smow Blog Interview: Wolfgang Laubersheimer – Making is back, that is fantastic and is something I’m certain will change design
In our post from the exhibition Schrill Bizarr Brachial. Das Neue Deutsche Design der 80er Jahre at the Bröhan Museum
smow blog compact: Kölner DESIGN Preis 2015
On Thursday October 29th the winners of the Kölner DESIGN Preis 2015 were announced in a ceremony at the Museum
Garden Unique Youngstars Cologne 2015
As we noted in our post on the 2015 Garden Unique Youngstars competition winner “snak” by Gunnar Søren Petersen, the
Garden Unique Youngstars Cologne 2015 Winner: snak by Gunnar Søren Petersen
It is a fact, if not a universally known fact, that the New York Museum of Modern Art’s 1940 “Organic
SYSTEM DESIGN. Über 100 Jahre Chaos im Alltag at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln
The history of civilisation is in many respects a history of man understanding natural systems, for example, the inner workings
smow blog compact IMM and Passagen Cologne 2015 Special: Preview
Back at the end of 2014 we mused as to whether or not this might be an apposite moment to
smow blog 2014. A pictorial review: October
……and continued over Budapest and on to Berlin – where amongst other delights we partook of the exhibitions Sensing the
5 New Design Exhibitions for January 2015
Nothing scares us quite like January. It wouldn’t be so bad if convention didn’t insist on the additive progression of
Orgatec Cologne 2014: Stylepark – Being Home 4+4
We don’t consider ourselves slouches when it comes to the effort we make in regards of presenting ourselves at Orgatec
Orgatec Cologne 2014: Thonet
For just about as long as Thonet have been producing furniture one of the company’s most important designers has been
Orgatec Cologne 2014: New Order by Stefan Diez for Hay
At the risk of overusing the phrase “a concept that grows on us the more XXXX adds to it” and
Orgatec Cologne 2014: Vitra
In comparison to the annual IMM Cologne furniture fair the corridors and halls of the Messe Cologne always seems curiously
Stadt-Land-schafft. smow Cologne present Waidblicke 2014. Reprise
As already noted, until Friday October 31st smow Cologne are presenting the exhibition Stadt-Land-schafft. Making use of smow Cologne’s generous
(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) blog compact: Aus allen Richtungen. Positionen junger Architekten im BDA at AIT ArchitekturSalon Cologne
When we stated in our 5 New Design Exhibitions for August 2014 post that there were only three exhibitions opening
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
(smow)blog compact: Guga Children’s Theatre Project Exhibition @ AIT ArchitekturSalon Cologne
On Wednesday December 5th the AIT ArchitekturSalon Cologne open an exhibition devoted to the Guga Children`s Theatre construction project 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
(smow) design marathon 2010: Dutch Design Week, Orgatec, Designers’ Open, Grassimesse
There are some design blogs who simply retype press releases, resize press photos and abracadabra – a blog post. Our
smow am rhein: beyond IMM
We travelled on a tram for the first time this morning. Now we know that Cologne is the universal centre
smow am rhein: IMM Cologne 2010
With the Christmas pounds still causing us to sink deeper into the January snow than we find attractive, it is