cologne

korean jungyou choi and joonsoo kim from studio joon & jung are presenting their ‘rocking on the beach’ chairs at the d3 contest at the imm furniture fair in cologne till sunday. the chairs are made of plastic pipes filled with sand. while using the chair a seashore sound appears.

joonsoo kim shows how one of the chairs works

cologne

the contain gallery has teamed up with veltins to make a special design lounge in the city center of cologne. maastricht-based fabian von spreckelsen and lisboa-based mathias witte were responsible for creating a matching interior for the new veltins image which shall point at a younger target group with a sense of style. yesterday they opened the lounge to the visitors of the interior design week in cologne. It is open till sunday from 11am – 11pm. beer is on veltins!

in the lounge

the gallery after the temporally redesign

fabian von spreckelsen and mathias witte
the designer of the veltins design lounge

ioanna paraskeva from the contain gallery +
markus gogolin from designspotter

essen

the thing with office chairs is that they mostly look hideous. but this prestigious red dot design award winner manages to pull it off. the ‘silver chair’ designed by architect hedi teherani for Interstuhl. the silver surface reminds me of my bread burner.

maastricht

today opened the ‘we were exuberant and still had hope, ettore sottsass: works from stockholm, 1969’ exhibition at the marres, centre for contemporary culture, in maastricht, netherlands.

the deceased italian designers warderobe from 1968 was the centerpoint of the exhibition. ettore sottsass (1917-2007) was renowned for unorthodox ideas in furniture.

wardrobe (also known as superbox), 1968
made by poltronova (agliana, Italy)
made of wood, plastic laminate

london

tomorrow is the last day of california-based artist john baldessari‘s ‘pure beauty’ exhibition at the tate in london.

I went there because a graphic design friend of mine, oliver klimpel, recommended it. I like baldessari’s graphical reflection on the nature of art. he made me grin. click here for more of his work.

everything is purged from this painting, 1966-68
at tate, london

I saw It (edition of 100), 1997