Category: Thonet
smow blog 2014. A pictorial review: March
According to our pictorial review of March 2013 it was “a month of travelling: Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Weimar, Dessau….. its amazing
Orgatec Cologne 2014: Thonet
For just about as long as Thonet have been producing furniture one of the company’s most important designers has been
Thonet Exhibition Special: Buy Four Thonet Chairs. Recieve a Free Tecnolumen Wilhelm Wagenfeld Lamp
“When”, we asked in context of the Grassi Leipzig exhibition Sitting – Lying – Swinging. Furniture from Thonet, “does an exhibition
(smow) blog compact 1st of May Special: Frères Bouroullec versus Gebrüder Thonet
By way of a 1st of May, International Workers’ Day, special…… in Milan Ronan Bouroullec told us that the brother’s
Sitting – Lying – Swinging. Furniture from Thonet at the Grassi Museum for Applied Arts, Leipzig
Standing in the Leipzig Grassi Museum for Applied Arts, surrounded by 150 years of Thonet chair history, Peter Thonet, x-times-great
5 New Design Exhibitions for April 2014
April 2014, as every April we can ever remember, means Milanese purgatory. Apparently it is meant to cleanse the soul,
The Kramer Principle: Design for Variable Use @ Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
If we were to be completely honest we would have to admit that although we were aware of the name
(smow) blog compact IMM Cologne Special: Thonet
Our coverage of IMM Cologne 2014 may be reaching its conclusion, but we still have a few gleaming gems to
IMM Cologne 2014 and Passagen 2014. Preview
On Monday January 13th the European design circus rolls into the new year with the opening of IMM Cologne 2014
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: January
January 2013 was, as every January, dominated by IMM Cologne, and all that that entails. In particular IMM Cologne 2013
A Brief History of Thüringen: The Congress of Erfurt, 1808
In 1808 Napoleon had a problem. Or better put, in 1808 Napoleon had a whole continent of problems. Spain, Austria,
Celebrating 5 years (smow) online. Thonet join the party…..
There are only very few furniture manufacturers who can claim to have been major players in two fundamental furniture design
Orgatec 2012 Interview: Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub
Since establishing their own design studio in Stuttgart in 1994 Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub have quietly gone on to
3 X iF Design Award 2013 for Delphin Design
As many of you know we officially gave up reporting on private design awards a couple of years ago –
IMM Cologne 2013: Thonet S 1520, S 1521 & S 1522
As we’ve said before, and will never tire of repeating, the Thonet back catalogue harbours an unparalleled treasure trove of
Gewerbemuseum Winterthur: Wood Loop – Auf Biegen und Brechen
At the risk of upsetting furniture historians, wood is probably the longest serving material in furniture design. It is also
The Great 2012 Thonet Bike Hoax.
This past week it’s been hard to escape images of a bentwood bike purporting to have been created by a
Vienna Design Week 2012: Misfits Revisited – Create your own Thonet
Was it not Pulp who in 1995 prophesied that the world would soon be dominated and controlled by mis-shapes, mistakes
Bauhaus Dessau: Marcel Breuer – Design and Architecture
Much as Gerrit Rietveld‘s career is publicly reduced down to the Rood-blauwe stoel, so too is it all to easy
Depot Basel No.5: Seats
Much like those who doubted that the Stone Roses would ever get back together; there are also those who doubt
MAKK Reprise: Thonet, Ron Arad, Satyendra Pakhalé
In addition to showing “From Aalto to Zumthor Furniture by Architects” the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln is also showing
Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat … gift ideas from House Thonet
If Christmas is a time for family, then Christmas is also surely a time to buy your gifts from a
Vienna Design Week 2010 – Liechtenstein Museum “Barock Splendour and Stainless Steel”
For us the Wiener Palais Liechtenstein is a building with almost religious meaning. For it was, in many ways, the
(smow) late summer 2010: Thonet Wohnshowroom, Museum and Biegerei
On the last Sunday of the school summer holidays over 35 production companies in and around Kassel stage an annual
(smow) late summer 2010: Thonet, Copenhagen, Vienna, Eindhoven…
When most people get itchy feet they go the podiatrist. We go on tour. For attractive as late summer evenings