Interior Design, Latest Exhibitions and Events for Autumn 2010

EVENTS AN EXHIBITIONS

Venue: Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDa), Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts,EN4 8HT
Website: www.moda.mdx.ac.uk
Note: In the years after the Second World War, Britain experienced a new sense of optimism about the future. Following the Festival of Britain, there was an emphasis on good design for all aspects of home furnishing. Manufacturers increasingly employed artists to design textiles and wallpapers, and used their names as a selling point. Consumers welcomed the new brighter colours and fresh approach to pattern.
This exhibition will draw on MoDA’s own collections to show a wide range of wallpapers and textiles from the 1950s. Examples on display will include work by well-known artists and designers like Lucienne Day, Graham Sutherland, Cawthra Mulock and Jacqueline Groag.

The London Design Festival
Website: www.londondesignfestival.com
Date: September 18 - September 26
The London Design Festival is a nine-day celebration of design in the world’s creative capital. The Festival is a platform for the widest spectrum of design disciplines, brought together as a unique and accessible programme. The Festival is both a cultural and a commercial event. The programme ranges from major international exhibitions to trade events, installations to talks and seminars, from product launches to receptions, private views and parties.

100% Design London
Website: www.100percentdesign.co.uk
Date: September 23 - September 26
The UK’s leading contemporary interiors event for the contract market, 100% Design attracts key manufacturers, star designers and major specifiers from the UK and overseas. Apart from showcasing interior design, the event has two other sections: 100% Materials that forms a dedicated platform for suppliers of materials, surfaces, components and processes; and 100% Futures, which brings tomorrow’s design superstars in touch with influential manufacturers, retailers, specifiers, press, buyers and the international design community.

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
Website: www.decorativefair.com
Date: 28 September - 3 October 2010-08-10
Venue: The Marquee, Battersea Park London.

National Floor Show 2010
Website: http://www.nationalfloorshow.co.uk/
Date: 7-9 September 2010.
Venue: NEC, Birmingham
Showcasing the entire spectrum of flooring including: carpet, wood, laminate, vinyl, rugs, tiles, ceramics, cleaning products, tools & accessories. features over 140 exhibitors showcasing a range of different flooring options from traditional to contemporary.

DESIGN MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
Website: www.designmuseum.org
Note: A must see for all design students this summer include Brit Insurance Designs of the Year – showcasing the most memorable new designs, nationally and internationally, from the last twelve months and Hussein Chalayan - From Fashion and Back, the first comprehensive exhibition of Chalayan’s work in the UK explores his creative approach, inspirations and the themes which influence his work.

Visit the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year blog to find out all about the nominations and the awards.

SUPER CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION
Website: www.designmuseum.org
Note: The Design Museum has joined forces with Beefeater 24 to celebrate the fearlessly progressive spirit of London's greatest creative minds, past and present.
This exhibition will illustrate London's pursuit of new, better and braver, across architecture, industrial design, graphics, fashion and communications alike.
To book a self directed visit for your students
and for further information
Email: education@designmuseum.org
Telephone: 020 7940 8782.

CANADA

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada
Website: www.iidexneocon.com
Date: September 23 - September 25
Venue: Toronto, Canada
IIDEX/NeoCon Canada in partnership with the Illuminating Engineering Society, Toronto Section (IES) will showcase the latest in interior, exterior, commercial and architectural lighting products plus lamps and lighting controls in 5,000 square feet of exposition space. With over 100 new Canadian and international exhibitors, Light Canada delivers not only cutting edge design, but will also showcase the monumental advances in sustainable lighting, LED technology, new materials and advances in lighting design. Attendees from all industry disciplines and buyers and specifiers, such as architects, interiors designers, lighting designers, engineers, facility and building managers can learn and earn CEU and Lighting Certified (LC) education credits at over 10 lighting seminars on the hottest lighting topics such as design, sustainable lighting, custom, technical and healthcare lighting, LED lighting for interior and exterior use plus many more topics. The lighting seminar stream is organized by IES Toronto Section and IIDEX/NeoCon Canada.

SWEDEN

Hem & Villa-Stockholm
Hem & Villa is an exhibition which mainly targets people who live in their own houses, but also apartmentholders. The exhibition is arranged several times every year, during spring and fall, in different cities in Sweden.
Venue: Stockholm International Fairs, Stockholm, Sweden

USA

Home Design & Remodeling Show-Miami
Home Design & Remodeling Show is an event that features hundreds of manufacturers, distributors, retailers and designers showcasing products and services for the discerning residential design market.
Venue: Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida, United States Of America

IRELAND

Title: The Crafty Market
Dates: The first Sunday of Every Month starting May 3rd
Venue: Dublin Food Co-op building at 12 Newmarket Square, Dublin 8.
Web: www.thecraftymarket.com

BELGIUM

Title: Europacado
Website: www.biztradeshows.com
Venue: Brussels Exhibition Centre, Brussels, Belgium
Europacado is a showcase for a broad range of trends in household decoration and life style: traditional and avant-garde, rural and urban, trendy and conventional. Europacado lets you discover dozens of new collections and surprising articles intended exclusively for the Benelux and French market.

Title: Deco Force
Website: www.biztradeshows.com
Venue: Brussels Exhibition Centre, Brussels, Belgium
Decoforce is a gold mine of contemporary ideas for interior and exterior decoration. Visitors delight in a dazzling decor of unusual artistic compositions. Visitors to Decoforce comprise a diversified audience. For buyers of department stores, furniture and garden stores, a visit to the Decoforce trade fair is a unique opportunity to get a preview of new trends.

FRANCE

Maison & Object
Website: www.maison-objet.com
Venue: Paris
Date: September 3 - September 7
Do not miss the next Maison & Objet show in Paris this coming September, especially if you have an interest in Furniture. For the first time the Paris Furniture show will be held at the same time and same location as Maison & Objet, at the Paris Nord Exhibition Center. The Indoor Outdoor section of Maison & Objet will have its own hall with all the leaders of the fastest growing segment of the furniture industry participating. The Scènes d’Intérieur section will gather the major brands in home décor and the Coté Deco section some of the leading manufacturers in decorative accessories.

Scenes D Interieur
Scenes D Interieur, A combination of fashion and decoration, elegance and extravagance, signs of the times and the art of living, exclusive and selective.
Venue: Paris Nord - Villepinte, Paris, Ile-De-France, France

Now-Design A Vivre
Now-Design A Vivre, living design is a selective and international exhibition that tracks down innovation, creates areas to meet people and find out all that is going on, a crossroads event reflecting current trends, showcasing the new design generation.
Venue: Paris Nord - Villepinte, Paris, Ile-De-France, France

SPAIN

The Art of Light
Website: www.circulobellasartes.com/english
Dates: Through August 29
Venue: Círculo de Bellas Artes will host the exhibition The Art of Light, a new look at the multi-disciplinary work of the artist László Moholy-Nagy . It focuses on the period in which he developed his fundamental aesthetic theory: The Art of Light. Over 200 works will be on display, including paintings, black and white and colour photography, films and graphic designs which reflect the vital importance of the artist for 20th century art.

KOREA

Seoul Design Fair
Website: http://sdf.seoul.go.kr/2010_homepage/eng/main.php
Date: September 17 - October 7
The city of Seoul, which has been designated as the World Design Capital 2010, will host the Seoul Design Fair 2010, sharing its enthusiasm for design in a series of events themed under “Design for All.” Universal design will be showcased at several exhibitions, workshops, conferences and seminars at various venues throughout the city.