Tag: IMM Cologne

Barca at 2011 IMM Cologne (22)

Barca at IMM Cologne 2011
Barca Chair by Jacob Joergensen

Barca Chair

I was taking photos at an IMM booth that didn’t give away much of what it represented or whose booth it was.

I saw a Barca Chair which I knew we had featured here at Barca Chair by Jacob Joergensen.

So I did some research while focusing on the Barca chair. It pointed me to the German Designer Club Group on Flickr, and I came to understand that it was a Global:Local booth.

The Germany based site Designspotter mentions:

global:local is an initiative to promote quality-driven handcrafts from traditional regions throughout the world. It has 25 participants from Japan and Germany. global:local is an idea from Designer Wolf Udo Wagner and Minoru Nagahara. Patrons are IMM, DDC, Asahikawa Furniture Cooperative. More information at www.projekt-globallocal.de

However, the site www.projekt-globallocal.de doesn’t seem to exist. Hm reason is the url is not with a .de extension, but with a .com extension. It should read www.project-globallocal.com. Ah and now it becomes clear why Google doesn’t pick it up: There is an error in the name… one l instead of two…. they spell it as Globalocal… Ah and now it becomes clear that one of the initiators is the German Designer Club, or Deutscher Designer Club. My oh My as a blogger you have to be persistent!

Conde House has a working site. and is one of the initiators of global:local.

So now I can relate to certain other photos I made at the booth.

Francisca Grossetete at 2011 IMM Cologne (21)

Francisca Grossetete Chair

Francisca Grossetete chair

Francisca Grossetete at 2011 IMM Cologne (21)

Francisca Grossetete is another Student whose chair was exhibited at the booth of the Interior design Faculty of the University of Trier (Fach Hochschule Trier) at 2011 IMM Cologne.

When looking once or twice at the first photo I though “Couldn’t she get the seat straight?”, but it is the deception of the diagonals she used. Nicely done!

Alpha Chair by Dustin Jessen at 2011 IMM Cologne (20)

Alpha Chair by Dustin Jessen

When I saw this Alpha Chair by Dustin Jessen at 2011 IMM Cologne somewhere lost in a corner of the Folkwang booth, I thought: “I know this chair and I know I’ve featured it already on Chair Blog quite some time ago”. So I took a fast and hence not so sharp photo (also because its back was dented a bit) and put the leaflet in my pocket….Back home it took some time to connect the dots…and here the dots are connected: Blu dot had created the Real Good Chair:

…Then you realize that your memory is not perfect. Blu Dot used another form and another way of creating the folding line. Moreover the Alpha is stackable. Sorry Dustin.

Serpentine Armchair by Éléonore Nalet at 2011 IMM Cologne (19)

Serpentine Chair by Éléonore Nalet at 2011 IMM Cologne

Éléonore Nalet‘s serpentine chair was featured at 2011 IMM Cologne.

Serpentine is an armchair designed for sitting outside all year long. The delicate metallic structure reminds one of winter vegetation. When Summer comes back, Serpentine is dressed with long colored cushions that entwine the backrest and armrests supports. You can still glimpse the underlying metal frame, but your body will never feel its touch. The weaving creates a comfortable and welcoming irregular upholstery.

Masters Chair by Philippe Starck at 2011 IMM Cologne (18)

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Masters Chair Diagram

The Kartell booth at 2011 IMM Cologne featured the Masters Chair by Philippe Starck that combines 3 famous chairs, the Series 7 by Jacobsen, the Tulip by Saarinen, and the Eiffel Chair by Eames. Glad I can feature some of my own photos.