Ready for an adventure in Hungary? In this issue, we dive into Budapest’s design scene, taking in the city’s freshest interiors – like the Capsula store by Göske Project – and meeting its most promising young designers. 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.

Ready for an adventure in Hungary? In this issue, we dive into Budapest’s design scene, taking in the city’s freshest interiors – like the Capsula store by Göske Project – and meeting its most promising young designers. 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: 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...