Corques – Cork Sofa and Armchair by Lucie Koldova – 2018 IMM Cologne 01


Corques – Cork Sofa and Armchair by Lucie Koldova

I’m planning to visit IMM Cologne again after two years of absence, while last year I visited Maison et Object in Paris instead of IMM. And nice to find out that the designer who will decorate The House (Das Haus) on invitation of the organizing trade show, did indeed design a sofa and a chair for the Belgian manufacturer Per/Use:

A large-scale object to serve as the centrepiece of the interior. It was a fascinating experience to sculpt an object out of a soft textured material. The subtle yet robust form and the combination of natural Portuguese cork and strawberry-red cushions is my personal visual statement.

Text: Lucie Koldova

Afterthought by Ron Arad

Afterthought by Ron Arad

My own photo of Aferthought taken at the Centre Pompidou at the occasion of Ron Arad’s overview exhibition.

While making Southern Hemisphere, Arad found his eye and imagination caught by two formed, untrimmed plates sitting in the workshop. He decided to treat these slabs as if they were an otherworldly and powerful press, locking a volume between them so that it seemed to be compressed—and called this idea an “afterthought.” The red version dramatizes the effect, highlighting the landscape within the piece.

Text: Moma

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel – 2013 IMM Cologne (11)

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel - 2013 IMM Cologne

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel 2013 IMM Cologne

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel

Informal working and lounging in an often formal world. Cheerful, free and variable – the Seating Stones by Ben van Berkel create generous seating landscapes. Inspired by nature, they fulfil our longing for naturalness and original forms of seating. Users intuitively follow the possibilities on offer: sitting or lounging around, relaxing or concentrating, on your own or in dialogue. A lively coming together of familiar Lounge Chairs, new Silent, Tub and Side Chairs as well as Poufs. No limits to the arrangements for creative spaces – in an open space office, in lounges, in an inviting entrée.

Text via Walter Knoll

Mademoiselle Lounge Chair by Ilmary Tapiovaara (1956) – 2013 IMM Cologne (10)

Mademoiselle Lounge Chair by Ilmary Tapiovaara (1956)

I’m not a Ilmary Tapiovaara design fan as the chairs and stools tend to fall apart because they cannot bear the load of sitting. In one way or another he wasn’t able to give his designs the sturdiness of real shaker chairs.

Chair DRB15 by Chad Womack

Chair DRB15 by Chad Womack

Chair DRB15 by Chad Womack

We do have a Facebook page for chairblog, but sometimes do not pay attention enough to the reactions of our followers there…as there was Chad Womack who pointed us to his chair DRB15 there.

Chair Model No. DRB 15 is composed of American Cherry solids with African Wenge back splat and polished Stainless Steel banding. The hand tied traditional sprung seat is shown in fine Cognac brown hide. The curved cherry back rest was glued up to the required thickness and band-sawed on a taper. The back rest blank was also positioned on a compound angle on the saw table so that no glue line was visible on the face, disrupting the pattern of the wood grain. The back splat is veneered in beautiful dark African Wenge and traced with a banding of polished stainless steel. Polished stainless hex key fasteners are used as both functional and decorative elements. The tapered Cherry back legs are splayed on a compound angle to give the chair an elegant stance