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Chips lounge chair by Lucie Koldova for TON

The new Chips lounge chair by Lucie Koldova for TON will be on display at both the DAS HAUS installation and TON’s stand. The curvaceous model makes full use of […]


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A Chat with String Furniture’s co-Founder

In 1949 Swedish publishing house Bonnier came up with an ingenious idea to encourage people to buy more books – they announced a competition asking for architects to design a […]

Sebastian Herkner shines at IMM - DAMN° Magazine

Sebastian Herkner shines at IMM

Typical at any big international furniture fair is an energy surrounding the work of a hyped designer. Buyers, clients, producers and the media hover, toast and celebrate the man-of-the-moment’s success; […]

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Home Talent

Interior Design Week Cologne: Generation Köln

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Let There Be Light!

Light Labs installations for Featured Editions

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School Report

There are a number of design schools, universities and institutes at imm cologne (Hall 3.1), overwhelmingly from Germany. Education, the what, how, why, and where – not to mention cost – is such a crucial issue for all countries, DAMN° ...

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Pure Talents Contest

A Generation Reflects

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Home Fires

Lucie Koldova: Czech designer is guest of honour for Das Haus 2018 at imm Cologne

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Dubbed the “first TikTok war” the current battle raging in Ukraine against Vladimir Putin’s reckless imperialism is taking advantage of user outrage.

As British art critic John Bergen so poignantly said, “Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established.” And that’s just what we all want – TikTokers, magazine subscribers, TV addicts, artists, designers, and architects alike.

In the new issue of DAMNº – The Art of Protest – we side with those creatives whose work bites deep, with those who use their craft to protest, and specifically with those who reach out to the public directly as collaborators in that fight against iniquity. We have tried to extend the impact of cultural protest to emphasise those artists and designers who go beyond mere representation and dare to discuss real solutions.

And even if the medium of protest expands in the age of social media, it should be recognized that rough skills as well as cheap accessible materials have always been at the core of protest art – posters then, memes now, photography then, NFTs now.

The kernel usually starts emotional and even angry before the narrative cleans up and moves across the spectrum into polite society where eventually even galleries and collectors become enthusiastic.

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