SeehoSu | Saturday Indesign | Sydney | 2024 https://www.saturdayindesign.com/tag/seehosu/ Sydney | 2024 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 04:08:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Saturday Indesign hits Sydney this September – and here’s your first exhibitor drop https://www.saturdayindesign.com/news/saturday-indesign-hits-sydney-this-september/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 04:08:23 +0000 https://www.saturdayindesign.com/?p=5766 Start planning your Saturday Indesign experience for 2024

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Industry’s most loved event is on its way back to Sydney, with Saturday Indesign set to paint the town pastel on Saturday September 7th. The perfect event for architects, designers, and design lovers alike, Saturday Indesign promises 12 hours of super-charged inspiration, with the city’s best showrooms opening their doors for a day unlike any other.

If you don’t have September 7th circled in your calendar already then it’s time to get out that marker, because Saturday Indesign is your chance to top up your design knowledge and freshen up your contact book, with talks, installations, hospitality, product launches, and prizes all on the day’s agenda.

To help get you excited, we’re dropping our first of two exhibitor drops, with a line-up of participating brands and showrooms who are already hard at work planning their 2024 Saturday Indesign showing. Split across three zones, these brands will take you across Sydney, creating precincts of design goodness that you have to see to believe.

This is only the very tip of the Saturday Indesign iceberg, so read on, get excited, and be sure to complete your FREE event registration on Wednesday July 10. 

Saturday Indesign 2024 Exhibitor Line-Up First Drop

Abey – Zone 2

Abey Australia is a leading Australian family-owned and-run business, offering exceptional kitchen, bathroom, and laundry designs. Their collection of products brings the best of global design to Australian shores, with a focus on designs that push the range of possibilities and celebrate innovation, creativity, and remarkable design. 

Autex Acoustics – Zone 2

Autex Acoustics is a leader in the development and manufacturing of non-woven architectural textiles, supplying an increasingly sophisticated range of products to the building industry. From humble beginnings more than 50 years ago, Autex Acoustics has grown to serve over 18 export markets, and their products can be found across the globe featuring in some of the biggest brands offices, foyers, meeting rooms, and general working environments. 

DesignByThem – Zone 3

DesignByThem is a celebration of Australian design. Established in 2007 by industrial designers Sarah Gibson and Nicholas Karlovasitis, their products are designed by Australian designers, developed in-house by the DesignByThem team and produced worldwide. The brand’s growing curated collection of furniture, accessories and lighting is characterised by its unique Australian perspective, timeless aesthetic and distinct playfulness.

Elton Group – Zone 1

Elton Group is a supplier of high quality Interior Architectural Products driven by an ethos of sustainability. Their range of timber veneers are rich and textural, perfect for creating exceptional interior spaces without compromising on our natural ecosystems. 

Gaggenau – Zone 1

Gaggenau luxury home appliances offer a convincing performance and handcrafted quality. Working with professional chefs, their products are tested to ensure they are intuitive and enabling, focussed and robust: made to distil the professional experience across commercial and residential spaces. 

Jardan – Zone 1

Jardan creates inspiring and responsible furniture and lighting with a curated collection of homewares. With a uniquely Australian aesthetic, their collection is imbued with a sense of authenticity, and offers a symbiosis of the playful, the relaxed, and the sophisticated to bring joy into every space.

Kaolin Surfaces – Zone 3

Kaolin embodies a fusion of creative talents, craftsmen, and individuals united by a passion for porcelain tiles. Their identity goes beyond the mere merging of Eastern and Western traditions; it signifies a profound integration where the artisanal excellence of Eastern porcelain meets the innovative design philosophies of the West. This fusion cultivates a worldwide design perspective, steered by a family whose rich, cross-cultural background infuses their work with unparalleled depth and insight.

Klaro Industrial Design – Zone 1

Klaro Industrial Design (K.I.D) is a Sydney-based product design studio with expertise in office furniture and components. With a concise product range that spans seating storage and workstations, Klaro has drawn on its own experience across the fields of architectural design and commercial fit-out to deliver thoughtful products that hero slow design and local craftsmanship. 

La Cornue – Zone 1

Founded in France 1908, La Cornue is a French purveyor of luxury kitchen appliances. Their iconic products are the epitome of sophistication, and feature in incredible kitchens around the world. 

Their trademark is founded in craftsmanship, with each cooker the work of some of Europe’s finest hands, and informed by the French passion for culture, cuisine, and quality.

LightCo – Zone 3

LightCo is Australia’s leading distributor of luxury decorative interior and outdoor lighting products chosen for designers, architects and private clients.Their showroom in Alexandria has been thoughtfully curated to inspire, while their specialty team are ready to help make any lighting dreams a reality.

Ownworld – Zone 1

Ownworld is a Saturday Indesign favourite, an iconic contract furniture consultancy that provides Australia’s architects and interior designers with contemporary furniture of original design. 

Ownworld imports, manufactures and customises seating, lounging, tables, desking, lighting, storage, and accessories for commercial and residential projects, and their showroom is a must visit this September.

Savage Design – Zone 1

Savage Design have been purveyors of engineered beauty since 1910. From their factory and offices in Sydney, they create furniture, lighting, hardware, and homewares from premium a selection of premium metals. Designed for curated spaces and the lives of the design conscious, their pieces balance honest design, master craftmanship, and sound knowledge of materials.

SeehoSu – Zone 2

Another Saturday Indesign stalwart, SeehoSu has been a designer favourite since their launch in 2010. They have a reputation for authentic, high quality designer furniture, lighting, and objects that are exquisite in their craftsmanship yet, at their very core, remain simple, practical and most importantly, comfortable. 

SeehoSu’s boutique portfolio includes brands from Japan, Denmark, Sweden, Canada and Australia.

Special Lights – Zone 2

Special Lights is one of Australia’s leading suppliers of European lighting brands. Their portfolio includes a diverse range of decorative and architectural lighting styles, while an expert team and dedicated design services department ensure designers and end-users alike can find the perfect lighting options for their project.

Stylecraft – Zone 1

A staple of every Saturday Indesign, Stylecraft is a leader in commercial, residential, hospitality and education furniture and lighting. With seven showrooms across Australia and Singapore, their range represents the best of European, Asian and local furniture and lighting brands. 

Winnings– Zone 2

Winnings is Australia’s leading supplier of premium kitchen and laundry appliances, with a range of products that allows design imaginations to run wild. From their flagship store on Danks Street, Winning caters to the country’s top names in architecture and design, ensuring kitchens across the nation are the heart of every project.

Ready for the second lineup drop? Stay tuned, with many more exhibitors yet to be announced! PLUS get ready to confirm your attendance at Saturday Indesign 2024, with registration opening Wednesday July 10. 

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Look out Melbourne, Saturday Indesign is coming in 2023 https://www.saturdayindesign.com/news/saturday-indesign-2023-melbourne/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:20:56 +0000 https://www.saturdayindesign.com/?p=4054 Saturday Indesign returns to Melbourne in 2023, register your interest to exhibit, collaborate or attend today!

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Following a high energy, design fuelled, connection creating Sydney event in 2022, Saturday Indesign has its sights set on Melbourne for 2023! That’s right – the design industry’s favourite event is heading south, coming to Melbourne on Saturday September 2, 2023. So jot the date down and clear your schedule because this is a day of design you won’t want to miss!

Since inception, Saturday indesign has been about pairing up the best design showrooms with architects, designers and design lovers in a curated platform for genuine connections and lasting relationships. In 2022 we saw some of the best local and international brands participate including Anterior XL, Caroma, Dedece, District, Flokk, Fred International, Herman Miller, Ignite Fireplace Studio, Interface, JANUS Et Cie, Kaolin, Koda Lighting, Krost, Laine Furnishings, Living Edge, Maker&Son, Molmic, Polytec, Real Flame, Savage Design, SeehoSu, Space Furniture, Special Lights, Squarebear, Steelcase, Stormtech, Stylecraft, Sussex Taps, Technogym, Thinkingworks, Wilkhahn, Winning Appliances. Activating across Sydney, visitors had the chance to explore a full day of  product launches, panel discussions, workshops and exclusive parties, getting around with help of our transport partner Neolith.

In 2022 The entire event also got a little bit greener thanks to inaugural Sustainability Partners Autex Acoustics and Interface, who contributed to carbon offsetting, sourcing event collateral with a lower environmental impact and helping to build a conversation around event and design sustainability. With Saturday Indesign 2023 already in the works, the challenge is on to continue to improve the environmental footprint of all design events!

Now, we look ahead and begin to imagine Melbourne transforming into a utopia of design, where the city is taken over by the most creative brands, showrooms and names in our industry as they bring you the best of design locally, nationally and internationally.

Keen to get involved? Here is a rundown on how to sink your teeth into Saturday Indesign 2023. 

Do you have the best design showroom in town? 

Speak to our team now about getting on the Saturday Indesign map, inviting our SID community directly through your doors. No showroom? No worries! It is all part of the Saturday Indesign charm to connect like minded brands and facilitate share partnerships so you could pop up in the heart of a precinct at SID.

Start planning your involvement by visiting our exhibitor page here or submitting your expression of interest here.

Do you want to get creative? 

If you are a creative, looking to get involved in some out of the box creative installations, then we have just the thing for you: The Project. The Project is one of the most highly anticipated elements of the Saturday Indesign program. Connect with an exhibiting brand to create a never before seen installation at Saturday Indesign. 

Express your interest in getting involved in creative opportunities at SID here, by selecting ‘collaborate’.

Do you want to come along? 

Great! Express your interest in attending now and we will keep you up to date with all you need to know in order to get the most out of your Saturday Indesign experience.. And also get the heads up on some VIP treatment. Simply fill out your details here and we will keep you in the know!

Still dreaming about Saturday Indesign 2022? 

Check out our gallery here

 

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Saturday Indesign 2022: The Project Fan Favourite Winner Announced! https://www.saturdayindesign.com/news/saturday-indesign-2022-the-project-fan-favourite-winner-announced/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:28:00 +0000 https://www.saturdayindesign.com/?p=4045 Visitors to Saturday Indesign have voted, and we are excited to announce your 2022 The Project Collaboration, and take a look back over all the best installations this year’s event had to offer.

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Saturday Indesign dazzled Sydney on Saturday 21 May, 2022. Set in the best design showrooms right across the city, Saturday Indesign literally, and figuratively, transported thousands of designers, architects and design enthusiasts across town to the best design showrooms who opened their doors to create an unforgettable design experience. 

Part of this transformation of the harbour city included  never before seen collaborative installations between exhibiting brands and creative partners as part of ‘The Project’. The Project is one of the most highly anticipated features of Saturday Indesign. A jewel in the crown of the SID program, providing architects, designers and other creatives the ability to work in conjunction with exhibiting companies and their products to create installations, visual displays and interactive experiences within showroom spaces. 

This year, The Project was themed around regeneration, prompting exhibitors, creatives and attendees alike to consider their role in a society which is reawakening after a pandemic-induced slumber. As we re-emerge, the stark realities of climate destruction, mass wastage, and a lack of true human connection are issues we as an industry need to address.

Every installation at SID provided attendees with the opportunity to interact with some of the country’s foremost design organisations and experience never before seen installations. Visitors had the chance to vote for their favourite The Project installation, and we are excited to officially announce the winner of The Project people’s choice: Kaolin Tiles in collaboration with ARM Architecture!!

People’s Choice winner of 2022 The Project Kaolin Tiles x ARM Architecture 

Cleverly designed by ARM Architecture and crafted by Kaolin, a circular patterned installation spoke to the visitor, where Regeneration became fully realised at a given point or moment in time. As a permanent fixture in Kaolin’s impressive new showroom, the scale, detail, interactivity and depth of meaning of the creation amazed attendees.

Mark Raggatt, Director of ARM Architecture, provided the following words on the project’s meaning and it’s response to the brief:

“To REGENERATE is to grow again, or bring new life and vigour, to be reborn. What more perfect theme could we be given after all we’ve been through.

How can we reflect on this recent past and see a new future? Can we hope to be reborn?

We are not the first to ask these questions. Hans Holbein the Younger painted The Ambassadors in 1533. At the base of the painting is a dark smudge, an incomprehensible blemish it would seem but standing in just the right spot, looking from the perfect vantage point we would see a skull emerging from the painting. The skull is a perspectival anamorph a distorted image revealed only through the foreshortening of perspective created by our viewing.

The word anamorph is derived from the Greek prefix -ana meaning ‘again’ and the word morphe meaning shape or form – literally again-form or to shape again, or perhaps to REGENERATE.

Here, we placed a mirrored cone on the contorted Kaolin tiles, the reflection in the mirror reveals an undistorted checkerboard, this anamorph is called a conical catoptic or mirrored anamorph. But in this mirror is something else what seems like a white streak across the tile is regenerated as the word Eternity in the conical mirror.

Eternity is part of the folklore of Sydney. Arthur Stace woke at 4am most mornings to chalk Eternity on the streets of Sydney. Surely this Eternity is the hope of regeneration for the world – that this time it will all last forever. A hope that this regenerated reflection will linger in the mirror.”

Voting was tight, with seven other authentic and exceptional installations across the event footprint, The Project was an absolute star along the extensive design trail laid out by Saturday Indesign 2022. Here are some of the highlights: 

1. Stormtech x Squillace

Visitors were guided through the exhibition space by illuminated cubes containing Stormtech’s product off cuts, showcasing Stormtech’s practice of recycling and sustainability. Renewing and re-using products to reduce the environmental footprint is leading to growth and new versions of what has been. At the end of the path experience an immersive display was reached demonstrating growth, renewal and flexibility.

2. Anterior XL x Plus Architecture

Through various iterations, Plus Architecture and Anterior XL were able to develop a demountable structural system that is easily used to stack stone slabs, creating a piece that restores its sculptural qualities. It is a prototype that involves cutting up a stone slab, with the concept that after the exhibition, it can be taken apart and reused for other purposes if required.

3. Porter’s Paints x PTW

To replicate the psychological transformation of being “reborn”, Porter’s Paints and PTW decided to reference colour strategies from a variety of influences such as Johannes Itten, Joseph Albers, Sanzo Wada, experimenting with colour action, layering and in turn creating a journey of colour interaction.

4. Wilkhahn x Geyer

Geyer and Wilkhahn took visitors through a journey of the evolution of the workplace, a transcendental and experiential installation that connected past, present and future. Anchored in the exploration of Wilkhahn’s iconic FS line, which has seen iterations and regenerations since its launch in 1980, the project brought a mix of physical, visual and augmented reality mediums to represent the workplace multiverse.

5. SeehoSu x Hammond Studio

SeehoSu’s approach to “regeneration” demonstrated how effortlessly good design and sustainability can be achieved when nature, knowledge and craftsmanship is inherently embedded in each and every piece of their furniture.

Collaborating with the talented team at Hammond Studio, this The Project installation invited visitors to come and reconnect with industry peers in the iconic Molo lounge. 

6. Maker&Son x Liv Green 

This collaboration created an Indoor Forest at the Maker&Son Alexandria Showroom transforming the space into another world including an indoor forest experience complete with trees and bracken throughout. 

7. Ignite Fireplace x Billy Blue

Teaming with Ignite, the students of Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University regenerated the fireside experience with the best of Australian design and crafting.

Utilising the concept of DAY/NIGHT, they looked to challenge the role of the fireplace in the contemporary home by igniting the senses.

With Saturday Indesign returning to Melbourne in 2023, now is the time to express your interest in getting involved! Register your interest in participating in The Project here.

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Saturday Indesign’s Speaker Series put Design Knowledge Front and Centre https://www.saturdayindesign.com/news/saturday-indesigns-speaker-series-put-design-knowledge-front-and-centre/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:26:29 +0000 https://www.saturdayindesign.com/?p=4044 Industry experts came together to share their insights and knowledge to packed showrooms for Saturday Indesign 2022

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Saturday Indesign is an event that truly offers something for everyone, with design lovers of all walks of life can find something that piques their interest. From workshops to hospitality, product launches to DJ sets, the 2022 Saturday Indesign program brought us a schedule that was overflowing with design inspiration to love.

Each year, the Saturday Indesign speaker series is a program highlight, with a mix of curated and brand hosted sessions packing a serious educational punch. 2022 was no different, with over 15 knowledge-led panels, seminars and discussions all held across an action-packed Saturday in Sydney.

From the latest in workplace to Instagram design trends, here are some of our favourite educational moments of the day!

Sustainability

The topic that’s never far from front-of-mind, sustainability took a moment to shine at Saturday Indesign, with dedicated talks at SeehoSu and Thinking Works. At Seehosu, a panel that included Marcus Piper and Virginia Wong-See from the Regional Architecture Association, Uncle Phillip Bligh, John Wardle’s Jasmin Williamson and Aidan Mullan from Saturday Indesign’s Sustainability Partner Interface, spoke about sustainability, business practices and cultural consultation to a packed house, with Uncle Phillip Bligh providing particular insight into the embodied knowledge of First Nation’s people and the ways in which working with Country should influence and lead sustainable building practices.

Sustainability also came into focus at Kaolin Tiles, where a morning talk on the New Dawn of Materiality brought material usage and sourcing into a direct conversation about making more sustainable design choices.

Workplace

Perpetually one of the day’s most anticipated topics, workplace once again stole the spotlight at the event. Herman Miller took over the top of Living Edge’s showroom, being the place to be at lunchtime with some of Sydney’s leading workplace designers holding court with Indesign Editor Alice Blackwood. A little earlier, Wilkhahn put the end user front and centre, bringing experts from CBRE, Dexus and Lendlease to debate the future relevance of workplaces. Meanwhile, Square Bear looked at ensuring wellbeing in the workplace with Sonder’s Louise Butler. 

Art & Trends

New trends and the intersection of design and art always informs much of the Saturday Indesign event program, but this year we saw it emerge as a real focus amongst the day’s speaker series’. Polytec set their space at Infinity Commercial Furniture (also shared with Laine Furnishings) abuzz when Marylou Cafaro gave an address on upcoming joinery trends, Technogym offered a deepdive into the coming together of art and technology with their new range by acclaimed interior designer Antonio Citterio and Kaolin once again offered a look at the global trends in porcelain tiles.

Over at dedece, Habitus editor Aleesha Callahan brought us “Designing Rooms and Influencing People”, where Alexandra Ponting (AP Design House) and Stefania Reynolds (Studio Johnston) walked the audience through how they navigate designing spaces in an Instagram age. 

Covering Verticals

No program is complete without a current look at both Education and Retail design, with both spaces facing rapid changes to keep up with what we as a society look for in 2022. For the first session of the day, Winning Appliances brought experts together to explore how the rise of online spaces has placed a demand on retail design to get experimental to tempt people, while at 2pm, Stylecraft played host to a lively session on Education – particularly topical with homeschooling giving so many a taste for the importance of safe, productive and constructive spaces to learn.

Over at Krost, design itself was the topic of discussion, with an engaging discussion on running a design business in 2022 playing out.

Everything and Anything

Other talks covered a range of different topics, from the serious and pressing issue of Modern Slavery (hosted by Square Bear and Thinking Works), to an enticing conversation on architecture of Travel (hosted by Anterior XL). 

Smaller and more intimate talks were hotly anticipated, from Special Lights’ morning session on Architecture and Lighting, to Molmic’s casual chat “Meet the Maker”. Perhaps one of the highlights of the day was over at Fred International, where William Smart drew a crowd as he spoke to melding old and new and creating a symbiosis between heritage and contemporary design.

Relive all the best moments from 2022 at the event gallery!

Saturday Indesign will return to Melbourne in 2023, to get involved register your interest here.

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Saturday Indesign 2022 was a day to remember! https://www.saturdayindesign.com/news/saturday-indesign-2022-was-a-day-to-remember/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 08:02:00 +0000 https://www.saturdayindesign.com/?p=4039 All the moments you might have missed at the industry’s favourite design event

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On Saturday May 21st, Sydney sprung to life with the latest iteration of Saturday Indesign: architecture and design’s most loved design event. Inverting everything you thought you knew about design events, Saturday Indesign put the focus on networking, relationships, product specification and the good times, with 2022’s program ensuring it was a day to remember!

2,000 architects, designers and design lovers braved wild weather and a federal election for SID 2022, descending on this year’s event as they worked their way around 31 exhibitors in 25 showrooms across four dynamic design precincts. Sydney’s design scene was front and centre, as new connections were made, products and showrooms launched, talks and workshops held and hospitality was served.

Miss out on all the fun? Relive the best of the 2022 Saturday Indesign program below!

Alexandria

The biggest precinct of 2022 didn’t hold back any punches, ensuring there really was something for everyone. From Krost’s all-day waffle bar and beer garden, to Maker&Son’s jumping photoshoot set in an indoor forest, and Space Furniture’s immersive and futuristic installation, Alexandria was buzzing from start to finish.

Living Edge set the tone with DJ’s, donuts and a multi-coloured tribute to Gufram’s Cactus. Inside the space, collaborating partners Herman Miller hosted one of the talks-of-the-day, where a panel dived into the future of working.

The precinct held installations a-plenty, with The Project providing fertile ground for some incredible creative collaborations: Porter’s Paints and PTW wowed with suspended colour fabrics creating a journey based on the science of colour; Kaolin partnered with ARM Architecture to create a permanent display which used circular patterns to speak to regeneration; Anterior XL and Plus Architecture installed an innovative and reusable demountable structural stone system; and Stormtech made use of show partner Caroma’s impressive bathroom showroom to present a collaborative work with Squillace, where illuminating cubes of offcuts highlighted recycling and sustainability practices.

Residential design got a moment to shine at Molmic’s relaxing space, while Ignite Fireplace studio worked with Steelcase to keep us warm with impressive displays and mulled wine.

CBD

The precinct that never sleeps: the CBD started early and partied into the night, while still making sure everyone got a wholesome, wellness fix. Visitors to the CBD formally kicked off their Saturday Indesign experience the evening before the event, with event veterans District going off-schedule with an exclusive launch of their brand new showroom. Hosting international guests from Normann Copenhagen (who made a second appearance on Saturday!), the showroom launched in style and set a high precedent for the day that followed.

Visitor favourites and returning brand Stylecraft brought us a captivating talk on education, but ensured learning was done in style with drinks and canapes served on their commercial floor, with sweeping city views and DJs into the night. This carried on into dedece where getting published and designing for an Instagram age was a standout in the afternoon scheduling block.

Learning was kept front and centre at Thinking Works and Squarebear, where experts spoke on topics ranging from Sustainability, Modern Slavery and Wellbeing in the Workplace.

On the periphery of the CBD, newcomers Technogym and JANUS et Cie gave us an injection of wellness and wellbeing. Technogym showed us the crème de la crème of fitness design while JANUS et Cie’s floral-based installation spilled onto the streets of Rushcutters Bay, inviting passersby in for a pasta workshop set amongst leading outdoor furniture. 

Surry Hills

With a focus on smaller showrooms and curated displays, Surry Hills – as the CBD’s partner in crime – was a hub of activity from start to finish. Savage Design and Sussex Taps was a must-visit for many, where a collaboration all about craftsmanship and considered design gave way to an immersive showroom tour. Many attendees also got their first look at Flokk’s showroom, as well as at their launch of the HÅG Tion, arguably the world’s most sustainable task chair.

Over at Wilkhahn, a morning talk on workplace was an informative precursor to an afternoon Ping-Pong tournament, while for many, the afternoon location of choice was Fred International, where people flocked to the design-led space to hear Jan Henderson in conversation with Australian design icon William Smart. 

Waterloo

The Waterloo district kicked off Saturday morning with an early start at Winning Appliances, where a VIP breakfast was followed by the first official scheduled activation: a talk on the future of retail spaces, held beneath the impressive domed ceilings of SJB’s “Casba”. A short stroll away was SeehoSu and Koda Lighting, where Koda presented the future of lighting (see Vibia’s Plusminus) with a side of paella and a swig of sangria, while Seeho Su brought the house down with a talk on sustainability in their brand new showroom. 

Sydney culinary legends Messina Gelato and Archie Rose popped up at Infinity Commercial Furniture, who partnered with Polytec and Laine furnishings to create a holistic showroom experience, while Special Lights brought in Brokenwood Wines to curate wine pairings with some of their standout lighting products.

Program Highlights

Beyond the precincts, Sydney studios zipped around in private buses, where a VIP experience elevated the Saturday Indesign experience for 15 lucky teams. At an event where connections are at the heart, the Studio Buses – which returned for their second year – proved an enjoyable way to promote team building, navigate the event and take the party on wheels. The studio buses, along with our iconic hop-on/hop-off bus fleet, were proudly sponsored by Neolith, who ensured that Saturday Indesign kept moving.

The entire event also got a little bit greener thanks to inaugural Sustainability Partners Autex Acoustics and Interface, who contributed to carbon offsetting, sourcing event collateral with a lower environmental impact and helping to build a conversation around event and design sustainability. With Saturday Indesign 2023 already in the works, the challenge is on to continue to improve the environmental footprint of all design events!

See more highlights from the Saturday Indesign Speaker Series, The Project and the Official Saturday Indesign 2023 After Party.


To express your interest to attend, exhibit or collaborate in Saturday Indesign 2023, fill out this form here.

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The wait is over! Saturday Indesign 2022 exhibitors announced. https://www.saturdayindesign.com/news/the-wait-is-over-saturday-indesign-2022-exhibitors-announced/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 06:29:09 +0000 https://www.saturdayindesign.com/?p=3141 Saturday Indesign is back for 2022 with a lineup of exhibitors opening the doors to Sydney's best showrooms

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With only two months to go until Saturday Indesign, it’s time to start planning your day out at the year’s most hotly anticipated event. On Saturday May 21, be there as Sydney lights up, putting its design scene on show with a day of activations, installations, talks, workshops, product launches and hospitality. You’ll be shuttled across the city in our free bus fleet, hopping on and off at the best locations in our four key precincts: Alexandria, Waterloo, Surry Hills and the CBD.

You’ll see an exceptional mix of local and international products and brands as showrooms open their doors to welcome you back home.

Register for free now.

So just who will you be seeing? In our first official exhibitor drop, we introduce you to a selection of progressive and cutting edge brands who are joining together to offer you a phenomenal design experience. Read on and start planning your day!

MEET YOUR EXHIBITORS: 

Anterior XL

Anterior XL exists at the cutting edge of design. They specialise in sourcing natural stone direct from the quarries, terrazzo slabs and porcelain tiles from acclaimed global suppliers. Their world-class materials, technical expertise and exacting methodology are prized by architects and designers around Australia. 

Caroma

Caroma designs products for Australians from all walks of life. Their designs bring to life a guiding vision of creating sustainable-luxury, across a wide range of classic to artisanal styles, smart designs and sustainable innovations.

dedece

Since its inception in 1978, dedece is constantly in pursuit to bring the world’s most notable, authentic, and enduring design pieces to the Australian architecture and design community. For over four decades, the renowned brand has established themselves as the country’s foremost destination for furniture, lighting, and accessories, featuring notable works from a meticulously curated selection of esteemed international brands.

District

District is a place where visions come to life. Where the best exclusive, international brands are found and clients experience exceptional service and focus as they create beautiful worlds. 

Flokk

As a house of brands, Flokk combines the heritage and expertise of nine distinct brands, each with their own story to tell, but united by a common goal of creating innovative designs with a strong focus on the health and wellbeing of the users and the communities around them.

Fred International

Fred International is one of Australia’s leading distributors of contemporary Scandinavian designed furniture, lighting and accessories. Committed to excellence in both design and quality, and to nurturing meaningful relationships between client and brand, their curatorial approach allows them to successfully represent a complimentary selection of premium design brands from across Scandinavia.

Herman Miller

Herman Miller is a globally recognised leader in design. Since its inception in 1905, the company’s innovative, problem-solving designs and furnishings have inspired the best in people. Herman Miller is guided by an enduring legacy of design, innovation, and social good.

Ignite Fireplace

Ignite Fireplace Studio is the go-to destination for those seeking expert advice on the perfect fireplace for their home. Their friendly and knowledgeable team will ask you what you have in mind for your ideal fireplace experience so that together you can narrow down options until you’ve reached exactly what you wanted.

Infinity Commercial Furniture

Infinity Commercial Furniture is a leading commercial office furniture supplier and manufacturer. With over 25 years’ experience, providing the best service and consultancy for an extensive range of clients – building relationships that last the test of time. 

JANUS et Cie

For more than 40 years, JANUS et Cie has been an industry leader in design-driven furnishings for the outdoors. A client centric, innovative industry leader, JANUS et Cie is committed to providing collaborative solutions and building strong relationships with global clients where they live, work, play, relax and learn.

Kaolin Tiles

Kaolin tiles is a family-owned brand, backed by 25 years of porcelain tile craftsmanship, innovation, and engineering. Their manufacturing plant has been creating tiles with the world’s future in mind – leading the way in sustainability with Green certified products. 

Krost
Established in Sydney in 1989, Krost is an Australian commercial furniture company, providing reliable, high-quality, value for money, professional and innovative services to their clients. As industry experts with advanced local manufacturing capabilities and large stock holdings, Krost pride themselves in offering complete commercial furniture solutions in industry best lead times.

Laine
Laine supplies textiles, leather, acoustic panels and vinyl products that are sustainable and engineered to the highest environmental principles. Founded in 1976 as a family owned Australian business, they continue to maintain and build on the high standards they established over 45 years ago.

Living Edge
Living Edge is the foremost design destination for architects, interior designers, design enthusiasts and those who share discerning taste. They’re committed to authentic, sustainable design and providing our clients with the most distinguished and desirable products available.

Maker&Son
Maker&Son are a family business, making products that bring families together, that help celebrate the milestones of growing up and growing old together. They design and make each of their pieces by hand, using traditional methods by the finest local craftspeople. 

Molmic
Molmic have been supplying high end residential and commercial upholstered furniture to both retail and A & D markets nationally with a product offer of over 100 models. Molmic are committed to supporting excellence in Australian manufacturing.

polytec
polytec is an Australian decorative board and laminate brand. Forever the creative thinker, polytec invests in pioneering new product and range developments to equip cabinet makers, architects, designers and consumers alike with a palette that’s contemporary, forward-looking and comprehensive.

Porter’s Paints
Innovation, an eye for design and a commitment to quality have all played a part in the development of Porter’s Paints range of paints and finishes. Their new Sydney showroom lets you explore modern interior and exterior wall paints to speciality decorative finishes and premium wallpapers.

Savage Design
Savage Design lives to get you more excited about your furniture, lighting, door hardware and homewares. They use their knowledge of manufacturing, their creativity as designers and their passion as a family to bring you creations for your spaces. 

SeehoSu
Since launching in 2010, SeehoSu has established a firm reputation for authentic, high quality designer furniture, lighting and objects that are exquisite in their craftsmanship yet, at their very core, remain simple, practical and most importantly, comfortable.

Space Furniture
Space launched its first showroom in Sydney in 1993, quickly establishing the benchmark for design retailing in Australia. Since then the company has developed into South-East Asia’s largest and most progressive retailer of contemporary design. Today Space has five purpose-built showrooms in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, each with architect-designed interior environments that represent the quality and rigour of the furniture collection.

Special Lights
With over 80 years of lighting expertise, Special Lights is one of the most established lighting businesses in Australia. They pride themselves on long-term partnerships with leading European suppliers who have a passion for design, quality and innovation. The result is a comprehensive portfolio of leading European brands, encompassing both classical & contemporary styles covering all aspects of modern lighting technology.

Square Bear
Square Bear is an Australian-owned company who are passionate about healthy workplaces. They design and manufacture products that provide options for individual work styles to reduce distraction, stress, noise levels, and other negative influences in the workplace to encourage mobility, focus, mental peace, and productivity.

Steelcase

Steelcase leads the way in creating great experiences by offering a range of architecture, furniture and Organisations around the world trust Steelcase to help them create places that help people work better, be inspired and accomplish more.

Stormtech
Stormtech has been providing inspiring architectural drainage solutions for home and commercial building projects for over a quarter of a century. Used in bathrooms, showers, thresholds, paved areas, driveways, pools and pool surrounds, Stormtech grates and drains are known for sleek design, innovation and practicality.

Stylecraft
Stylecraft has been providing furniture of original, contemporary design for over 65 years. First established in Melbourne, their product offering is suitable for commercial, educational, hospitality and residential spaces and is a collection of Australian designed and manufactured furniture and international brands that we represent on an exclusive basis.

Sussex Taps
Sussex is a unique Australian manufacturer that produces tapware and accessories from its own foundry and workshop in Melbourne. From raw brass to basin, their Carbon Neutral tapware is crafted under the watchful eye of local experts, promising quiet joy in the moments.

Technogym

Technogym is known all over the world as “The Wellness Company” – a company that has helped to develop the hedonistic concept of “fitness” into a true lifestyle: Wellness. Technogym’s mission is to help people live better, and the company achieves this by providing the best possible gym equipment, services, content and programmes, all of which use technology to connect to one another so that users can experience Wellness no matter where they are.

Thinking Works
Thinking Works was established in 1984 as the commercial furniture company who combined exceptional quality with ingenious creativity. Ever since, this inspired mix of eye-catching aesthetics (the ‘beauty’) and intelligent design (the ‘brains’) has formed the lifeblood of all they do. 

Wilkhahn
Wilkhahn is a family-run company with a global reputation since 1907.​ The brand stands for first-class product quality, highly innovative ergonomics and pioneering design.​ Under the banner of improving life sustainably, people-friendly design, durable and ecologically responsible product concepts and services make exemplary contributions to preserving resources and have won acclaim across the world.

Winning Appliances
Winning Appliances is Australia’s leading kitchen and laundry specialist, a 115-year-old, fourth-generation family business with 17 Showrooms nationwide. Their company mission is to create the best experiences in the world, for the world.

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