Pop-ups, Collaborations and new showrooms at Clerkenwell Design Week 2018

Posted in Events, News on 1 May, 2018

Product Launches and Collaborations

• Forbo Flooring will be highlighting the benefits of its hybrid flocked floor covering with their Flortex range. During CDW, they will create a zebra print art installation out of flock, which will spill onto the pavement. The showroom will also feature a flocking station where visitors can choose from a variety of items to be flocked
• Tarkett, a global leader in innovative and sustainable flooring solutions will provide visitors with hands-on workshops and sneak previews of new products through their chosen theme of Future-thinking during CDW. Applied Futurist, Tom Cheesewright, will introduce ‘The Future Human’, whilst a virtual reality artist has been commissioned to interpret the convergence of home and work in an immersive and entertaining session
• From farm to fabric, head to Brewhouse Yard to find the Camira showroom and experience a British sheep farm complete with a real shepherd, sheep and a field of flax fibre, learning how Camira blends and spins yarn for woven fabrics

Pop-up Showrooms

• Relay Represents is a new design destination for CDW 2018, providing a curated, social and engaging environment to meet and discuss new design. Their exhibition will be supported by a series of talks and presentations focusing on cutting-edge workplace design, covering acoustics, furniture and lighting. The exhibition will also host UK product launches by Form Us With Love, Folkform, kaschkasch, Formstelle and Note Design Studio

New Showrooms

• There are several new showrooms at this year’s CDW 2018, including stylish contract furniture brand Casala who are opening their new showroom on Sycamore Street and will be showcasing Axa, a combination of a folding chair, barstool and chair. For the company’s 100th anniversary, Casala have announced the Casalino Competition, where architects will be selected to create a unique design on a minature Casalino chair for the chance to win a weekend break to Amsterdam
• Andreu World are arriving in Clerkenwell to display products which include collaborations with Jasper Morrison and Patricia Urquola