Attractions
ATTRACTIONS
designEX. Relaunch 2012.
There are so many new reasons to visit designEX 2012. Here’s just a few:
ICONIC BRANDS
HIVE
THE NEST
HETTICH DESIGN CHALLENGE
7 KINDS OF HAPPINESS
EBONY BAR
ICONIC BRANDS
designEX 2012 presents the brands that you want to see in Furniture, Textiles, Lighting, Architecture, Bathrooms, Appliances, Surfaces. See Great Dane Furniture, Spence & Lyda, Tsar, LightCo, Hettich, Axolotol, V-Zug, Polyflor and Abet Laminate. Full list of exhibitors available soon.
HIVE
A collection of the newest products and technologies from influential brands curated by Anne-Maree Sargeant. This exhibit will capture a complete picture of cutting edge design from two directions – Sustainability and Technology.
THE NEST
Supporting local talent is an important part of designEX. The Nest will feature 20 independent local designers, showcasing products from a variety of disciplines such as furniture, lighting, tabletops and accessories.
HETTICH DESIGN CHALLENGE
Returning in 2012 with a new format. Hettich, who are well known for quality and innovative products in cabinet hardware and fittings are looking to reward a young designer for their creativity offering a bursary of $2500 for first prize in the Hettich Design Challenge.
Entries open til 25 March 2012. Click here for entry form and T&C
7 KINDS OF HAPPINESS
Gain inspiration from progressive local and international design thinkers curated by Office For Good Design.
Is personal happiness a design problem? A universally desired goal, critics say we are statistically no happier than we were 50 years ago. Happiness is elusive – and even considered too private, superficial or subjective for designer to take seriously. Can designers create happiness and what kind of object and place make us most happy?
7 Kinds of Happiness: Conversations on Design and Emotion is a series of events, each exploring a different kind of happiness and which we use happiness as a lens for people to talk about what they do.
Speakers include: leading Design Critic & Journalist, Alice Rawsthorn (UK) & Architecture Collective Rotor (Brussels). Tickets on sale March 2012.
EBONY BAR
Located at the hub of designEX for 2012 is ‘Ebony’, a destination designed to meet the needs and wants of the most discerning bar hopper. Offering hospitality and entertainment in equal measures, the Ebony Bar will be a mandatory port of call for visitors and exhibitors seeking a celebratory libation or a quiet corner where business and pleasure can converge. From a quick drink at the Maxi Bar to unwinding in the Sri Lanka Lounge, the Ebony Bar will provide the necessary respite for the feet, and the mind.
