Category: Moormann
The Historia Supellexalis: “M” for Moormann
Moormann
A Nils Holger; An Autodidact; A Restlessness
Lost Furniture Design Classics: The Bacon Settle
In context of the Radio smow Sofa, Couch, Settee Playlist we briefly discussed the settle as an early forebearer of the settee.
Existing in a myriad expressions and forms, one variation on the settle was a pleasingly multi-functional, multi-talented, culinary adept, object.
And one that has, sadly, vanished from the contemporary furniture landscape…….
Design Gruppe Pentagon @ the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne
Within any regular pentagon one can locate, in numerous, manifold, relationships, the Golden Ratio, that centuries old guarantor of harmony, balance, beauty….
And within an irregular Pentagon?
With the exhibition Design Gruppe Pentagon the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Cologne search for an answer in context of the 1980s Rheinland design quintet…….
smow Blog Interview: Patrick Frey – I find it unashamed that the furniture industry isn’t prepared to pay young designers a discretionary payment for developing a project
When we spoke with designer Patrick Frey in context of our #campustour, the plan was quite simply to discuss contemporary design education; however, the natural flow of the conversation took us in a raft of interesting directions, including his experiences as a freelance designer, the question of development payments in the furniture industry and the background to his and Markus Boge’s joint diploma project, a project in many regards personified by the tables Kant and Marketing.
#campustour Interview: Patrick Frey, Assistant Professor, Hochschule Hannover
Just as the Eamsien adage proclaims that “the details are not the details; they make the product”, so too are a design school’s teaching staff not the teaching staff, they make the school.
Consequently, it follows that to better understand not only an individual institution, but also both the wider contemporary condition, and possible future directions, of design education, it is important to talk to, and understand, design school teaching staff; both those full-time Professors, and also those practising designers who have accepted the responsibility of instructing future generations.
Practising designers such as Patrick Frey, Assistant Professor at the Hochschule Hannover.
Holzklasse by Nils Holger Moormann & CustomBus
With Holzklasse designer Nils Holger Moormann and VW bus fabricator CustomBus have brought Moormann design to the highways, and for all, the byways.
Blurred Lines or What if Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke designed furniture?
On March 10th 2015 a jury at the Central District Court of California in Los Angeles concluded that Pharrell Williams
smow Interview: Nils Holger Moormann – We desperately need a new revolution!
In our post from the exhibition Schrill Bizarr Brachial. Das Neue Deutsche Design der 80er Jahre at the Bröhan Museum
(smow) blog compact: Stadt-Land-schafft. smow Cologne present Waidblicke 2014
“What was the best moment of your life?” ask Cologne based Pell Architekten in the introduction to their contribution to smow
(smow) intern: G’day (smow) Australia Blog
For many, the darkest, furthest removed edge of the (smow) universe is (smow) Chemnitz. (smow) however reaches further. Much further.
Konstantin Grcic – Panorama @ Vitra Design Museum
One of the first telephone calls Mateo Kries and Marc Zehntner made upon assuming leadership of the Vitra Design Museum
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: February
IMM Cologne kept us busy into February, but the month also saw the opening of an Eileen Gray retrospective in
(smow) intern: welcome (smow) cologne
Expansion. It’s not always good. Waistlines. Overdrafts. Weeks since you last phoned your mother. For example wouldn’t be good. Business
With Nils Holger Moormann at the Leipzig Baumwollspinnerei Spring Rundgang 2013
As we noted in our designer barbecue post “… summer is bidding its final farewells” And with autumn’s impudent chill
Milan Design Week 2013: Moormann tuttavia presente!!
Back at Saloni Milano 2010 Ronan Bouroullec told us about his feeling that the internet and new technology could, perhaps
Milan Design Week 2013: Moormann non è presente
In little under a week the Doors of Hell will once again open to release Milan Design Week on our
Watn Blech by Bernhard Osann for Moormann
In the past couple of years we have often referred to, but never actually shown, the shelf “Das Brett” by
From Bookcases to Corporate Identities. Moormann – Your One Stop Shop.
On Friday last week we were at a discussion in Potsdam where Nils Holger Moormann spoke as eloquently and convincingly
Pressed Chair by Harry Thaler for Moormann. The Film.
If there is a chair on the market at the moment that better symbolises how complex simplicity in design is
Milan 2012: Harry Thaler. Pressed Chair, Moormann and Me.
At Milan 2011 Moormann presented the prototype of Pressed Chair by Harry Thaler. At Milan 2012 the market ready version
Nils Holger Moormann: Wagon-lire
Back at Qubique Berlin we spoke to Nils Holger Moormann, and in addition to discussing the number of days spent
World Furniture Day 2012
Although it would be wrong to say that we misled you in saying that there would be no Moormann furniture
(smow) Blog Best of 2011: Bookinist Cup – Die Hölle von Aschau
Although officially a company fete at which Moormann wanted to thank their partners, dealers, designers et al for the good
Die Hölle von Aschau 2011 – Concours d’Élégance
Away from the race track a real highlight of “Die Hölle von Aschau” was the Concours d’Élégance. Ahead of the