Mid-January is nearly here again. Furniture manufacturers, designers and interior designers will once again be turning the halls of the imm cologne into a huge exhibition area. The D3 Talents design platform has long ceased to be an “inside tip” and is now widely regarded as a “must” for anyone with an interest in design. For at the D3 talent forum, visitors can discover products that are still waiting for their future: experimental designs, original creations and clever new construction principles developed by the most promising newcomers the design scene has to offer.
“With D3, we deliberately offer young designers a unique opportunity to present themselves to international experts, the media and companies,” says Gerald Böse, CEO of Koelnmesse. “Our commitment goes down well with the international design scene too. At the end of the day, it’s precisely this encounter between experimental design and the market-driven offerings of the furniture industry, the contrast between the commercial and the experimental, that makes the imm cologne so attractive to so many people,” adds the imm cologne’s Creative Director Dick Spierenburg.
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With its latest ad campaign, German furniture and furnishing concept manufacturer burgbad is breaking new ground when it comes to marketing sanitaryware. The drawings of French illustrator Jean-Philippe Delhomme are intended to appeal to a sophisticated target group for whom good style and humour are by no means mutually exclusive.
We generally encounter fittings, bathtubs, rainfall showers, washbasins and even toilets as highly polished stars set against a perfectly styled backdrop. Or as elemental water dispensers that bring us closer to nature. And indeed, the product collections from burgbad come across as sometimes architecturally reticent, sometimes sculptural-looking objects for the design-oriented bathroom. But in the new ad campaign, they are not the stars but merely the backdrop – for the people who live with them. “The product is an element around which the characters can play,” says illustrator Jean-Philippe Delhomme of the ad visuals he has created. “I’m not trying to isolate the product, but rather integrate it into the scene, as part of the character’s life.” weiterlesen…
Boomerang by Atmosfera - D3 Professionals exhibitor at imm cologne 2011. (Photo: Atmosfera)
[D³] Professionals offers the opportunity for young and independent designers and design studios to present their ideas to a wide audience and to achieve herewith contacts to the industry and the retail business. In 2011 28 young professionals from 9 different countries have presented their ideas in product design and interior design.
At imm cologne 2012 (16th to 22th January 2012) there will be the next opportunity for designers to present their visions and ideas for the future of furniture and interior design. We invite all interested designers and design studios to apply for participation. Become part of the [D³] COMMUNITY and apply today! The final deadline for your application is October, 31st 2011.
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The assembled talent of the design scene at a glance: the Koelnmesse-sponsored website d3alumin.imm-cologne.de presents participants who have taken part in the D3 Design talents format between 2004 and 2011 – together with the product or installation they exhibited at imm cologne.
The D3 Alumni online platform offers a permanent update in young design and a staggering potential: so far 206 colleges and 390 designers and studios have taken part in the “D3 Professionals” forum and 335 graduates in the “D3 Contest”. Participants in the forerunner projects Future Point and inspired by cologne will of course be integrated as well. In compact form, the site presents all the products and faces that have featured in the imm cologne’s newcomer forum over the years.
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Koelnmesse has commissioned the Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council to act as overseers and organizers of the young designers’ exhibition and prize at imm cologne 2012, the international furnishing show, which is named D3 Contest since five years and was formerly known as inspired by cologne.
Up to 30 new product designs, the work of design students and young designers from around the world, will be preselected and featured in a special exhibition for the ninth time. The jury for the design competition, the Interior Innovation Award 2012, (due to be held at imm cologne) will then choose the three most talented up-and-coming international designers for 2012 from these nominees.
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The assembled talent of the design scene at a glance: the Koelnmesse-sponsored website d3alumni.imm-cologne.de presents participants who have taken part in the D3 Design talents format between 2004 and 2011 – together with the product or installation they exhibited. The potential is staggering: so far 206 colleges and 390 designers and studios have taken part in the “D3 Professionals” forum and 335 graduates in the “D3 Contest”.
Participants in the forerunner projects Future Point and inspired by cologne will of course be integrated as well. In compact form, the site presents all the products and faces that have featured in the imm cologne’s newcomer forum over the years. Participants in the D3 Contest, the D3 Professionals and the colleges from D3 Schools can post their profile and D3 contribution along with their contact details. To make the extensive data easier to navigate, the entries can be sorted by the categories Product Area, Participants, Type of Organisation and Year.
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"Brickchandelier" of the D3 Design talent Pepe Heykoop. (photo: Koelnmesse)
The forum for upcoming designers and colleges, D3 Design talents, will be taking place in familiar form in 2011 too – with the three areas D³ Professionals, D³ Contest and D³ Schools. For students and designers who are still at the outset of their career, D³ Design talents offers a unique opportunity to present themselves to both professional circles and the media.
Over the last few years, D³ Design talents has evolved into a real highlight for visitors to the imm cologne, bringing fresh impetus to the interior design sector with creative ideas, abundant talent and fresh perspectives.
The compact format of the D³ Contest has proved particularly attractive – perhaps because it crystallises the creative potential of the next designer generation into concentrated form. The exhibition is curated by the German Design Council – the best 30 works amongst the numerous entries are selected for the show and the best three contestants presented with an award. All students and graduates who qualified less than three years ago are eligible to enter their prototypes. The D³ Contest aims to give young designers a platform where they can present their interpretations of the furniture, lighting, home textiles and accessories of the future to an international public.
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In 2011 D³ Design talents will be staged for the sixth time at imm cologne. This event for young designers, which consists of the three areas D³ Professionals, D³ Contest and D³ Schools, will generate momentum for the interior design of tomorrow. The inspiring and visionary designs that are presented here will be flanked and supported by other events and installations.
One innovation that will be introduced next January will be a form of presentation that aims to connect young designers even more closely with the trade fair activities. The designs of the winners of the D3 Contest will be presented in the pure village area rather than at the previous venue in the lower area of Hall 3. The stands of the D³ Professionals will also be placed nearby, in a “neighbourhood” of their own located one level higher in Hall 3.2. The intimate atmosphere and well-planned trade fair architecture of the pure village exhibition format, which was introduced in 2010, offers an ideal framework for the firework of ideas and unconventional designs generated by the next generation of interior designers.
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Koelnmesse has commissioned the Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council to act as overseers and organizers of the young designers’ exhibition and prize at imm cologne 2011, international furnishing show which is named D3 Contest since four years and was formerly known as inspired by cologne.
Up to 30 new product designs, the work of design students and young designers from around the world, will be preselected and featured in a special exhibition for the eighth time. The jury for the exhibitor prize, the interior innovation award cologne 2011, (due to be held at imm cologne) will then choose the three most talented up-and-coming international designers for 2011 from these nominees. A catalogue will be published on the occasion of the exhibition and the nominated participants will be actively involved in the press activities associated with imm cologne. Entry deadline is September, 19th, 2010
Application form: http://www.german-design-council.de/fileadmin/Ausschreibungen/D3Contest2011_application_form_s.pdf
[D3] Design Talents and Dezeen, the world’s most influential online architecture and design magazine, has teamed up with at the design fair imm cologne (19.-24.01.2010) in Cologne to present a series of interviews with upcoming and established designers and design-world figures.
Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview figures including Benjamin Hubert, Philippe Malouin, Gam Fratesi and Tomás Alonso, all of whom have exhibited at [D3] Design Talents in the past.
Established designers including Tomoko Azumi, James Irvine and Erik Degenhardt will also feature. All interviews will be filmed and broadcasted on www.dezeen.com after the show.
Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents will take place at 12.30 each day from Tuesday 19 to Friday 22 January in the lounge area of the D3 Design Talents Hall. We hope to see you there!
Venue: D3 Lounge, Hall 3.1, Stand B 030/E 049 imm cologne
Tuesday 19 January
12.30 James Irvine
12.45 Tomás Alonso
13.00 Tomoko Azumi
Wednesday 20 January
12.30 Philippe Malouin
12.45 Erik Degenhardt
13.00 [D3] Design Talents winners
Thursday 21 January
12.30 Marco Dessi
12.45 Gabrielle Amman
13.00 Gam Fratesi (Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi)
Friday 22 January
12.30 Benjamin Hubert
12.45 Kai Linke
13.00 Reinhard Dienes
