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The bedroom: trends, furniture and colours for 2021

The bedroom of the future is a wellness oasis, mirror of personality and place of technical innovations in one. Always in focus: healthy sleep.

Video advice as distribution channel of the future?

The furniture industry is increasingly focusing on digitalization. Customer consulting via video chat offers a wide range of advantages.

Ideas for the balcony: lots of design in little space

A small balcony, elegant design and functionality need not be mutually exclusive - on the contrary!

Japandi is the perfect mix of two styles

This is what you get when Scandinavian design meets Japanese minimalism.

New furniture trends: These start-ups point the way

Young people increasingly buy their furniture from startups. Because they know the needs of this target group - and create the furniture trends of tomorrow.

Plant trend: Grown to stay

The plant trend "Urban Jungle" is growing beyond itself: Self-irrigating systems, plant lamps and room dividers made of moss are just some of the green design highlights.

The home office between living and working space

The home office is more than a temporary solution. It's high time to rethink living and working space and develop smart solutions.

These lamp trends combine nature and technology

Naturality, design and digitalization: these lighting trends show in which direction the lighting industry will develop in the future.

Further articles

• Bauhaus can also do colour
• Art deco for the home
• It should be comfortable
• A hotel made entirely of wood
• Das Haus 2020

All articles on Design & architecture

Online furniture retail – interview with André Müller

The Director of Home & Living at OTTO talks to us about successfully selling furniture via the Internet and an industry in a state of flux.

Trendscouting 2.0: How to find the trends of tomorrow today

With increasingly virtual trade fairs, the search for new trends is also changing. What do you need to know about trend scouting in a digital world?

Further articles

• Design your trade fair stand safely
• Furniture made of old barrels
• Sustainable desks
• Inside Thonet
• A look at Weishäupl Werkstätten
• imm cologne 2020 final report

All Business insights articles

How design influences our future

More than “just” recyclable raw materials: the sustainability debate in the interior design industry. Read more in the Jeannette Altherr interview.

Microliving requires new furniture ideas

As housing becomes harder to get, microapartments are increasingly in demand. Furnishing them sets striking and exciting trends.

Further articles

• 5 important living trends
• How Generation Z shops
• How will we live in the future?
• Merging the outdoors with indoor environments
• A smart home in southern Germany
• Sustainable building
• Living trend: natural and minimalist

All articles on Future Living

Das Apartment HAUS 2021 – Truly Truly

The design team from Rotterdam sees a lot of flexibility when it comes to small apartments and wants to exploit the potential imaginatively.

The Apartment HAUS 2021 – Sebastian Herkner

Sebastian Herkner would like to promote a completely new attitude to life with his idea - and offer space for different needs.

Further articles

• New concept: Das Haus 2021
• Smart home now in 3D
• Extra-big upholstery
• Concept: myKidsy Playground
• Birkenstock invites visitors to test their beds and mattresses
• Trade fair trend: refined furniture
• 100 years of Bauhaus at imm cologne

All articles on Inside imm cologne