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Salone Internazionale del Mobile
5 – 10 April 2006, Nuovo Quartiere Fiera Milano, Rho-Pero, Italy.
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20° Salone Internazionale del Complemento d'Arredo (fair for household accessories)
5 – 10 April 2006, Milan, Nuovo Quartiere Fiera Milano, Rho-Pero, Italy.
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Eurocucina, kitchen fair
5 – 10 April 2006, Milan, Nuovo Quartiere Fiera Milano, Rho-Pero, Italy.
www.eurocucina.it |
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Expobagno, bathroom fair
5 – 10 April l 2006, Milan, Nuovo Quartiere Fiera Milano, Rho-Pero, Italy.
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EIMU2006 Wellness@Work
International fair for office furniture bureau, this year dedicated to the them of wellness at work.
5 – 10 April 2006, Milan, Nuovo Quartiere Fiera Milano, Rho-Pero, Italy.
www.cosmit.it |
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SALONE SATELLITE
5 – 10 April 2006, Milan, Nuovo Quartiere Fiera Milano, Rho-Pero, Italy.
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Exposition GOOD FINISH at the Innovatheque
This exhibition emphasizes the skin of our objects. Segmented into three themes – Texture, Technique – this exposition proposes a panorama of the latest technological advances in finishing and decorating.
From 15 May to 23 December 2006; in the furnishings section of the CTBA, in Paris.
www.innovatheque.fr |
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FERIA INTERNATIONAL DEL MUEBLE DE MADRID
24 – 29 April 2006, Parc des expositions, Madrid, Spain
www.ifema.es |
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LINEAPELLE
International leather fair. Presentation of the 2007 summer collections.
19 – 21 April 2006, Bologna, Italy.
www.lineapelle-fair.it |
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« Plastic Fantastic ». Plastic is everywhere
Exceptional exhibit of furniture, lamps and objects by international designers
From 17 March to 7 May 2006 Maison du Danemark, Paris.
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Scandinavian Furniture Fair
Scandinavian Furniture Fair
18 – 22 May 2006 ; Copenhagen, Denmark
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'Designer's days
Parisian design course – theme: “travel”
8 – 11 June 2006, Paris
www.designersdays.com |
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Exposition « Le saut de la puce » (“The leap of the flee”)
“Philippe Cazal transforms space first by words, by the letters of a word, and then by colour. The “idiomatic” choices are punctuated by diverted pieces of furniture – tables, chairs, glasses – which mark off the whole.” (resource : Intramuros)
From 24 March to 14 May 2006 Passage de Retz, Paris.
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Bisazza. Presents: « Bivouac dans la Savane »
(“Bivouacking in the Savana”)
Presentation of the new collection of garden furniture and accessories
From 30 March to 22 April 2006 The Conran shop, Paris
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« Cinéma d'ameublement »
(Films on furnishing)
“In the context of “Nemo,” the multimedia event in Arcadi, a proposal for films on installation with object works: furniture fils, audiovisual tables, interactive videos. Most of the works proposed are co-productions or commissioned by Arcardi artists and will be presented for the first time.” (resource: Intramuros)
7 – 21 Aprill 2006 Espace Paul Ricard, 008 Paris
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Allrum – Swedish design for all 1955/2005
Exhibition on Swedish design from the years 1955 and 2005
Until 15 April 2006 Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Salle des Prévôts, Paris. |
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Les puces du design
(the flees of design)
Second-hand goods of 20th century designers.
Friday, 19 May and Sunday, 21 May 2006, Passage du Grand Cerf et Place Goldoni 2° arrondissement de Paris
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Creative packaging
Special event for specialists in creative packaging.
7 – 8 June; Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
golding.fr |
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7th edition of Les Journées de la Maison Contemporaine
(Seminar on the Contemporary Home)
The association 123 Architecte and the magazine Architectures à vivre organise each year Journées de la Maison Contemporaine. More than 18,000 tours of 350 houses and apartments.
Weekends of 9 – 11 June and 16 – 18 June 2006
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Salon Tendence Lifestyle
25 – 29 August 2006, Messefrankfurt, 'Francfort , Germany
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Concours design Peugeot
From 30 August to 1 December
Launch of the 4th year for Peugeot contest for imagination in a Peugeot design
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The Bauhaus philosophy put design in the framework of a social model of “products for everyone.” The cost savings that went along with it did away with anything that was useless for function, justified only by form; in particular, any decoration, which was judged to be decadent. Today, production amply covers our needs. It is no longer a question of producing more, but rather producing better. In this case, better is expressed as much in terms of performance and accessibility as in terms of sense and emotion. At the same time, as the educational level of populations has increased, there has been a development in the need for personalisation. Today, thanks to new materials and new technologies, design can respond to both these levels of expectation without opposing them. Will the industrial model be reconciled with handmade craftsmanship? In an case, the idea people have about this will undeniably be a conveyor of meaning for the purchaser and value added for the producer.
Gérard Laizé.
Managing Director of the VIA.
The theme of this issue of the Innovation Letter will give rise to two parallel exhibitions:
- At the VIA: « Surfaces … », a selection of representative international products – from 15 May to 25 June
- At the Innovathèque: « Good Finish », a selection of materials and processes – from 15 May to 23 December
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The exhibit is centred around two themes: experimentation and production
Superstudio Più (Sala TV), 27 via Tortona - Milano
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Catalogue of the exhibition GOOD FINISH |
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The exhibition proposes a panorama of new technological advances in finishing and decorating; the catalogue references all products and industry contacts.
Contact : sandrine.cholez@ctba.fr
Edition CTBA Paris 2006.
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The Results of the 2006 campaign to compile |
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www.ifth.org/mensuration/
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REPORTS ON THE FAIRS |
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 Stockholm Furniture Fair
www.stockholmfurniturefair.com
from 8 to 12 February 2006.
Still a lot of freshness is seen in the Scandinavian offerings presented in Stockholm which, as we have already pointed out, prefigures what tomorrow could be the second generation of the number 1 furnisher. At the same times, the influences of the time are felt here as elsewhere, particularly with respect to the comeback of decoration and the reissuing of historical models…
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 Fairs in January
Paris Furniture Fair (Salon du Meuble de Paris) – www.salondumeuble.com– 5 – 9 January 2006
IMM Cologne - www.imm-cologne.de – 16 – 22 January 2006
Maison & Objet – www.maison-objet.com – 27 – 31 January 2006
Planète Meuble - www.planete-meuble-paris.com – 26 – 30 January 2006.
The beginning of the year 2006 was very busy and exciting for professionals in furniture and decoration: the furniture fairs in Paris, Cologne and Birmingham, and also Maison & Objet.
In Paris, against a background of an inappropriate calendar, as headlines from Libération read, we witnessed a “war of the fairs.” The Paris Furniture Fair, on account of an opening that was too early on 5 January was deprived of the presence of the Latin and Slavic countries that celebrate the Epiphany as well as some Americans and others, including Japanese and other Asians, had not gotten over the holidays at the end of the year or were on vacation. Maison & Objet pursued its expansionist policy.
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Critical view of Claire Jolivet, young designer
Decoration is often considered to be the “degenerate” part of contemporary art. Can the same be said of design too?
It is clear that this question leads to controversy. And this began a long time ago…
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VANCEVA |
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 Vanceva is a range of interlayer films for laminated glass.
Vanceva interlayers come in 10 standard colours that can be combined up to a maximum of four layers. This palette makes it possible to create more than one thousand different colours and transparencies.
Vanceva has recently developed metallic textures and filters with motifs.
Vanceva interlayers do not fade and offer all the advantages inherent to laminated glass – security and sound proofing – whilst being decorative and filtering light
www.vanceva.com
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MEGA PRINTS |
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 The large format digital bubble-jet printing system developed by Vertical Vision makes it possible to reproduce an image on a large scale, without limit on format, on numerous bases and in high definition.
Vertical Vision has joined forces with Quality Designs in order to offer a comprehensive service combining design with installation for outside or inside applications.
Various flexible bases are available, such as PVC, micro-perforated PVC that lets light and wind through, backlit PVC for rear lighting and adhesive vinyl. Quality Designs can also directly print on Forex, Plexiglas or Dibond panels.
For interior applications an image can be reproduced on cotton, canvas and similar cloth.
www.verticalvision.info
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MAGNETIC PAINT |
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 PeintureAimant is paint that looks quite ordinary but is, in fact, magnetisable. In this way walls can be transformed into presentation surfaces using magnetic clamps. This pre-mixed primer paint, with a low lead content and a water base, contains non-corrosive metal particles that can be magnetised.
PeintureAimant can be covered with any other paint without losing its magnetic properties.
This paint can be easily applied with a roller and can be washed with water.
www.peinture-aimant.com
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SENSITILE |
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 SensiTile is an ingenious, attractive and fun material. It comes in the form of tiles that transmit light from one point to another of their surface by internal reflection in very much the same way as optical fibre. The result is a set of ripples on the material’s surface. Any movement around the material will cast a shadow that will be diffused in masses of other places. Any beam of light falling on a SensiTile product will reappear in another part of its surface.
SensiTile propose three types of tiles: Terazzo (concrete), Scintilla (polymer) and Volatil (resin). Available in different sizes, colours and thickness, it can be employed on floors, walls and furniture, both inside and outside.
www.sensitile.com
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VECTOGRAMM
Continuation of the last workshop run by the Innovatheque at the ENSA (National Advanced School of Art) of Limoges (l'École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Limoges-Aubusson) on the theme “Surfaces and Touche,” the 3rd, 4th and 5th year students invented new textures based on paper and proposed interesting projects on the theme as applied to the world of bedding. You will find a peek in the annex.