One of the unfortunate weaknesses of IMM Cologne is the general lack of new products on show - either at the fair itself or out and about at the fringe events.
That's not 100% IMM's fault rather the collective failing of a furniture industry that continues to focus, almost paranoid, on the Milan Design Week.
Fortunately there are one or two producers who are prepared to use IMM to launch new products - including Augsburg based Müller Möbelfabrikation.
Perhaps most eye catching of Müller Möbelfabrikations new products was the desk PS08 by Berlin based Lippert Studios. Appearing to have its origins in memories of the same era of school desks as My Scool by Ulrich Merz, PS08 is designed as a workplace for those who like to - physically - close their work for the day. Or for those who don't want others to see the state of their desks.
Such as us!
Available with or without plug and a light PS08 has a convenient drawer, has space to contain a laptop .... and features "soft close" technology which means that is shuts with a gentle, cushioned, motion rather than a sharp snap.
Meaning caught fingers shouldn't be a problem.
Hamburg based 040studio and Leipzig/Berlin Delphin Design meanwhile have further expanded Muller's wonderful range of mobile storage/side table elements.
The RW 700 by 040studio is a delightfully simple roll container that uses nothing more strenuous than waves in the metal sheeting to create the storage bays.
Equally minimal and innovative is Delphin Designs side table and newspaper holder V44.
As you all know we are big fans of chairs where newspaper/magazine storage space is built in to the structure. Or better put where possibilities in the frame are used to create newspaper/magazine storage space.
Thomas Wagner and Dirk Loff from Delphin Design have therefore set our heats racing with their wonderful "concave corner creates storage space" solution for the V44
The result is side-table where the interior space can be used for longer term storage, the top can be used for a cup of tea, and when your finished reading your magazine it can be conveniently curled up and stored within reach.
For us all three new products not only beautifully compliment the Müller Möbelfabrikation collection; but more importantly prove that one can release new products in Cologne and get attention.
