the 'off programme' of the cologne furniture fair
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klassen.treffen
under a name meaning ‘class reunion’
4 designers who professionally separated after their studies,
together present their works of deceptively simple
slimlined lighting, storage and seating designs.
this exhibition was one designboom staffer’s pick of the fair. |
class photo l - r: oliver schick, lutz pankow, gisela magin, absent: tobias reischle |
oliver shick’s aluminium-reinforced foam shelving units - ‘airsquare’. |
looks like concrete, but weighs close to nothing! |
lutz pankow’s modular shelving unit is also a featheweight. |
no tools are required to assemble it. |
the surface of gisela magin’s ‘crystal chair’ has a touch finish that feels like a peach. |
seat for two or just you by gisele magin. |
lutz pankow’s rocking chairs originally designed
as an entry in one of designboom competitions, see here |
a desk lamp with precise movement but without the usual visual complexity. honeycomb diffuser. one of many lumieres by lutz panlow. |
prototype neon ring lamp by oliver schick. |
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lutz pankow’s contemporary take on the traditional bavarian cuckoo clock. |
 it is always ‘cuckoo!’ time. |
the original concrete sub_t rocker and wooden indoor versions
by tobias reischle.
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two permanent placed rockers on the street outside the gallery.
read the designboom article on sub_t non commissioned public furniture:
http://www.designboom.com/eng/funclub/reischle.html |
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cubeseven
http://www.cubeseven.com
to celebrate the opening of
their new store, cubeseven invited
five designers to show their designs
for interior accesories.
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‘balllight’ shuttlecock lights and ‘mat-e’ school gym-style cushions
produced by sports-inspired design company heimspiel. |
‘projektor’ lamp’ by martin neuhaus.
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display + storage, cd rack by alexander kromer. |
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‘flat hat’, a leather bowl that unzips to be flat, by bomb design.
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table-tennis bat mirror by jan hartmann and andreas neubert,
produced by heimspiel. |
‘felt fellows’ bags by patrizia yasmine graf of pyg design |
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‘get cosy’ pocketed cushions and ‘get inside’ blanket with armholes
by bomb design. |
detail of the cushion pocket.
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‘the female interior designer’, felt carpet by cubeseven.
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smile!
designer martin neuhaus and cubeseven cologne owner markus gogolin
at the back. up front (on the red couch ‘meterware’ by alexander krippstaedt and peter horn) are designers jan hartmann,
andreas neubert and alexander kromer. |
