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In the second part of the interview Dick Spierenburg, creative director of the imm cologne project “Das Haus – Interiors on Stage” talks about expectations of the project and draws a comparison to the former imm cologne project “ideal house”.

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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.

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Anglo-Indian designer couple Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien will be creating a large-scale interior design installation at the imm cologne 2012. In the midst of the planning phase for “Das Haus – Interiors on Stage”, they talked to us at their London studio about their vision of individual forms of living, merging spaces and organically evolved houses. Their design is a collection of interweaving functional spaces, rather like a collage of real architecture, different cultures and original imaginings. An interior perspective.

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With furniture that oscillates between exotic charm and purist contours, Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien aren’t just bringing a whole new look to the world of interior design, they’re giving it individuality as well. Their installation “Das Haus – Interiors on Stage”, which the two young designers are busy planning for the next imm cologne, also looks set to be a very personal statement.

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Dick Spierenburg studied architecture at the Technical University of Delft and has been working as a designer since the late 1970s. As co-founder of the Nederlands Interieur Collectief, he promotes collaboration between Dutch design manufacturers and importers. After working for architecture and urban development firm Bo.2, he ran his own design studio with Karel Boonzaaijer from 2001 to 2008. He designs furniture for private interiors and offices for clients like Artifort, Arco or Moroso and works for Koelnmesse in the capacity of Art Director.

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A recently opened solo exhibition at the new branch of Paris’s Centre Pompidou shows a selection of the French brothers’ works from the last fifteen years. The more than 1,000 m² of space in Gallery 3 of the Centre Pompidou Metz, which was designed by architects Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastine, serves the brothers an enormous playground. The two designers have juxtaposed products from Vitra, Magis, Alessi, Established & Sons, Axor Hansgrohe, Kartell, Kvadrat, Cappellini and Ligne Roset without establishing any immediately obvious scenographic link between them.

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Already in 2009, the Coesfeld-based laminate flooring manufacturer Parador came up with a collection created by well known designers. Now the company once again managed to get six noted architects and designers on board: Zaha Hadid, Werner Aisslinger, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Piero Lissoni, Ross Lovegrove, and Jean Nouvel. more…