Students. They're a bit like the monsoon rains in Bangladesh.
Cause havoc and distress, yet without them out them human life would eventually cease to be. And so we put up with them, because they are the future.
Weirdly.
Consequently the Cologne exhibition centre cellar, as are all cellars at such trade fairs, is currently rammed full of design students.
Under the combined title: [D³] Design Talents the IMM organisers have combined three streams:
[D³] Contest- a contest
[D³] Professionals - young, independent designers and design studios
[D³] Schools - colleges and universities.
The quality of the work on show is generally of a very high standard, and so in contrast to our original plan of getting in and getting out as quickly as possible, we've decided to linger a little longer.
Over the coming days we will present our impressions from the three strands, and of course those works which for us really stood out.
