Between 19 and 25 January 2009, the furnishing show “imm cologne”, the design festival “Passagen” and many other events related to the theme of design will attract over 250,000 visitors to Cologne and will turn the city into a design metropolis. This year, alongside the usual events, three new special events will be offered under the label “Cologne Design Week”. The events will take place in the listed vaults of hall 11 in Rheinauhafen. |
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COLOGNE GUESTHOUSE - workshop and exhibition for young designers
Honeycomb panels, hundreds of metres of colourful sticky tape, acrylic paints and lots of ideas – these are the things that the 31 young designers under the guidance of top Israeli designer Arik Levy can draw upon when they are implementing their own personal ideas for the theme of living.
The designs will be presented in an innovative installation in an area measuring over 500 square metres from 19 to 25 January in hall 11 in Rheinauhafen. The participants of imm cologne’s d3 contest have been invited to the workshop.
The d3 contest is the new title for the internationally acclaimed competition for young designers “inspired by cologne”, for which students and graduates from design colleges who graduated less than three years ago can enter with their prototypes. |
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Arik Levy will lead the workshop. The Israeli designer lives in Paris. Having begun his career as a graphic designer he then completed studies in industrial design at the Art Centre Europe in Switzerland. His products have been awarded numerous design prizes, including imm cologne’s interior innovation award. With his office, L design, Levy works for international clients from the areas of furniture, accessories and lights. |
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THE PLACE - restaurant and club lounge
The international interior design community will be offered a central meeting place in the evening with the restaurant THE PLACE. The Belgian cult design brand Extremis is staging a stylish restaurant in the listed vaults of hall 11 in Rheinauhafen. New design trends can be discussed in a super atmosphere, accompanied by delicious food and a view over the Rhine. Nightcaps can then be had next door in the lounge designed by Arik Levy. Different DJs will be present each day and will ensure the right atmosphere for chilling out.
THE PLACE is located in hall 11, Im Zollhafen 5-9, 50678 Cologne, and is open from Monday, 19 January until Saturday, 24 January from 7.00 p.m. to 1.00 a.m.
CHAIR-ITY – design helps
200 designer chairs will change hands on Saturday, 24 January. In hall 11 in Rheinauhafen, people bringing in an old chair can exchange it for a high-quality designer chair for a donation of 100 euros. The money raised will be donated to the children’s aid organisation “wir helfen” from Cologne. From 19 January, a large number of the designer chairs can be previewed in the windows of Cologne’s shops. The swap campaign will take place on Saturday, 24 January from noon in hall 11, Im Zollhafen 5-9, 50678 Cologne.
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“wir helfen” is a charitable association that fights against child poverty in Cologne. The campaign’s motto is: “we help – because our children need better opportunities in life right from the start”.
Cologne Design Week is a joint venture by leading design institutions and companies from Cologne. These include: Design Post – Home of Design, imm cologne – The international furnishing fair, Spichernhöfe, KAP-Forum, Möbel Genske, Passagen, pesch wohnen, SIDI-Spot and City Marketing Köln. |
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All three events will be held in hall 11, Im Zollhafen 5-9, 50678 Cologne. It will be open from Monday, 19 January to Saturday, 24 January, from 7.00 p.m. to 1.00 a.m. The CHAIR-ITY campaign will take place on Saturday, 24 January from midday to 3.00 p.m. On Sunday, 25 January, hall 11 will be open from 3.00 p.m. until 6.00 p.m. Entry is free. |
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