Mike Meiré

imm cologne took place in Cologne from 14 to 18 January 2024, the first time since the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic on the regular January date. Our review.

By combining an interior design studio with its own workshops Holzrausch can offer holistically planned projects. Unique furniture and luminaire designs are regularly produced for these projects in cooperation with architects and designers – a selection is now available as editions in the Munich showroom. In this interview Tobias Petri and Sven Petzold give the publishers of Stylepark an insight into their work.

In the form of "J*GAST", five creative individuals are challenging the classic principle of the fitted kitchen. By presenting a alternative system: Sven Petzold and Tobias Petri, managing directors of the kitchen manufacturer Holzrausch, together with the designers Ana Relvão, Gerhardt Kellermann and Jan Heinzelmann, developed a concept that is now ready for the market.

Refinements wherever you look: What caught the eye at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Bagno.

Is the bathroom a place of fine distinctions? Thomas Wagner talked with Andreas Dornbracht about “Culturing Life”, the brand’s new claim, the digitalization of the bathroom and current as well as future changes in the industry.

Scandinavian design stands for simplicity, reliability and high-quality craftsmanship. At this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair we were met with attempts to redefine such values in the 21st century.

Wanton act or successful appropriation? For the Salone del Mobile designer Mike Meiré gave the "60" stool, a classic by Alvar Aalto, a colorful, coat of paint applied by hand. Jörg Zimmermann spoke to him about the concept.

What does a luxurious kitchen look like these days? Is it there for show, or does it serve other purposes? "Shifting Contexts" was the motto of an evening at the Bulthaup showroom in Milan's via Durini.

Even though overall there was a lack of intellectual sparkle and aesthetic flair, the atmosphere in Cologne was astonishingly upbeat. So is imm cologne in the process of consolidating? What are its prospects for the future?

It is well known that the beginnings of innovation are to be found on the periphery of a discipline, where there are no longer any clear boundaries, where an experimentation results in something new, where there are exceptions to rules. As someone who routinely criss-crosses borders Mike Meiré would appear to have specialized in driving developments forward and searching for new design approaches.

Another Dornbracht "Ritual-Bad" [ritual bathroom] premiered at this year's ISH Fair in Frankfurt in March. Dornbracht's so-called "Ritual-Architektur" reflects the traditional company's long-running examination of the washing and space theme, in which the focus of the product presentation is on the person.