(Editor: Leona) 

 

2015 is coming, and all design passionate followers are already anxious about next year Design Agenda. Take a look at the best events to attend in 2015, and tell us what you think!

 

1-IMM Cologne-19-25 January

 

First furnishing show of the year, IMM presents the major trends with which business will deal with in the following months. The major brands ans trend-setters from all over the world present their new products and concepts for 2014 collections.

 

 

2-IDS Toronto- 22-25 January

 

The Interior Design Show is Canada’s premier showcase of new products, innovative designers and avant-garde concepts from North America and beyond. For one weekend each January, the city of Toronto is filled with industry superstars, cutting-edge emerging names, design-savvy consumers and top media outlets.

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3-Now Design à Vivre- 23-27 January

 

Living design! The new generation of designers is playing with forms and mixing styles with talent and inventiveness. With ever more innovations and experiments, enjoy the latest design ideas without moderation at now! design à vivre. Materials are transformed, used in unexpected ways and combined to create daring objects or pieces of furniture.

 

4-Stockholm Design Week- 2-8 February

 

Stockholm Design Week is the largest annual design event in Scandinavia with 770 exhibitors from 30 countries at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair and in additional 50 events taking place in the city.

 

The website will be your key to everything happening around the city during the next design week, February 3 – 9, 2014.In addition to all the exciting new products at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, you will also find the route to loads of high-profile design events held around the city in connection with the fair.

 

During the day, business is done at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, while in the evenings it’s time to mingle and party.

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5-Biennale Internationale Design Saint Ettiene- 12 March-12 April

 

Les Sens du beau… La neuvième édition de laBiennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne, qui se tiendra pendant un mois du 12 mars au 12 avril 2015, interrogera l’importance des formes et les sens que celles-ci donnent aux fonctions, aux usages ou à la qualité de vie. Quelles valeurs sont véhiculées par l’esthétique ? Pour quelles intentions, pour quels desseins ? Que disent les formes produites sur les modes de vie, les usages et les pratiques d’une société ? Que murmurent-elles sur l’état du monde ?

 

 

6-Wanted Design NYC- 12 April-12 May

 

WantedDesign is a premier creative destination for the international design community during NYCxDESIGN in May. WantedDesign continues to set the standard for international design curation. The event offer a 360-degree experience with innovative installations, memorable products, a pop-up store, interactive experiences, convivial lounges, thought-provoking student workshops, engaging discourse and more.

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7-Design Miami/Basel -16-21 June

 

Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Occurring alongside the Art Basel fairs in Miami, USA each December and Basel, Switzerland each June, Design Miami/ has become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating collectible design.

 

8-NeoCon, Chicago- 15-17 July

 

NeoCon® is North America’s largest design exposition and conference for commercial interiors, annually attended by over 40,000 architecture and design professionals. With over three days of non-stop resources, energy and ideas, NeoCon is the single most important industry event of the year and your one-stop destination.

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9-Maison & Object,Paris- 4-8 September

 

MAISON&OBJET is the major event for professionals working in the art of living in all its rich and varied expressions. The lifestyle show brings together a 360°product offering. Decoration, design, furniture, accessories, textiles, fragrances, the world of children, tableware. The styles coexist in a multifaceted way, throughout the inventive show design which enlivens the spaces.

 

For 20 years this large lifestyle platform, at the crossroads of business and creativity, provides solutions that meet the needs of visitors from around the world.

 

10-Paris Design Week- 5-13 September

 

Imagined as an itinerary—free-ranging and free of charge—sprinkled with exhibits and festive parties organized each night of the week, aimed at design lovers and the French and international trade who will be in Paris for the MAISON&OBJET show.

 

Furniture, decoration, fashion, gastronomy, art, and the art of living under the banner of design, all the paths to creation intersect in the very place they emerged:

showrooms, concept stores, designers’ workshops, galleries, cultural institutions, hotels and restaurants.