Seeyou has to be one of the most unusual pieces shown at IMM Cologne. A collaboration between Hungarian designers Akos Maurer Klimes and Péter Kucsera in partnership with Ivanka Studio, Seeyou is the first contemporary grave design I’ve ever come across. Read more…
Johannes Hemann was one of young designers in the [d3] design talents section of IMM Cologne. His oddly-shaped pieces — a chair, a low table, and a lamp — are not typical show beauties, but there was something weirdly appealing about them. Read more…
There is something a bit strange about Dekka: light and shadow, structure and void, come together in a rather unsettling manner. Read more…
Horst Wittmann and Konstantin Landuris met as students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and quickly found common ground in their belief of how an object should look and function. They launched the design studio hansandfranz in 2006, refining their focus on clear geometric forms levened with clever details. Read more…
Bariq, a new chair from Zeitraum, manages to pull off the tricky balancing act of working with a trend. In this case, the faceted, pleated, folded look creates a product of timeless appeal. Read more…