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IMM COLOGNE 2019

Forwards, sideways, backwards

by Anna Moldenhauer | 1/25/2019

Contrasts, visions and the Bauhaus: Looking back on the imm cologne 2019 trade fair.

STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2019

Simply the best!

12/20/2018

At imm cologne 2019, Stylepark will present its Stylepark Selected Award to the most interesting new products at the fair.

An oasis for creative people

by Anna Moldenhauer | 11/8/2018

This year, Designers’ Saturday in Langenthal was characterized by an international flair and a great love of detail.

STYLEPARK SELECTED SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018

The Award Winners

4/14/2018

Here they are: the 29 innovations Stylepark awards at the Salone del Mobile 2018 as part of Stylepark Selected.

STYLEPARK SELECTED SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018

Stylepark Selected Salone del Mobile 2018: Our Sneak-Preview

4/12/2018

Premiere in Milan: At the Salone del Mobile 2018 Stylepark awards the most successful innovations for the first time in the context of Stylepark Selected.

Highlights Cologne Furniture Fair

by Adeline Seidel | 1/17/2018

You did not make it to the imm cologne? Don't worry! Stylepark brings you the cheerful bustle on the monitor.

STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2018 AT MAKK

And the winners are...

by Fabian Peters | 1/15/2018

Stylepark honors the 20 most interesting innovations at imm cologne 2018.

STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2018 AT MAKK

Stylepark Selected imm cologne 2018: The nominees

by Fabian Peters | 12/4/2017

We have nominated 40 innovations of the imm cologne 2018 for the award “Stylepark Selected imm cologne 2018”.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017

Euroluce 2017 in pictures

4/16/2017

The new luminaires presented in Milan not only surprised visitors with their refined shapes and details, but also demonstrated impressive technological innovations.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017

New tables: From material fetish to the Zen factor

by Jasmin Jouhar | 4/11/2017

Be they short or long of leg, simply unique or extravagant: there’s no end to the variety of tables in Milan.

Mirror, mirror, everywhere

by Jasmin Jouhar | 1/25/2017

On walls, in corners, on podiums or simply all over: The imm cologne 2017 provided plenty of opportunities for reflection and illusion.

VICTORIA WILMOTTE

The Alchemist

1/5/2017

Victoria Wilmotte certainly knows how to surprise us as her designs combine often somewhat unusual materials. So what is the French designer’s style? Truly sculptural.

Velvet and yearning

by Sandra Hofmeister | 1/29/2016

Be it new designs or re-issued classics: velvet covers were omnipresent at the imm cologne. But why?

Wear pine

11/11/2015

Do furniture design and fashion swing to the same rhythm? We had a look round in Cologne, London, Milan, New York, Paris and Stockholm: And started with color.

Shards are the chance

by Martina Metzner | 11/9/2015

Sebastian Herkner is a very sought-after designer. We accompanied him from Offenbach to Selb, where he is to boost business for Rosenthal with porcelain vases and teapots.

Lay down your head

by Martina Metzner | 10/24/2015

Rest, nap, read or let your thoughts wander during the day – on a daybed. Be it an upmarket modern version, a narrow bench, a chaise longue or a new wave – they all look great.

Four legs and a seat shell

by Thomas Wagner | 6/13/2015

Yes, folks, it really does exist: the universal chair of 2015. It was designed by various hands, comes in numerous versions and yet still follows a typology going back to a famous forebear. Ultimately, it is the subtle differences that count.

Small is beautiful

by Martina Metzner | 3/25/2015

They’re back in fashion – small, light armchairs with a wooden or tubular steel frame. In the 1950s and 1960s they came to fame as “easy chairs”; now they’ve morphed into “lounge chairs”. For the office or the home.

Forget those old banana boxes

by Uta Abendroth | 1/22/2015

In the hunt for the feel-good factor that straddles the tried-and-true and the surprisingly new, designers and manufacturers are busy presenting their novelties at the imm cologne and the Passagen. The clear message: Things are getting more softer and sensual.

News for Cologne – from Böwer to Zeitraum

by Martina Metzner | 1/13/2015

Which re-editions are being dragged from the archives this year? In which pots of paint did manufacturers decide to dip their products? Enjoy browsing our selection of up-and-coming innovations!

The Caged Voyeur

by Adeline Seidel | 1/12/2015

For the very first time it has devolved to two architects to design “Das Haus” for the imm cologne. Adeline Seidel spoke to Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Shanghai’s Neri&Hu Design and Research Office about their installation “Memory Lane”.

The digital sculptor

by Sara Bertsche | 11/17/2014

Many items that previously had to be painstakingly made today can be realized using CNC milling. Not only does the process permit complex forms to be made quickly and precisely, some design classic also benefits from this digital manufacturing technique.

Simple and smart – perfect working from home

by Martina Metzner | 10/10/2014

Working from home – a convenient alternative in today’s networked age. Working at the dinner table or cram heavy-duty desks is not necessary – considering the abundance of small, delicate, readily movable and well-designed alternatives. We present the best choices.

Colorful dishes, perfectly seasoned

by Martina Metzner | 1/20/2014

Furniture design in a swirl of colors: At the imm cologne designers and manufacturers have dipped deep into pots of color and mixed up any number of great tones. We checked out what worlds of color are competing with each other.

Marseille, Corbu, Grcic and the Sex Pistols

by Esther Schulze-Tsatsas | 7/1/2013

You need courage and massive design punch to skillfully combine Punk music and Le Corbusier. Thanks to Konstantin Grcic this summer both join forces in Marseille.

18 million coins for the Underground

5/7/2013

In 2012, Edward Barber uand Jay Osgerby caused quite a stir with their design for the Olympic torch. This year the two architects are placing a renewed emphasis on furniture design. Uta Abendroth met with one half of the duo, Jay Osgerby, in Milan, where their sofas, tables and stool premiered at Knoll.

Membrane and Cradle: Benjamin Hubert modulates materials

4/4/2013

Does a comfortable armchair necessarily have to be big and heavy with thick padding nowadays? Benjamin Hubert asks questions, using them as a starting point to design not one, but two armchairs.

2 questions to Sebastian Herkner

4/13/2012

The German Classicon label is presenting an extraordinary collection of tables designed by Sebastian Herkner. The various versions are on show in Hall 20, booth D 07.

Narrow, but long – a townhouse designed by Robert M. Gurney

10/16/2011

Villa on Lake Lucerne by Philippe Stuebi

8/3/2011

Wish I was a Red Indian – imm Cologne Part 1

by Thomas Wagner | 1/21/2011

What emerged at the imm Cologne in 2011 was that the fair has steadied, and in the form of "Living Kitchen" and "Pure Textiles" has gained two important new areas. Thus, the Cologne hodge-podge of the diversity of homes has something for everyone, for a man of the world, a man of the masses, and for kids, too. That said, the high-end design did not live up to expectations.

Selected Exhibitors at imm cologne 2011

1/11/2011

At the beginning of every year the trade fair imm cologne presents new international home trends. We present the list of selected manufacturers to found out which exhibitors they are, and where you can find them.

Material in the interplay

10/18/2010

"Haus KA", designed by lynx architecture, is a clear cube that consist of only a very few different materials.

All quiet in the West?

by Daniel von Bernstorff | 1/26/2010

No festival of innovations such as is Milan, but then no one would have expected that. All the same, the imm cologne seems to have steadied up despite the crisis. A tour with some of the most interesting company presentations and products.

Come to table

8/18/2009

Be it outside in the balmy summer air under the large "table" outside the Schirn, or inside enjoying a coffee at one of the small tables with the latest chair designs by Nitzan Cohen and Stefan Diez, or even at the terrazzo bar, or having a meal in a large group, like knights - at the large round table beneath the massive canopy. "Table" offers it all.

They called it a dog bed

by Nancy Jehmlich | 5/19/2009

He is a Brazilian superstar. Idolized at the Salone in Milan, wherever he goes and wherever he stands, South American fans want to have their picture taken with him - Sergio Rodrigues. We caught up with him at ClassiCon in Munich, took a seat in his squashy leather armchair Mole and talked about his life.

How, one fine morning in April, I discovered the 100% café

by Claudia Beckmann | 4/7/2009

While it was quite by chance that Haruki Murakami came upon the 100% perfect girl one morning, finding the perfect café in Frankfurt will soon be a reality. This is because very shortly, the café at the Schirn Kunsthalle will shine out in new splendour - and boast a completely new hospitality concept.

Braving the crisis with power and creativity

by Daniel von Bernstorff | 1/27/2009

It was tough going for Cologne's furniture fair this year. But not everyone let the crisis get them down. There were some strong showings in connection with the imm cologne, but naturally this overview is incomplete and subjective.

True quality stands the test of time

by Vera Siegmund | 11/15/2007

German furniture maker ClassiCon has an unmistakable feel for the right timeless design. The company has set itself the task not of pinpointing fashionable trends and styles, but rather designs that outlast current trends and win people over with their timeless quality.

New bar stool by Clemens Weisshaar

by Daniel von Bernstorff | 4/16/2007

They overcome the limits of classical product design: Reed Kram, 35, and Clemens Weisshaar, 29. Both first hit the limelight with their work for Rem Koolhaas: The handled the media design (and interactive changing rooms) for the US Prada flagship store designed by Koolhaas' office AMO.

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