One major trend from Paris and Cologne: stronger presence of wood

This is not a new trend - it was there last year, too, but

"now the innumerable tree stumps have become more bulky and the whole thing comes across as being ostentatiously in too close touch with nature"

as from Stylepark describes it. And I agree to a great extent - overdoing the positive pursuit of sustainability and re-use of wood will alienate many people from the idea. On the other hand, I like the sophisticated and relaxed style of Gervasoni (above).
Some more examples:

Briccole Venezia, the design forms part of a larger project for Milan furniture company RIVA 1920 where 18 designers and architects have been asked to design products using recliamed oak from Venice’s waterways mooring posts substituted from the Venice’s lagoon because of wear and tear or breaking.
(via: Dezeen)

Base stools, design: Lukas Redwitz, made of oiled natural oak

Similar, but much more artistic are the cocktail tables from Suzanne Rippe's Bloc collection launched last week at Maison & Objet in Paris and this is an approach I strongly approve.
Examples of such approach there has been a lot at IMM Cologne, too, and I will quote again Thomas Wagner:

"In general in Cologne hand-made goods and arts and crafts would appear to be surfacing again. It is indeed amazing how quickly the void left behind in Cologne by absent designer manufacturers has been filled by handicraft beginnings or, in other words, the term design has been loosened from its industrial anchoring."

Another one - KAURI table and stools, and many more.

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Inspiration from Cologne

Some of the new designs that I liked from the Cologne furniture fair:
 

Knoll

Karat, 

Ruche, new sofa designed by Inga Sempé for Ligne Roset

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And one Top Pick from IMM by Platform: "Jasper Morrison continued the theme of natural and luxurious textures with his ‘Cork Table’ for Cappellini".(above) - a statement that can very well be used also for the KAURI table and stools above the Cork table.

IMM Cologne 2010 Introducing: THE MASHUP

Modern carpets, created from worn and rugged oriental ones:

 Using worn and rugged oriental carpets as raw materials, THE MASHUP rugs are made by first stripping down the originals to their bare essentials. The threads are refined using various methods, and are then reassembled precisely as THE MASHUP carpets - in a new, sophisticated patchwork pattern. Steeped in time-honoured techniques handed down through the generations, THE MASHUP gives the age-old oriental carpet modern appeal combined with a perfect, vintage look and feel.
THE MASHUP premium rugs are available in five standard sizes and six different colour schemes. Carpets can also be made to order in custom sizes, shapes and colour schemes.
Available from January 2010 from Kymo - a German label for contemporary floorwear. In keeping with the brand's philosophy 'Go on. And create.' the Kymo collection is characterized by a stylish, young, fresh and cutting-edge approach..
A great application of the popular re-use trend!
Нови килими от износени стари ориенталски килими - това ще покаже на наближаващия Панаир в Кьолн немската компания Kymo.  Серията се нарича THE MASHUP и включва 5 стандартни размера в 6 различни цветни схеми, но предлага и възможност за поръчки с различни цветове, форми и размери. Тази серия модерни килими е произведена от стари ориенталски килими чрез използване на оригиналните основа и нишки, но обработени и втъкани по нов начин. Резултатът е изискан модерен килим с мотиви тип patchwork.



source: imm-cologne
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