Surface Design Show 2019

For architects and designers the Surface Design Show has become an essential date in the calendar. Billed as the only event in the UK that focuses solely on interior and exterior surfaces, the Surface Design Show is an opportunity to meet suppliers and experience innovative and exciting materials.

For this years exhibition, Porcelain Tiles Ltd will be showcasing their TAILOR-MADE Collection and demonstrating the versatility of porcelain as an exciting and practical surface material.

Stand 300 in the main hall, will be outfitted with bespoke creations designed and fabricated using the latest Italian Porcelain. Developed through collaboration with some of our most respected designers, each piece has been chosen to demonstrate the creative opportunities that our clients now enjoy.

Perfectly timed at the start of the year to reveal the newest launches, the biggest names and the freshest trends at the UK's largest furniture event, the January Furniture Show is back on 20-23 January 2019 at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.

The January Furniture Show design events year on year feature big brands and innovative names in everything interiors including lighting, flooring, fabrics, decorative accessories and furniture. With over 450 UK and International exhibitors, including A List and artisan manufacturers and suppliers, it is a one stop shop for the newest styles and trends available from UK and international manufacturers and suppliers.

Since 1995, MAISON&OBJET has inspired generations of interior designers and retailers by maintaining a high level of creativity, diversity and excellence throughout the years with their inspiring and trend-setting design events. With 2 newly launched and aptly named hubs, Maison and Objet, M&O showcase an excess of 3,000 international brands to over 70,000 interiors professionals twice a year in Paris.

Presenting thousands of leading and undiscovered UK and international brands, expertly curated and chosen for their beautiful design, exceptional quality, originality and commercial appeal. Top Drawer one of the design events, it encompasses the dynamic worlds of Home, Gift, Fashion and Craft, providing unique access to this season's hottest new products giving buyers the ultimate choice for a successful season.

IMM cologne presents the trends that will be shaping the furniture and interiors sector – and the products that are good for business.   At the imm cologne design events you will find a unique variety of interior design ideas for every room, every style and every requirement – from the basics all the way to designer items and luxury furnishings.

As you're resetting your focus for the New Year, start 2019 as you mean to go on - with a steady feed of interior inspiration and regular updates for the latest interior industry innovations and design developments to integrate into those new and exciting projects for the year ahead. What better way to start than with a host of design news and essential industry events to attend this January... 

Scroll down to discover more about Maison&Objet this January and how SBID Members can claim FREE tickets to attend...

Winners of the Designed for Business Student Awards were announced!

SBID and BE OPEN announced the winners of the student design competition, Designed for Business, at the House of Commons on Thursday 29 November. Designed to showcase emerging talent and nurture relationships between students and the working world, competition Finalists, design professionals and leading educational establishments gathered for the prize-giving ceremony as the culmination of a six-month judging process.

Katarina Spenerova was announced as the Overall Winner, claiming the life-changing cash prize of £30,000, along with five other Category Winners across Art & Design, Interior Decoration, Fashion, Interior Design and Product Design. The 2019 edition of the Designed for Business Student Awards will be launching in the Spring!

Click to see the winning projects

8th - 11th January 

Heimtextil - Frankfurt, Germany

Heimtextil is one of the biggest and most important international trade fairs for home and contract textiles, acting as a climate and trend barometer for the whole business year. At this leading event for interior textiles, design and trends, international manufacturers, dealers and designers present their products and innovations to a large audience of trade visitors. Heimtextil features over 2,900 exhibitors showcasing the very latest textiles and textile designs, attracting around 69,000 trade visitors from across the world.

11th - 14th January

Domotex - Hannover,  Germany

From 11-14 January 2019, the Hannover Exhibition Centre will serve as a four-day hotspot for the global flooring industry, acting as a meeting point for the industry and bringing together industry professionals from all over the world with 1400 exhibitors and 38,000 visitors. Both exhibitors and visitors enthusiastically embraced the launch of a fresh exhibition design that introduced a clear hall layout, an annual keynote theme and the special Framing Trends showcase.

Many of these exhibitors are finalising the finer details of their showcases, eager to put their best foot forward when they present their product innovations in January. The show's new keynote theme, "CREATE'N'CONNECT", is a bold statement that puts the spotlight on the current connectivity megatrend. Connectedness is an important aspect of flooring in the sense that floors are unifying, connecting elements of room design. They inspire us, give us orientation and set the stage for human interaction. With their numerous design options, floors play an important role in providing the very foundation for the rooms in which we live and work.

SBID Members can claim complimentary tickets to attend - email [email protected] to claim yours! 

13th - 15th January

Top Drawer - London, UK 

Presenting thousands of leading and undiscovered UK and international brands, expertly curated and chosen for their beautiful design, exceptional quality, originality and commercial appeal. Top Drawer encompasses the dynamic worlds of Home, Gift, Fashion and Craft, providing unique access to this season's hottest new products giving buyers the ultimate choice for a successful season.

This year, the SBID Colour Council will make an appearance at Top Drawer 2019 on the 14th January at 12:30pm with a dedicated colour seminar to discuss those all-important colour trends for the year ahead, inviting a range of experts from the industry to talk about how they interpret colour for 2019. Click here to find out more.

SBID Members can upgrade their tickets to VIP for free - email [email protected] to register!

14th - 20th January 

imm cologne - Cologne, Germany 

imm cologne presents the trends that will be shaping the furniture and interiors sector – and the products that are good for business. At the imm cologne, you will find a unique variety of interior design ideas for every room, every style and every requirement – from the basics all the way to designer items and luxury furnishings.

For 2019, Hall 11 will be transformed into Pure Atmospheres as part of the conceptual development of the 'Pure' design segment. The new direction means even more inspiration combined with a stronger business focus.The name underscores the nature of the presentations, shaped by the exhibitors’ holistic interior concepts. Exhibitors will showcase inspiring brand concepts: their own take on domestic culture, their personal signature, their interpretation of good design. Here, the focus is not on the individual product but on the interaction of all the elements.

18th - 22nd January

Maison&Objet - Paris, France

Since 1995, MAISON&OBJET has inspired generations of interior designers and retailers by maintaining a high level of creativity, diversity and excellence throughout the years. With 2 aptly named hubs, Maison and Objet, M&O showcase an excess of 3,000 international brands to over 70,000 interiors professionals twice a year in Paris. The next edition is set to take place on 18-22 January 2019. Find out more about the upcoming event in January, here.

SBID Members can claim complimentary tickets to attend - email [email protected] to claim yours!

20th - 23rd January

January Furniture Show - Birmingham, UK 

Perfectly timed at the start of the year to reveal the newest launches, the biggest names and the freshest trends at the UK's largest furniture event, the January Furniture Show is back on 20-23 January 2019 at the National Exhibition Center, Birmingham. New for 2019 will be the JFS Contract Trail. Over 150 of the 2019 exhibitors either regularly, or occasionally supply contract. For the first time contract suppliers will be identified on the exhibitor listing on the JFS website, making it easy for buyers to plan their stand visits in advance.

Show Director, Cleere Scammell said, “It is important that we give our buying visitors as much useful information as is feasible, to make their visiting time at JFS as productive as possible. Adding the Contract Trail was an easy decision given the number of requests we receive for the information, and given the large number of contract suppliers that we have among our exhibitors.”

30th - 31st January 

Architect@Work - London, UK 

Architect@Work is an exclusive event for architects, interior designers and specifiers taking place at the Old Truman Brewery. The carefully curated trade show aimed at interior and design industry professionals will return to London for its 2019 edition on 30-31 January with a brand new theme. The theme is future-proof. In an age when change is measured in seconds, not years, and sustainability is a necessity not an optional extra, architects and designers are increasingly tasked with proposing projects that have longevity. How can practitioners ensure they are taking the lead when it comes to future-proofing their projects and who is setting the agenda for tomorrow’s built environment?

Colour Trends: How experts interpret colour trends for 2019

Carolina Calzada-Oliveira, Chairman for SBID Colour Council and Co-Founder of Calzada Fox, invites a range of experts to talk about key colour trends for 2019 on Monday 14th January at 12:30pm - 1:15pm.

Focusing on different areas such as textiles, accessories, home interiors and materials, the panel will present individual ideas on the up and coming trends for interior design. Experts will include Marianne Shillingford, Creative Director at Dulux UK; Jessica Green, Senior Brand Manager at Craig & Rose Paints; Justine Fox, Co-Founder of Calzada Fox and Sarah Arnett, Modern Love Studio.

The talk will give inspiration on the use of different palettes, textures and patterns, as well as taking a closer look at how other industry professionals interpret trends and how colour information can work for designers.

Email [email protected] to register your interest in attending.

I hope you have a lovely Holidays, I have made some changes on the panel as the lady from Dada couldn’t make it I have search for a person with a textile background and include a lady called Sarah Arnett who does work for companies in fashion like Escada but also doesn’t designs for Tektura which is an SBID member amazing designs her company is called Modern Love Studio, you can check it online.

The World of Flooring. As one of the top annual design events, Domotex attracts more than 45,000 visitors, making it the leading trade fair for floor coverings. Visitors will find an array of products staged by 1,350 exhibitors from more than 60 countries. All the market leaders will be there to showcase product developments, trend-setting designs and the latest materials.

Heimtextil is one of the biggest and most important international trade fairs and design events for home and contract textiles, acting as a climate and trend barometer for the whole business year. At this leading event for interior textiles, design and trends, international manufacturers, dealers and designers present their products and innovations to a large audience of trade visitors. Heimtextil features over 2,900 exhibitors showcasing the very latest textiles and textile designs, attracting around 69,000 trade visitors from across the world.

Have you discovered the new Maison&Objet yet? Since the last edition in September 2018, Maison&Objet (M&O) totally revamped its layout, entirely tailored to designer's needs. Reconnecting with the fundamentals, M&O reorganised its offering to launch two new aptly named hubs: Maison and Objet!

The professionals-only trade fair introduced this new layout to help visitors find their way around the event’s vast offering. The two main themes were further divided into four styles for Maison and seven product families for Objet. This change was implemented in order to simplify the structure of the fair’s offering, improve visitor experience and encourage chance discoveries. With 119,633 visits made from across 171 countries, the success of the previous edition will once again pave the way for another memorable and inspiring design event in January. New visits, new audacious and intuitive purchasing experiences, inspirational and surprising itineraries… They've got a host of insightful surprises in store, so if you're an SBID member, make sure you claim your free tickets to attend next month!

The Inspirations Forum introduces the theme, 'Excuse my French'

For each session of M&O, NellyRodi analyses the latest consumer trends and sociological phenomena, and encapsulates them into a theme. The topic chosen for January 2019 may have a humorous note to it, “Excuse My French!” but, it looks very seriously at a re-emergence of the country of Molière on the international scene. All about the French art-de-vivre in France and abroad, Excuse my French will explore what makes French style so distinctive and attractive in a globalised economy, who are its inspirations and symbols today, and which designers, manufacturers, artisans best express the modern French heritage.

Vincent Grégoire at NellyRodi attributes this theme with the renewed curiosity about the French as “A sort of fascination at the moment”. For him, the movement is linked to globalisation “In a world where things are becoming standardised, people are looking for something different”. We couldn't think of anywhere more fitting to bring this trend to the forefront than the quintessentially Parisian trade fair set in the city of the indescribable Gallic quality that exudes an easy allure, an effortless chic and a distinctive sense of style.

The country has long been a reference world-wide for the arts, fashion, design and lifestyle. For many, it is quite simply the epitome of elegance. Grégoire pinpoints a number of factors responsible for the country’s new-found resurgence. Leading the way are a whole host of smaller companies – Petites Maisons, who reinterpret traditional savoir-faire with product lines characterised by a spirit of invention and exclusivity. A “nouvelle vague” of creatives open to multicultural influences has also emerged. They shake up traditional French chic by injecting inspirations from elsewhere in a new mood of fusion.

In light of this mix'n'match approach, the Trend Forum in Hall 7 will be presenting a selection of products, à la française which will embody the essence of this new cultural phenomenon and encapsulate the renaissance of the French scene. Adorn in theatrical décor inspired by the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, a small truck displaying the essential M&O trend mook will be parked in the centre, surrounded by a number of handpicked contemporary items to create deliberate contrast against the classical setting. “There will be disruptive, dissonant elements and a spirit of contradiction”, promises Grégoire.

Save the date! Rendez-vous with trends lovers from 18-22 January 2019

SBID Members are entitled to complimentary tickets 

Tickets are limited and available on a first come first served basis until the 14^th of January 2019

To claim your free ticket email [email protected]