The exhibition features a collection of over 75 classic chairs from the Design Museum collection, each of which illustrates a landmark in aesthetics, functionality, materials, production technology or sustainability. From Michael Thonet’s discovery of how to mass manufacture bentwood chairs in the late 19th Century and Marcel Breuer’s pioneering use of tubular steel at the Bauhaus in the 1920s, to Charles and Ray Eames’ plywood innovations in the 1940s, the pop inspired plastic chairs of Verner Panton and Joe Colombo in the 1960s and recent advances by contemporary designers, such as Jasper Morrison and the Bouroullec brothers, the chair has long been a focus of experimentation for modern designers.

Habitare 09
Habitare is a well-known and popular event that shows what Finns can do and what suppliers offer Finns in the furniture and interior decoration field. Habitare presents collections, designers, concepts, young talents and new companies. Habitare filles all six halls at the Helsinki Fair Centre.
Venue: Helsinki Fair Centre, Helsinki, Finland

Drawings from the Nordea Collection:
Nordea Bank has donated the Museum of Finnish Architecture 53 drawings dating from 1832–1928. Formed along with numerous bank fusions, the collection comprises drawings of some thirty buildings designed by individual architects, architectural offices and master builders. Its highlights include a facade drawing of the KOP Bank by Onni Törnqvist (later Tarjanne) and some elaborate watercolours by Theodor Höijer and Armas Lindgren, on show for the very first time.

Gert Wingardh Eleven Houses - December 9, 2009—February 28, 2010

One of Sweden’s most renowned arhitects, Wingårdh started his practice in Gothenburg in 1977. Most of his buildings have materialized in western Sweden, but some have been built in various parts of the world. Wingårdh’s rich variation has become part of Sweden’s international persona. The exhibition displays eleven buildings reflecting the characteristics of the architect’s prolific and wide-ranging output.

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

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

Title of the Event: Creativity and Innovation European Year 2009
Venue: Europe
Website: www.create2009.europa.eu
Main objective of EYCI 2009
The European Year of Creativity and Innovation aims to raise awareness of the importance of creativity and innovation for personal, social and economic development; to disseminate good practices; to stimulate education and research, and to promote policy debate on related issues.
Key message
Creativity and innovation contribute to economic prosperity as well as to social and individual wellbeing.
Target groups
The activities of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 are aimed at a range of different groups including young people, educators, firms and policy makers, as well as the general public. Civil society organisations are encouraged to mobilise and get involved at European, national and local levels.

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 

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.

In February, Ambiente will be the hub of the consumer goods world. Around 100 different nationalities on both the exhibitor’s and visitor’s side make visiting Ambiente a journey around the world in just five days.

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The world’s leading trade fair for Architecture and Technology It is used by manufacturers from over 50 countries, including all market leaders, to launch trends and innovations from the fields of lighting, electrical engineering and building automation. See the unique range of products and services for yourself at the next Light+Building in Frankfurt am Main…

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Wolfsburg Project, now named Ganzfeld Piece, is a lighting installation created by the lighting artist James Turrell. It is the largest installation ever implemented by the American artist in a museum. It comprises two rooms that merge into each other, both completely empty and flooded with colored light that slowly changes. Zumtobel provided all the luminaires and control systems for this project.

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

A major retrospective on the works of Zaha Hadid Architects will take place within the salone of Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy. The exhibition will examine the practice’s continued experimentation and research into digital design and construction methods at the cutting edge of the industry.

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Positioned as the first furniture trade fair on the Asia-Pacific calendar, offers the furniture and furnishings industry its first glimpse of all the key design trends that promise to take the marketplace by storm for the year. The 55th Australian International Furniture Fair Will be held on 3-5 February 2010. These events will showcase the latest furniture and furnishing designs from over 200 Australian and international companies.

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Brings together the most exciting range of soft furnishing and interior suppliers from around Australia and the world. This exclusive event caters to key industry decision makers and buyers through the unparalleled opportunity to preview the latest trends for the Australian and New Zealand markets. Decoration + Design also plays host to several key industry events and showcases, including special feature areas designed to display and inform visitors on all the industries latest products, colours and trends.

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Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India
The event is an international meeting point where companies will present the latest trends in the world of Interiors, elaborating technology, innovations, equipment and concepts for the Architects’ & Designers’ community.

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INTERIORS KAZAKHSTAN
Interiors Kazakhstan, is the 16th International Exhibition for Interior Design, Furnishing, Flooring & Finishes also leading one stop resource and forum for interior designers, architects and specifiers. Being organized by GIMA International Exhibition Group in Kazakhstan from 02 Sep. to 05 Sep. 2009.
Venue: Atakent International Exhibition Centre, Almaty, Almaty [City], Kazakhstan