A football table as an interior showpiece, a mobile kitchen, furniture hanging from the ceiling and snazzy furnishing items made from waste products - at the coming imm cologne, visitors can see all this and more at a joint booth for young, innovative companies from Germany. The creative show will be presented in Hall 1, where the "European Lifestyles" segment will be showing off its totally new concept for the first time. "European Lifestyles" brings together an exciting mix: quality, highly marketable products on the one hand (such as those that will be on show e.g. in impressive national pavilions from Rumania, Estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia) and unusual design pieces on the other, each of which, in its own way, can serve as an ideal sales booster, at least in niche markets. And all of it made in Europe!

Cologne's world-leading trade fair, interzum 2013, is enjoying a massive increase in both spaces booked and number of exhibitors. Once again, in May next year the innovation of interior piazza in Hall 4.2 will definitely be a crowd-pleaser – one that is aimed at architects and designers. In 2013 the emphasis will be on intelligent materials and components that will adorn the hub of the “Smart Materials” special exhibition.

Every two years, wood and furniture specialists from around the world come to Germany to attend the two most important trade fairs for their industry: LIGNA in Hannover and interzum in Cologne. The two fairs are staged in quick succession so that international visitors can attend both in a single trip. 2013 will be no different.

COLOGNE, GERMANY - Italy's Vibo produces wire home storage and other functional hardware products for closets, wardrobes, pantries and storage.

COLOGNE, GERMANY - Interzum, the wood interiors and furnishing materials show that, saw a total of 52,400 trade visitors (46,345 visitors in 2009) during its May 25-28 run in Cologne. Some 17,900 visitors were from Germany, 34,500 came from 147 countries around the globe (approximately 66 percent).

COLOGNE, GERMANY - Interzum 2011, the wood products industry's second biggest show this year got off to a good start, with event managers buoyed by strong pre-registration and a healthy showing of exhibitors.

The 2011 interzum awards were presented in an celebratory event tonight that included festive drumming, live jazz, and distribution of winners and runners up in major categories for design and innovation in wood and furnishings industries materials.