Tag: IMM Cologne

Perillo Chair by Martin Ballendat at 2011 IMM Cologne (2)

Perillo Chair by Martin Ballendat
Perillo Chair by Martin Ballendat. It was awarded with a 2009 Red Dot award.

Update: As indicated in the comments: Probably inspired by Pierre Paulin’s Ribbon Chair

Update 2: About Martin Ballendat:

DIPL. DES. MARTIN BALLENDAT

1958 born in Bochum
1983 diploma for Industrial Design at the university Folkwangschule, Essen
1983 – 1986 designer for the company Sedus, Waldshut
1995 head of the department design and product development for the company Wiesner Hager, Austria
Since 1995 independet design studio with 16 staff members and 2 locations in Germany and Austria

Active for more than 30 well known brands in 13 countries:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA, Poland, France, Thailand, Egypt, Japan and Turkey
Most important references: Dauphin (GER), Team 7 (AUT), Brunner (GER), Tonon (I), Züco (SUI), Mobica (EGY), Lucaris Glass (THA)
For more than 15 years lecturer and visiting professor at the university of applied sciences in the field of design in Graz and Salzburg

More than 100 design prizes and other rewards, among them: 25x Red Dot (2x Best of the Best), 13x IF-Award, Best of Neocon Chicago Gold and Silver,
Good Design Award, Best of the Best Interieur Innovations Award, Focus LGA Stuttgart in Gold and Silver, Design Plus Award, Materialica Award,
IIDEX Gold Award Canada, National Award Saarland and further prizes in Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Japan, China, Hungary and many more

member of the Rotary Club
married, four children

Source: Ballendat.com

Speedster Lounge Chair by Gerard van den Berg at 2011 IMM Cologne (1)

Speedster by Gerard van den Berg
Speedster by Gerard van den Berg sideview
I’ve been browsing IMM Cologne irl (In Real Life) for chairs yesterday, January 23, 2011. I’ll post about it as a series at 2011 IMM Cologne (1) etc.

The first chair that asked my attention is this Speedster by long time Dutch designer Gerard van den Berg. Just before I decided to pay IMM a visit, I was wondering why I hadn’t published anything from his hand, because some of his chairs are very comfy. Nowadays Gerard produces some of his designs himself under the name Label.nl.

Folding Chair by Binh Dang

Brooklyn, NY, based Binh Dang showed this folding chair at IMM 2010 as part of the Pratt Institute’s Student group exhibition.

Via Yanko Design.

Utrecht or Metz chair by Gerrit Rietveld Reissued by Cassina

Utrecht or Metz chair by Gerrit Rietveld reissued by Cassina

The reissue by Cassina of Gerrit Rietveld’s Utrecht or Metz Chair:

IMM Furniture Show

Cassina presented its Maestri collection which re-produces classical designs in new materials. The exclusive reproduction rights have been acquired by the company for Le Corbusier, Rietveld, Mackintosh and some more.

Via Core77.

Cologne Design Festival 2009 – Jennifer Heier – Relegs Chair

As part of the d3 design talents at the IMM in Cologne, Jennifer Heier demonstrates her Relegs Chair – a chair that can be used in two different positions, either as an ordinary chair or as a recliner. The idea for the design was to create a chair which reflected the idiomatic expression “to go down on bended knees”. Before the user can rest comfortably the chair has to kneel down. Users as masters and furniture as servants?

Source Cologne Design Festival 2009: Video Drive-By: Jennifer Heier: Relegs Chair – Core77

Update: The video disappeared since posting and Jennifer’s site disaappeared as wel. I found a post on Contemporist and borrowed their photo’s