imm cologne Archives - Page 2 of 3

Jan

20

2015

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

Jan

08

2015

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

Jan

27

2014

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

Jan

25

2014

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

Jan

24

2014

(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

Jan

23

2014

(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

Jan

21

2014

(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

Jan

19

2014

(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

Jan

17

2014

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

Jan

17

2014

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

Jan

16

2014

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

Jan

15

2014

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

Jan

15

2014

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

Jan

14

2014

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

Jan

14

2014

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

Jan

14

2014

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

Jan

13

2014

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

Jan

13

2014

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

Jan

06

2014

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

Feb

13

2013

Older readers will be aware that we have often held up the absence of some of Germany’s most important designer

Jan

22

2013

In March 2012 we wrote about the Depot Basel show “Seats” which included a section devoted to the “Take a

Jan

18

2013

As we’ve said before, and will never tire of repeating, the Thonet back catalogue harbours an unparalleled treasure trove of

Jan

14

2013

In our interview with Michel Charlot about his lamp U-Turn for Belux he told us that “I like it when

Jan

12

2013

The Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln (MAKK) opened in 1888, and so it is somehow fitting that it should start

Jan

08

2013

Back in the day the gentle flapping and choral honking of a snow goose skein heading south provided a comforting,