Tailor-made for trade professionals and design connoisseurs > Decorex Joburg is the ultimate roundup of the new and now; with 5 halls filled with the latest trends and launch products, fresh initiatives, the best in kitchens & bathrooms, fine finishes, four international pavilions and gifted designers. With Plascon as show sponsor and DStv as media partner, Decorex Joburg is hailed as Southern Africa’s leading décor and interior design event.

PRE-REGISTER AND WIN:

Registered trade visitors stand the chance to win a R 20 000, 3 night trip to Maison & Objet in Paris sponsored by SA Décor & Design. Also up for grabs is a R 25 000 InterCAD T3 professional interior design 3D software package, courtesy of Furnspace 3D software.
To register for complimentary trade access on 6 & 7 August, visit www.decorex.co.za

TALKS & INTERNATIONAL TREND GURU’S

Remember to book your seat at the highly acclaimed talks and seminars running alongside Decorex Joburg at Gallagher Convention Centre:
Conversation on Architecture, 7 August, will feature a stellar line-up of international and local speakers who will discuss issues around greening and the built industry. Convened by Les Aupiais, a stellar cast of international and local experts state their views on the Age of Ecology and probe the challenges merging technological solutions with aesthetics. Bringing the latest in environmental thinking to the stage are international speakers Christoph von Oefele (Germany), Ernesto Goransky (Argentina) and Nina Maritz (Namibia). They are joined by Italian born Enrico Daffonchio, Hugh Fraser, Mphethi Morojele, Richard Stretton and Bjorn Heyerdahl.
COA is proudly sponsored by CaesarStone with co-sponsors Design Center, Plascon, Specilink and Rezultz. The South African Institute of Architects has assessed and validated this Category 1 CPD Activity. The activity carries 1 CPD credit.
For more information or to book, visit www.decorex.co.za
On 6 August, international colour guru and forecaster from the USA, Leatrice Eiseman, will give a talk on Colour and Emotion. Eiseman has written seven books on colour. She is the Executive Director of the Pantone Colour Institute, the director of the Eiseman Center for Colour Information and Training and a colour /design consultant to many industries. Fortune Magazine has named her as one of the 10 top decision makers for her work in colour and she is widely quoted in the media.

Eiseman's presentation is a must-attend event for anyone whose success depends on communicating with colour or use visual stimulation to elicit response from their targeted consumer.
For more information or to book, visit www.decorex.co.za

TRENDS & PURE INSPIRATION

Plascon, paint with imagination. Will grey be dethroned as the new neutral? Decorex Joburg lifts the lid on the hip and trendy colours with the highly-awaited Plascon Colour forecast for 2010.

The Sanlam Dream Rooms is an exquisite collection of high-end décor brands, lifestyle stores, fabric houses and interior decorators merging trends, palettes, materials and patterns with a contemporary edge.
Fresh new faces in interior design bring their groundbreaking ideas to the Sanlam House as they compete for the title of the Sanlam & VISI Next Generation Style Shaper.
The South African Handmade Collection is a dti-initiative that brings you the highest quality, design led, environmentally friendly South African craft products.

INTERNATIONAL PAVILIONS:

Cultures, design influences and flavours from across the globe meet up at the show’s international pavilions. See new international products at idesign, the Italian pavilion where it's all about la dolce vita, true Italian style, fabulous furniture and shapely automobiles. The Indonesian pavilion showcases furniture and design with a flavor of South-East Asia, while the Chinese and Indian pavilions put trading with the Far East in the spotlight.

LIVING WITH CONSCIENCE
The Pick ‘n Pay Living Green pavilion is an all-green housescape that embraces only eco-caring products and services, with inventive re-use and affordable eco-solutions: from home ware and appliances to green landscaping and how-to-talks.
The Plascon Prism Awards’ theme ‘Regenerate. Renew’ signals it’s time to embrace nature’s way with designs that are one with the planet. See the creative pans of the overall winner and finalists in three categories - public buildings, residential and retail / commercial spaces displayed at Decorex Joburg.
Decorex Joburg, Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand
6-10 August 09
6 & 7 August 09 (trade focused days)
10:00 - 18:00 daily
Visit www.decorex.co.za for more