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The Stage Offers Latest Interiors Expertise at Imm Cologne
January 4,
2017 by Jane Chero in Designer Weekly, Industry, Special Events 
The Stage, The IMM Cologne trend forum, will offer an impressive lineup of programming at the upcoming international interiors show, taking place, Jan. 16 – 22 at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany.
Experts will discuss interior lifestyle and trends and designers will explain their concepts to provide an overview of current trend developments, this time from its new home in Hall 3.1.
Alongside trend talks on colors, materials and lighting, the contributions will primarily focus on current directions in all fields of interior design. But with The Stage, the Cologne international interiors show is doing more this year than providing a central rendezvous for its creative partners in the interior design industry: the forum also has an exciting program lined up for the public days of the fair. At the weekend, interior designers and design professionals will give consumers useful tips on interior decor.
Each morning, the program will open with a talk by Frank A. Reinhardt, who will give the audience the low-down on the highlights at the interiors show. To present the trend outlooks, the forum has secured an impressive list of leading female speakers. Gudy Herder from Barcelona will tell audiences what she sees as the four interior design and lifestyle trends to watch, while Johanna Bouko from Exalis will present interior design must-haves. The trend expert Ursula Geismann from the Association of the German Furniture Industry will focus on the current mega trends in her talk, and Katrin de Louw will give an industry perspective on trends.
The trend forum will also feature Todd Bracher, the American designer of “Das Haus”, who will present his house and his vision for elementary living at The Stage.
The forum will also focus on the popular topics of color, lighting and materials. Karl Johan Bertilsson from the NCS Colour Academy in Sweden will speak on current and future color trends on the trade visitors’ days
Interior design is another area that the weekend will look at in depth. Martina Brüßel from Aqua Cultura will give an overview of the different options for digitalizing the bathroom and explain how the bathroom can become a health center in our homes. Taking “The architect in my smartphone” as the title of his talk, Christo Mitov from Houzz will demonstrate how cooperation, exchanges of ideas and project planning can work online.
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