As in past years, the highlights of the first day of the fair will include the
“interior innovation award” ceremony, where outstanding new products presented by imm cologne exhibitors will be recognised. The organizers of imm cologne will be honouring companies and designers with this award in five categories — Best_Item, Best_Detail, Best_System, Materials_Innovation, and Classic_Innovation. Past winners of the “interior innovation award” have gone on to win the Red Dot Award or the German Design Prize. The award ceremony will take place on 14th January 2008 in Hall 2.1, Stand D 10, in the installation area of Architecture Code Cologne. The exhibition of the winning products will be on view in the northern section of the Boulevard, starting on the Tuesday of the trade fair.