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110 results for Köln

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On record

18 April 2019

The star of ‘Deutschland 83’ reveals that acting is just a side hustle – his first love is music.

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Publishing dynasty MDS is growing faster than at any time in its 205-year history, but the man leading its charge into the digital arena is determined that the firm stays close to its founding principles.

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Office party

15 November 2012

The largest of its kind, Orgatec is a biannual trade fair that draws office furniture manufacturers from around the globe to the outskirts of Köln. It’s a chance for the industry’s largest names to showcase the office of…

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On the case

19 April 2018

One of the world’s youngest CEOs has set about refreshing the culture at luggage label Rimowa, bringing in new working practices, new talent and new business ideas.

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Big drawer

23 February 2017

IMM Cologne is where the major furniture trade deals are clinched. We sit down – on elegant chairs – with some of its most innovative attendees.

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Light in the dark

18 August 2016

German politician Henriette Reker was stabbed shortly before she became Köln’s new mayor – and just weeks later hundreds more women were assaulted. At a time of social and political unrest, can she give the city a glimmer…

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Garden Party

21 October 2015

We visit the world-leading garden trade fair where budding makers are challenging the supremacy of cheap imports.

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In good faith

21 February 2013

A new mosque in the heart of Köln is set to be the largest in Germany, inviting not only the city’s Muslim community but also a renewed sense of religious openness and the odd architecture enthusiast too.

Radio

Monocle on Design - IMM Köln furniture fair

27 January 2015

With the international design fairs now in full swing we continue our tour as Tom Morris visits the Köln furniture fair. We also call in at Berlin fashion week and preview Design Shanghai, coming up later this year.

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Ehrenfeld

17 May 2012

Once a workers’ district, the Ehrenfeld neighbourhood in Köln is luring a multi-cultural mix of families and creatives with its competitive housing prices and well- preserved architecture.

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Case study

25 April 2013

German luggage maker Rimowa broke into the tough North American luxury market with working practices and corporate ethics transplanted from its Köln home. As it grows its business, the company is confounding those who said…

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Architecture/Design

18 February 2010

The redesign for the Flemish Parliament in Brussels, a new collection from furniture designer Gesa Hansen, plus a Japanese architect who relocates neglected rural buildings to a new life in the city.

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Design

17 February 2008

Our report from this year's Köln furniture fair, a Danish art gallery and Finnish design grandee Yrjö Kukkapuro.

Radio

Monocle on Design - The best of Dutch Design Week

30 October 2012

The best of Dutch Design Week, we hear about the future of Belgian design and visit the Orgatec office furniture event in Köln.

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Local heroes

17 June 2011

From honey producers to fashion designers, Monocle meets the groups and business owners that have launched innovative projects to help bring communities together. Sometimes it makes good business sense too.

Radio

The Late Edition, episode 252

23 October 2012

We get the latest on protests in Kosovo and find out about the future of the workplace at Köln’s Orgatec office furniture fair.