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
Passagen Cologne 2014: Young Perspectives at Boffi Köln
During the 2014 Passagen design festival the Cologne flagship store of Italian kitchen and bathroom manufacturer Boffi presented an exhibition
Passagen Cologne 2014: Alle Metalle / All Metal
Revolutions in design and architecture invariably involve a new material. The oldest examples of this phenomenon being found in the
Passagen Cologne 2014: Gronicles #4
Every two years designers from the Dutch town of Groningen chum together to present a joint showcase during Cologne Design
Passagen Cologne 2014: Modernes Japanisches Design at the Japanisches Kulturinstitut
When Charlotte Perriand arrived in Japan in 1940 to begin her commission from the Japanese Ministry of Trade and Industry
Passagen Cologne 2014: BKULT Featuring Van Bo Le-Mentzel: Konstruieren statt Konsumieren @ AIT-ArchitekturSalon Köln
In 2012 the Berlin based publishers/curators/editors Ilka & Andreas Ruby established BKULT as an online platform for discussing issues in contemporary
Passagen Cologne 2014: A&W Designer of the Year 2014 – Werner Aisslinger. The Exhibition.
What would IMM Cologne week be without the official enthronement of the A&W Designer of the Year? One day shorter
Passagen Cologne 2014: Stefan Wewerka – Denkmöbel @ Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Köln
For their now traditional IMM Cologne exhibition Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft is presenting an exhibition devoted to one of the
Passagen Cologne 2014: Objects and the Factory
Following on from last year’s highly enjoyable Objects for the Neighbour exhibition Karoline Fesser, Kai Linke and Thomas Schnur are
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
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
Cologne Design Week 2013: Objects for the Neighbour
“Do the books that writers don’t write matter?”, asks Julian Barnes in his 1984 novel Flaubert’s Parrot. In a similar