Category: USM Haller
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,
IMM Cologne 2014 and Passagen 2014. Preview
On Monday January 13th the European design circus rolls into the new year with the opening of IMM Cologne 2014
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: November
With autum’s algid wind in our faces and the promise of mince pies and Glühwein in our tails we approached
A Brief History of Thüringen: The Congress of Erfurt, 1808
In 1808 Napoleon had a problem. Or better put, in 1808 Napoleon had a whole continent of problems. Spain, Austria,
(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
Posterous adieu….
On Tuesday April 30th 2013 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands steps down as head as the House of Orange. And
Fritz Haller: Designer of Systems. An Interview with Georg Vrachliotis
Imagine you spent your entire career researching and developing modular building systems. Imagine you gave the world radical new approaches
ETH Zürich Symposium: Fritz Haller. Architect and Researcher
On Thursday and Friday March 15th/16th the ETH Zurich is holding a two day symposium looking at the life and
(smow) intern: Designer Office Furniture Package
As any one who has celebrated as many birthday’s as us knows – there comes a point in every life
Neue Räume Zurich 2011
The final stage of our 2011 autumn tour took us to Neue Räume Zurich, Switzerland’s largest designer furniture trade fair.
(smow)intern: The Designer Furniture Catalogue 2011
Luddites! Not a phrase normally associated with (smow) To the best of our knowledge no (smow)employee has ever smashed an
(smow) Reports: USM Haller Seminar and Workshop
One of the unseen aspects of the furniture industry is the relationship between dealer and producer. For most people their
Baking USM Haller
Bo Bech is a baker in Copenhagen. Bo Bech bakes one kind of bread. It’s available in one size. At
(smow)blog review 2010: January, February, March
While critics denounce such as an easy and obvious way to generate content – for us reviewing the past year
Orgatec 2010 Interview: Alexander Schärer, USM Haller
At Orgatec 2010 we spoke to USM Haller CEO Alexander Schärer about the company’s return to Orgatec after a 12
Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat … here you can hang your Christmas hat
What would Christmas be without hats? Father Christmas, his elves, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dave Hill…. Even the shepherds and
Orgatec 2010: USM Haller
When USM Haller last exhibited at Orgatec we were still in Kindergarten and our only experience with interior design was
International Marianne Brandt Contest 2010 – Awards Ceremony
Although the Marianne Brandt Contest is on the surface about Marianne Brandt, the awards ceremony in Chemnitz on Friday stood
USM Haller: Living Essentials
Although it is probably fair to say that most people associate USM Haller furniture with offices, not all see it
2010 Designer Furniture World Cup, Final: Switzerland 2-Germany 1
Fritz Haller against Egon Eiermann. While ahead of the 2010 (smow) designer furniture world cup final many bemoaned the decision
2010 Designer Furniture World Cup, Semi-Final: Switzerland 1- England 0
The first semi-final of the 2010 (smow) designer furniture World Cup pitted not only two generations against each other but
2010 Designer Furniture World Cup:Italy 1 – Switzerland 1
Knowing that they needed to defeat Fritz Haller’s stable and flexible USM Haller system in order to advance the Italians
2010 Designer Furniture World Cup: Denmark 0 – Switzerland 1
One of the high points of Verner Panton‘s career came in Switzerland when in Vitra he finally found a producer
2010 Designer Furniture World Cup: Switzerland 0 – Belgium 0
Although this encounter was never going to be as extravagant as the opening match, Fritz Haller and Maarten Van Severen
(smow)offline: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec – Lianes, Galerie Kreo, Paris
No, we don’t handle the PR for Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. We would like to. But we don’t. It’s just