january 2001.passagen, the 'off program' of the cologne furnituire fair 15.-21.01.2001.....................................................................................................

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january 2001 three pages! click on the icons to see more passagen, the 'off programme' of the cologne fair 15.-21.01.2001 events, exhibitions and parties

the architektur und wohnen award ceremony 'designer of the year 2001' this years prize went to - ross lovegrove -, 42 years old welshman, son of a marine officer... see our interview http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/lovegrove.html ross nominated the japanese designer tokujin yoshioka the young designer of the year. this was the fifth edition, the winner in 1997 was achille castiglioni, 1998: ingo maurer, 1999: philippe starck and 2000: paola navone, more on architektur und wohnen see www.architektur-und-wohnen.de cologne's chocolate museum, where the party was held and a view on the building where ross lovegrove was invited to set the exhibition of some of his most important works. barbara friedrich, editor in chief architektur und wohnen the organic-lounge details of the exhibition ross, showing organic-structures ross, wild at heart basement slide show of organic forms and a child walking on it 'memphis' a retrospective in a petrol station franta gallery http://www.franta.de franta is the best 20th century boutique in cologne, nice shop, nice people... what role does the car play today? an exhibition of works and installations, from interpretations to serious statements © all photos of this exhibition yorick carroux for more info see http://www.drive-in-cologne.de werner aisslinger : with an advertising contract, you might just get 'RICH OVERNIGHT' bibi gutjahr: 'PRIVATE ROOF PROJECT' radi designers : 'P.O.C. airbag' martí guixé : 'CAR FOREST' aromatic live plants for car interior konstantin grcic : 'SKYCAB' with juliane witte dumoffice: 'PETROL' the car. the man. the fragrance. rendel & spitz invited to a candlelight theme buffet. a gap yawns between two buildings constructed in the 1960s. 2.56 m wide and around 33 m long. hardly wide enough to park a couple of bicycles. this gap is the office of rendel & spitz. for info on rendel&spitz's services see http://www.rendelspitz.de konstantin grcic, johanna grawunder and timo salli formulated a statement on the theme of 'daring the gap' dining table and the pink ball by konstantin grcic a video installation of architectural drawings a light installation by johanna grawunder a view on the gap -office cappellini the cappellini night was fun ! giulio cappellini found that fantastic old building near the fair - something between the new yorker guggenheim and the oldest warehouse you can imagine - the cappellini collection was exhibited on the ground floor. guests lounges and dance floor on three floors. www.cappellini.it the balconies the exhibition more than 4000 guests and 'busy' bathrooms designbazaar german design students ( hbk saarbrücken ) created strange ready made objects and sold them for a cost between 1 and 100 marks, (which is about max. 50 euro). they found a very nice exhibit-location in a private appartment (the owners were on holidays). sometimes it was hard for us to pick up the amusing bazaar products in between the inhabitants' own every-day-kitsch. helpfull was the green spot... more products, see http://www.designbazaar.de holger schumacher, designer of this exhibition 'zwölfender' design dirk dreisigacker 'humpty dumpty', design femke piening this was the inhabitants' kitsch ?

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