Syon Park acts as the backdrop to this year’s Decorex International, from 21st-24th September – an integral part of the London Design Festival.
Presenting more than 350 leading British and international luxury design brands, with over 100 new exhibitors, Decorex International is an acclaimed mix of new talent and established masters. Visitors can source some of the best of luxury design, discover new and innovative product launches and immerse themselves in a community of some the brightest minds in the design industry.
The new location provides greater space for Decorex to create striking new feature areas as well as larger exhibitor stands, along with a prestigious seminar programme featuring some of the top names in our industry.
Decorex has an established reputation for attracting the latest designers and companies. This year is no exception. Newcomers to the show include Liberty Art Fabrics Interiors, Eley Kishimoto, Maya Romanoff, Interior ID and Scapa House together with Bluebellgray, Haute Deco and Melodi Horne among others.
Visitors will be inspired by excellent design, innovative new products and quality craftsmanship from established masters in the design and interiors industry including William Yeoward, Fromental, FRONT London, de Gournay, Best & Lloyd, Zoffany, SCP, Pinch and Julian Chichester.
Inspired by this year’s theme of The Georgians, an original entrance walkway, seen through the eyes of design celebrities and exhibitors, will take visitors on a journey with a twist, reinterpreting eight contemporary scenes from Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress.
Nigel Coates will create The Levee; Fromental and Russell Sage The Orgy; with De Gournay designing The Marriage; Harlequin London and Martin Kemp The Gaming House; with Shaun Clarkson creating The Prison, and Timorous Beasties and Retrouvious focusing on The Madhouse. Designers for The Heir and The Arrest will be announced shortly.
Visitors can look out for In The Making – four working feature installations which highlight the skill and craftsmanship behind leading brands. Front London is flying in its master weaver from Nepal to highlight how hand-knotted rugs are created, while Watts of Westminster will be demonstrating the process behind its award-winning hand-blocked wallpaper.
At Future Heritage, an edited group of the names to collect in British craft can be discovered – selected and introduced by leading contemporary applied arts and design critic Corinne Julius, with many of the artists on hand to talk about their work. Since the 18th century, celebrated British collectors have commissioned the best contemporary artists of their day. Corinne has handpicked some of the most inspiring and talented craftspeople practicing today.
Their work spans a range of disciplines including ceramics, glass, metalwork, textiles and furniture, exploring new technology and materials. This is an opportunity to discover and connect with the leading names within each discipline, who make one-off pieces and who can also work to commission to create site-specific installations or functional pieces.
Artists to be featured include ceramicists Liz Aylieff, Michael Eden and Hitomi Hosono, glass sculptors Colin Reid, Tav Jorgensen, textiles by Jennie Moncur, Natasha Kerr and Neha Lad; silver and metals by Adi Toch and Ane Christensen together with furniture by Laszlo Beckett and Zachary Eastwood Bloom.
