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| DesignEX 2007 Get ready for the must-see industry event for design professionals to be inspired by the latest in design: designEX, Australasia's largest and most prestigious forum for contemporary design and architecture, returns to Melbourne 19 - 21 April 2007. The 2007 exhibition will feature a number of exciting highlights, of which, The Lighting Council, The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie , The (At Lunch With…) Series, and the Champagne and Oyster Bar are new additions. Series a collection of interactive workshop-style lunches where visitors will dine with the biggest names in the design industry in an intimate setting to discuss, debate and be inspired by the latest feast of design topics. The Lighting Council, highly-regarded innovators in the world of lighting, will showcase the latest products, innovations and techniques in the world of residential and commercial design. Celebrity sensation to designEX 2007 will come in the form of The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie, a fresh modern concept that takes a traditional interior setting outside and welcomes the exterior in, blurring the lines between indoors and outdoors. The Champagne and Oyster Bar provides an unmissable opportunity for visitors to rub shoulders with industry leaders, or a social area to network with colleagues and clients over a glass of champagne and a shucked oyster at this in a chic and minimalist transparent, circular bar. Always a highlight of designEX, the industry's next generation of young-gun designers will display their work at Latitude (presented by Home Beautiful and MONUMENT), see their masterpieces before the rest of the design world does! The Interior Trends Market Week will showcase the most opulent fabrics from Australia's leading fabric importers and wholesalers, as part of the Textile Distributors of Australia official exhibition. Interior design and fashion collide at the Interior Trends Market Week Fashion Café. Watch models draped in the latest colour and fabric combinations take to the catwalk in daily fashion parades boasting Australia's leading fabric houses. Informative speakers will discuss the most up to date ideas and design trends at the inspirational International Seminar Series. Visitors can take part in workshops, seminars and/or The (At Lunch With…) Series. The achievements of Australia's top designers and architects will be recognised at the Interior Design Awards Presentation Dinner (Friday 20 April), held to coincide with designEX. Australia's trade event for building and architectural professionals, Form & Function, staged in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Architects, will be held in conjunction with designEX. The national conference of the Royal Institute of Architects will also be held to coincide with designEX and Form & Function. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Exhibition News :: home page |