Tradeshows

Azure rounds up the top products and installations you may have missed at Britain’s largest and most eclectic design event.

On Thursday and Friday of this week, IIDEX/NeoCon hosts keynotes by architects Brendan MacFarlane and Matthias Sauerbruch as well as a panel including interior designer Howard Pharr and hotelier Isadore Sharp.

The London Design Festival turns nine this year, and the citywide, nine-day event, which runs until September 25, is only getting bigger. Azure’s deputy editor, Catherine Osborne, is on the ground and recommends these sure-bet events to check out.

As Paris’s biggest home decor show, Maison&Objet, kicks off today, get ready for plenty of beautiful, inspirational and swoon-worthy designs. Here are six pieces we’d love to show off in our abodes.

The Italian furniture manufacturer’s new collection includes stunning pieces by Christophe Pillet, Harry&Camila and Bartoli Design.

At Milan’s Euroluce, Azure nabbed a few minutes with the New York designer to discuss his latest works for Flos.

Salone del Mobile 2011 was packed with big, bold displays. But one installation along via Tortona – by Japanese lighting company Lumiotec – was so small that only five or six people could see it at once.

An exhibit at the prestigious Triennale di Milano showcases Karim Rashid’s amazingly prolific output of the last 15 years.

Swedish Love Stories once again presents a smorgasbord of amazing young talent.

French designer Matali Crasset was on hand at Campeggi’s booth yesterday, testing out her new Dynamic Life. The low-lying sofa’s five seat-cushions fold out like fingers to reveal a bright yellow mattress.