Fashion Week was buzzing. Light fell on fabrics, materials sparkled, and unique settings merged into a multi-sensory experience. And right in the middle of it all: smow – classic furniture that doesn't stand still, but plays along. For us one of the design stars at Berlin Fashion Week 2026: Eiermann Table from Richard Lampert Together with the fashion label OBS and sponsor USM, a fashion show was created that combined fashion and interior design in an unusual way. Under the motto ‘...you
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A recurrent theme, not only here in the (smow)blog but also in general throughout the (smow) global network is the subject of illegal copies of design classics. Or better put when is a design classic a design classic? At the HGB Leipzig Rundgang in February we were confronted with an unexpected and somewhat unusual interpretation of the question in the form of "Eames Lounge Chair" by George Brückmann. And were immediately hooked. And not only we were impressed by Brückmanns work, In
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Perhaps best known for her numerous co-operations with Le Corbusier, the Parisian architect and designer Charlotte Perriand played an instrumental role in developing the European modern movement: Not least as Charlotte Perriand is credited with converting Le Corbusiers modern furniture ideas into reality and so establishing the tradition of minimal, bent chrome steel tube and leather furniture. Among the most famous of these collaborations are the from Cassina produced LC4 Chaise Longue, LC2
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