imm cologne 2008 - news

For those of you who wish to have been there - enjoy!

LA NUOVA CASA - this is my choice:)

What are the new trends from this year's fair? Here is one important opinion:

Dirk-Uwe Klaas, chief Managing Director of the Association of the German
Furniture Industry in Bad Honnef (VDM) on three current developments at imm
cologne 2008:
"Firstly, you will realise that the quality and presentation
of what is being offered has again clearly improved in comparison to previous
years. Secondly, we can clearly see that design and a demanding use of form is
no longer a must only in the more elevated price range, but also in the middle
and lower prices categories. And finally there is one big mega trend - the fact
that there are no trends. Variety is the order of the day, whether in relation
to furniture and technology, furniture and light or furniture and
ecology."

COR Couvert

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Although no major trends, I notice something I like - there seems to be a lot of natural wood in home furnishings this year which confirms the trend for solid wood pieces and visible woodgrain:

Dieter Knoll

Schulte Design
Scholtissek -

MDF - Italia S Table - defintely one of the most talked about products.

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