/ Minimalist Design and sustainable craftsmanship | Urselmann Interior in an interview with WYE

Our environment influences us as human beings. It influences how we move and feel, our concentration or fatigue and whether we relax or tense up. The home is the most intimate space in which we have spent more time in recent years than ever before, due to a global pandemic. This has sharpened our focus on the everyday by placing new demands on our homes and at the same time giving each individual room more time. In addition to banana bread baking sessions and closet clear-outs, we have developed ideas for changes in our home to make the most intimate space around us even more of a perfect feel-good place for us. Urselmann interior makes precisely this redesign and realization of wishes in commercial or private interiors possible. They are a holistic planning office where designers and carpenters not only Design and craftsmanship go hand in hand, but where the cradle-to-cradle principle plays a decisive role in the implementation of their projects. In this interview, they tell us how they manage to implement holistic projects in the face of everyday cost pressure and how they stay up to date with the latest sustainable design options:

You have been working as designers and carpenters in the interior design industry for more than 15 years and are absolute pioneers when it comes to integrating sustainability. Do you see an increasing relevance of sustainability in interior design in recent years? Is it becoming more important to consider sustainability in general?

The fact that 60% of all waste is produced by the construction industry already shows the relevance of sustainability in the construction industry. So far, the reuse of materials has not been integrated into the Designprocess. In our designs, we avoid the "Designerror of waste" - our goal is a recyclable interior without compromising on modern aesthetics. The entire interior consists of healthy materials that can be dismantled by type and are permanently recyclable.

Who makes the decision for more sustainability? Customer request or planning proposal?

Due to our growing position in the market, we are receiving more and more specific requests for circular interior fittings. That makes us very happy. In more "conventional" projects, however, we always mix in circular materials and products, so there have often been z.B. clay paint instead of conventional emulsion paint.

How do you manage to implement sustainability despite the high cost and time pressure? Is sustainable planning and design more expensive than conventional materials?

There is a big difference. If we work with conventional materials, they inevitably become waste due to their inferior quality. Someone has to pay for the disposal, be it the company, the private individual, the waste disposal yard or the city. These prices are never priced in. High-quality materials such as those we use remain raw materials for new products forever. The raw value is permanently retained.

How do you keep up to date with the latest innovations in materials, planning and construction?

Basically, we always have to keep our eyes and ears open - not just in the city but also online. We do a lot of research via various platforms and podcasts, but are also in close contact with many manufacturers and companies. We are also always happy to work with new materials and simply try them out.

What do you see as the biggest challenge in combining sustainability with Design and craftsmanship in projects?

Which project do you consider to be a pilot project in which you think cradle to cradle, Design and craftsmanship are ideally interlinked?

Finish: What convinced you to integrate a WYE piece into your planning? Is there a product you would like to see in the next WYE collection?