View Newsletter - July 2010
In two months time, Decorex International will be in full swing, so with limited time left before the industry event of the year, we give you a sneak preview of the fantastic names on the seminar programme!
Flooring is high on the agenda at the show this year, we preview some of the rugs, carpets, wood and stone that you'll see in September. If you need your exhibition fix before Decorex, make sure you check out Sustainable Futures at the Design Museum, on until 5th September.
If you haven't registered to visit Decorex yet, click here!
Until next time,
Editor
Focus on Flooring
Can design make a difference?
The Seminar line-up
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The celebrated seminar programme at Decorex is nearly complete, with a great variety of presenters and topics chosen from around the industry. The last few spaces are just being confirmed, but here are a few highlights to look out for on this year’s programme. |
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Martin Brudnizki, whose trademark ‘minimalism deluxe’ design lends itself perfectly to such high-voltage glamour locations such as Le Caprice at the Pierre Hotel in New York; Cecconi’s in West Hollywood and the Soho Beach House in Miami, will speak on ‘Successful Interiors: Where design and commerce meet.’ |
| Another leading designer, one of Architectural Digest’s Top 100 designers, Roger Thomas will bring his wide experience of creating luxury hotel resorts to speak about the ability to ensure that even large hotels feel boutique. Trend forecasts will come in two different guises. Victoria Redshaw from Scarlet Opus will give her insight into the design trends for 2011 and into 2010. Global Color – Mix Publications will give a more focused colour forecast for next year and again, into 2012. |
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The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID), Inchbald School of Design and the KLC School of Design will all give educated sessions, motivational speaker Lloyd Princeton will speak about finding international trade and an inspirational panel discussion will be hosted by Kate Burnett, editor of idFX who will discover how far David Linley, Marc Bonnet from Collection Pierre and Lulu Lytle from Soane will go to please their clients! |
With many more - Jean Louis Deniot, Angus Gibson, Tim Gosling and Johnny Grey to name a few - this year’s seminar programme is one to note.
Click here to see the full seminar programme and keep looking back at the website for full details on the seminars and the all important speakers.
Focus on Flooring
In another of our product focuses, we look at a selection of flooring exhibitors showcasing at this year’s Decorex and find a variety of rugs, carpets and hard floor options for you…
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Veedon Fleece, a long-term exhibitor of Decorex, has created four new carpet designs for this year inspired by great works from the past three hundred years, each with a regard for the 21st Century interior. ‘Ruffled Feathers’ has succinctly portrayed feathers by twisting these delicate forms to create a movement so that the eye dances around the carpet and unites any room in colour and form. |
Each carpet is individually commissioned using muga, pashmina, silk, veedon or best hand spun Tibetan wool to create both classical and contemporary designs.
Deborah Rolt Rugs have been established for over 25 years and think that Decorex ‘is the best place to showcase new designs to the most influential interior decorators currently working not only in the UK but also the many foreign decorators who visit.’
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New ranges of rugs are currently in production, ready to be launched at Decorex in September, pictured is one of the most popular designs of the moment. |
“As my company has been in existence for over 25 years it is important to keep in touch with the new decorating trends and to meet the new young decorators who perhaps have not come into contact with me before - and it gives them a chance to "see and feel and touch" the rug so that they are then able to ‘sell it to their client.’”
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Another faithful Decorex supporter is The Rug Company who will exhibit new additions to its Designer and Contemporary Collections this year. Examples from new collaborations with Alexander McQueen, Spanish designer Jaime Hayon, Sue Timney and US architect David Rockwell will be on display as well as recent designs by Paul Smith, Allegra Hicks and Vivenne Westwood. |
To see these and even more floorcovering companies including Ateliers Pinton, Devon Stone, Jacaranda Carpets, Loomah, Riviere, The Unnatural Flooring Company and Walking on Wood, register for a ticket to Decorex here or call the ticket hotline on +44 (0)844 557 2306.
Can design make a difference?
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Taking place at the Design Museum until the 5th September is Sustainable Futures, an exhibition that celebrates a wide range of design and architectural projects that explore the most important issues associated with sustainability and demonstrate how design can influence the way we interact with our immediate environment. |
Presented around five key themes - Cities, Creative Citizen, Energy & Economics, Food (for thought) and Materiality – Sustainable Futures highlights the products, concepts and projects that address sustainability in their design including a refrigerator that doubles as an aquarium!
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One of the products in the Materiality section focuses on the use of cork, one of the most sustainable materials around. Cork is sustainably harvested from cork oak trees without killing or harvesting the entire tree and once the outer layer of bark is stripped off the tree, it will grow back making it very renewable. |
Other projects included in the exhibition are Masdar City, Abu Dhabi; the Solar Shuttle, a vessel with solar panels that gave it the energy needed to power the boat at six knots; and the ANDREA air living purifier that absorbs undesirable effects of contaminated air and absorbs its toxic compounds through leaves and roots of plants such as gerberas and philodendrons.
For more information on Sustainable Futures visit http://www.candesignmakeadifference.com/
