Fairs

When Moses curiously approached the burning bush in the desert, God told him to remove his shoes because he was treading on holy ground. Shoes have a symbolic aspect, in that taking them off puts us in contact with the ground. We are in closer touch

At DOMOTEX 2019, designers and producers stage creative presentations of carpets and flooring in direct relation to the current keynote theme and CREATE’N’CONNECT.

From micro homes to coworking spaces, smart room concepts to healthy environments: megatrends, such as health, 'New Work', neo-ecology, networking and urbanisation, are increasingly manifesting themselves in interior design. Hand in hand with this,

Ambiente, the international consumer goods fair, will open its doors once again in February 2019. Some 4,500 exhibitors will be presenting new ideas, trends and products in the fields of Dining, Giving and Living. For the eighth time, Ambiente has

Attended by more than 38,000 international visitors, Domotex is hugely influential in spreading the word about cutting-edge developments in flooring. Helping to articulate these is its extensive programme of talks and lectures held throughout the

The main hub reflecting Domotex’s keynote theme next year — Create‘N’Connect — is the display Framing Trends in Hall 9. This will showcase experimental ideas by manufacturers, interior designers, artists and students who have freely

Leading floor covering fair Domotex in Hanover, Germany — held next year from 11 to 14 January 2019 — invites visitors to let go of preconceived ideas about carpets and floors and view them as an arena for boundless creativity. Flooring grounds

Burly men with sledgehammers and steel lunchboxes, wolf-whistling in hard hats. While this stereotype of the construction industry may be entirely fictional, the building site still seems like the last place to find Silicon Valley tech. While

When it comes to architecture and specifically interior spaces, we take it almost for granted that the built landscape around us functions as a kind of carapace. Traditionally, hard planes and surfaces define our environments, creating volumes that

Trends and innovations for contract textile furnishing are at the heart of the Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo – individual, sustainable, functional.

From 8–12 February 2019 the international consumer goods fair AMBIENTE will provide insight into the relevant design trends of the future. Find out now what awaits.

Private introductions to exhibitors, investors and other influential decision-makers at DOWNTOWN DESIGN as well as workshops conducted by opinion leaders revealing insights into new trends. Text by Dominic Lutyens

With "Toward Utopia", HEIMTEXTIL, international trade fair for home and contract textiles, is setting the course for the new trend season 2019/2020.

Ambiente 2019 invites visitors to explore the latest products from around 4,500 exhibitors and discover the newest trends and talents in the world of international consumers goods with its extensive event programme.

Nicolette Naumann, Vice President Ambiente, speaks about the Frankfurt fair's lasting influence on the world of international consumer goods.

Staying up to date is essential to staying in business so take note as Ambiente Trends 2019 shares the latest, in-depth design trend forecasting research.

The DOWNTOWN DESIGN Trade Programme offers industry professionals a chance to optimise their time at the fair with the advantage of a tailor-made schedule and exclusive access.

The Forum programme of this year's DOWNTOWN DESIGN fair offers insight into the design world's most pressing issues with a line up of talks by international experts.

This year's edition of DOWNTOWN DESIGN lays down the blueprint for the future of design fairs.

The upcoming ORGATEC trade fair from 23–27 October 2018 will shed light on how co-working and other collaborative office concepts are changing the work environment.

The third edition of the Warsaw Home International Fair of Interior Design begins on 4 October. This is the last moment to reserve time for this spectacular event in the world of design.

Strength! is the theme of Warsaw Home International Interior Design Fair’s third edition and it highlights Poland’s emerging position on the scene.

Top name guest speakers are just part of the proof Warsaw Home Fair is quickly becoming a significant meeting place for the international design market.

With a central theme of "culture@work" this year's ORGATEC, the leading trade fair for the modern working world – held from 23-27 October – presents an extensive programme of events offering a comprehensive look at the future of workplace

Founder and CEO of Warsaw Home Fair, Kasia Ptak knows how to pique interest in Poland’s potential to be the next hot spot for the international contract market.

One could say that WARASAW HOME in 2016 was the next big thing. Today, this has become a reality.

WantedDesign 2018 will take place May 17 – 22 With its marquee events during NYCxDESIGN in May, WantedDesign is a platform dedicated to promoting design and fostering the international creative community at large throughout the year.

Denmark’s first and largest architecture festival opens its fifth edition with a packed program, presenting again this year the range of the architectural field and a high level of ambition. Over 220 architectural ventures in Copenhagen, Aarhus,

In these years Brera Design District has been establishing its role as first and most important district promoting design in Italy.

ARCHITECT@WORK will take place for the third time from 16 to 17 May in Copenhagen. At the exquisitely curated international trade fair, over 300 carefully selected exhibitors will present the newest and most innovative products, materials and

After the great success of the first edition, during Milan Design Week 2018, Isola Design District will be back. The doors of hidden locations, private courtyards and artisan labs of the neighborhood will open again to host young designers and

MILAN – Ventura Future is the latest event by Organisation in Design and will take place during Milan Design Week (17-22 April, 2018) in three exceptional locations in the Loreto district in Central Milan, only two metro stops from Ventura Centrale

LUMINALE 2018 will feature international lighting art, mark an attitude to aspects of urban design, and show the biggest popcorn machine in the world.

MILAN - Last year Ventura Projects unclothed the massive industrial warehouses under the Milan Central Station for the public of the Design Week, making room for spectacular installations of renowned international design labels and studios. This year

This year's edition of the LIGHT + BUILDING Fair takes into account the increasing need for security in both the residential and contract sectors and focuses on the latest developments in smart security technology.

General Director of Design Week Mexico and World Design Capital Mexico City 2018 revealed the details of the World Design Capital Mexico City 2018 activities program.

EuroShop spin-off C-STAR is hitting Shanghai for the fourth time, under the banner "Shape the Future of Retail".

Life and work in urban centres will face growing challenges in the future. Digitally networked building technology offers solutions while raising the bar for comfortability.

With a new, user-friendly concept and a creative, trend-focused supporting programme, this year's edition of DOMOTEX fascinated both visitors and exhibitors.

Vienna-based architecture festival TURN ON rings in its 16th year with an ambitious, wide-ranging lecture program spread across two-and-a-half days beginning Thursday 8 March.

Feel the future. The latest edition of the world's leading trade fair for lighting and building-services technology is all about innovation.

Light solutions, which as per wavelength design diminish threshold-fears, trigger curiosity, extend retention time and generate enthusiasm, are Top Theme at Light + Building in Frankfurt from 18th to 23rd of March.

Trend Bureau bora.herke.palmisano realizes four fascinating scenarios in the Trend Forum. Inspiration for retailers, designers and architects alike.

For over ten years now, the world's biggest consumer-goods fair AMBIENTE has provided its visitors with a valuable overview of the latest trends and developments. This year, their new Business Matchmaking services allows you to establish relevant

Integrated digital technology in-store: it’s the sign of the times. ISE’s half-day Digital Signage Summit offers exclusive market intelligence and excellent networking opportunities.

One day. Over 30 of the finest minds in smart building.

Seated at the top table when it comes to the white-hot debate around smart technologies and how they can – and will – shape the development of our cities, architect Carlo Ratti gives a not-to-be-missed opening address at ISE 2018.

Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair kicks off on February 6-10 2018. Visitors from all over the world will come to the fair and to see the latest trends in furniture and lighting and more than 80 design events will also be held throughout the entire

Opening of the ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Interior 2018 exhibition and a social programme rich in variety

MAISON&OBJET PARIS’s location for prestige and uniqueness. Creativity and innovative elements are united in a veritable temple of design and luxury lifestyle, and which reaches out to visitors from all around the world. Looking for prestige and

Entitled “The future is urban”, visitors to the Theme Park at Heimtextil from 9-12 January 2018 can expect a multi-sensory experience.

Print technologies for creating unique products, sound-absorbing designer flooring, super-fluffy textured carpets and the rediscovery of herringbone parquet: sustainability is the universal aspect uniting the new flooring designs at DOMOTEX 2018.

Interior decoration is part and parcel of the hospitality on offer. Beautiful walls, high ceilings, inspiring and comfortable furniture, cleverly curated accessories: every detail matters and sparks emotions in visitors, who will long to return.

With the "Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo", HEIMTEXTIL offers up a new exhibition format complete with expert tours, events and inspiring lectures – specifically tailored to the needs of the hotel industry and architects

Next February’s edition of AMBIENTE – the leading international consumer-goods trade fair in Frankfurt – sees award-winning product designer Robert Bronwasser curate a recontextualisation, and celebration, of everyday Dutch design culture.

Architects and interior designers discover at Heimtextil a wealth of inspiration at a wide-ranging supporting programme

DOMOTEX will take place in Hanover from 12 to 15 January 2018. With a top-notch lecture programme, the world's leading trade fair for carpets and floor coverings approaches the trend towards individualisation under the motto "Unique Youniverse".

HEIMTEXTIL 2018 combines diverse programming for decision-makers in the contract sector under the expo title “Interior.Architecture.Hospitality”.

Architonic talks to Lucie Koldova about her work on the installation Das Haus 2018, part of the upcoming IMM COLOGNE. The young Czech designer was invited by the fair to stage "a poetic experiment of light".

The 2018 edition of Domotex, the world’s leading trade fair for floor coverings, comes with a breath of fresh air: one of the many new features is a curatorial approach to exhibition design in connection with an overarching keynote theme.

In its “Theme Park” inspiration area, the upcoming Heimtextil (9-12 January 2018) will reveal how urban life is likely to impact the worlds of living and working in future.

World Architecture Festival (WAF) and its co-located event, INSIDE World Festival of Interiors, will welcome more than 2,000 of the world’s leading architects and designers to Berlin for three days of conference programmes, awards, exhibitions and

Artists, as well as design and architecture students, are developing creative flooring projects around the Unique Youniverse theme, providing a glimpse into their work in progress.

(Article available in German only) „Mit der kommenden blickfang Zürich werden wir selbst diejenigen Besucher überraschen, die denken, schon alles gesehen zu haben“: Vom 10. bis 12. November zieht die blickfang Zürich um – und erfindet sich

New event format for interior design within Heimtextil dedicated to show textile solutions for interior design, architecture and hotel furnishing.

In the run-up to the neue räume 17 design exhibition that takes place from 15 to 19 November in Zurich, eight renowned Swiss designers came together for a constructive debate about current trends and future challenges of "Swiss Design".

imm cologne, the international design fair that’s long operated as a platform for new concepts and trends, takes the lead once more, making digitalisation an integral component of its offering for 2018.

It's often the detail that counts. Particularly when you're designing a memorable restaurant, bar or café project. Architects know where to go for inspiration and specification – Ambiente 2018.

Next month sees the global hotel design, development and architecture communities descend upon the Business Design Centre, London for Sleep 2017.

The 9th edition of Design Week Mexico — the country’s prominent platform for design and architecture — closed on Sunday October 15th, with an ambitious program of exhibitions, residencies, talks, architectural interventions and trade fairs

Architonic talks to architect Peter Ippolito – head juror for Domotex's forthcoming Framing Trends exhibition – about the international flooring fair's new thematic focus on individualisation and what it means for architects and other specifiers.

Being a guest country in DESIGN WEEK MEXICO 2017 is a great honor for Switzerland, especially a few months from the World Design Capital Mexico 2018 that will reveal the Mexican capital in the World.

With less than two months to go before Sleep, Europe’s hotel design event, opens its doors at the Business Design Centre in London, anticipation is building.

Introducing the new Talks Programme at designjunction, set to challenge, provoke and engage

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is Austria’s largest design festival. After the 10th anniversary last year the festival now celebrates its 11th edition. VIENNA DESIGN WEEK defines design as an essential part of the cultural production. The festival shows that

which hosts Switzerland as Guest Country and Puebla as Guest State

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is Austria’s largest design festival. After the 10th anniversary last year the festival now celebrates its 11th edition. VIENNA DESIGN WEEK defines design as an essential part of the cultural production. The festival shows that

Excitement is growing: Within a week, Zurich will be the stage of the most interesting Swiss design event, for four days - from September 7 to 10, 2017.

On Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 and Friday 8 September the focus on experience will be continued with MoOD, Indigo Brussels, MoOD Innovation, MoOD Tech and the 18/19 trend story. Join us at Tour & Taxis, Brussels!

The first Design Biennale Zurich 2017 with the motto “HELLO FUTURE” will be launched in exactly four weeks – from September 7 to 10. One route and six locations. Various exhibitions and a conference. Open talks and design walks. All this awaits

Now in its seventh year, designjunction returns to King's Cross this September (21-24) as part of the annual London Design Festival. The 2017 edition of the show will present more than 200 international design brands, hundreds of product launches, 70

One route and six locations. Various exhibitions and a conference. Open talks and design walks. A Biennale to discover, explore and experiment. With the theme „HELLO FUTURE“, the focus lies on three subject areas: technology, society and

Exhibition experience with a real boost

MAISON&OBJET is the leading home decor fair connecting the international interior design and lifestyle community in all its rich and varied expressions.

Over 1,300 of Toronto’s established and emerging trade professionals attended the first North American edition of the highly-successful global innovation and design event, ARCHITECT@WORK, representing the best in architectural design and

The leading international fair for floor coverings, DOMOTEX, shows how the major trend in individualisation is extending to wall and ceiling surfaces. The result: added-value environments, strong on creative vision and functional performance.

designjunction returns to the spectacular King’s Cross site in September (21-24 September) for this year’s annual London Design Festival. Following the success of the 2016 edition, which attracted 27,000 visitors over five days, designjunction

A cross section of art, architecture, and design from Brooklyn’s finest featuring inspiring exhibits, interactive installations, a shoppable marketplace, workshops, demos, and talks from prominent designers & design thinkers.

Combined design expertise comes to Frankfurt: seven international trend agencies met on 7 and 8 March for the Heimtextil Trendtable meeting at Messe Frankfurt's exhibition grounds. They collated results from market research with the latest global

Announcing the 2017 Ventura Lambrate themes: Social design and cultural heritage

Frankfurt's TECHTEXTIL fair runs from 9 to 12 May 2017, offering visitors exciting insights into the major advances in high-tech textiles.

On the subject of lighting alone EUROSHOP in Düsseldorf, the leading international trade show for retail and shop design, offers so many attractive hotspots that it is an essential date in the diaries not just of architects who specialise in shop

From 10 to 14 February 2017, the consumer goods fair AMBIENTE in Frankfurt am Main will present current product design trends for visitors to discover. Stilbüro bora.herke.palmisano has identified four different design streams which reflect these

The ‘Textile Structures for New Building’ competition for students is being held for the 14th time by Techtextil, International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens. Students of civil engineering, product design and related

Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair kicks off on February 7-11 2017. Visitors from all over the world will come to Stockholmsmässan to see the latest trends in furniture and lighting and more than 80 design events will also be held throughout the

Whether it’s wall panelling, bed linen or sun protection, contract business can scarcely be imagined without high-quality interior textiles that fulfil the highest functional requirements. Heimtextil – the world’s biggest trade fair for home

Every two years, the ISH, the world’s leading trade fair for the combination of water and energy, takes place in Frankfurt.

Traditionally, AMBIENTE has served interior architects, designers and decision-makers in contract furnishing as source of information on the latest trends for the coming year.

Whether it is design hungry architects or interior specifiers, Denmark, is fast becoming the go-to destination for professionals. Copenhagen is a centre for design, both with its heritage and contemporary brands and now with the northmodern furniture

Thanks to current developments in the world of textiles, HEIMTEXTIL, the largest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, is quickly becoming a new source of inspiration for planners and architects.

An exceptional registration rate behind the nextHeimtextil fair is driving the decisive preparation phase forwards. Between 10 and 13 January 2017, the international trade fair for home and contract textiles will be showcasing the world’s broadest

Sleep 2016 will open its doors to Europe’s hotel architecture and design community on 22-23 November. The two day event at London’s Business Design Centre is an unmatched opportunity to catch up on the global hotel landscape with a conference

It's ten years since Vienna Design Week was launched and the city-wide creative showcase shows no sign of losing its lustre.

With Dubai Design Week and Downtown Design returning this month, Architonic takes a looks at the developing design industry in the city. In a future focused city like Dubai, with its desire to diversify and invest in the creative economy, design has

Sleep, Europe’s leading annual event dedicated to excellence in hotel architecture and design, comprises a major exhibition, a design and development Conference, and a number of original experiential features including the Sleep Set concept spaces

A new partnership between Biennale Interieur Kortrijk and Architonic sees the launch of a dynamic, content-rich product catalogue on interieur.be.

WELCOME! During Orgatec (25 to 29 October 2016), our more than 30 exhibitors will once again showcase their expertise in developing products for the office and contract sectors.

HEIMTEXTIL 2017 will run from 10 to 13 January in Frankfurt, Germany. What could be more fitting for the new year’s first trade fair than to clue its visitors in on the trends of the coming season?

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is Austria's largest design festival, with a variety of locations and events in Vienna. Last year it delighted 36.537 visitors. The festival, curated by Lilli Hollein, will enter its 10th round this year. Opening up creative

The 1st annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair Miami, North America’s platform for global design, will map the newest frontier of what’s best and what’s next at Miami Beach Convention Center, October 5-6th, 2016.

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is Austria´s largest design festival, with a variety of locations and events in Vienna. Last year it delighted 36.537 visitors. The festival, curated by Lilli Hollein, will enter its 10th round this year. Opening up creative

MoOD & Indigo Brussels give your exhibition experience a real boost. Besides numerous warm contacts at the stands, you can get oxygen and energy for all your new plans. And enjoy a nice break. Have a look at the map and discover your visitor’s

230 companies from 20 countries at revamped. MoOD & Indigo Brussels are creating from September 6 till 8 an international meeting-place for professionals in the interior branch. With a trendy new location, a revamped exhibition concept and 230

From September 2-6, 2016 - Parc des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte

From September 2–6, 2016 – Parc des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte

northmodern is for professionals looking to source furniture, lighting and interior products for projects in a new trade show environment

Even though it is still ten months before the next Heimtextil, International Trade Fair for Home and Contract Textiles (10-13 January 2017), the Heimtextil Trends team 2017/2018 has already met.

Brooklyn Design, Architecture & Art on the Forefront During NYCxDESIGN

The 28th annual ICFF, North America’s platform for global design, will map the newest frontier of what’s best in New York City from May 14-17, 2016.

Illulian, historic and prestigious brand, of world renown in the field of Luxurious Custom handmade Rugs, has never stopped evolving in its over 60 years of activity through a process of uninterrupted growth, participating to great projects and

The 28th annual ICFF, North America’s platform for global design, will map the newest frontier of what’s best and what’s next in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from May 14-17, 2016. This year’s show will feature an

Designing is Listening.This is the seventh edition of Brera Design District, the center district in Milan, where most of the events of fuorisalone take part. From April 12th to April 17th, the business and creative hub of the city opens the scene to

SuperDesign Show, the new authorial format by Superstudio that looks to the future, reaches its second edition. It focuses on research, on every day’s extraordinary, on freedom of choice, on contaminations between classic and avant-garde, industry

The Salone del Mobile.Milano will be an extraordinary edition if the quality and innovation of the goods on offer is anything to go by. The most unmissable of all appointments when it comes to seeing and experiencing the very best that domestic

Interest is high in space&interiors, the event connected with the Salone del Mobile.Milano which, during Design Week, puts leading-edge materials and ideas in the architectural spotlight.