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The best seen at IMM Cologne

by Lucia Talamona. Record numbers at the 2020 edition of the IMM fair in Cologne, a sign that the first trade fair of the year remains unmissable for all design companies, as well as international buyers and journalists. The numbers speak for themselves: more than 100,000 exhibitors attended, spread across the fair's various pavilions.

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Cats & Design – Love at First Sight

by Marta Santacatterina. An elegant home, carefully chosen furniture, harmonious colors, and over there, in the back, a hideous cat scratching post. And then some battered cardboard boxes. Because you don't live alone, but have decided to adopt a little meowing furry friend, and to keep your couch from being destroyed,...

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Mario Alessiani – the beauty of simplicity

At thirty, he has already designed a long series of furnishings and home objects. His philosophy? Each piece should be a manifesto of good design. If there's a direct, simple, yet unconventional way to design, bringing quality and beauty into our homes in the form of objects...

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Antrax's T-Tower receives the Good Design Award

Antrax's T-Tower radiator has won its third award in a single year. Just over two months ago, its inclusion in the ADI Design Index 2019 selection was announced, and now it's the turn of the Good Design Award 2019, an award founded in 1950 and now in its 70th year.

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HOMI 2020 – design & sustainability

Historic brands and emerging designers, approximately 600 exhibitors from around the world—65 countries—united to showcase the new creative excitement in all aspects of the home. The recently concluded HOMI 2020 was a true conceptual and aesthetic journey in which eco-sustainability is the confirmed muse...

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The designers of tomorrow were all at IMM Cologne

by Lucia Talamona. The Pure Talents Contest is one of those annual events that emerging designers around the world attend, hoping to be chosen during the rigorous selection process. For many young designers, it represents a point of arrival, as they can finally exhibit their work in a…

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Christmasworld 2020 – the watchword is eco-chic

What awaits us in 2020 will be a Christmas sensitive to tradition, where classic decorations make a forceful return, with an eco-friendly twist and a strong nostalgic feel. An eco-chic spirit that speaks of sharing and transforms décor into a timeless, iconic, and representative language. Christmasworld 2020 has just…

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The new Das Haus in Cologne speaks Spanish

by Lucia Talamona. Alberto Sánchez and Eduardo Villalón of the Spanish studio MUT designed the new Das Haus for the 2020 edition of the IMM Cologne trade fair. The guiding principle for their entire project was the desire to create a home that broke down the traditional division of living spaces…

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Cork shaped by James Irvine's design

We know cork for its thermal insulation, buoyancy, and sealing properties—think, for example, of the classic bottle cap. In reality, it's a material that lends itself well to the formal research and experimentation so beloved by designers. And this has unleashed its innate ability to embrace...

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