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

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the most interesting shows we've seen around the parcours of the passagen programme, in the city of cologne. there were up to 20 different exhibitions, very close together, you could actually walk from one place to another. bulo 'think and dream' the boundaries betwen labour and leisure time are becoming increasingly blurred? do we need new ways of working? two belgian fashion designers ann demeulemeester and dirk bikkembergs have come up with a simple answer. http://www.bulo.com 'table blanche', design ann demeulemeester 'mat' (200 x 100 x 40 cm), design dirk bikkembergs why not get your work done as you are lying down? hidden celebrates its first anniversary (the dutch collection was first shown last year in cologne), all products are shown in a house ambient, room by room. the exhibition was designed by bibi & gutjahr. http://www.hidden.nl 'spherize', design n2 (valerie kiock and kuno nüssli) 'pof 1' lamp, design horgen glarus / n2 'marilyn, I can see your knickers', design el ultimo grito royal family - design labor 'playtime' collection by ana motjèr & oliver schneider http://www.royalfamily-designlabor.de agape italians very different bathrooms http://www.agapedesign.it 'foglio', design benedini associati a pvc sheet which simply collects the water 'mach', design konstantin grcic for public bathrooms or modern domestic enviroments dornbracht architctural visions for the new bathroom. on view were virtual projections by david adjaye, boa barber osgerby associates, torsten neeland and claudio silvestrin. the source of cleanliness in visionary spatial constellations, holistic spaces within the context of high-tech and architectural spirituality. http://www.dornbracht.com davide adjaye - 'landscape of bathing' is the vision of a total integration of working space and living enviroment also possible for the bathroom? gnausch 'bathing shell' by tilo gnausch wooden bath born of the latest vacuum and adhesive technologies. http://www.gnausch.de the walking house (ulrich beckert, georg soanca-pollak) http://thewalkinghouse.de the leaflet the lamp 'smartie' fontanaarte (founded in 1932 by giò ponti) http://www.fontanaarte.it window at 'pesch wohnen' lamp 'gles' by riccardo giovanetti kartell 'bubble club' the new outdoor sofa by phillippe starck on display at 'pesch wohnen' http://www.kartell.it noodles noodles & noodles the luxury item 'jailhouse de luxe', bed made of stainless steel http://www.noodles.de

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