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Fireside chats

1/17/2014

Trade fairs are not only catwalks for products. People also meet here. On the evening of the first day, AD magazine, Stylepark and Marc Meiré invited designers, manufacturers, artists, intermediaries and journalists to Marc Meiré’s house to swap notes on what’s to be seen and to debate what the pressing current issues are.

FAIRS & EVENTS

A brighter Modernism

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.

ARCHITECTURE

N minus X – to read is to learn, part 1

1/15/2014

Each time a new year begins, one is beset by a strange sense of disquiet. As though we needed to fight off a virus, we start tidying up. And in so doing, come across piles of books that deserve to be ignored no longer. So, here we go – let’s take a look at what we’ve got.

FEATURED

Efficient light in Geneva

1/14/2014

The new WTO building is a persuasive mix of transparency, clarity and a lot of light. Stuttgart’s wittfoht architekten chose energy-saving LED luminaires by Nimbus for the job.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Hot stuff

1/14/2014

Hurly-burly in the morning in Hall 11.2 at the imm cologne – Fire! A performance in the hall with Italian exhibitors such as B & B Italia, Poliform or MDF?

FAIRS & EVENTS

Eye-catching concept

1/14/2014

The Featured Editions at imm cologne, curated by Stylepark together with the trade fair’s team led by Creative Director Dick Spierenburg, offers a marvelous wealth of original ideas.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Ground jewels

1/14/2014

There was a time when floor coverings were called carpets, parquet or tiles. Today, the term is “trend floor coverings” or simply “fashion items”. We visited the Domotex fair and now know and what takes off when it gets floored.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Louise’s Bed

1/13/2014

Tired, but happy.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Splendidly relaxed

1/13/2014

Fine fabrics, solid materials, clean lines and not too much at once: Relaxed prelude to the Cologne furniture show at the Design Post.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Wool instead of sheet metal

1/13/2014

When old Porsche wear sweater. Werner Aisslinger, the A&W Designer of the Year 2014, in the exhibition space decorated to his honor in the rooms of the Kölnischen Kunstvereins.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Vive la Raffinesse!

1/12/2014

New digital printing technologies for home textiles are the key business driver at Frankfurt’s Heimtextil trade fair and are making sure the sector starts out the year with a bang. That said, there are few really astounding designs to be seen – but we found them.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Chasing down images

1/10/2014

As the preferred photographer of Zaha Hadid, Sanaa and Herzog & de Meuron Iwan Baan tends to be on the road all year. In “52 Weeks, 52 Cities” on show at Marta Herford the Dutchman presents his overall view of the world – which includes both people and instructions for use.

FAIRS & EVENTS

“4M” – a vision of the future

1/9/2014

The speed pitch voting for the US participants in the Audi Urban Future Award 2014 has been decided: Philip Parson and Federico Parolotto triumph as the winning team in the online poll that commenced in mid-December. Their idea: a “multi-mobility marketplace”.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Selected manufacturers at imm cologne 2014

1/9/2014

Each year, imm cologne is the first event to present the latest home trends for Europe and overseas. Over 1,100 exhibitors from more than 50 countries will present their innovations at the furniture fair. An exhibitor schedule presents the most important manufacturers.

ARCHITECTURE

NAUKOGRAD

1/8/2014

A mysterious client in Kazakhstan, a well-known architectural firm named OMA and a so-called science campus are the protagonists in "Naukograd" - a piece in seven acts on the experiences of an international architectural firm.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Werner and the Cologne charts

1/6/2014

“Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen. Cologne calling. We’re presenting the international interior furniture fair to you.” It’s imm cologne time again and much sounds like the old top-of-the-pops charts. So let’s check out who or what’s behind the current line-up.

ARCHITECTURE

Laptops instead of gas heaters

1/6/2014

Anyone who thinks winter’s too cold to keep the brain working should simply check out life on the ground in Manhattan.

FAIRS & EVENTS

In Louise Campbell’s bed

1/5/2014

A 30-meter-long bed and a wall of tools. Those are the suggestions Danish designer Louise Campbell has made for “The House” installation at the imm cologne. Is she taking the industry to task with a critique of consumerism? The “sneak preview” in her studio gave cause for hope.

FEATURED

Dance the Boomerang Tango!

1/3/2014

The “Featured Editions” at the imm cologne is taking place for the second time, curated by Stylepark together with the trade-fair team led by creative director Dick Spierenburg. A total of 14 selected designer/manufacturer combos present experimental installations, from the spectacular to the quiet, from the poetic to the sculptural.

ART

Don’t like everything!

1/2/2014

If a critical stance is the order of the day in the Mecca of German media freaks, will electronic networks such as Facebook cease to be as well accepted in the world after Snowden’s NSA revelations?

DESIGN

2014 or on Holy Helpers

1/1/2014

Welcome to 2014! Now that the clock is well past 12, and we are almost done with 13, too, it’s time to start wondering what 14 might hold in store…

FAIRS & EVENTS

Bauhaus master with speared heart

12/29/2013

The “Herbert Bayer: Berliner Jahre – Werbegrafik 1928 – 1938” show at the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin presents the creative output of a designer who vacillated between Bauhaus ideals and currying favor with the Nazis.

ARCHITECTURE

Monomade in Tokyo

12/25/2013

In Tokyo “urban manufacturing” is not just some post-economic crisis slogan, but lived practice day in day out. In Taitō, one of the oldest districts, furniture, bags, paper lanterns and silver tea-ceremony vessels are being made in tiny workshops – and often by craftsmen seated on the floor in the traditional Japanese style.

DESIGN

Uncle Tom’s Jacket

12/22/2013

For some time designers and architects have been making inroads into the world of fashion. Now Tom Dixon’s collection for Adidas is hitting the stores. High on garments, low on trend, and with bags that can be transformed into textile furniture.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Get your teeth into it

12/20/2013

For its October 2014 edition, the Biennale Interieur in Kortrijk has launched the new “Spaces” Design Award for hospitality concepts – and is now collaborating with the French creative camp Domaine de Boisbuchet.

FEATURED

Petter’s perfect landing

12/18/2013

His search for an alarm clock and the ensuing frustration were cause enough. The experience prompted Petter Neby to establish his own company for electrical home appliances – Punkt. So far it sells three products, and they are the quintessence of Neby’s design philosophy: Keep it simple and pure, and make it to last.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Speed Pitch for the Audi Urban Future Award 2014

12/16/2013

Decide which US-Team of creative thinkers and enablers should take part at the Audi Urban Future Award 2014!The candidates in the speed pitch have widely differing interpretations of the data theme. Team 1 analyzes the question of which mobility services people want. Team 2 puts its faith in research results from the field of gamification. Team 3’s thesis is that data can create precious space in combination with technologies for cities and their residents.