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You have to rethink everything

You have to rethink everything

by Thomas Wagner | 11/24/2017

They are resolutely committed to the design process, in search of archetypes, and have come up with a surprise for Stylepark Selected at the MAKK: A visit to Ana Relvão and Gerhardt Kellermann’s studio.

The re-definer

The re-definer

by Fabian Peters | 10/19/2017

Ana Relvão and Gerhardt Kellermann like to get down to basics when the talk turns to designs. For the Cor Lab, the redesigned the room divider completely.

Living in the office

Living in the office

by Anna Moldenhauer | 9/18/2017

Designers Aust & Amelung, Relvao Kellermann, Studio Pauline Deltour and Uwe Fischer have developed furniture for the “Cor Lab” that create comfy working zones.

All of you seated, feel embraced

IMM COLOGNE 2017

All of you seated, feel embraced

by Thomas Wagner | 1/23/2017

Diversity is a great thing, but makes orientation a tad harder. One possible antidote: revivals, furniture in XXXL, and armchairs that hug the seated. On all the things the imm cologne 2017 had to offer.

From selvedge to rug

From selvedge to rug

by Anna Moldenhauer | 12/28/2016

The basis for the aesthetic felt rugs are high-quality waste selvedges that are arise when producing wool materials.

The makings of the lead actor

STYLEPARK IMM COLOGNE 2017

The makings of the lead actor

12/21/2016

If the backrest snuggles up to the body: “Roc” by Uwe Fischer for Cor

I felt like a chameleon

I felt like a chameleon

by Thomas Edelmann | 12/6/2016

Hamburg‘s Designxport design center is dedicating a retrospective to designer Peter Maly on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Thomas Edelmann talked with him about his own career path and industry trends in recent decades.

As time goes by

As time goes by

by Adeline Seidel | 1/22/2016

Revivals, evergreens and many colors: imm cologne 2016 likes sending its visitors time traveling. Since it is becoming ever harder to offer something really new, the option is to resort to the archive and refine things.

What’s New

What’s New

1/7/2016

The trade-fair cycle starts to turn again. From January 18-24 the imm cologne opens its doors. We took a quick peek behind them and spotted the one or other novelty.

Small is beautiful

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.

Lines in space

Lines in space

2/19/2015

With “Sketch” for Schönbuch Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub of Jehs + Laub demonstrate how to design a minimalist coat stand. Martina Metzner talked to the pair about their idea, pared-down design, and models of Fritt chews.

I like the Original

I like the Original

by Martina Metzner | 1/31/2014

Imm cologne attract creative minds from all over the world – this time they included Marc Bailly, interior architect straight from New York. He joined Robert Volhard, Stylepark MD, for a tour of the Cologne interiors fair to find out all about innovative design this side of the Great Pond.

A brighter Modernism

A brighter Modernism

by Thomas Wagner | 1/17/2014

The imm cologne 2014 is highly diverse. Color brings a touch of friendliness to interiors everywhere, designers and manufacturers alike wallow in superbly finished woods and rely on materials such as copper and brass. Instead of going for the new, they’ve updated the tried-and-true. And revitalized Modernism.

Eiermann felt the ostentatious was highly suspect

Eiermann felt the ostentatious was highly suspect

by Thomas Edelmann | 6/21/2013

In our present age, often over-emphasizing contemporaneity, it can’t hurt on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the German Design Council to cast an eye over its history. Including surprising.

Colour Attack!

Colour Attack!

by Martina Metzner | 5/6/2013

Loud colors, pastel hues and any amount of highlights. New, unusual color designs for tables, chairs and sofas really stimulated the eye in Milan. Following fashion’s suit. The best example is Vitra with a new color concept for its classics. From occasional contrasts to complete color harmony – the trend is definitely for interiors to become more colorful. And a good thing, too.

Living labs

Living labs

by Thomas Edelmann | 2/27/2013

Long gone are the days of simple building insulation. Architects, planners and researchers are trying out new forms of permanent construction. To this end, they are seeking to turn the private home into a power station.

Forecasting offices

Forecasting offices

by Thomas Edelmann | 11/14/2012

On the silver screen and at Orgatec, office environments are depicted as having a life of their own. What kind of image of reality do they convey? A rummage through the film archives and walkabout in the trade fair halls.

What should offices be? A small town or a camping site?

What should offices be? A small town or a camping site?

by Thomas Wagner | 10/29/2012

Orgatec 2012 in Cologne presents the 21st-century office as an urban landscape in colors as fresh as spring itself. Seldom does one feel so content at work – be it alone in a cocoon or in a meeting in a sheltered seating group.

The news on what’s new in Cologne

The news on what’s new in Cologne

by Zimmermann Jörg | 1/24/2012

Trade fairs thrive on good products and interesting novelties. Only then will the trade fair be attractive in the long term. At the imm in Cologne in 2012 there was quite a lot waiting to be discovered. The Italian big-hitters were back, but the eye-catching designs were to be found at other booths.