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| Heimtextil 2008  The conventional home lay-out is frequently deconstructed in modern architecture; thus the open kitchen blends seamlessly with the living area as the social hub of the house. The "Outside In" exhibition takes up this architectural trend at Heimtextil 2008, showing how inside and outside spaces of a home increasingly blend into one another. "Out-side In" presents the walk-in ground plan of an 'urban villa' with an adjoining garden. Three cubes contain the sleeping, living and dining areas; a fourth cube is used to accommodate a bar with catering fa-cilities.Based liberally on the slogan "Luxury bathroom meets textiles" the "Crystal Waves" showcase combines bathroom textiles with luxuri-ous details. To stage these unique materials, this special area has gone for a very straight, linear design; the dominant materials are glass, natural stone, crystal and top-quality fabrics. The central theme is the element water. A stream of shiny Bisazza mosaics and glitter-ing Swarovski crystals flows through the space. The "Swarovski bath-room made by Kludi" and the innovative "Waterlounge" by Hoesch are some of the exclusive design elements. A Swarovski chandelier from Windfall Crystal Lighting heightens the impression of exclusivity in the special show, pebble-shaped cushions from Moroso are an in-vitation to relax. For the first time at Heimtextil 2008, the "Concept Square" show-case complements the exhibitors' product presentations in Hall 8.0. More than 30 well-known companies are presenting their ground-breaking shop concepts and exclusive staging of product and com-pany innovations as well as licensed products in connection with the theme of sleep. Thus, for visitors from the wholesale, specialist and individual retail trade as well as for contract business an additional and attractive information platform has emerged, combining innova-tive products and applications with demand-driven sales concepts in the fields of bedroom and household textiles. The shop concepts in Concept Square are arranged into pavilions, the showcase presents original-brand and licensed products like small works of art, set in ar-cade-like architecture. The alternate arcades and pavilions surround a large inner courtyard with water features and integrated foodservice outlets. For Heimtextil visitors and exhibitors alike, Heimtextil Trend 2008/2009 is both a source of inspiration and a look into the future of interior decoration with textiles. Under the slogan "It's time to be...Visionary, Original, Magical and Vibrant", the bora.herke style studio is staging, in Forum 0, this trend's four style essentials, which the Trendtable has gathered together from five European design stu-dios. The Trendtable claims that it is time "to establish our relation-ship with the here and now and to execute an aesthetic about-turn towards a new purism", for "it is only now that the new millennium is taking shape in our hearts and minds. "Competence Square" in Hall 4.0 is devoted entirely to the theme of upholstery fabrics. Under the slogan "Creativity meets Technology" textile materials vie with additional 'smart' options for space in this special zone. Meanwhile, excellent design and top quality are an al-most self-evident must. However, special applications, which use, for example, fabrics with microbe, electrosmog and stain resistant prop-erties, or metallised fabrics with climate-control effects, can only be developed using such technologies. The section of the exhibition called 'Smart' from Material Connexion Cologne's material library completes the picture for this area. With 'Upholstery', Trevira CS pre-sents a library of upholstery fabrics, developed with customers for the contract sector. Furthermore, 'Competence Square' is also presenting the competition entries from students, submitted for the 'Young Contract Creations Award: Upholstery' as projects for textile-based seating in the con-tract sector. Heimtextil 2008 will present the award for the first time together with the trade magazine Polsterfashion and the fibre manu-facturer Trevira CS. In addition, the French testing institute IFTH (l'Institut Français de l'habillement et du textile) will deliver an insight into the essential procedures for the testing of upholstery fabrics. Textiles have much more of a purpose than mere decoration. They integrate functions such as absorption of smells or protection from bacteria, they surprise through unusual surface sensations, and can combine, in their manufacture, all the advantages of mass-production with individual requirements and thus save storage space and costs. The material library from "Material Connexion Cologne" is exhibit-ing a cross-section of the multi-faceted world of materials in Hall 9.1 and in Hall 4.0 during Heimtextil. Here, visitors can not only see fabric samples but also handle them. Text boards explain the original uses of the material and new possible applications. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Exhibition News :: home page |