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Interiors Birmingham is proud to present an exciting collaboration between the Birmingham City University and Global Color Research - mix publications.

Birmingham City University will offer a new creative twist to Global Color’s Trends Forecast with the installation of 4 trend pavilions produced by their MA and BA students from interior, textile and product design.  Aimed to engage and inspire the imagination this highly visual display seeks to stretch and engage individuals who want to appreciate the future trends for interiors.

To complete the trend forecast offering Global Color Research - mix publications will also be presenting trend forecast seminars within The Seminar Theatre on Monday 19th at midday and 2pm.

A key offering of the Interiors Hub, to be seen outside of London for the first time, is the award winning Material Lab.
In January 2006 H & R Johnson, leading manufacturer and supplier of ceramic tiles in the UK, created and opened the design resource centre in London. Replicated at interiors Birmingham will be an offering for designers and architects - an environment where products such as ceramics, glass, wallpaper, carpet tiles, trims, eco-resins, fabrics and many more materials can be explored with expect advice on hand.

DesignersBlock and friends are back for 2009! This year the world renowned exhibition curators will be showcasing furniture, lighting, and textiles providing an optimistic glimpse at the trends and trend makers.

Gathering 30 new and emerging designers at the cutting edge of the game, all commercially active and hitting the industry as we speak.

Featured designers and designer brands include, Arabeschi Di Latte, Caroline Saul, Ercol, Haidee Drew, Jo Angell, Kathy Schicker, Re-Silicone, Seung-Kwan No, SCP, Sophie Hedderwick, Studio Roam, Timorous Beasties, Tea un Kim.

This year DESIGN BRITAIN will feature work by the key protagonists and design icons from the 1930’s to present day. The exhibition will feature work by some of the UK’s leading designers including, Robin & Lucien Day, Earnest Race, Kenneth Grange, Jasper Morrison, Ed Barber & Jay Osgerby and new talents Ed Carpenter and Alexander Taylor.

The exhibition will consist of a timeline with some of the key products and people throughout the last 70 plus years.

A packed seminar programme: featuring renowned industry lights such as Elle Decoration, Global Color Research, IKEA and many more. 

Interiors Birmingham is proud to present an exciting collaboration between the Birmingham City University and Global Color Research - mix publications'

Birmingham City University will offer a new creative twist to Global Color’s Trends Forecast with the installation of 4 trend pavilions produced by their MA and BA students from interior, textile and product design.  Aimed to engage and inspire the imagination this highly visual display seeks to stretch and engage individuals who want to appreciate the future trends for interiors.

To complete the trend forecast offering Global Color Research - mix publications will also be presenting trend forecast seminars within The Seminar Theatre on Monday 19th at midday and 2pm.

Click here for a full seminar programme.

The top twelve entries will have their work display on the Cabinet Maker stand in Hall 5 at Interiors Birmingham 18-21 January 2009, NEC Birmingham. Initial judging will take place at the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers in London in October.

The Young Designers Awards, sponsored by Cabinet Maker magazine in collaboration with The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers enters its 10th year.
The finalists will be featured in Cabinet Maker magazine and at www.cabinet-maker.co.uk.

To enter please contact Tony Hollyer on Tel 01223 871618 or email ahollyer@o2.co.uk.

This year, The Lighting Association will team up with its sponsors Total Lighting and Interiors Birmingham to re-launch the industry’s Product Awards. A prestigious panel of judges includes top Lighting retailers, an ex-finalist of the Lighting Student Design Awards, Editor of Total Lighting Magazine Lyndsey Hubbard, and Peter Hunt from the Lighting Association.

The categories comprise:

• Best avant-garde design
• Best innovation
• Best portable luminaire
• Best fixture
• Best suite or range of fittings
• Best British-originated design
• Best children’s light

The uses of LEDs in both domestic and commercial markets are limitless. Visit the Lighting Association’s stand and you’ll discover their true potential – and find out exactly how they’re giving lighting a new lease of life. See the latest energy-saving products.

Energy efficiency. It’s a phrase that’s been buzzing around the lighting industry for some time now. At the EELS Scheme Stand, you can see the amazing benefits of using the latest energy-saving lighting products for yourself!

The Lighting Association will be showcasing a selection of this year’s Lighting Design Awards finalists’ work. So, this is your chance to be inspired by the innovative ideas of the country’s finest up and- coming designers.