As part of the London Design Festival, 100% Design – one of the UK’s largest design trade shows – will celebrate its 21st edition in a brand new home, Olympia London (23 – 26 September 2015).
Staged across two levels in the Grand and West Halls, this year’s event is based upon the central theme – ‘Design in Colour’, working closely with trend forecasters WGSN among many others. Over 400 UK and international designers and companies will be exhibiting at the show this September, and the total number of exhibitors is expected to rise. Five industry sections will return to the show, of which Kitchens & Bathrooms, Workplace and Design & Build will present innovative ideas and the latest technology for those specialist sectors.
Kitchens & Bathrooms
Addressing the demand for high-end design solutions, Kitchens & Bathrooms is set to demonstrate quality innovation across components, materials, equipment and effective use of space. Once again, this year’s Kitchens & Bathrooms presents a strong exhibitor line-up, from newcomers antoniolupi and Bette, to returning brands including GSI Ceramica, Kolpa, bulthaup by Kitchen Architecture, Foursteel, Keramag Design and LG Hausys – HI-MACS® (pictured above).
Known for its ceramic heritage, GSI Ceramica (Stand K460) will host a UK launch of its Sand sanitaryware collection and Rimless Swirlflush WC, designed and crafted in Italy. GSI Ceramica will share its stand with Zucchetti.Kos (Stand K460). Also based in Italy, antoniolupi (Stand K471) will join 100% Design for the first time with its contemporary washbasins and baths.
Meanwhile, Germany-based Bette (Stand K564) will launch an array of new designs at the show, including the award-winning BetteLux Shape range of baths, washbasins, furniture and accessories – designed by Tesseraux and Partner. Slovenian bathroom company Kolpa (Stand K565) will return to the show, alongside bulthaup by Kitchen Architecture (Stand K464) and Foursteel (Stand K590), a Portuguese manufacturer which specialises in design-led radiators and towel warmers in stainless steel.
100% Design 2015 also sees the return of Keramag Design (Stand K470), showcasing its latest Xeno² and MyDay bathroom collections.
Workplace
100% Design’s Workplace is the only dedicated workplace design show in the UK, featuring all aspects of commercial design for this specialist sector, including seating, desking, electronic innovations, acoustic panels, storage systems, lighting and flooring.
New to the show, Italian furniture manufacturer Chairs & More (Stand W644) will preview its new collections, Tulip and Babah, while Steelcase (Stand W550) will host a series of themed talks on current workplace trends, issues and solutions.
Returning to 100% Design, Swiss manufacturer Vitra (Stand W330) will launch its new Hack table system – made from raw wooden panels – by Konstantin Grcic to the UK. Muirhead Leather (Stand W230) will also return to the show with its high performance, low carbon leather (pictured top left), so will Belgium-based BuzziSpace (Stand W344). Isomi (Stand W455) will preview its first modular furniture made entirely of concrete and designed by Paul Crofts.
Mobile tech expert Aircharge (Stand W643) will come to 100% Design with its new mobile application. This latest offering enables users to easily locate a public location that provides wireless charging compatible with the Wireless Power Consortium.
Soundtect (Stand W630) and TopBrewer by Scanomat (Stand W331) will also have a presence at the show; the former manufactures and supplies sustainable, acoustic panels for walls and ceilings, while the latter offers a patented, stainless steel tabletop tap – connected to smartphones or tablets – for brewing fresh coffee in the workspace, kitchen or cafe.
Design & Build
Design & Build at 100% Design 2015 aims to offer a central resourcing point for the A&D community with a comprehensive list of leading brands from this unique sector. New to the show and sponsoring Design & Build is decorative laminate expert Formica (Stand E478).
Also joining the show for the first time is Henry Blake Hardware (Stand E798) which offers a modern yet timeless collection of Art Deco-inspired pull handles, lever handles, cabinet hardware and hinges in the finest material.
Based in Germany, Gira (Stand E479) will return to 100% Design with its new Gira G1 intelligent central operating unit for the building technology, operated by touching or gesturing on the brilliant multi-touch display. Also returning to the show is Vectorworks (Stand E159) which will showcase its interior design, architectural and landscape design software with Building Information Modelling capabilities.
Edward Ray International (Stand E293) will bring its latest developments in stretch ceilings and LED to 100% Design, while lighting control company Rako Controls (Stand E825) will launch its new programmable wireless volt free interface unit, allowing the use of standard latching rocker switches.
Visitors to this year’s Design & Build will experience an extensive range of high-tech products from companies including electrical switch specialist JUNG (Stand E389), electronic supplier and installer ABB (Stand E270), lighting and home technology design studio Nude Designs (Stand E601), as well as Home of Technologies (Stand E139) and Basalte (Stand E180), both of which specialises in home automation systems.
In addition to technology, surface materials is another key category within this section. UK-based H&E Smith (Stand E832) will debut Project Glaze, a new range of gloss glazed white body wall tiles with 57 colour and five size options. Another UK specialist tile supplier, BluePrint Ceramics (Stand E255) will also exhibit this year with some of its latest collections (pictured top right) including Hex Stone and Metal Mosaics.
