Trade Shows & Events

Inspired by the iconography of manga comics, Nendo has created a series of 50 polished stainless steel chairs that while adhering to a minimal, modernist aesthetic nonetheless come alive in expressionistic bravado. For those that missed the exhibition in Milan, it will be re-staged at the Friedman Benda gallery in New York on September 8 until October 15. Manga, deeply...

Italian tile manufacturers are undoubtedly having fun in this area, whether it’s applying new forms to stone-mimicking styles, recreating the hand of a woven textile, or casting a sculptural relief that channels classical friezes with a modern twist — there’s a style to suit every type of project. And not to worry: it’s not all about hexagons this year. 41zero42: Otto...

Successfully pushing china’s most populous city as being an international hub and metropolis of design, the furniture china expo has quickly gained a good reputation at home and abroad for the exhibition of top quality companies and manufacturers on its show floor. taking place once again at the shanghai new international expo centre (SNIEC) and the shanghai world exp...

the design, which forms the 15th incarnation of the world-renowned series, forms an amorphous, double-skinned, polygonal structure consisting of panels of a translucent, multicolored fluorine-based polymer (ETFE). visitors are able to enter the pavilion at a number of different points, with a secret corridor connecting the inner and outer layer of the design. the archite...

Occupying a small site for 560 square meters, the miniature forest is no accident of nature— TEAM.BREATHE.AUSTRIA planted the Austrian forest as part of the Austrian pavilion ‘breathe.’ The pavilion highlights the country’s fresh and high-quality Alpine air as well as oxygen’s importance to the Expo theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” The Austrian forest impr...

The show was curated by Fang Zhenning for the Chinese cultural year in Germany, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Earlier the exhibition was shown in other European cities. Each of the 100 projects is presented with one huge photograph or rendering and occasionally with a model. The renderings are so perfect that for ...

Finn Juhl is considered one of the leading figures in 20th-century Danish design, alongside Hans J Wegner, Poul Kjaerholm and Arne Jacobsen. His furniture designs – recognized for their softer shapes than his fellow Modernists – are now produced by Danish company Onecollection under the brand House of Finn Juhl, which is organizing the exhibition of his work in Paris. ...

Resembling the shape of traditional filament lightbulbs, the teardrop-shaped glass of the Buster bulb encases a resin "light pipe" that emits a diffused glow. "These patented white fins allow ambient light to diffuse through the sides of the bulb and reflect down the centre of the pipe, where it exits as a spot light," said the designers, who claim that the product is t...

With only a few days remaining before the opening of the Expo 2015 World’s Fair, subtitled: “Feeding the Planet” in Milan, the vast site on the outskirts of the city is a hive of frenetic activity. Whilst uncube was visiting town for this year’s Salone del Mobile, we took the opportunity of a sneak peek at a few of the pavilions just two weeks before the official opening...

London-based designer Benjamin Hubert was asked to create the displays for all 76 shortlisted projects in this year's exhibition, which range from huge architecture projects through to interactive road crossings, apps, cars, books and fashion collections. Other objects on display include responsive street lights that play with the shadows of passers-by and a mushroom-...

Mindcraft is an annual showcase of Danish design that takes place in Milan during the design week. Previously located in the Ventura Lambrate district, for 2015 the show has moved to a new venue – Chiostro Minore di San Simpliciano, a historic religious cloister in the Brera district of the city. This year's curators, Danish and Italian design duo Stine Gam and Enrico...

The Unexpected Welcome showroom by the Dutch brand – founded by Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers – is located within a vast warehouse in the city's Tortona district. The products are displayed on long, raised stands. Some are styled into arrangements to show how they might be used in interiors, while others are displayed more creatively. "We like to show the products ...

Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings are presenting the furniture as part of an installation at American furniture manufacturer Herman Miller's showroom in Milan. The show – named Lines, Blocks and Grids – pairs fabric the Dutch duo designed last year with chairs that have just been launched for the European and Middle Eastern markets. Lengths of the nine-metre repeat f...

Launching at the Euroluce lighting exhibition in Milan today, the Kurage lamp was conceived to look like an ice cream and was created for Venetian lighting brand Foscarini. Its legs are made from Japanese cypress, with the rounded pieces of wood carved towards the bottom into flat surfaces to resemble popsicle or ice lolly sticks. The washi paper shade is formed as a...

Following a project that saw Bjarke Ingels' firm take over the space with a curving plywood maze, the Hot to Cold exhibition gives a comprehensive overview of its recent work across the globe, ranging from the hottest to the coldest climates. "Hot to Cold is conceived as a colourful exploration of how architecture evolves in response to its context and climate and as ...

For the Ikea Temporary project at Via Vivegano 18, the Swedish furniture giant asked designers including Paola Navone, Matali Crasset, Studio Irvine and Thomas Sandell to create installations using its new Metod modular kitchen range. "We thought it would be exciting to get an outside perspective on Metod," said Mats Nilsson, creative director for the project. "We wan...

The Strain chair by Croatian industrial designer Simon Morasi Piperčić is intended for both indoor and outdoor use in residential and commercial spaces. "I wanted the chair to be visually light yet very comfortable," Piperčić told Dezeen. "It provides the comfort expected from large dimension sofas." The chair is constructed from two tubular steel elements, which a...

Nendo Works 2014-2015 presents a year's worth of work by the studio's founder Oki Sato at Milan's Museo della Permanente. "We collected the main pieces that we have done in the past one year, and collaborations with a lot of European clients of course, with Japanese companies as well," Sato told Dezeen. The nine new ranges for manufacturer Glas Italia are displayed a...

News: the American Institute of Architects has announced 23 winners for the 2015 edition of its annual awards, including a visitor centre for the Wild Turkey Bourbon distillery, a cube-shaped courthouse and BIG's subterranean maritime museum in Denmark (+ slideshow). Designs by SOM, KieranTimberlake, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Thomas Phifer and Partners were among t...

Design Miami 2014: design gallery Espasso is displaying Modern and contemporary furniture by Brazilian architects including Oscar Niemeyer and Sergio Rodrigues at The Shore Club hotel in Miami Beach (+ slideshow). Launched to coincide with the Design Miami and Art Basel events last week, Espasso's latest exhibition Em Transito features new and previously unseen work by ...

Inside Festival: Tony Materne of MPH Architects explains how the Australian firm created a huge construction training facility "within the existing envelope" of a former Adelaide car plant (+ movie). The Sustainable Industries Education Centre (SIEC), which won the Sustainable Re-use category at Inside Festival this year, is a 45,0000 square-metre campus, which provide...

Light + Building World’s Trade Fair Is Back! You will be welcome to the event between the 8th – 13th of March 2020 in Frankfurt. A design event that truly honors and showcases the best that worldwide luxury lighting has to offer and it’s divided into 3 sections: lighting, electro-technology, and home and building automation. Discover Boca do Lobo at Hall 1.1 Stand F.30 ...

For 2020, Phonotech is pleased to be the official sponsor of FORUM ACUSTICUM In collaboration with the European Acoustical Association together with the French Acoustical Society, the 9th Forum Acusticum will be held in world heritage city of Lyon-France April 20-24, 2020.

Casalgrande Padana has always combined high-end production technology, entrepreneurial excellence and Italian design to meet the requirements of contemporary architecture and extend the concept of ceramic coverings to new spatial dimensions. With a wealth of knowledge gained in 60 years in the business, Casalgrande Padana’s research centre has developed products and tech...

On the occasion of Euroshop, Dennebos flooring will present its range of Reclaimed oak and especially in Chevron and herringbone pattern. Also for wallcovering! HALL 11 STAND E59

Frankfurt is the city where all roads end up! And if you’re a design lover, we bet you already have your ticket to the most international international city, righ in time of Light & Building 2020! Check out the best tourist sites to visit, the best hotels to crash the night, the best restaurant, and, of course, the best design stores and showrooms!

Grosfillex has got the pleasure to present his new collection 2020 for professionals. New decors and size for our Gx Wall+ range (composite tile for wall), all our new fabrics colours and the new Sunset confort range !

Covet Valencia is a modern bespoke luxury design showroom located in a 200 sqm baroque-style building, right in the heart of the Spanish city, next to the Hotel Inglés. Remarkable and unique, this luxury design showroom features a curated and fine selection of modern furniture, lighting, and accessories with an exclusive design: all these fine craftsmanship masterpieces ...

The rechargeable Battery powered collection is In-es.artdesign’s latest novelty and it will be exhibited in Light+Building 2020 in Hall 1.1 Stand B21. It includes different kinds of designs, which adapt to different tastes and styles. One of these is Candle Battery, a fun product featuring a carrying handle, available in different colors (white, red, yellow and blue)...

Boca do Lobo is arriving in New York City! A second and improved model floor/showroom and office in a new luxury space in the Heart of Midtown, in ONE57. Located at the epicenter of Manhattan, this new showroom is fully decorated with a curated selection of furniture, lighting, upholstery and accessories from the best European luxury brands. Book a meeting: https://b...

An ambitious project showcasing some of the best interior design brands in the world: Boca do Lobo, DelightFULL, Essential Home, Luxxu, do we really need to say more? Located in the heart of Madison Avenue, this exceptional project, also called "The Mansion", is the result of an extraordinary collaboration between Tessler Developments and Covet House.

New York is the city of opportunities and design inspirations. This year the world’s design lovers can get inspired in the newest version of their favorite luxury design showroom, called Covet NYC since it’s going to present some of the most trendy mid-century ideas yet! Covet NYC 2.0 will challenge all your senses through incredible furniture and lighting combinations. ...

Aesthetics and Innovation in flooring and wall tiles is in Panama with the ACL. Come and meet unique environments and solutions for a multitude of purposes (façades, floorings, wall tiles and swimming pools floorings). Witness the latest trends, colors, textures, thicknesses and sizes in floorings and wall tiles for interiors and exteriors. Visit us at ACL Meetin...

As the new year is already in full gear, it’s time to announce the events our team will attend in February. This month you can find us at SEA, ACCT, EEE, and GNEX, where you can discuss the products we offer - the Rollglider, Ropes Courses, Fun Walls, Ninja Course, Caves and Cloud Climb. Find out more information about the events and meet us to discuss your future projec...

Sensory Design and the Return of Nature Into Spaces are Some of the Themes that will Inspire Professionals this Year A wall tiles of clean and polished lines that shines through the space, the roughness of a stone wall that gives sobriety to a room. These are examples of how the new stream of design and architecture is exploring materials, spaces and the five human se...

The second World Indoor Climbing Summit took place on June 19th-21st, 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria, connecting the C-level experts in the climbing business. We gathered 290 of indoor climbing’s top-players for the discussions that are shaping the future of our industry. The summit presented attendees with lectures and discussion panels on topics ranging from the day one de...