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In 2012, too, Pure Village visitors can look forward to a wide range of interesting information. Renowned referents will be presenting fascinating lectures on interior trends at “The Stage”. Please find an overview of the schedule here:

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With the “Identity” laminate flooring range from Parador, floor design gets more individual. According to the manufacturer any given motif can be depicted on the floor in a photo realistic way and in art print quality. The decors can be created completely freely (“Identity Creation”) or using a wide number of different motifs (“Identity Library”). more…

Even as small children, we learn from fairytales that a mirror can confirm the beauty of the person standing in front of it. But a mirror that can play its owners’ favourite music is new.

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Arré arrives for the second time at imm cologne after presenting mediodesign form Barcelona last year at the D3 professionals section. This time, Arré comes to Cologne with an extended collection, including the work of three design studios: Kellie Smits from the Netherlands, BlueChains studio from Miami and Mediodesign from Barcelona. Arré is presenting three new products at the imm cologne, the Insekt desk, Capital Chair and the L-shelf.

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The effects of 150 years of wind, weather, sun, rain and frost, the seasons, inscribed on the surface of a piece of furniture: that is what the Saga box from furniture manufacturer Morizza aims to express. Each box tells its own story and has its own, individual texture. more…

At Pure Village, Christian Dorn, owner of design studio Stiltreu, will be presenting his new seating furniture in a collection that bears his own name. According to Dorn, the products reflect the special importance he attaches to a mixture of clear design vocabulary and a love of detail.

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During the imm cologne the Museum for Applied Arts and Design Cologne – the so called MAKK – has this year a very special program. The special exhibition ” Von Aalto bis Zumthor” shows exclusive furniture, designed by architects, from the past 100 years. At the design talk „Design’s two Ways“ designers from Italy and Germany discus about the different approach to design.

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“Paradise” by Coldplay pours out of the speakers of the Pure Village stereo system, helping the trade fair construction workers get into the groove as they erect “Das Haus” for koelnmesse’s new design event of the same name. There are however frequent interruptions to this musical accompaniment: the squealing of circular saws, the sounds of hammering and drilling and the voices of the construction workers as they call to one another across the hall.

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No architecture, no interiors: time and time again, it is outstanding architectural works that have a decisive influence on innovative interior concepts. For as preferences with regard to contemporary buildings change, our interior design tastes naturally change as well. A look at building styles in the private sector shows that changes in certain conditions can result in entire room concepts changing.

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The next-generation designers take a self-confident approach to new technologies and are more than willing to improvise when it comes to turning experimental ideas into prototypes. Many designers have come to terms with the idea of turning their product ideas into reality single-handedly, either as spectacular one-offs or in small editions. This has led to the development of an aesthetic language that is less indebted to industrial considerations and even less inclined to compromise. Humorous, unconventional, flamboyant, ambitious, visionary and sometimes just ingeniously simple – that is the face of young design today. The following example offer a foretaste of what the contest has in store.

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