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Stylepark Design Digest
imm cologne 2008




Dear Partners, Clients and Stylepark Friends interested in design,

When Cologne announces the imm cologne, there is a sense of "Oh de Cologne" in the air. Is it a zestful "Oh" of joy or a dull "Oh" of despair? We will find out one way or the other. Today, there are at any rate many harbingers of doom who claim the real trend is being set in Dubai, Moscow or further East. But Cologne remains Cologne, even if key novelties tend to get presented in Milan nowadays. And the imm cologne is now one of those rare places where trends and concepts for the interiors of today and tomorrow are brought together in concentrated focus and where everyone meets who works to create them. For the modern nomad no longer lives permanently in a single center, but moves within a network of leisurely connections from one node to the next, forever hunting for the first, fresh exciting impression - and his colleagues' opinions.
Instead of zooming the future into the "Ideal House" in the present, such as the German Design Council has tried to achieve in recent years, in Cologne people are expectantly already murmuring the not-so-secret magic formula of "curating". Fittingly, Ben van Berkel is miming the magician and has developed not a house but an urban structure - as the master plan for Hall 11, for which a team of experts has already selected a manufacturer.

To make certain you do not lose sight of the big picture when rushing from one node to the next, Stylepark has compiled a condensed online guide for you for imm cologne. It offers all the most important facts - about the trade fair itself and the program at the Passagen, all the things that must not be missed, even if you only have a day's time. And our small preview of this year's imm cologne highlights are intended as an insightful guide that will help get you to Cologne well informed, knowing where you're headed, and thus all the more relaxed.

Enjoy reading our guide and an inspiring visit to Cologne

With best wishes from

Your Stylepark team
www.stylepark.com

› to the print version of the Stylepark Design Digest - imm cologne 2008 | PDF 1.9MB
› to the list of slected exhibitors | PDF 106KB

 

Index

Highlights at the fair

› imm pure | Hall 11
› A City of Design, planned by Ben van Berkel / Art of Kitchen | Hall 11.3
› The key attractions at selected manufacturers | Hall 11
› [d3] design talents - exhibition of young design | Hall 2.1
› Special exhibition 'Compasso d'Oro - 50 Years of Italian Design' | Boulevard

Passagen Highlights

› Design Post
› Spichernhöfe
› Tom Dixon - A&W Designer of the year | Spichernhöfe
› "Es werde Strom" - Merten + HfG Karlsruhe | Spichernhöfe
› Vulkan-Gelände
› Mike Meiré
› SIDI Spot
› Pesch interior design store
› Nils Holger Moormann at the MAK
› Extra Gallery Tips
› Fritz Hansen: A trip to the "Golden Egg"


Highlights at the fair

imm pure | Hall 11

Hall 11 his home to imm pure, which presents international high-end design, including a selection of premium kitchens in the "Art of Kitchen" zone. There, leading manufacturers of contemporary furniture design will be showcasing their latest product worlds.

 

A City of Design, planned by Ben van Berkel | Hall 11
Art of Kitchen | Hall 11.3

imm cologne 2008 will for the first time feature an overall concept for Hall 11. The over-arching program has been created by Dutch star architect Ben van Berkel's UNStudio. What exhibitors are represented in the exclusive "imm pure" section was decided by a four-person curatorial board, whose members were renowned Cologne interior designer retailer Dieter Pesch, creative consultant Ilse Crawford, architect Bernd Hollin and editor-in-chief of "Frame" magazine, Robert Thiemann. The paramount criterion for the selection: high-quality product design compared with the customary forms of design, as evidenced by user benefits, potential for innovation and change, long service life, and visualized functionality.
Ben van Berkel's "fantastic city of design" embraces all the Hall 11 levels as well as Level 2 in Hall 10. Not to mention, the "Art of Kitchen" zone in Hall 11.3. The individual levels are configured as cityscapes with their own districts, each of which has its own road grid. They are flanked by streets, paths and parks complete with benches, providing countless locations where people can meet.

The design for the "Art of Kitchen" zone hinges on the realization that the kitchen is increasingly a place in the private home where people gather, a key social focal point. Which is why Ben van Berkel has made the "Art of Kitchen" a huge stage on which the modern kitchen temple is presented as a meeting point. Not only cooking is an art, for the design of an appropriate room can likewise be an art form, as will be demonstrated by the four brand-name kitchen and fittings manufacturers Allmilmö, Dornbracht, Poggenpohl and Zeyko on a joint stand.

  

The key attractions at selected manufacturers

01 Cassina | Hall 11.2, Stand G004/H009

 

There's no getting past Cassina. Hardly any other Italian manufacturer still relies so strongly and so successfully on its legendary efforts as the producer of Le Corbusier's classics. But Cassina is far more than Le Corbusier. The collection has always preserved and fostered its eclectic character. Its designers have included such big hitters as Vico Magistretti, Gio Ponti, Gaetano Pesce and current stars like Piero Lissoni, Phillippe Starck or Mario Bellini. In Cologne, we can as always look forward to seeing the tried-and-true Cassina products. Which is more than enough.

› Cassina at Stylepark

 

02 Cor | Hall 11.3, Stand Q004/R009

 

CUVERT, COSMA, QUANT, JAGO and SEMPER: As of January 2008, five new models and advanced versions are enhancing the collection marketed by the design-award-winning manufacturer. Needless to say, they will be on show in Cologne in an exhibition space totaling 600 sq.m.. Seating destined to transform rooms into homely worlds - created for people who wish to shape their own world, or so Cor's own motto. The show will hinge on the seating group CUVERT devised by designers Jehs+Laub, a cube floating on a trapezoidal footprint. The CUVERT collection also includes colored side tables for sofas made of acrylic and felt carpets with wool applications.
Moreover, at the imm cologne Cor will be bestowing the COR Award for the German Print Media, a prize that goes to truly outstanding articles on residential living and design.
Awards ceremony with Leo Lübke and guest speaker Andrej Kupetz on January 15 at 4 p.m. at the COR stand.

› Cor at Stylepark

 

03 Création Baumann | Hall 11.2, Stand J025

 

Gecko is the new world novelty from the maker of inspiring textiles. The product is a self-adhering textile that can be stuck to any non-porous surface such as glass, metal, lacquer or plastic thanks to its adhesive rear coat - and removed just as easily. Without residues and auxiliaries, suitable for multiple use and of course available in countless colors and designs. Dotto a textile drape with a perforated pattern creates striking light/shadow contrasts - and serves as the architectural element defining the trade-fair stand.

› Création Baumann at Stylepark

 

04 Draenert | Hall 11.2, Stand H001

 

Together with Poggenpohl, Draenert has developed a Dining Desk. The large work-top, dining table and living-room table made of untreated stone or MDF is a mobile communication center. Thanks to silent motor drives, it offers access to various functions along the longitudinal axis. Stainless steel drawers for hot cooking utensils, as well as a cutlery rack and a cutting board make the preparation of meals a collective experience. And trolleys for additional utensils can be tucked away under the table and brought out as needed.

› Draenert at Stylepark

 

05 e15 | Hall 11.2, Stand H010

 

Wood is no longer everything at e15. Alongside the oak classics, it has recently offered upholstered furniture, too. And e15 will thus for the first time be getting by almost without wood at Cologne. The highlight: the new S105 Pardis bed, based on the SF03 Shiraz sofa system. And tartan collections to fit the bed and the sofa will also be on display. The Shiraz sofa will be on show for the first time in leather. But there is some space left for wood. e15 will thus showcase not only its classic Backenzahn but also a new table, whose name is still a secret.

› e15 at Stylepark

 

06 Hey-Sign | Hall 11.1, Stand F004

 

The well-known wool-felt manufacturer is fielding a paravent that definitely will break into the contract market. The breathable, noise-dampening material offers a new haptic quality for sober office rooms and its absorbent properties act as a natural filter to improve the ambient climate - even in private homes. The entire trade-fair stand is based on the paravent system: arranged as a zigzag and in wool-white and stone, the 80 by 160cm strips create a three-dimensional felt setting with a marvelously textured relief.

› Hey-Sign at Stylepark

 

07 Holzmanufaktur | Hall 11.2, Stand I031

 

The name quite manifestly stands for products with the sense of authentic and unfalsified about them. Indeed, the furniture created by Holzmanufaktur combines the natural flair of solid wood with a formal, purist design. With the emphasis on tranquillity, clarity and calmness, the photoshoot for the new product catalog took place in a monastery, and the trade-fair stand likewise tries to convey some of that atmosphere. Where the focus is on concentration, on the quintessentials, as with the furniture on display, designed by Bottega + Ehrhardt Architekten and Homa-Team.

› Holzmanufaktur at Stylepark

 

08 l'abbate | Hall 11.1, Stand C030

 

Udine-based Italian company l'abbate is as yet largely unknown in Germany. That could and should change, as it has a lot to offer. Alongside a series of chair classics from design legend GioPonti the company is now successfully collaborating with younger offices and designers such as ForUse and Marco Piva. The Cologne show will present an interesting cross-section of l'abbate's collection.

› l ´abbate at Stylepark

 

09 Lapalma | Hall 11.2, Stand L021/K020

 

Despite being a young company, Italian furniture maker Lapalma can already look back on a highly successful history. Founded in 1978, Lapalma swiftly emerged as a first-league player in Italian design. Prize-winning products such as bar stool Lem by Tomoko and Shin Azumi were among the best-selling Italian design products of recent years. At the imm cologne, Lapalma will be showcasing its Pixel chair by Patrick Norguet, bar stool Kai by Shin Azumi and the FRAME and RONDO tables by Romano Marcato. All of them being shown for the first time in Germany.

› Lapalma at Stylepark

 

10 Ligne Roset | Hall 11.3, Stand M042/N029/M010

 

The French manufacturer is displaying Peter Maly's asymmetrical Lines series on a trade-fair stand he purpose-created for the task. Its taut outer skin has a similar texture to the refined rhythm cross-overs of the side-walls and shelves in his Singular shelving system. Both feature unusual shapes with their wealth of different angles.
How soft by contrast the shell-shaped Moël armchair by Inga Sempé, whereby at imm cologne 2008 a version with a low backrest will be on show for the first time.

› Ligne Roset at Stylepark

 

11 Marimekko | Hall 11.1, Stand E040

 

The famous Finnish textiles brand has for decades stood for nonconformity and an individual lifestyle. Thus the new Maija Louekari patterns foster a colorful ensemble with a marvelously light touch. The three designs, presented as a wall hangings, tell a story in pictures: A city silhouette in the dawn's light, the flying hair of the passers-by rushing past and catkins opening on the corner of a park, all embedded in large colorful surfaces, ephemeral urban life.

 

12 MDF Italia | Hall 11.2, Stand I010/J019

 

At present, MDF Italia is one of the most dynamic firms in the Italian furniture market. Not long ago, ownership of the company changed hands and now the MDF Italia holding company is headed by influential families and figures such as Umberto Cassina and Isidoro Fratus, who want to further strengthen the company among the international competition. MDF Italia already exports to 40 countries and foreign sales make up 75%.
In Cologne we are looking forward to the S Table by Xavier Lust, the base of which forms the shape of an "S". Art Director Bruno Fattorini has been working with the young Belgian designer since as far back as 2000, and it is not least thanks to the good and intensive collaboration with MDF Italia that Xavier Lust has succeeded in establishing himself as one of the most successful designers of his generation.

› MDF Italia at Stylepark

 

13 Morgen | Hall 11.1, Stand F041

 

The Frankfurt based company Morgen takes projects from concept to implementation and cultivates a unique approach to life and work. The furniture collection focuses on tomorrow’s lifestyles – the products are meant to be used for living and working. They function as stand-alones but can also be combined and transformed. In Cologne Morgen presents amongst others the shelf system PLAY SHELF. The expandable shelf system is suitable to be used standing on a wall, as a room divider or as a single object. Because of the open shelves the room gains more space. The basic material of PLAY SHELF is solid Douglas fir board.

› Morgen at Stylepark

14 Piure | Hall 11.2, Stand K019/J018

 

The young Munich-based company, whose team members include Werner Aisslinger and the German-Dutch designer duo Sonja Schiefer and Adrian van Hooydonk, has already made a name for itself with its system furniture. We have good reason to look forward to the new sideboard range with no handles, Line, and the sofa system Seven, seven seating elements which you can combine with backrests however you like. Furniture which is self-confident, beautiful, pure and homely.

› Piure at Stylepark

 

15 Plank | Hall 11.1, Stand D009

 

Italian furniture company Plank can look back on a long history of advanced design. Its chair, armchair, bar stool and table system collections are all highly functional. Countless Plank products have won awards and are now a firm part of renowned museum collections world-wide. Such as the Miura bar stool by Konstantin Grcic. For imm cologne 2008, Plank is presenting Grcic' new Miura folding table. The entire installation of the trade-fair stand is customized for flexible use and masterful functionality of this new product.

› Plank at Stylepark

 

16 sdr+ | Hall 11.1, Stand E030

 

Dieter Rams' 606 shelving system has been in production for 40 years now. And at first sight, the classic reveals no new properties. Indeed, unthinkable that any addition or further reduction is possible with the timeless, purist design. Yet an advance has been made: The furniture system's drawers now come with a new sliding system. And the 981 container program created by Rams and Thomas Merkel now includes new drawers of differing heights, thus making it more flexible. Two classics with the latest technology hidden away.

› sdr+ at Stylepark

 

17 Vitra | Hall 11.1, Stand E010

 

The manufacturer, renowned for its seating icons, presents new editions of its design classics: As part of its Home Collection, the Organic Highback and La Fonda by Charles & Ray Eames ae both being showcased, along with the Amoebe Highback armchair by Verner Panton, Greg Lynn's Ravioli Chair and Ottoman, the Slow Chair and Ottoman by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, and Hella Jongerius' The Worker and the associated sofa - as well as Frank Gehry's Wiggle Stool. At the same time, some new accessories will be on show, such as the Eames House Bird and the miniature of the Eames Elephant by Charles & Ray Eames, Le Corbusier's Modulor and his Algue transparent.

Mon.-Wed.: 5-6 p.m. happy hour with Kölsch light pale ale.

 

18 Woodnotes | Hall 11.1, Stand D020

 

The key product made by Woodnotes is paper string. The company, founded by Finnish designer Ritva Poutila, was the first world-wide to use paper yarn in a modern way for functional textiles for well-designed interiors, simply for its own material and aesthetic sake, and not as a substitute for other materials. The spun paper yarn is used to produce carpets, room dividers, seating, and blinds for the private and contract markets. Especially attractive the simple-look accessories such as bags, table sets and newspaper racks.

› Woodnotes at Stylepark

 

19 Zanotta | Hall 11.1, Stand D004/E003

 

Zanotta can rightly be termed a design legend. Hardly any of the key designers of the century who have not worked for the long-standing company. Zanotta's presentation in Cologne will center on the Delta sofa by Emaf Progetti, which will premiere in Cologne. Zanotta is thus one of the very few major corporations to present novelties at the imm cologne. And praiseworthy it is.

› Zanotta at Stylepark

 

20 Zeitraum | Hall 11.1, Stand C001

 

The furniture maker only uses solid woods from sustainable forestry and selects the wood individually for every item, making each piece of furniture unique in terms of color and grain. The surfaces are never treated other than with oil or wax. And the restrained purist design emphasizes the natural surfaces. You immediately notice that this furniture was designed to last a life-time and age in dignity. Zeitraum's trade-fair stand is therefore an synaesthetic experience: the warm brown tones of the various woods are enhanced by the respective fragrances - and their structure prompts you to trace their grains with your fingertips.

› Zeitraum at Stylepark

[d3] design talents - exhibition for young design | Hall 2.1

[d3] design talents presents fresh ideas and new concepts by young and independent design minds. It offers a good overview of current new ideas in the fields of product design and interior design - and thus gives an indication of this or that trend in interior design tomorrow.

The platform for up-and-coming talent has three sections:

[d3] schools
Here, the colleges and universities of applied science present their most exciting projects, duly given an exciting look.

[d3] contest
The new title for the "inspired by cologne" competition for new talent showcases the best entries. Students and graduates of the last three years can enter their prototypes in the contest.

[d3] professionals
Founded two years ago, this section offers young independent designers the opportunity to cameo their products for the general public, exhibitors and the press on a fit-to-purpose stand.


Special exhibition
'Compasso d'Oro - 50 Years of Italian Design' | Mittelboulevard

This exhibition, devised by Enrico Baleri and Luigi Baroli, is dedicated to the key achievements in Italian design over the last 50 years. The Compasso d'Oro bestowed each years by ADI (Association of Italian Industrial Design) is one of the world's most cherished design prizes. The exhibition presents award-winning products by the likes of Alessi, Kartell, Cassina and B&B Italia. Including classics such as the Olivetti "Lettera 22" typewriter (1954), the Brionvega radios by Zanuso & Sapper or Giacosa's "FIAT 500" (1959).

  

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Passagen Highlights

Design Post

Since its inauguration three years ago, Design Post Cologne, located in the historical halls of the former parcel post office, present top international collections and cultural events with an outstanding design emphasis all year long. With its architecturally exciting and bright atmosphere, Design Post has established itself as Cologne's "Home of Design" and showcases new design and trends from the fields of living, working, lighting, textiles, and outdoor. Companies are increasingly consciously choosing the Design Post as the venue for their year-round exhibitions. Newcomers this year are Italian company Arper and textile makers Nya Nordiska.

In line with the official partnership between imm cologne 2008 and the Netherlands, the Design Post features creative installations and surprising ideas by young Dutch designers such as Bertjan Pot, Ineke Hans or Roderick Vos. As usual, their work will be juxtaposed to the new highlights by the international design elite.

Exhibitors at the Design Post:
Accademia, Alcantara, Arco, Arper, Artifort, Artline, Bonacina Pierantonio, Brand van Egmond, Carpet Sign, Classicon, Coro, Danerka, Desalto, Extremis, Fanny Aronsen, Kvadrat, Linteloo, Lammhults, Nya Nordiska, Matteograssi, Metaform, M.I.D., Modular Lighting, Montis, Moroso, Pastoe, Prandina, Radar, Spectrum.

Special tip at Design Post: Italy's famous Moroso company will be presenting some new designs by Patricia Urquiola.

Deutz-Mühlheimer-Straße 22a
50679 Cologne
www.designpostkoeln.de

Opening hours
Mon. - Fri. (Jan. 14-18) 8.30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sat. + Sun. (Jan. 19-20) 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Mon. - Sat. as of 3 p.m. Nissan VIP Shuttle

Pre-Opening
Sun. Jan. 13, 12 noon - 6 p.m.


Spichernhöfe

Ever since their elaborate modernization, the Spichernhöfe in the Belgian Quarter have been one of Cologne's key design zones and event centers. The former paper factory and book-printing complex is now the site for the vibrant tradition of commerce, craftsmanship and middle-class residences - in a new urban and representative idiom. The courtyards and lofts, not to mention on the 10,000 sq.m. large piazza in the middle of the seven buildings (some of them from the turn of the 20th century), form an extraordinary setting for life and work with a post-industrial flair.

As year-round tenants B&B Italia (since January 2008), Boffi and Tobias Grau both operate flagship stores in the Spichernhöfe.

Other exhibitors in the Spichernhöfe during imm cologne are:
Architektur & Wohnen, daab, five eyes, Foscarini, Guzzini, Jil Sander, Spagnesi, Merten, Nube Italia, Skoda, Tai Ping, Tisettanta, Walter Knoll, Wendel, XYMARA.

Spichernstraße 8
50627 Cologne
www.spichernhoefe.de

Opening hours
Jan. 14-20, 2008, daily 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Cocktail
Tues., Jan. 15, as of 7 p.m.


Tom Dixon - A&W Designer of the Year | Spichernhöfe

Directly behind the Spichernhöfe you will find a show organized by magazine Architektur&Wohnen and dedicated to its "Designer of the Year", Britain's Tom Dixon. The famed industrial designer, who started his career by welding together found objects on the stage of a London night club, himself devised the show, which presents well and lesser-well known products by this nonconformist mind, all of which stem from his courageous wish to produce great designs for everyman.

Entrance
Bismarckstraße 28
50627 Cologne

Opening hours
Jan. 14-20, 2008, daily 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.


"Es werde Strom" - Merten + HfG Karlsruhe | Spichernhöfe

"What happens to the electricity from the socket in the wall, what alternatives to the customary switches are there?" These are among the questions which the Merten corporation from Wiehl asked 16 students at Karlsruhe's renowned Academy of Design. The result: a superlative pool of new ideas featuring ceiling-based sockets, faucet dimmers, switches for children, interactive LED luminaires and illuminated keyholes - all displayed in an astonishing and imaginative show that entices you to try things out for yourself. At the academy, the project was mentored by Volker Albus and Sven Voelker.

Access
Spichernstrasse 8
50627 Cologne

Opening hours
Jan. 14-20, 2008, daily 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Cocktail
Tues., Jan. 15, as of 7 p.m.


Vulkan Gelände

Following the complete overhaul and modernization of the former Vulkan Complex in Cologne's Ehrenfeld district, several designers, bespoke tailors and companies from the media industry have relocated here. Since the restoration work, the complex with its original brick facades has swiftly emerged as a creative center.

During imm cologne 2008, the following companies will be exhibiting there: dualutions GmbH, Dyson, eco e.V., Lichterfeld, Lichtuhr GmbH and Material Connexion.

Renowned New York materials library Material Connexion has its permanent showroom in the Vulkan complex, and will be presenting its "Materials for Future Living" exhibition - a special show with innovative materials and sample applications. Manufacturers such as Twentinox, Royal Mosa, ThyssenKrupp, Nirosta and Alcan Composites will be displaying their latest innovations; designer Frank Person presents new furniture designs, highlighting the inexhaustible possible applications of new materials for interiors.

Lichtstraße 43 corner of Oskar-Jäger Straße
50825 Cologne


Mike Meiré | FACTORY

Mike Meiré's Cologne factory is located not far from the Vulkan complex. He is one of Germany's busiest design border crossers. As part of the Dornbracht Culture Projects, the first collection of spatial sounds on ritual bathroom architecture will be on display here during the imm cologne. The soundscapes reflect the relationship between space, materiality and movement within the architectures for ritual uses MEM, TARA LOGIC and ELEMENTAL SPA. The range was initially presented as part of a Sound Spa, and at Meiré's design factory.

FACTORY
Lichtstraße 26-28

Opening hours
daily 2-10 p.m.


SIDI Spot

Last year, SIDI Spot was first at hand for the imm cologne - and immediately became a favorite among visitors. SIDI is a company promoting Spanish design and also a platform for interaction between manufacturers, designers, planners, users and specialist retailers.
In the Baches Haus, a former printworks, modern furniture design from Spain will be staged with great wit. And some of the names themselves will cause a smile or two - for example, Wok, an armchair designed by Javier Mariscal, the confident and compact Tauro armchair or the Smile stool, with its slightly curved seat surface - on display at Andreu World.

The following companies will be represented at SIDI Spot this year:
Amat3, Andreu World, B.Lux, BD Barcelona Design, Bonestil, Carpyen, Estoli, Joquer, Nanimarquina, Perobell, Stua, Tecnologia & Diseño Cabanes, Vilagrasa.

Marzellenstraße 43a (close to the main railway station and Cologne Cathedral)
50668 Cologne
www.sidispot.com

Opening hours
Mon. - Sun. (Jan. 14-20) 12 noon - 10 p.m.

Cocktail
Tues., Jan. 15, as of 8 p.m.


Pesch interior design store

A key address during the imm cologne and the Passagen is the Pesch interior design store. There, renowned companies will be exclusively presenting their products in impressive installations. The traditional Tuesday reception over cocktails has become an almost family-like annual get-together with many celebrities.

Companies exhibiting exclusively at Pesch during the imm cologne: Alessi, Cap Design, Daff (Domestic Affairs), Foscarini, Poltrona Frau, Team by Wellis.

Other companies represented at Pesch: Alias, B&B Italia, Cassina, COR, Draenert, flexform, Ghyczy, JAB Anstoetz, Jan Kath, Kvadrat, Treca de Paris, Tobias Grau, Walter Knoll, Wittmann.

At the Pesch Wohnshop: exklusiv Frigerio und Porro, des Weiteren Brühl, Moroso, Ventura.

Especially worth seeing are Marc Sadler's luminaires, which he designed as a spacious installation for Foscarini for the commercial market. In the eye of the stairwell in the main building, steles made of superimposed Mite luminaires stand tall, running to a height of five meters - a bizarre garden of pillars of somehow futuristic steles.

Another highlight is the presentation of the extended Stripes cupboard system made by Schönbuch and designed by duo Jehs + Laub. The cupboard system won the imm cologne 2007 interior innovations award "best of best" and has now been supplemented to include new elements and functions.

Main building: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 22
Wohnshop: Hansaring 63
50627 Cologne

Opening hours
Mon. - Fri. (Jan. 14-18) 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sat. (Jan. 19) 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sun. (Jan. 20) 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Cocktail
Tues., Jan. 15, 6 - 10 p.m. (in the main building)

Awards ceremony "Furniture of the Year"
Tues., Jan. 15, 6 p.m. (at Cor + Interlübke)

Auction
Tues., Jan. 15, 9 p.m. (in the main building)

Design tour of the building by Dieter Pesch
Wed., Jan. 16 12 noon + 4 p.m. (in the main building)


Nils Holger Moormann at the MAK

An imm cologne without Nils Holger Moormann is virtually unimaginable. After having withdrawn from the trade fair itself and, last year, making a guest appearance at Stylepark in Residence with the Walden garden house, the lateral thinker from Aschau has now surprised everyone with his next coup. Under the heading "Viewing today, no selling," 42 items of brand furniture by Moormann are on show at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Art). Whereas last year we were able to view Walden in the Kunstverein's gardens, this time we can wonder at the move inside a museum. We are looking forward to it!

Museum für Angewandte Kunst
An der Rechtschule
50667 Cologne

Opening hours
Jan. 15-20, 2008: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.


Extra Gallery Tips

01 designer's gallery: Johanna Grawunder - I'm bringing sexy back

Gabrielle Ammann's designer's gallery is definitely worth an extra visit. Here, visitors will be greeted by masterpieces and one-off creations by renowned international designers.
On the occasion of imm cologne 2008, the gallery is presenting lighting objects made by US architect and designer Johanna Grawunder. Exclusively produced for designer's gallery and on show for the first time are the light benches Splits and the VuVanity and Switch low cupboards.

Teutoburgerstraße 27
50678 Cologne
www.designers-gallery.com

Opening hours
Mon. - Fri. (Jan. 14-18) 1 - 9 p.m.
Sat. + Sun. (Jan. 19-20) 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Cocktail
Mon. Jan. 14, as of 6 p.m.

 

02 Gallery Ulrich Fiedler: ON/OFF

With the show ON/OFF, Gallery Ulrich Fiedler is likewise showcasing premiere lighting and luminaire design. On display is a selection of modern luminaire designs from the 1920s to the 1980s. The items stem from the hand of major designers such as Angelo Lelli, Gabriele d'Ali, Fabio Lenci, Vico Magistretti, Studio Rossi-Molinari and the perhaps most innovative of Italian designers of "lighting apparatuses", namely Gino Sarfatti.

Lindenstraße 19
50674 Cologne
www.ulrichfiedler.com

Opening hours
Mon. (Jan. 14) closed
Tues.-Fri. (Jan. 15-18) 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 2 - 6 p.m.
Sat. (Jan. 19) 12 noon - 6 p.m.
closed Sun. (Jan. 20)

 

03 Gallery Edith

As the icing on the cake, and a true must, we recommend a visit to Galerie Edith - a fresh and extraordinary design gallery, new not only for Cologne.

Edith does not have any permanent collections, but instead presents a quite unique mix of contemporary design and individual vintage items. Her home is her stage: The individual furniture items, luminaires and accessories are presented in her apartment and stem from her sorties through shops, galleries, trade fairs and boutiques in Antwerp, Paris and New York.
On the occasion of the furniture fair, Edith's home is being transformed into a first-class carriage in a train after the style of the Trans-European Express. She will be dishing up various home specialties from new Europe: French canapés by La Fibule, Turkish carpets by Stepevi and Czech crystal by Artel.

Sachsenring 59
50677 Cologne
www.edithzion.de

Opening hours
Jan. 14-20, 2008; daily 1-8 p.m.



Fritz Hansen: A trip to the "Golden Egg"

Last but not least we would recommend visiting the "Golden Egg" in Düsseldorf: At the Fritz Hansen Showroom in Düsseldorf's media harbor, the Danish company is presenting its classics and novelties: The highpoint in January is the limited re-edition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Arne Jacobsen's Egg Chair. Even if traveling to Düsseldorf is often a no-no for ardent inhabitants of Cologne, the trip is really worthwhile.

Alte Mälzerei
Speditionsstr. 7a
40221 Düsseldorf

  

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