Our selection of important design fairs in the USA. Scroll down to see details, contact information, website, participating designers and design studios (as available).
California Gift Show
George Little Management, LLC
888 South Figueroa Street, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Tel.: +1 213 362 5640
Fax: +1 213 362 5660
customerrelations@glmshows.com
http://www.californiagiftshow.com/
Description:
The California Gift Show is the oldest and largest gift and home furnishings show in the West. Attracting approximately 27,000 buyers at each of its semi-annual events, which present some 11,800 companies in over 3,000 booths, the California Gift Show is renowned for embodying the creative, trend-forward and uniquely West Coast spirit and design.
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Design Chicago
http://mmart.com/designcenter/designchicago/index.html
Description:
The Merchandise Mart Design Center is very excited to introduce Design Chicago: Future Fashions for Furniture, Fabric & More. Design Chicago is a two-day market for interior design professionals featuring the hottest keynote speakers and presentations, introducing the most up-to-date trends in design, debuting the showrooms' latest interior collections and offering a glimpse into the future of design.
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Design Trends Seattle
Media Edge Communications, Inc.
5255 Yonge Street
Suite 1000
Toronto, Ontario M2N 6P4
Canada
Tel.: +1 416 512 8186
Fax: +1 416 512 8344
info@mediaedge.ca
http://www.designtrendsseattle.com/
Description:
With over 150 exhibitors, Design trends Seattle addresses the needs of all professionals involved in the design, renovation, retrofit, construction, refurbishing and furnishing of all types of buildings and properties - both commercial and residential.
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International Contemporary Furniture Fair
info@icff.com
http://www.icff.com/
Description:
Usually held in May, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair is North America's premier event for contemporary design, as the yearly fair draws the most diverse assemblage of design professionals to an extraordinary display of the world's cutting-edge modern furniture, a rigorous curriculum of programs, and a full calendar of ancillary exhibits and features. More than 600 exhibitors display contemporary furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, wall coverings, accessories, textiles, and kitchen and bath for residential and commercial interiors.
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Interior Lifestyle USA
Messe Frankfurt, Inc.
1600 Parkwood Circle, Ste. 615
Atlanta, GA 30339 USA
Tel.: +1 770 984 8016
Fax: +1 770.984.8023
info@usa.messefrankfurt.com
http://www.interiorusa.com/
Description:
Begun in 2002, Interior Lifestyle USA features high style, hot designs and trendsetting products. Interior Lifestyle USA brings the Heimtextil and Ambiente brand shows and high-end exhibitors to the United States in an impressive display that displays bedding, kitchen & bath textiles, decorative and furnishing fabrics, window coverings and table top products.
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Printsource New York
200 Varick Street Suite 507
New York, NY 10014
Tel.: +1 212 352 1005
Fax: +1 212 807 0024
info@printsourcenewyork.com
http://www.printsourcenewyork.com/
Description:
Printsource New York, The Premier Market for Textile and Surface Design in the USA, holds three shows a year at New York's Hotel Pennsylvania, located in the heart of Manhattan's Fashion District. As the hub for the world's top creative talent, Printsource showcases hundreds of collections by international textile design studios and agents. England, France, Italy, Spain, Australia and the U.S.A. are just some of the countries featured each season at the Show. As the first buying stop of the design season, Printsource is the cornerstone event for thousands of fashion and home textile executives, merchandisers, product developers, designers and creative directors.
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SOFA - Sculpture Objects Functional Art
SOFA
Expressions of Culture, Inc.
4401 North Ravenswood, Suite 301
Chicago, IL 60640
Tel.: +1 800 563 7632; +1 773 506 8860
Fax: +1 773 506 8892
info@sofaexpo.com.
http://www.sofaexpo.com/
Description:
SOFA, Sculpture Objects Functional Art, is one of the world's foremost expositions of post-craft masterworks, bridging design, decorative and fine art. At SOFA expositions, prominent international galleries and dealers present masterworks bridging the worlds of design, decorative and fine arts, showcasing the rich visual heritage of the decorative arts alongside new, innovative expressions. The works presented bridge historical periods, art movements and cultures, from ethnographica, Asian arts and mid-twentieth century modern to the most cutting-edge contemporary arts and design.
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