smow Archives - Page 3 of 10

Jan

19

2015

The nature of product design, and for all furniture design, being what it is, we all have a predisposition to

Jan

18

2015

Following on from the success of smow Cologne‘s Passagen Design Week début in 2014 with the USM Haller exhibition Facetten,

Jan

08

2015

Back at the end of 2014 we mused as to whether or not this might be an apposite moment to

Dec

28

2014

… had things not continued apace in June. A month which saw us trawl trough Berlin with Niek Wagemans looking

Dec

26

2014

May may have been slow in the past. May. For aside from DMY Berlin, Fritz Haller in Basel, Niek van

Dec

25

2014

As all old thesauruans know “April” is merely a synonym for “Milan” And lo despite all promises to the contrary

Dec

24

2014

According to our pictorial review of March 2013 it was “a month of travelling: Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Weimar, Dessau….. its amazing

Dec

23

2014

Cold as February 2014 unquestionably was, we managed to warm ourselves with exhibitions looking at the 1920s medial representation of

Dec

22

2014

Whereas in years past we would have just blithely stated that January, as ever, saw us in Cologne for IMM

Dec

01

2014

Time was when there was nothing nobler than a Christmas market. And no finer way to wile away the adventtide

Nov

07

2014

“The belief that New York needs a Museum of Modern Art scarcely requires apology. All over the world the rising

Oct

14

2014

As already noted, until Friday October 31st smow Cologne are presenting the exhibition Stadt-Land-schafft. Making use of smow Cologne’s generous

Oct

02

2014

“What was the best moment of your life?” ask Cologne based Pell Architekten in the introduction to their contribution to smow

Sep

22

2014

We’ve spent a lot of 2014 travelling backwards on trains, racing towards the future with our eyes fixed firmly on

Sep

01

2014

Vitra Campus Architektur Design Industrie Aedes Am Pfefferberg Berlin

1989. A year of social, culture and political upheaval whose effects are still being felt today. The Berlin Wall falls. George

Aug

01

2014

Over the years we have regularly highlighted the fact that buying cheap copies of established furniture design classics is not

May

31

2014

When in our DMY Berlin 2014 Award preview post we asked “When is a wardrobe not a wardrobe?”, the question

May

28

2014

Berlin Design Week Werkschau Sebastian Herkner Rosenthal Berlin tea service wan

Since the late 1950s Bavarian porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal has cooperated with an impressive roster of international designers to create new

May

09

2014

For many, the darkest, furthest removed edge of the (smow) universe is (smow) Chemnitz. (smow) however reaches further. Much further.

May

06

2014

“When”, we asked in context of the Grassi Leipzig exhibition Sitting – Lying – Swinging. Furniture from Thonet, “does an exhibition

Apr

09

2014

CH24 Wishbone Chair Hans J. Wegner Carl Hansen & Søn Sketch

At the 1949 Copenhagen Carpenters Guild exhibition Hans J. Wegner presented his JH501 “Round Chair” for Johannes Hansen. Often referred

Mar

14

2014

As a general rule we ignore rules. Especially those rules that start with “don’t” However, when we were told not

Mar

08

2014

Der lange Atem by Nina Jäckle Klöpfer & Meyer

On Thursday March 13th Leipzig Buchmesse 2014 opens to the public at the city’s exhibition centre. And as ever (smow)

Jan

15

2014

There are those, charlatans one must say, who claim that design only exists in the here and now, that design

Jan

12

2014

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

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