Cologne, January, 14-20, 2013
How can you eat healthily at work while taking as little time as possible? And how can you celebrate preparing and eating food in a hectic life in style? Ying Ying Ni, an up-and coming industrial designer from China, has investigated this question – and has developed a new concept for a mobile steam cooking unit as part of the Phoenix Design Academy. more…
Four trends and 32 trend colours define industrial design and architecture
The future looks rosy – bubblegum pink, to be precise. RAL presents this trend colour and 31 others in its new ‘Colour Feeling 2012+’ colour trend book. This ‘creative tool’ for working with colour trends provides an orientation to future trend colours and their applications. more…
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.
NCS Colour once again teams up with international colour trend expert Global Color Research, creator of Mix Publications, to compile NCS Insight – showcasing 30 of the, in their opinion, most important colours for 2012. The following text explains the colour trend forecast of NCS Colour and Global Color Research:
The talent forum [D³] Design talents is always a pretty unconventional affair. In the midst of the hustle and bustle of the international furnishing fair imm cologne, young designers from all over the world present their original product ideas alongside the big names of the interior design sector. The following examples offer a foretaste of what the contest has in store.
Dick Spierenburg is Creative Director of the imm cologne’s new design highlight: “Das Haus – Interiors on Stage”. For the first installation, he has invited London design studio Doshi Levien to build a sort of turnkey vision of what living in one’s own four walls can be like in the midst of the Pure Village hall. In the interview Dick Spierenburg talks about his decision for Doshi Levien and the basic idea of this project.
The use of bentwood for excellent seating comfort has always been a hallmark of Thonet‘s seating furniture. Introduced three years ago, Stefan Diez‘s 404 chair series has further developed this theme, using new wood processing techniques and building a bridge between tradition and contemporary interior design. Thonet has extended the successful 404 collection with two new and distinctive designs: the 405 PF and the 406 PF padded armchairs, furniture that provides relaxing seating comfort for the home as well as for hotels, restaurants and bars.
Ceramiche Refin presents Cromie. The new collection grew out of an innovative ‘colour project’ that is intended to ensure the reliable reproducibility of certain tile shades years even years down the line.
The reason modernist architecture is so topical again today is that – perhaps for the first time ever – it is compatible with many people’s desire for open living spaces, a more flexible organisation of their lives and aesthetics with a bearing on the present. Today we want to live the way Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier proposed. But also the way Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien depict in their installation for “Das Haus – Interiors on Stage”: in an individual, lively home with cultural echoes. In a house that permits privacy and publicness, that connects the kitchen, eating and working zones, family and friends, areas of retreat and shared wellness experiences in an individual way.
Global Color Research is a creative colour consultancy recognised internationally for its accurate trend forecasting. Since 1999, Global Color Research has achieved an excellent market position, proving its ability to create reliable colour choices for future trends.
