Backstage Notes from the CAPITAL OF FURNITURE Sonja Hagen, Andreas Wukics and me stayed 3 full days in Cologne.
Discussing the next scene in front of the Volvo S60
VOLVO was so nice and gave us a brand-new S60 in order to explore the city a bit and to shuttle from the hotel to the fair and vice versa.
Sometimes you have to walk backwards
We walked perhaps altogether 200 kilometers and had finally 7 hours film material. Of course not all the big names could be covered, for instant Rolf Benz which really had a nice stand. However, we did it later at another fair in Vienna.
Decorative wall at Rolf Benz’ stand
We made two general videos about the “imm cologne” as well as the “Living Kitchen”. The latter one has been done with Mrs. Tamborini of the md-design scout.
Design scout Susanne Tamborini (with the flag) and her followers were welcomed by Alno resp. wellmann whilst Andreas is looking for new motives
Separate interviews have been done with Martin Bergmann of EOOS, Sotiris Lazou, Jorge Pensi, Nicole Roesler of KALDEWEI and Knut Skoe of the Norwegian Furniture Industry.
The bed-manufacturer Wonderlond gave Knut Skoe a comfortable place
For sure we also met other designers and curators like Alfredo Häberli, Peter Maly and Wolf Udo Wagner with whom we chatted also a bit.
Peter Maly drafted the stand of Ligne Roset Photos: Sonja Hagen