“Cause every reflector does cause actor.”

Easy to miss on the huge Vulkan terrain, a small red brick entrance signposted only with two small lettered mirrors leads into a musty bunker. This is Nicola Richter’s (diploma designer) chosen spot for her installation “The Narcissus makes the Sisyphus”. Continue Reading »

Seit mehr als 20 Jahren vereint SIDI verschiedene kleinere und größere Möbel- und Interior-Designer aus Spanien unter seinem Namen. Dabei stellt SIDI professionelle Infrastruktur bereit, um die Designer national und international auf Messen und Ausstellungen sowie bei Wettbewerben bekannt zu machen. Der einzige außerspanische Sitz, der SIDISPOT, befindet sich in Köln. Neben der ständigen Ausstellung “Best of Spanish interior design” wird zu RHEINDESIGN der arquinfad award vorgestellt. Continue Reading »

Kalle Lasn (founder of the Adbusters magazine) had a lot of luck indeed. It always has been the hard fact that only those will receive the Cologne Thumper that will travel to Cologne to receive it physically. The case of Kalle Lasn was the first renunciation from this iron rule.

For the first time in the year 1996 awarded to Erik Spiekermann, the »Kölner Klopfer« (the German award name) then went to Axel Kufus (1997), to Droog Design (1998), to Anna Castelli Ferrieri (1999), to Motoko Ishii (2000), to John Maeda (2001), to James Auger (2002) and to Heinz Bähr (2005). A lot more were chosen, but did not arrive in Cologne to receive it. So Kalle Lasn can count himself lucky Continue Reading »

One could say that it is not too exciting to visit a design studio that is showcasing its portfolio. Luckywise Mike Meiré was showing around a group from Dornbracht, one of his clients when I entered the premises. So I could witness how entertaining Mr. Meiré is in presenting. One of the managers of Dornbracht even said that he would always »be over the moon« by his demonstrations.

That of course has been amusing to see – and it Continue Reading »