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From selvedge to rug
DESIGN

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
INTERVIEWS

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
FAIRS & EVENTS

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
FAIRS & EVENTS

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
DESIGN

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
FAIRS & EVENTS

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
FAIRS & EVENTS

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
FAIRS & EVENTS

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
MAGAZINE

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!
MAGAZINE

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
MAGAZINE

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
MAGAZINE

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?
MAGAZINE

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
MAGAZINE

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.
How the armchair got its wings…
MAGAZINE

How the armchair got its wings…

by Hornbogen Knuth | 11/9/2011

An armchair comes with a promise of comfort. That is its strength, but at the same time also its weakness. For there is nothing mustier than that feeling of grandpaness. So much the better that models such as "EC03 Eugene" and "Alcove Highback" provide a highly contemporary take on the classic armchair.
Work wherever you want! Office worlds 2010 – part 2: of sheds and queues of seats
MAGAZINE

Work wherever you want! Office worlds 2010 – part 2: of sheds and queues of seats

by Thomas Wagner | 11/9/2010

Offices are increasingly turning into social centers. To make certain the stress of constant communication does not become too fierce and the office becomes a social flashpoint, the modern work nomad withdraws into a chic little shed or a new kind of basket-chair.