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Stockholm Furniture Fair
7 - 11 February 2012
Blickfang 2012, Stuttgart
9 - 11 March 2012 (Liederhalle)
Blickfang 2012, Basel
23 - 25 March 2012 (E-Halle)
Light+Building, Frankfurt
15 - 20 April 2012
Salone del Mobile, Milan
17 - 22 April 2012
Orgatec, Cologne
23 - 27 October 2012
Designer's Open, Leipzig
25 – 28 October 2012
BAU, Munich
14 - 19 January 2013
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"Passion is the most important thing"
Jörg Boner gibt viel Preis über seine Produkte – er haucht ihnen Leben ein. So beleuchtet er im Gespräch gerne den Werdegang eines Produktes, seine Hochs und Tiefs sowie seinen Neuanfang. Die Parallelen zu ihm als Person lassen sich wie von selbst ziehen.
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Hundredstensunits
The result of the continuing creative dialogue between three english designers is a range of beautiful products which are characterised by a distinctive sense for materials and proportions.
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Cretan Project
'So we are given this wonderful job in Crete, to renovate a house, and - should the Client overlook our complete lack of previous experience in renovation, also design the furniture for it.'
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Patchwork Collection
As Amy Hunting says herself, she tries to combine her work as an illustrator and her furniture designs in the best possible way. The result is her 'Patchwork Collection'. A successful composition of art and design.
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StokkeAustad
Since 2004 Øystein Austad and Jonas Ravlo Stokke have formed the design team StokkeAustad, which is based in Oslo. They only opened their design studio last year, although their successful cooperation began during their studies at the 'Oslo School of Architecture and Design'.
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Tape installation
A theater set-design concept by For Use / Numen presented at the gallery of HDD in Zagreb.
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News from the Greenhouse
Selected novelties from the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2009, Part II
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2nd. YDMI Days in Berlin
The three-day event kicked off with an extensive aperitif on the gallery of the 'Villa Elisabeth' in Berlin, which then provided a wonderful background for an excellent dinner, stimulating conversations and interesting presentations.
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Success by design
'HansandFranz' is a name which couldn't be more German (apart from the 'and' instead of 'und'), and perhaps it's an omen of the fact that they would head in the direction of America – known of course as the land of unlimited possibilities.
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The VIA Creation Grants
For the maiden run of the 'Meuble Paris' furniture fair, and pursuing its annual Creation Assistance programme, VIA has presented the Carte Blanche grant awarded to designer Jean-Louis Frechin, the ten Project Assistance grants prototypes, as well as the new Partnership Project 'Creation and Skilled Trades', which brought together designer Philippe Nigro and the Compagnons du Devoir journeymen.
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Cool & Fresh 2009
This year it was easier to find your way round Salone Satellite than last year, for the very good reason that the really good things were relatively easy to identify.
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Design Talents at the Cologne Design Week 2009
Selected works from [d3] contest at the imm cologne, Arik Levy´s workshop 'Cologne Guesthouse' and projects from the first 'Designers Fair' at the Rheintriadem...
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Attractive LED lamps?
The light-emitting diode (LED), which we are all familiar with as an electronic signal or in the form of advertising and background lighting, has for some years now been conquering new areas of application. Its tremendous potential for energy savings and innovation is increasingly stimulating the lighting industry and many designers...
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First 'Design Competition' of the Middle East
Last Saturday the award ceremony for the 'Traffic Design Competition' took place for the first time. More than 100 participants from 16 cities in the Middle East and northern Africa were judged by a jury of renown experts.
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Young Design at the imm cologne 2008
This year, too, the imm cologne will provide lots of opportunities to discover young design talent and discover fresh ideas. Here a few suggestions.
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Award winners Fries & Zumbühl
Kevin Fries and Jakob Zumbühl are the proud winners of three 'iF product design awards' and 'reddot design awards'
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'Design has to be fun...'
An interview with the ambitious and talented german designer Sebastian Herkner.
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Wooden shacks and delusions of grandeur
Katrin Greiling currently lives and works as a designer in Dubai, where she constantly tours the city with her camera, recording in her photographs everyday life in this unique cosmopolitan metropolis within the Arab world. A world of contradictions.
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Cool & Fresh 2008
This year the Salone Satellite was once more on show in its own pavilion. Set a little apart from the general hustle of the fair, it welcomed visitors with a very pleasant, airy atmosphere – which of course can't be compared with the grandeur of the hall on the old fair site. At least this year's slogan of 'Go green!' was in line with the simple temporary architecture. The official press release spoke of a greenhouse in which 'budding designers can blossom' and 'an explosion of green' is unfolded. Has the influence of Stockholm's 'Greenhouse' perhaps spread this far south?
Regardless of the slogan, the eleventh Satellite left an inspiring and positive impression. Many international designers came up with daringly staged presentations which were a joy to behold. This year it was the Finnish designers who made the greatest impression, and the products they presented demonstrated a corresponding level of quality and potential.
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Village life in the Greenhouse
The Stockholm Furniture Fair, which takes place from 6 - 10 February, is enjoying ever greater popularity with both manufacturers and designers. This is primarily because the fair has set itself the target of making Stockholm a major platform for creative new ideas.
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