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Dates
for the
Design Diary
24-27 september 2009
100% Design
earl’s Court, London
100% Design is the UK’s big contemporary
interiors event for the contract market,
attracting key manufacturers, star
designers and major specifiers from the
UK and overseas. the event will again this
year include architectural products show
100% Detail, emerging talent showcase
100% futures as well as the self-
explanatory 100% Materials.
Perhaps best of all, the Designer team will
be there in force and welcoming visitors
to our stand – come and see us on stand
M45.
PULP faCt
www.100percentdesign.co.uk
swedish forestry company södra has
developed a chair which looks and feels 29 september – 3 october 2009
like paper but performs like plastic. the Cersaie 2009
secret is a new biodegradable, recyclable Bologna exhibition Centre, italy
combination of woodpulp, maize starch and Cersaie returns with its usual vast array of
cane sugar called Durapulp. bathroom furniture ceramic tiles. Last year,
over 1,000 exhibitors attracted almost
the new material is mouldable like plastic,
84,000 visitors throughout the event and
but it won’t sit for centuries in landfill once
although both figures this year are likely
its days are up, and has nothing to do with
to be down a little, Cersaie has become
fossil fuels.
a must-attend for anyone working with
the children’s ‘Parupu’ chair, which is made bathrooms at all levels.
from Durapulp, was launched at the Milan as ever, Designer will be there and
furniture fair in april. the name Parupu reporting on the show highlights in
comes from the Japanese word for pulp. our november issue and online at www.
thedesigneronline.com
the material can be used to produce all
kinds of moulded furniture for the home or www.cersaie.it
garden, as well as a host of other products.
södra:
6 october 2009
www.web.com
Design aWarDs 2009
Lord’s Cricket ground, London
george Clarke, architect and presenter
of Channel 4’s the home show, will be
speaking at the annual highlight of the UK
design calendar at which the cream of the
UK’s design talent is given the recognition
it deserves in front of an audience of the
leading figures from across the industry.
there’s also a global flavour this year with
an award for best international project,
not to mention a very special guest who
off the sheLf
will be receiving this year’s simon taylor
award for Lifetime achievement.
Designed by Belgian furniture designer
Casimir (known as such, although his
Visit the Designer website after the event
full name is Casimir Reynders), Ladder
for all the details, and see the october
N° 1 is a new series of storage furniture
Design awards special issue next month
which combines the idea of a ladder and a
for full reports.
bookcase.
www.thedesignermagazine.com
By extending the ladder’s rungs into
shelves, the ladder can be used as a storage
unit for books. The bookcases are made from
for more details of these and other
solid oak and available in a variety of sizes.
events taking place over the coming
CasimirMeubelen: months, visit the What’s on section at
www.casimirmeubelen.be www.thedesignermagazine.com
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