Alvar Aalto once said that wood is the most deeply human of all materials. More and more architects see it as the future.

Sara Wreschner, co-owner of Sonny – a Copenhagen café offering great coffee and homey food in elegantly modern surroundings – reflects on design and comfort.

How can structures, which take up defined, rigid portions of space, make us feel transcendence? How can chapels turn into places of introspection? How can walls grant boundless freedom?

How does colour affect your workplace?  Look around you and imagine the possibilities.

When Facetiming with Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero, longterm partners and the Italian co-founders of east London-based ecoLogicStudio, one is immediately transported into the experimental, scientific ethos of their practice.

For Poul Kjærholm, simplicity was essential. He insisted on materials of the highest quality and designed for transparency. Indeed, nothing in Kjærholm’s designs is unnecessary or cosmetic. 

What do intelligent offices of the future look like? At Fritz Hansen, we encourage flexible work and strive to create solutions that enhance wellbeing in work zones through great design.

A week before CARCEL’s opening show, founder Veronica d'Souza spoke to Fritz Hansen about the company’s journey and what customers can continue to expect from the brand's designs.