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interior innovation award, 2009: Best System, SH05 ARIE by Arik Levy, photo: e15

A joint project between imm cologne and the German Design Council, the eighth interior innovation award will be presented in 2010. This much sought-after award underlines the importance of innovation for imm cologne.

A jury of leading international design experts will award the prize for the most outstanding innovations in five categories: Best Item, Best System, Best Detail, Materials Innovation and Classic Innovation.

All businesses exhibiting at the fair are eligible to take part, either with products already on the market or those that are being exhibited for the first time.

The interior innovation award will be presented during the opening party on the night before the fair starts.

Boulevard of Innovations offers an interior design show of an entirely different stripe.

Wandering along the Boulevard at imm cologne you can take in new developments and exciting innovations at your leisure.

There is no quicker and simpler way to take in the latest highlights from the leading manufacturers out of the enormous overall offerings.

In this exhibition the pinnacles of cutting edge design are displayed, along with all the products that have been nominated for the interior innovation award, as well as the prize winning designs.

Johanna Grawunder, member of the imm cologne trendboard, photo: Koelnmesse; Lutz Sternstein

Johanna Grawunder isn’t easy to pin down. She builds houses, designs interiors and creates classic industrial products for clients like Boffi, Flos, B&B or WMF. But above all, she creates exclusive furniture and lighting for galleries in Europe and the USA, often integrating LEDs and seemingly dematerialising the forms.

For her, light is an important medium for designing the interior as part of the whole. Nor does lighting always have to be a stand-alone item, believes Johanna Grawunder. Integrated into furniture, it’s simply there – and takes on a whole new quality.

The architect from California began her career in Ettore Sottsass’ Milan studio in 1985 and was involved with some of his most prestigious architecture and interior design projects.

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Gerald Böse, CEO of the Koelnmesse Executive Board

imm cologne 2010 – Remarks by Gerald Böse, Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH, at the European Press Conference on imm cologne 2010, in Cologne on 13th May 2009

Ladies and gentlemen,

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you today to Cologne for our press conference on imm cologne. Thank you for taking the time to find out what’s new at imm cologne.

Ladies and gentlemen, this year’s imm cologne has had a polarizing effect. There have been many positive comments about it, but I won’t hide the fact that there has also been criticism. It was therefore all the more important to reflect on various issues after the fair was over. Specifically, this means we must ask ourselves what the imm cologne of the future has to look like in order to retain and enhance its value for customers. What kinds of activities will be in tune with the times? In short, we have to let the exhibitors and visitors know just why imm cologne is the best option.

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A total of 1,057 companies from 49 countries are taking part in this year’s imm cologne, exhibiting the latest trends in the world of international furnishings including a multitude of new and potentially best-selling products. The “interior innovation award cologne”, which is a regular feature at imm cologne, honours the most outstanding innovations.

Our partner and organiser of this competition is the “Rat für Formgebung” (German Design Council), the German competence centre for design, which confers such prizes as the German Design Award. This year, about 250 companies submitted their innovations to compete for the interior innovation award. A jury of international experts chose the winners at the imm cologne.

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The top class innovative achievements of the exhibitors at the imm cologne 2009 will again be honored with the famous interior innovation award.

The prize will be awarded to the most prominent innovations in the following categories:

· Best Item
· Best System
· Best Detail
· Material Innovation
· Classic Innovation

As in previous years, the imm cologne has invited internationally well-known design experts to join the jury of the interior innovation award, in particular Weiterlesen…