looking for something for...

Fashion meets Interior: Joop! Living

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You're looking for new inspirations for your home? Joop!Living combines high quality materials with modern design and thereby breathes life into your four walls. Bathroom, living room and bedroom textiles are the centerpieces and completed with homeware and bath accessories. The current offer shows up in autumnal shades like beige,...

Fashion meets Interior: H&M

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H&M is probably the best known fashion chain in the world and is popular with fashionistas like no others. The reason: H&M offers trends before they even appear. H&M makes trends and develops them. The assortment is constantly changing, and displays itself as a symbiosis of classical and innovative highlights....

Amazing coffee tables by BoConcept

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Minimalists can probably all relate to this problem: storage space. Reducing your interior decoration to a minimum and the bare essentials can be burdensome sometimes if you don’t know where to store your stuff. This is why you should choose furniture that is provided with cleverly hidden storage space. The coffee...

Fashion meets Interior: Zara Home

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Zara Home focuses on the atmosphere that you create for your home. The label’s huge range of decorative products creates a unique aesthetic based on the harmonious coordination of different designs. This collection isn’t only based on textiles, but also offers various pieces made of other materials. Zara combines functionality...

Back to nature

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[caption id="attachment_122252" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Urban Outfitters[/caption] Despite modern inventions, technology and the unstoppable process of urbanization, nature will always stay a powerful and, more importantly, beautiful force in this world. Inviting Mother Nature into one’s home has never been this trendy. Be it flowers, plants or miniature bonsai trees – they...

ONE KITCHEN - Stylish kitchen accessoires

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The popular brand ONE KITCHEN is offering exquisite and professional products for cooks of all types. In their shop in Hannover you can find anything from an iron pan up to small electrical appliances that your heart desires at the famous Ernst-August-Platz. The site www.onekitchen.com  divides the range into three categories, which are titled "Basic", "Premium" and "Cool" and make...

The beautiful sea behind glass

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The Okinawa-Churaumi-Aquarium (Japanese: Beautiful Sea Aquarium) is one of the most spectacular aquariums in the world. Approximately 2 million visitors are drawn into its realms annually, and it's one of the most modern aquariums in the world, showcasing 77 tanks including a reef tank and deep-sea basin. However, one tank really...

(Deutsch) Kann man die Welt noch retten?

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Weltweit nimmt die Bevölkerungszahl zu. Großstädte wie Sao Paulo, Delhi und New York scheinen zu explodieren. Hochhäuser wachsen in die Höhe, Landgebiete verwandeln sich in Fabriklandschaften. Wälder sterben ab, das Klima gerät ins Extrem. Sollte man nicht langsam versuchen umweltbewusster und energieeffizienter zu bauen? An der Fakultät Architektur der Technischen Universität...

The Octopus Umbrella

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You've probably heard of Kraken Rum by now, but did you also know that the company sells more than just alcoholic beverages? Clothing items and accessories are also available! Expect towels, hoodies, t-shirts and… hold on to your horses: an octopus umbrella. Imagine looking up at the bottom side of a...

Architektur im Fokus: Semesterarbeiten - TU B...

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Internationale Designer sollen am Moritzplatz in Berlin die Möglichkeit bekommen, auf begrenzte Zeit zu wohnen und zu arbeiten. In welcher Architektur soll dies geschehen? Welche Bedürfnisse muss die Architektur erfüllen? Wie schafft die Architektur eine Präsenz der Arbeit in den Straßenraum hinein? Das sind Fragen, die sich die Architekturstudenten des ersten...

Must Have: Shot Gläser in Tierform

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  Shots sind eh der Bringer auf einer Party und wenn du sie in diesen Gläsern servierst, dann erst recht. In abstrakt kubistischen Tierformen und aus schwarzem Porzellan designt, sehen diese mit Sicherheit verdammt cool in deinen vier Wänden aus. Wählen kann man zwischen fünf verschiedenen Formen und diese können sowohl...