Category: imm cologne


Lounge Sofa by Rui Alves for Menu

Our favourite Portuguese designer TM Rui Alves is making his IMM Cologne début this year, with a new prototype under

Pegasus Home Desk by Ippolito Fleitz Group Tilla Goldberg for classicon

The first post in our, hopefully short, new series “Things we missed at IMM Cologne 2014” is devoted to the

Passagen Cologne 2014 Young Persepectives at Boffi Köln Woodware Sarah Böttger

During the 2014 Passagen design festival the Cologne flagship store of Italian kitchen and bathroom manufacturer Boffi presented an exhibition

25th January 1970 Visiona 2 Verner Panton Cologne

“Wood will be driven out of living spaces; even metal and glass, although much newer in domestic situations, are losing

(smow) blog compact IMM Cologne Special Thonet S 1200 desk Randolf Schott Thonet Design Team

Our coverage of IMM Cologne 2014 may be reaching its conclusion, but we still have a few gleaming gems to

(smow) blog compact IMM Cologne Special Müller Möbelfabrikation Stack

It may have been because at IMM Cologne 2014 they were given a larger stand than in previous years. It

Korea Design at the Koreanisches Kulturzentrum Berlin

Following on from “Modernes Japanisches Design” in Cologne – contemporary Korean Design in Berlin. Organised by the Korean Trade Ministry

(smow) blog compact IMM Cologne Special D3 Contest Exhibition

Curated annually by the German Design Council on behalf of Cologne Trade Fair the [D3] Contest is an international competition

(smow) blog compact IMM Cologne Special HfG Karlsruhe Masala Kitchen and K.O. Project

In our post from the 2013 HfG Karlsruhe “Sommerloch” exhibition we wrote “Similarly the spiritedly named “Arbeitstitle” by Marlene Deken

Passagen Cologne 2014 Alle Metalle All Metal Tom Dixon Etch Lamp shade Light drop e27

Revolutions in design and architecture invariably involve a new material. The oldest examples of this phenomenon being found in the

Passagen Cologne 2014 Gronicles Bedcrate by Jack Brandsma

Every two years designers from the Dutch town of Groningen chum together to present a joint showcase during Cologne Design

IMM Cologne 2014 Stylepark Featured Editions Zoom Loris & Livia Wogg

When in our preview of IMM Cologne 2014 we referred to it as marking the opening of the European design

smow blog compact IMM Cologne Special maigrau

When we spoke with Nik Back and Alexander Stamminger aka maigrau back in 2010 they told us that in the

Passagen Cologne 2014 Japanisches Kulturinstitut Modernes Japanisches Design

When Charlotte Perriand arrived in Japan in 1940 to begin her commission from the Japanese Ministry of Trade and Industry

Passagen Cologne 2014 BKULT Featuring Van Bo Le-Mentzel Konstruieren statt Konsumieren AIT-ArchitekturSalon Köln

In 2012 the Berlin based publishers/curators/editors Ilka & Andreas Ruby established BKULT as an online platform for discussing issues in contemporary

Passagen Cologne 2014 A&W Designer of the Year Werner Aisslinger Exhibition Kölnischer Kunstverein

What would IMM Cologne week be without the official enthronement of the A&W Designer of the Year? One day shorter

Ordnungshalber by Christoph Goechnahts

That furniture often has a cultural background can probably be best observed in chairs: the cultural background often defining, for

String IMM Cologne 2014

In 1949 the Swedish publishing house Bonniers folkbibliotek organised a competition asking for designs for a bookcase system that was

Passagen Cologne 2014 Stefan Wewerka Denkmöbel Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Köln

For their now traditional IMM Cologne exhibition Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft is presenting an exhibition devoted to one of the

Richard Lampert IMM Cologne 2013

In numerous mythologies heroes are whisked through space and time on a magic carpet. The carpet project that took Alexander

Passagen Cologne 2014 Objects and the Factory

Following on from last year’s highly enjoyable Objects for the Neighbour exhibition Karoline Fesser, Kai Linke and Thomas Schnur are

Passagen Cologne 2014 Design Flanders Atelier Bonk and Cas Moor

Given that Cologne is geographically closer to Brussels than Berlin, there probably should be more Belgian designers exhibiting at Cologne

Passagen Cologne 2014 System USM Haller Facetten (smow) Köln

Aside from death, taxes and heartbreak, the only other certainty in life is that you will, with an unnerving regularity,

Thonet S 1200 IMM Cologne 2014

On Monday January 13th the European design circus rolls into the new year with the opening of IMM Cologne 2014

IMM Cologne kept us busy into February, but the month also saw the opening of an Eileen Gray retrospective in