Frame #86 May/Jun 2012

Then in Amsterdam, we tour the cream of the new crop of hotels, including Piero Lissoni’s latest minimalist masterpiece and the funkiest of fashion hotels: Hotel The Exchange. Finally, we catch up with Philippe Starck, the inimitable judge of the inaugural Frame Moooi Award. Take a look at the 10 finalists he chose anonymously, find out why he liked the designs and discover who he selected as the €25,000 prize winner.

CONTENTS

Visions 
The shape of things to come from BIG and Architectural Nexus, 5+1AA, Architects Collective, Woohyun Cho and more

Stills
New interiors by: Nicholas André, Andreas Fuhrimann, Gabrielle Hächler, Acne, Inne Design, Helen & Hard, Harry Thaler, Lieven Musschoot, Mathias Hennebel, G-Star, Totems, Gun Architects, Nika Zupanc, George Yabo, Glenn Pushelberg, Kengo Kuma, Göran and Julia Pohl, 3deluxe

Reports
Brand van Egmond: The lighting designers unveil a new studio
MTP: Taking tapestry into the 21st century
Update: Company news from Cappellini, Coalesse, Kvadrat, Cor and more
Catalogue: Show time - everything you need for a dazzling display

Features

• Suite Dreams: Three much-needed new hotels in Amsterdam, three radically different approaches
• Wave Energy: Thomas Heatherwick on the importance of wiggly lines in his new Pacific Place project and why bigger is better when it comes to his studio
• State of the Art: Going into detail: fantastic finetuning from Merkx and Girod for the Dutch Council of State
• La Cervesa Catalana: Salut! A Barcelona brewery is an unlikely triumph for Jean Nouvel
• Best of Budapest: From temporary ‘ruin pubs’ to thermal baths, the lowdown on the Hungarian capital’s most inspiring contemporary design
• The Right Direction: Philippe Starck on the first Frame Moooi Award, the future of design and the end of trends. Plus: the winner, the finalists, and a roundup of the rest

Goods

• Talk: Anti-designer Heinz Witthöft on his 50-year quest to reshape our cities
• Introducing: Portugal’s Gonçalo Campos is making his mark
• Process: Fabrics for Maharam by Hella Jongerius
• Market: IMM in Cologne has all the angles 
• Essay: Slow tech, or making machines to make things
• Market: The full spectrum in Stockholm 
• One Artist: Leaves of hair by Jenine Shereos
• Design Art: A smash-up from the aptly named D/Struct
• Book: Whither Dutch design? Jeroen Junte thinks he knows