No sooner has that Christmas tree been taken down then the spring season of the annual design calendar kicks off with that grandee of the international-trade-fair circuit, imm cologne. Your faithful scout Architonic presents, as ever, its detailed and indispensable photo tours of the event.

If it’s January it must be imm cologne, the long-established design trade fair that has been serving as an international exhibitionary platform for the furniture, lighting and materials sectors for over 50 years now.

More than 140,000 visitors descended on the Koelnmesse for the fair's 2014 edition to connect with the industry’s leading, premium-segment brands across various halls and to check out the latest crop of young design talent. The mood on the ground was, on the whole, a buoyant one, with a good level of meaningful business conversation conducted, according to exhibitors.

Weren’t there or feel you missed something? Fear not. Architonic has it all in the bag with its trusty photo tours…

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PART 1: Including Riva 1920, Poliform, B&B Italia

PART 2: Including Living Divani, COR, interlübke, Thonet, Gubi, Vitra, Artek, Zeitraum

PART 3: Including bordbar, Flexform, Christine Kröncke, Frag, Richard Lampert, Draenert, Cassina, Walter Knoll, D-TEC, Bocci, Expormim, Tom Dixon, Treku, nanimarquina, string, emu, Viteo

PART 4: Including Wogg, Böwer, Label, extremis, horgenglarus, Verpan, Rossin

PART 4.1: Including Girsberger, Woodnotes, durlet, Swiss Plus, Müller Möbelwerkstätten, Schulte Design, Tojo, Ondarreta, Gandia Blasco, Feifrau, Variér, Weishäupl, TON, Gallotti&Radice, Flou, Sartori, Hey Sign, miinu, muuto, e15, dupont corian, delightfull, Slide, rossin

PART 5: Including Tom Rossau, Vibieffe, KFF, Busnelli, Cattelan Italia, Tonelli, Softline, De Padova, Reflex, Technogym

PART 6: Including Naver, LoCa, Golran, Porada, Wittmann, MDF Italia, lapalma, Showroom Finland, brühl, Intertime, Tribù, Kymo, Accademia, Porro, Gloster Furniture, Pomp, Fischer Möbel, Domaniecki, de Sede, Leolux, Cane-line, ClassiCon, Piure, Jan Kath, Schönbuch

PART 7: Including &tradition, Lago, Functionals, Axor, Ruckstuhl, De Castelli, Manutti, VS, effegibi, Kristalia, Normann Copenhagen, Discipline, Treca Interiors, FSM, Kettnaker, Conde House, raumplus

PART 8: Including raumplus, Paschen, Schramm, Jori, Team 7, Yomei, mann, Dauphin, Rolf Benz, Gruber + Schlager, Sudbrock, ligne roset

PART 9: Including Capo d'Opera, Laurameroni, Wilde + Spieth, Oligo, Artisan, Kenneth Cobonpue, Steinberg, L&Z, Loehr, Brabbu, maigrau, Ongo, Gera, System 180, Linea1, Lehni, Röthlisberger, Mox, carpet concept. Zieta, Boca do lobo, Lladró, Georg Bechter, pliet, Sisman

PART 10: Including Sebastian Scherer, graypants, strasser thun, anb, StoneslikeStones, Grohe, Staron Samsung, Jokodomus, Oikos, planika, Vorwerk, Team by Wellis, Lundia, 'Das Haus' by Louise Campbell, H furniture, M-Line

PART 11: Including brose–fogale, Van Rossum, de ploeg, prostoria

PART 12 (DESIGN POST): Including Morso, Montis, Rohi, Lema, Nya Nordiska, Zeitraum, Aqua Creations, Rimadesio, Agape, Magis, Linteloo, Kasthall, Spectrum, Gelderland, Pilat & Pilat

PART 13 (DESIGN POST): Including Luceplan, Bolon, Arco, Pilat & Pilat, acousticpearls, Andreu World, Carpet Sign, Swedese, Palau, Arper, Secto Design, Montana, Licht im Raum, Kinnasand, Flötotto