Company housing: living under your employer’s roof
According to a study by Berlin-based consultancy institute RegioKontext, the trend among firms has shifted back towards company housing.
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Urban living: micro-living in the comfort zone
“Urban living” is the dream for most people. For some, it means the promise of a better life; for others, it signifies individuality and independence.
Furniture as order keepers
Types of furniture offer totally different storage room solutions, depending on the requirement and style. Whether hidden behind doors or on a silver platter. We would like to present a few examples of storage furniture to you.
One hundred years of Bauhaus in colour
Colour played an important role in Bauhaus theory in general. It was firmly rooted in the classroom. A more wide-ranging look back makes it clear that the Bauhaus was an approach and not a style.
Trends of imm cologne – trade fair tour in pictures
The imm cologne was once again the mirror image of current interiors trends and demonstrated the inventiveness of furniture makers.
Final report imm cologne 2020
The imm cologne drew to a close on Sunday, 19 January 2020, with positive overall results. More than 128,000 visitors attended the event to find inspiration from the industry.
Trend 8: decorative living
Trend eight wants to be pretty: After clothing, living is today the number one means of expression. We are not only what we wear, but how we live. This makes every decorative element a statement.
Trend 7: colourful living
Trend seven shows its colours: Colours are a very powerful tool in both interior design and architecture; they also play a decisive in how we judge the aesthetic harmony and the quality of a room.
Trend 6: living without limits
Trend 6 knows no limits: Instead of separate rooms, modern apartments present an open spatial structure, and compartmentalised apartments in old buildings are "aired out" through the removal of wall elements.
Trend 5: living more comfortably
We are worth it! Comfort is written in capital letters in trend five, especially in the bedroom. However, investments are also being made in the bathroom and seating furniture.
Trend 4: more efficient living
Trend four is all about efficient living: rising rents and smaller homes will continue to drive the demand for space-saving furniture.
Trend 3: smarter living
Trend three deals with smarter living: smart applications are becoming ever more diverse, reliable and easy to use and can be tailored increasingly precisely to the specific needs of residents.
Trend 2: greener living
The second trend is about the closeness to nature: no new apartments are being built without balconies; apartments and houses with access to gardens or patios are in high demand, especially in urban areas.
Trend 1: more natural living
The first trend is about more naturalness. An ever increasing number of people are seriously attempting to change their consumer behaviour in order to initiate a trend turnaround toward a sustainable society.
Ready for better living
We want to live better: more comfortably, more stylishly, using space more effectively, more colourfully, smarter and more sustainably. In the coming week, we introduce you to the eight most important living trends at imm cologne 2020.
20 ideas for the lifestyles of tomorrow
The shortlist has been finalised – a total of 20 innovative products from the interiors world of 23 international designers will be on show at imm cologne 2020 as part of the Pure Talents Contest exhibition.
Das Haus 2020 turns home life inside out
At imm cologne, the Spanish design team MUT Design creates Das Haus as a visionary living concept, in which the delimitation of interior spaces and their opening up to nature is discussed.
International design know how at The Stage
The trend forum The Stage of imm cologne 2020 will focus on sustainability and future ways of living. One-third of the speakers on the trade visitor days will be travelling from outside Germany.
Barbara Busse about Gen Z and their furniture
Members of the coming generation live digitally, consume more spontaneously and furnish their homes differently. We find out what this scenario might look like in an interview with Barbara Busse.
Design history you can touch
The Germania settlement in Cologne's east combines different architectural styles from the Weimar Republic into one complete work. And it houses an apartment that is furnished in the style of the 1920s.
Yasmine Mahmoudieh about myKidsy Playground
In the interview, Yasemine Mahmoudieh talks about her motivation to start this concept and about the presentation at imm cologne 2020 and the future of myKidsy Playground.
A sustainable encounter of design and culture
Ten leaders of London’s cultural institutions joined some of Europe’s most exciting designers to create a "legacy piece". The exhibition will make its debut in Germany at imm cologne 2020.
The living-bathroom
Bathroom users call for a similarly high living quality in the bathroom as in the entire home. But what does a living-bathroom look like?
Love your sleep
When furnishing our homes, we don’t generally give our sleeping environment very much attention; yet, at an average of eight hours a day, we spend most of our time in the bedroom.
Innovative education concept - premiere at imm cologne
Designer Yasmine Mahmoudieh will present an innovative interiors concept for hotels and other projects at imm cologne 2020: myKidsy Playground designs creative play worlds for the education of children.
Cosiness meets minimalism
As 2020 gets underway, cosiness continues to be a top trend for the new interiors season. At the same time, however, our homes are starting to take on a more minimalist look again.
When inside and outside merge
Not only "Das Haus" will blur the boundaries between inside and outside at imm cologne 2020. Numerous exhibitors will also present products that do well both in the living room and on the terrace.
How will we live in the future?
A new awareness of the environment, advance of smart home developments and a shortage of living space will all have an influence on our future way of life. In this article, we examine these factors.
On the trail of the Bauhaus in Cologne
If Adenauer and Mr and Mrs Gropius had reached an agreement in 1924, Cologne could well have been in the running to become the second home of the Bauhaus.
A place of retreat with a natural charm
Thermally modified American tulipwood has been used to construct the exterior areas of the new care centre Kālida Sant Pau in Barcelona.
An architectural monument in the middle of nowhere
There are just four houses in the whole of Germany designed by the famous Swiss Bauhaus architect Max Bill. And two of them can be found in the Bergisches Land.
Merging indoors and outdoors: Das Haus 2020
With the interpretation of “Das Haus” by MUT Design, imm cologne is set to play host to a highly architectural creation. The Spanish creatives will present a visionary living concept in which the inside of the house is turned to face the outside.
Identity through colour:
The colours of Cologne
There are plans to build a new development in Cologne over the next 15 years in the city’s colours. The colour basis was found in the city's rich past.
Clearing out can be so easy
Germans like to tidy up. At least according to a recent survey. In this article we reveal the methods with which tidying grouches can become real clear-out pros.
Students design table following Thonet’s example
Students at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences (HSD) have developed a seminar table based on the Thonet S 43 cantilever chair. The winning design was by Zohair Zouirech, who took part in the Pure Talents Contest 2019.
Holiday at home with new outdoor furniture
New outdoor furniture makes us want to be outside. At the same time, the boundaries between the indoors and the outdoors are becoming increasingly blurred.
Pure Talents Contest design from Design House Stockholm
Takafumi Nemoto presented his Bonsai fragrance diffuser at the Pure Talents Contest at imm cologne 2018. It is now on sale at Design House Stockholm. A success story.
Desks for eternity
Desks should be functional, robust and durable. Solid-wood furniture provides all these qualities. It is also a mark of an environmentally friendly and sustainable company policy.
A peek inside the Weishäupl Werkstätten
Weishäupl celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. A good reason to take a peek behind the curtains of the family company.
Somnox: a robot as sleeping aid
The aim of the Somnox sleep robot, developed by robotics engineers, is to contribute to a restful night’s sleep thanks to artificial intelligence and effective, proven relaxation techniques.
A hotel made entirely of wood
The Tirol Lodge nestled in the idyllic mountain landscape of Austria’s Wilder Kaiser region has been constructed entirely of wood and in a modular design. The hotel’s creators have turned to Bette for moisture protection in the bathrooms.
The events of the interzum
The interzum delivers top-class event programmes on all four days. In our blog we present you the most interesting events.
Furniture like a fine wine
Walter Amrhyn makes tables from old, discarded wine barrels. His unique creations not only have strong characters – they bear the patina, cracks and discolouration left behind by their former contents.
UMAR: Building in the sense of Cradle to Cradle
Conserving resources will become one of the central tasks of future construction projects. The UMAR experimental unit in Switzerland is testing residue-free construction based on a residential module. In addition, buildings will serve as material storage in the future.
New line-up at imm cologne 2020
With the two main areas Pure and Home, imm cologne wants to offer its exhibitors and visitors a simplified structure and thus even more orientation in 2020.
Designer furniture links the different areas of the home
To create an ambience that is consistent throughout all the areas of the home, German furniture manufacturer Hülsta has set out to build bridges between the living room, bedroom and bathroom.
Convertible children’s furniture
Children play like wild things; they love to climb and run about. The playroom quickly becomes an adventure playground, so parents should bear a few things in mind when furnishing it. As their child grows, so do the demands placed on children’s furniture.
A place to lay your head
Just as people’s needs vary widely, so too do beds themselves. From simple and purist to timelessly modern and elegantly curved – in our blog, we show you some interesting exemplares found at imm cologne 2019.
Comeback of a versatile piece of furniture
The sideboard is back. Highly practical and hugely decorative offers the sideboard storage space for books, multimedia devices and other objects. We will show you some of the novelties.
Pure Talents Contest 2019: The drafts of the winners
Winners of the Pure Talents Contest showed portable and intelligent solutions for the home. Such as separatable luminaires, walking benches or poetic accessories.
“Das Haus” 2019 stunned with its elegance and ease
Visitors at imm cologne 2019 had a chance to behold a harmonious complete work of art and a successful experiment with the idea of open-plan living.
Trendy furniture types: The furniture season 2019
In addition to many cozy interior design ideas, the harbingers of a new, warm minimalism were already apparent at the imm cologne 2019. But also the sideboard and the dining table are at the top of the canon of furniture.
The imm cologne Smart Home now in 3D
The innovation network “let’s be smart”, working with Koelnmesse, has presented a smart home once again at imm cologne. Now the installation can also be admired as a 3D animation.
Book launch: German Interior Designers
This book unveils unique and trendsetting room concepts for living and working spaces, retail, gastronomy, trade fair construction, social facilities and the healthcare sector.
Defying moisture: Solid wood furniture in the bathroom
Solid wood furniture contributes to a comfortable and healthy living atmosphere - even in the bathroom. So that the typical room climate do not affect the natural wood furniture, they should be treated environmentally friendly.
Young design labels at imm cologne 2019
Alongside new colours, materials and interiors trends, there were often up-and-coming design labels that had exciting stories to tell.
A subtle colour concept for a design icon
At the occasion of the company’s 200th anniversary of Thonet, the designer duo Eva Marguerre and Marcel Besau created the famous Coffee House Chair 214 in four contemporary two-tone colour versions: in black, white, velvet red and sage.
Top trend: comeback of patterns and decors
Simple beauties writhe in front of the animated background: patterns and motifs alternate from the sofa to the wall and floor. Skillfully combined, the result is always a good motif.
Final report 2019
The imm cologne 2019 achieved with 150,000 from 145 countries an even greater international reach than ever before. Also the LivingKitchen closes with good results.
The trends of the imm cologne 2019
At the imm cologne, trendsetters and creative newcomers will present the innovations of the coming year. The fair provides new impetus for the furniture market.
Welcome to imm cologne 2019
As a walk-in living magazine the imm cologne shows from 14th to 20th January how the world will be living tomorrow. From Friday, 18th to Sunday, 20th January the international interior fair is also open for private visitors.
100 years of Bauhaus at imm cologne
What is the fascination with the Bauhaus style? Visitors to the special exhibition “100 years of Bauhaus – work in progress” at imm cologne 2019 can discover answers to this very question.
Launching Das Haus 2019 in Hall 3.1
Building work has already begun on “Das Haus – Interiors on Stage” and the organic yet modern living concept of the Truly Truly design studio is taking shape.
Birkenstock invites visitors to imm cologne for a lie down
Birkenstock will whisk visitors away to a product world that makes the brand tangible across an exhibition space of more than 500 square metres. The beds will be staged in natural settings – in a forest, on water and in a green space.
Circadian lighting mimics the natural changes in light
New technologies and the products developed with them can imitate the circadian rhythm of daylight and support people in their home lives.
Country House Style 2.0: a bit of nature in urban homes
Idyllic surroundings and being close to nature are also high on their must-haves, even in an urban environment. So it’s no wonder that the country house style is making inroads into our city homes again - but with elements for a modern take.
In vogue: the mirror as an interior design highlight
In the latest designs, the cool, flat accessories are more than simply mirrors: they are a colourful eye-catcher, a sculptural ornament and an artistic element on the wall, the floor or the table.
Rings of Fire: 25hours Hotel The Circle in Cologne
Originally the Gerling Insurance Group’s administration building, this spectacular circular construction in Cologne’s Friesen district now accommodates the guests of the 25hours Hotel Köln The Circle.
Jury session: Pure Talents Contest at imm cologne 2019
For the first time this year, the Pure Talents Contest also includes a category for kitchen products. With 926 products submitted, this means a lot of work for the international jury of designers and industry experts.
Heat by Northern: a lamp as a glowing social project
Heat is more than just a lamp – it is also a social project. Heat is produced in partnership with a development agency that gives asylum seekers and migrants the chance to gain training and find work by producing the lamps.
Giving light all by itself
Can lights be turned on without flicking a switch? Nimbus shows how this can be done in a very smart way in the new building for the Neckar-Fils regional group of Südwestmetall in Esslingen, southern Germany. Throughout the building, lights are activated independently.
imm cologne 2019: a new atmosphere in hall 11
In 2019, hall 11 will be transformed into Pure Atmospheres as part of the development of the Pure design segment. The name underscores the nature of the presentations in Hall 11, which is shaped by holistic interior concepts.
Truly Truly want to turn “Das Haus 2019” on its head
At imm cologne 2019 the Australian design couple Kate and Joel Booy will turn “Das Haus” into an experiment in living itself.
Design classics reissued: Ib Kofod-Larsen's Knitting Chair
In 1951, Danish architect and designer Ib Kofod-Larsen presented with his Knitting Chair a remarkable new chair design of Danish Modernism. Now the Danish design brand Menu expanded its collection about this classic.