Fairs

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

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.

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.

This year, Frame magazine will make its first appearance as a participant of Milan Design Week by curating the experimental exhibition What’s the matter? – Design for a phygital world.

There are few words that have impacted on the language of technology so massively over the past two decades as the notion of 'smart'. The things it covers begin with the 'smart phone' and end up with the 'smart watch' and the 'smart grid'. Everyone

New designs and technical developments were exhibited across all product divisions at Heimtextil 2016 in Frankfurt am Main. From 12-15 January 2016, 2,866 exhibitors from all over the world showcased the materials, colours, patterns and shapes that

In the “garden unique” area at spoga+gafa the top brands of outdoor living meet and inspire with high-end products and creative concepts. Here also young, aspiring design talents get the chance to share their ideas with international experts.

Light + Building is the platform when it comes to innovations around lighting and building automation. The exhibition period from 13 to 18 March 2016 is firmly rooted in the calendars of the visitors to see innovations and trends. With many new

Light + Building is the world’s biggest platform for lighting and building-services technology with around 2,500 exhibitors. From 13 to 18 March, around 1,650 manufacturers from the lighting sector will present their products at the fair. The

MAISON&OBJET announces the theme of the upcoming MAISON&OBJET PARIS January 2016 show:.WILD.

Enter the 2016 AZ AWARDS, our sixth annual international competition honouring the best work in architecture and design produced over the past year.

What gives architectural spaces that something extra? Along with the classical interior design vocabulary of colour, surfaces, and materials, accessories play an ever greater role here. That is, space-defining accessories that congenially complement

The significant growth in exhibitor numbers is a clear indication that Heimtextil remains the most important platform in its sector in 2016 and that the themes are very much in line with the sector's current preoccupations. From 12 to 15 January

We would like to welcome you to the world’s largest meeting place for Scandinavian design. It has the most comprehensive selection of furniture, office furnishings, lighting, design objects, textiles and other interior furnishing for both homes and

Every year, MAISON&OBJET spotlights the most outstanding names on the international design and decor scene today. Since 2015, MAISON&OBJET has choosen one Designer of the Year for each show: two for MAISON&OBJET PARIS (January and

The eighth edition of Light + Building, from 13 to 18 March 2016, invites visitors to experience the worlds of lighting, design and networked building-services technology. The top-level themes are lighting-design trends, human-centric lighting, smart

“Where modern spaces come to life: digital - individual – networked” is Light + Building’s motto for 2016. The combination of both lighting and building services technology makes this the leading international trade fair in its field - with a

Every MAISON&OBJET event provides a space for expression to five up-and-coming names in the world of design, offering them a chance to present their work to professionals from around the world. For the upcoming MAISON&OBJET PARIS show, held

AMBIENTE, the leading consumer-goods trade fair, is back, inviting visitors from around the globe to Frankfurt from 12 to 16 February, to discover the latest products, trends and inspiration from the world of dining, giving and living. It's the

Once again various exhibitors use “neue räume” to present their novelties for the very first time to the public. We are happy to announce some of the exiting new products.

For the third time, the centre of Zurich will host the neue räume in the city initiative. First implemented in 2011, the cross-marketing idea proved to be a major success. Hence this year’s event will be even larger than its predecessor: more than

For the third time, neue räume will provide a dedicated space to showcase young talent. However, the young designers and manufacturers shown in the Young Labels show are not total newcomers: extending over 250 square metres of floor space in the ABB

The projects and installations presented under the title ‘meuble – immeuble’ focus on the relationship between architecture and design. Space and interior design are interdependent: without ‘immeuble’ there is no ‘meuble’. When

What highlights and special shows can the visitor expect at „neue räume 15“, what is the idea behind „meuble-immeuble“ or what makes Zurich the perfect place for a trade fair like neue räume? Stefan Zwicky answers all these important

As the world's largest trade fair for home and contract textiles, Heimtextil in Frankfurt (12 to 15 January 2016) has a special function as a trend barometer and a responsibility for setting standards of design and innovative functionality for

From 18 to 22 November 2015, the „neue räume“ international interior design exhibition will be opening its doors again at the ABB Hall in Zurich. Once again, an impressive array of contemporary design from renowned international and swiss

Architonic was in Paris last weekend for MAISON&OBJET, the major trade fair dedicated to lifestyle, decoration and design. As a long-term partner and friend of MAISON&OBJET, Architonic is happy to present the highlights of the show. See a

Downtown Design is the commercial centerpiece of the inaugural Dubai Design Week and the only platform in the Middle East for the region’s trade professionals and design enthusiasts to discover original, high quality design from all over the world.

Remaining in their iconic ex-industrial building at the Old Truman Brewery for the 9th year, Tent & Super Brands London will host over 440 diverse and inspiring independent designers, global brands and installations from 29 countries.

With over 20 years of insider observation of the market for the home, and true to its tradition of being a trendsetter, MAISON&OBJET is reinventing itself by reorganizing its offer.

Downtown Design (27-30 October, 2015), the region’s leading, quality-driven design trade fair, moves to the new Dubai Design District (d3) and becomes the commercial centrepiece of the inaugural Dubai Design Week.

As part of the TEXTILED SPACES exhibition curated by Architonic on the occasion of Techtextil, photographer Deidi von Schaewen provided an insight into architectural ephemera.

It's almost Summer break! And we still have many things to tell. Our last show of the season will take place in Chicago. We were looking forward to this for a very long time. No other building than the Merchandise Mart, home to NEOCON, had more floor

northmodern is a new trade show for Furniture, Design and Art. Building on a strong design heritage in Denmark and with a unique position in Copenhagen, northmodern facilitates a new and innovative business platform, hosting a trade show twice a year

The annual World Architecture Festival Awards, the ‘Oscars of architecture’, is now open for entries. The awards will be celebrated at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore this November, following three days of intensive live

designjunction will make its official US debut during the NYCxDESIGN in May 2015 with a major collaborative showcase of cutting-edge, contemporary design.

WantedDesign, the platform dedicated to promoting design in the U.S. and abroad, is especially excited to announce highlights from this May, which also happens to be the company’s Fifth Anniversary.

May 12-15, 2015.Miami Beach Convention Center.Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

This is the second part of a Trend Report from Milan 2015. The most notable visual design trend in Milan this year was the layering of colour and light; transparency, translucency, and reflection.

Halfway through my visit to the Milan design week, this year, I posted a cri de coeur on Facebook: “Major FOMO. No time! No time!” The brevity only emphasised the point.

Clerkenwell Design Week 2015 (19-21 May), sponsored by Renault, is set to build on the success of its previous five editions with an impressive mix of cutting-edge installations, exclusive product launches and insights into contemporary design and

From 4 to 7 May 2015, Techtextil in Frankfurt will once again be throwing open its doors. The international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens will be showing all the relevant applications for these products – not only within the

Curated by Architonic.Messe Frankfurt, TECHTEXTIL, 4. - 7. Mai 2015, Halle 4.1, Stand M50

Miami Ironside, a creative district in Miami’s historic Upper Eastside, will host a series of events and exhibitions this May to celebrate MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS, the North American extension of Europe’s leading showcase for design and décor

Heimtextil is continuing its successful Theme Park idea. After an exciting première of the new trend area at the latest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, Heimtextil has now started planning for the trend season 2016/17.

From 20 to 23 March 2015 the 18th successive Münchner Stoff Frühling took place in the Munich showrooms of the 24 participating textile brands. The 13 stations offered visitors exclusively designed interiors, brand presentations and innovations

Superstudio Group celebrates 15 years as the leader of international Design in Milan with the new format SUPERDESIGN SHOW, evolutionary project that replaces and incorporates the success of the “Temporary Museum for New Design”. This year’s

With the upcoming week of Fuorisalone 14‐19 April 2015 (Milan), the Brera Design District comes to its sixth edition. The district is the creative business core of Milan; it extends along Bastioni di Porta Nuova to Via Broletto, along Via Legnano

BRAND NEW WORLD, produced by Vesna and Jovan Jelovac, forecasters of design future, shows “DESIGN 2.0” powered by LAUFEN, in what is arguably one of the most elegant showrooms in Milan - DUŠAN. The exhibition will be part of the Milan

Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, will open its doors in Frankfurt, Germany, from 4 to 7 May 2015. Besides countless other applications of these products in the context of industrial manufacturing

"Münchner Stoff Frühling" is a leading trade fair for interior textiles. .From 20 – 23 March 2015, 24 international textile brands from the premium segment invite to their Munich showrooms, presenting their new collections and the latest textile

With an increase of around three percent in the number of visitors, Heimtextil 2015 in Frankfurt am Main once again ensured the new furnishing season got off to a successful start. A good 68,000 trade visitors were very pleased with the high quality

spoga+gafa, taking place in Cologne from August 30 through September 1, 2015, is the world’s leading trade fair for the leisure and garden sector. The garden unique segment is a distinct platform for high-end garden furniture at spoga+gafa that is

March 10-13, 2015.Sands Expo and Convention Center - Marina Bay Sands Singapore.Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

This anniversary is celebrated in honour of all our exhibitors who annually provide excellence, bring diversity and deliver boldness to MAISON&OBJET PARIS. But it is also thanks to you, our visitors, that our fair has become such a success over

Scandinavian design is a well-known and highly valued concept for design-interested people all over the world. The largest source of inspiration in this field is Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which for more than 60 years has attracted

As a leading international fair for home and contract textiles, Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main will, from 14 to 17 January 2015, again welcome architects, interior architects, interior designers and related professions to take advantage of this

Textile architecture can do more! So how can you tap into the potential of textile materials for use in building and construction? To show how well the individual innovative textiles can fit into architectural applications, this special show is being

Sustainability is one of the major topics among current trends in the furnishings and textile sector. And that is, of course, equally true for the world's largest trade fair for home and contract textiles. Heimtextil, from 14 to 17 January 2015, will

Heimtextil, the leading and largest trade fair specialising in home furnishing and contract textiles, will once again open its doors in Frankfurt am Main for four days from 14 to 17 January 2015. Around 70,000 trade visitors, including many

An early must-see for the international furnishings sector in the run up to the show. From 14 to 17 January 2015, Heimtextil, the world's largest trade fair for home and contract textiles, will open its doors in Frankfurt am Main. The show is a major

The West Coast Design Event Set to Attract Influential Design Community and Enthusiasts with Curated Selection of Leading Brands, Series of Special Events, Panels and Workshops

Meet your global creative heroes and spend four amazing days in sunny Belgrade at Belgrade Design Week 2014

For the fourth year, WantedDesign embraces and encourages the design community with engaging conversations, a design schools workshop, launch pad, and inspiring exhibitors and installations.

Gone are the days when a standard-issue ‘booth’ was enough of a platform on which design manufacturers could present their latest products at trade fairs. The contemporary exhibition stand is as much a brand-marketing device as it is a product

Celebrating its fifth edition this year, Clerkenwell Design Week 2014 will showcase the latest innovations by designers and manufacturers from the UK and around the world. Set against the historic backdrop of Clerkenwell, the festival will be centred

An interview with Gisella Borioli, CEO of Superstudio Group and creative head of Temporary Museum for New Design. Key trends and news from Superstudio’s design week 2014.

Foreigners like it for its “old-time” atmosphere, with its pedestrianized streets, fine historic houses and romantic haunts. But the Milanese love it too. Because Brera is not the usual tourist district but also a place rich in art and culture: a

Why change a good thing? Last year's inaugural unique youngstar exhibition at the leading spoga+gafa garden fair in Cologne was a resounding success. 2014 sees the return of the competition that showcases outstanding design for outdoor living. But

Architonic on the ground in the Swedish capital to bring you the best from the designer's design fair.

It seems that lately design shopping events have been popping up like mushrooms. Unfortunately.what you see is not always what get, very often handmade has been touted as design, design quality often takes a back seat. So let`s take a critical look

'April in Paris' goes the the old Broadway song. But for a number of years now, the smart crowd head to the French capital in January for the spring edition of the now firmly established MAISON&OBJET design fair.

In many instances, offices are furnished in such a way that the employees do not feel good in them. Rather than showing individualism, companies demonstrate their corporate identity with a uniform furniture appearance. How important a relaxed office

From February 22 through March 2, 2014, designers, architects, representatives of the economic and business sectors as well design aficionados from around the world will meet in Munich for the third time at MCBW 2014. Their objective: to sensitize

Scandinavian design is a well-known and highly valued concept for design-interested people all over the world. The largest source of inspiration in this field is Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which for more than 60 years has attracted

A design experience to engage, entertain and inspire with exhibits from leading names in the industry, plus educational programs & workshops, networking events and more.

Major demographic shifts, including an ageing population and the increase in a younger workforce, present serious challenges for the office landscape. What do the different generations who come together to work want and need from their office

Plugging in to Belgrade Design Week means a number of things. A high-calibre line-up of international speakers. Inspiring conversations and encounters. And a lot of parties. The Serbian capital shows how it’s done.

There's strength in numbers. A new date in the international design-expo calendar – The May Design Series – has successfully brought together and revitalised two pre-existing specialist fairs, creating an impressive showcase for high-end

In eight short years, Belgrade Design Week has put the Serbian capital on the creative map, playing annual host to an unmissable pow-wow of the finest creative minds around.

Clerkenwell Design Week, sponsored by Jaguar is the UK's leading independent design festival and one of the most important trade events on the design calendar. The festival takes place annually each May and 2013 will be the festival's 4th year and

Need more light in your life? The second part of Architonic's survey of high-end lighting design from this year's Euroluce fair in Milan should provide the illumination you're looking for.

We may live in somewhat gloomy times, but this year’s confident edition of Euroluce – the biennial international lighting showcase at the Milan Salone del Mobile – shone brighter than an old-fashioned 100-Watt light bulb.

No one provides you with as an exhaustive and detailed photographic coverage of the annual Milan Furniture Fair as Architonic. On this we pride ourselves. If you weren't able to make it to the 2013 edition of the mother of all design trade fairs,

15 prototypes in the contest exhibition will compete for the title “Unique Youngstar” – Three winners will be selected by the jury and an additional winner will be chosen by the public

Edition Ruckstuhl 2013 brings together the ideas of a number of internationally recognised designers. After an enthusiastic start at the last Designers' Saturday in Langenthal and the successful market launch of the designs of Hussein Chalayan or

Project:.Five companies are working together to express and tell at the best a new way of living the workplace. Dynamic and fluid spaces come alive thanks to design and quality that has always characterized these companies: desks, chairs, cabinets,

Describing what Superstudio’s Temporary Museum for New Design has become, in what is now its 5th year, is a bit like tracing the evolution of this sector over the last decade, and along with it society, of which the events staged by Superstudio

Looking, now more than ever, for ways of adding value to its products, there’s a renaissance of craft-based thinking within design manufacturing taking place. Where better to see this trend presented and discussed than in Milan’s leading design

Office Next Moscow takes place from May 14 – 16, 2013. The IV. International Forum for Office Design, Technology and Real Estate is the only platform solely devoted to the office industry in Russia. The event is based on three pillars: TRENDS, the

While the London Design Festival's big-top design destinations, such as Super Brands London, Tent, designjunction and 100% Design pulled large crowds, a number of design brands used their city showrooms as spaces for serving up fascinating slices of

Your guides to the best exhibitors and products, selected for you by our team of architects and designers

Cersaie 2011, which took place in Bologna at the end of September, once more put on a fascinating show thanks to the intrinsic diversity of ceramics as a material, combined with new developments in bathroom design and innovative bathroom fittings.

Cersaie offers not just a comprehensive overview of the variety of ceramic surfaces available on the market but also of the latest developments in the bathroom field. In Bologna at the end of September visitors will be able to discover the latest

Architonic was delighted to join a line-up of big-name speakers at this year's Belgrade Design Week, the design conference and festival that marries top-notch thinking with big-hearted hospitality. Among those taking to the stage to present their

ISH Frankfurt is the number-one international trade fair for the 'bathroom experience' (as its marketing blurb puts it). Architonic hit the ground running at the 2011 edition to capture on film the best of the products on show, together with an

If it's April, it must be Milan – the largest international design fair, which annually attracts over 300,000 professional and public visitors from around the globe. Some describe it as inspirational. Others as a logistical nightmare. Here's what

Excuse me. Have you got a light? No? Well, maybe you should have visited this year's edition of Euroluce, the international lighting fair that rides pillion with the Milan Salone Internazionale del Mobile. But not to worry. Architonic has made a

The bathroom is an environment which doesn't only adapt constantly to the changes dictated by design and fashion, but has also been revolutionised in a technical sense.At ISH 2011 in Frankfurt Architonic went on the track of the latest developments