Expansion. It's not always good. Waistlines. Overdrafts. Weeks since you last phoned your mother. For example wouldn't be good. Business expansion is however good. And the best news is that (smow) continues to expand. Following on from the "original" (smow)rooms in Leipzig and Chemnitz, the (smow) online designer furniture store opened its virtual doors in 2008 before in 2012 (smow) Stuttgart joined the family. 2013 has already seen the launch of (smow) Erfurt, and since early October
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In a previous life Patrick Frey created one of our favourite Moormann products: Kant. And we think he may have done it again with Nook his new stool for vial. Manufactured in a single piece from VarioLine - an injection moulded plastic - the folded form is held together by an aluminium catch in the base. The tension generated in the VarioLine give Nook its stability and durability. In addition, thanks to the nature of the VarioLine Nook is weather and UV resistant and so can be used just
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According to the advertising information "The leaning lamp stresses the relationship between light and architecture by its generous gesture" That as may be, for us luca lean by maigrau is one of those genially executed design concepts that separate the chaff from the rye. Items leaning against walls is no new concept. Alone Moormann could create a category dedicated to furniture items that are supported by architectural supporting structures. But wheels aint new either...what is new is new
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Here's something that doesn't happen to us everyday... finding a product good, without even knowing what it's called. Or indeed who makes it. We discovered these delights in Hall 7. And there great. Just Great. You can sit on them. You can lie on them. You can hide in them. You can relax on them. You can work on them. You can sleep on them. Theoretically you could use them as a form of summer house; assuming you lived in a warm climate. It's not that unusual that a product causes
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Designed in 2005 for the French producer Ligne Roset, Facett by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec will be familiar, at least tactility, to all who know the Bretonnian Brothers Alcove Sofa for Vitra. A winner of a RED DOT award in 2005 the Facett armchair is part of a small range of living and dining room furniture that also features a sofa and dining chair. While garish orange/yellow isn't always our favourite colour, Facett simply wouldn't work in any other colour scheme. And exactly because the
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We're not going to pretend we're fans of Carnival. Truth be told, for us Carnival and Oktoberfest belong to a class of cultural events that indicate a nation still struggling to come to terms with the fact that woolly mammoths no longer roam the land. Or that women are allowed to vote. However, we're in Cologne and so we can at least pretend that we find alcohol fuelled violence oh-so amusing. Especially when presented in conjunction with a Papier-mâché model of Angela Merkel with an
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