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Greece's Varangis was showing a modern collection that included the table above with a depression in the middle that doubles as bowl. Also on view, more bent wood in the form of chairs and a metal strand coat rack, after the jump.
IMM Cologne 2007: Varangis


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Zanotta's cult classic Karelia chair, designed by Liisi Beckmann in 1966, is back (above) with new colors.
IMM Cologne 2007: Zanotta


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Berlin's Parkhaus had an accordion-like pendant light called Flexxxibile on display.

IMM Cologne 2007: Parkhaus


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Spain's Punt Mobles had several interesting items in their booth. From left above; Dedal (thimble) chair, single elx (elk ;)) coat hook, penjArt coat rack. Dedal was designed by Ana Mir and Emili Padrós of emiliana design and both single elx and penjArt are by Vicent Martinez.
IMM Cologne 2007: Punt


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Italy's Servettocose was showing roto-molded (hollow) plastic mirrors and room dividers.
IMM Cologne 2007: Servettocose


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Although we've seen a lot of laser cut, bent metal furniture, Vibieffe's Roses lamp is different in both function and scale. The lamp incorporates a small table at its base, but what you can't tell from the picture, is its size, it's quite large at two meters high.
IMM Cologne 2007: Vibieffe


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Outdoor furniture maker Gandia Blasco had odosdesign's Ensombra fan parasol at the show.
IMM Cologne 2007: Gandia Blasco


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Elmar Flototto's collection was on the wall. The makers of the inflatable Couch and Reinhard Zetsche's Flowerpower fan had a number of new items in their booth of note including the Twist Lamp and Abraham chair, see both after the jump.
IMM Cologne 2007: Elmar Flototto


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Studio Vertijet's Lava seating system for Cor (above) is more versatile than expected. The elements include seat backs that can be fixed in place and a cushioned roll-up carpet that ties all the pieces together. More after the jump.
IMM Cologne 2007: Cor


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We've seen Anta's Zac light before, but here it is in context. It has a 7-millimeter fluorescent tube that sends light through an aperture in the adjustable arm. Designed by Berlin designer-artist Frank Oehring.
IMM Cologne 2007: Anta


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Baleri had two Jeff Miller designs, obo containers above, and a glass topped bigbendtable. obo are multipurpose asymmetrical containers made of plastic using a 'carousel moulding' technique that creates a bright, polished, and scratch resistant surface.
IMM Cologne 2007: Baleri


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New (above) and recent rapid prototyping designs from MGX. More after the jump.
IMM Cologne 2007: MGX


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Koziol makes interesting partition systems, aka modular ornaments. Typically you can connect them together to make small or large partitions but you can also use them to cover walls or ceilings (as 'Cherrie' above). "Made of soft plastic, they can bend in all directions without breaking. The strands simply hook together. Because the material is so flexible, the elements can be pieced together to form all kinds of shapes – from spheres and columns to trees and domes."
IMM Cologne 2007: Koziol


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Switzerland's nanoo by faserplast was showing their expandable nan11 Bench, nan12 Room Divider/ Wardrobe and nan13 Floor Lamp.
IMM Cologne 2007: Nanoo


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At Vitra designer Greg Lynn's Ravioli armchair, above left, is in production as is Verner Panton's Junior chair (collection?) - we saw a lot of junior-sized furniture in the booth, above right. After the jump, the Bouroullecs' Extra Late Sofa and Hella Jongerius' Polder sofa is available in new colors
IMM Cologne 2007: Vitra


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We felt there weren't enough images of IMM's Ideal House by Naoto Fukasawa (of +-0 fame) so here's more above. More still after the jump.
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Ligne Roset had several new products in their booth, clockwise from above left; a version of their classic Togo sofa for kids, foldable felt footstools, fibre table lamp, a Facett dining chair, magazine holders and a floor lamp with lit articulation.
IMM Cologne 2007: Ligne Roset


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Droog was all there. It was the first time Droog displayed all the furniture from their catalog in one place, including limited edition objects such as the Red blue lego chair, Kokon furniture (above left foreground) and Hole chair. Four well known prototypes were also on hand, they've been further developed "into well functioning designs"; Slow glow lamp, Clothes hanger lamp, Heat wave electric radiator and Swing with the plants.
IMM Cologne 2007: Droog


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MDF Italia had several new products on display, the Highboard shelving system and designer Cory Grosser's Intersection coffee tables above, as well as their Monolite media centre for flatscreen TV and related equipment (see it after the jump). Of note, the Monolite is retro, it makes your LCD look like an old style TV, but in a package that's distinctly modern, not unlike the Plusminuszero LCD TV that's shaped liked a cathode ray tube.

IMM Cologne 2007: MDF


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Various snapshots from the show floor, clockwise from above left; Schoenbuch coat rack, Limited Edition carpets, Adnan Serbest no. 7 chair, Konstantin Grcic's Miura table for Plank to go with his Miura stool, Parkhaus' Design Classics (cushions for classic chairs) and Mox's Mila shoe rack.

IMM Cologne 2007: Varia


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IMM Cologne 2007 Inspired
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Britta Böhne's Cable Carpet. Why hide cable clutter when you can embrace it and make it an integral part of your environment? The cable's path is cut into the carpet, but there's also an insert that the cable snaps into to hold it in place. More after the jump. Britta has a placeholder website here.
IMM Cologne 2007 Inspired: Britta Böhne


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Vienna-based Marco Dessi's twisted radiators.
IMM Cologne 2007 Inspired: Marco Dessi


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Henrik Drecker's Bruce balcony barbecue grill (left) and Lumir window light (right). Bruce is made "save space on the often very small balconies", it hangs off a balustrade like a flower box. Lumir lights the outdoors from the inside, it "can be attached on the inner side of the balcony door or window. With the aid of a vacuum cup Lumir sticks to the window glass."

IMM Cologne 2007 Inspired: Henrik Drecker


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There were several chairs, and chair-like objects, at Inspired including (from above left); Rodrigo Vairinhos' indoor-outdoor V.chair, Marina Weddeling's schmalhans, "tomorrow's wardrobe is yesterday's chair", and Philipp Wanders' 03 rocking chair with Taschide's mirror objects on the wall in the background. Also after the jump, Bernhard Schwarzbauer's Streamer chair.

IMM Cologne 2007 Inspired: chairs


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Here are three objects, not chairs, nor sofas, but made for sitting; Eli Gutierrez's indoor-outdoor Growth bench, Gregory Blain's La Plateforme, "This furniture takes up existing structures and opens up hitherto unused spaces", and Nicolas Hubert's Diabolo "employs the traditional know-how of a wool-mattress craftsman."
IMM Cologne 2007 Inspired: seating