After a whirlwind start to the year with our involvement at the Surface Design Show (big thanks to everyone who came to say hello!), we're looking ahead to our next set of exciting activities.
And this spring, we're going global! From design fairs to exhibitions, and expos to circular events, our 100% recycled, 100% recyclable surfaces are being deployed in a multitude of inventive ways in collaboration with brands and designers - from Copenhagen to New York.
Taking place every other year, KBB Birmingham is the meeting place for the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom industry – allowing interior designers, architects, and trade professionals to discover new brands, product launches and innovations all under one roof.
Held at The NEC Birmingham, you can find us on stand R90, where we will be exhibiting alongside Hanex UK; showcasing our current materials and future creations.
For more information, and to plan your visit, click here.
Material District, Utrecht: 6–8 March
Our Dutch distributor, Pyrasied, will be exhibiting at Material District in Utrecht, showcasing its entire range of material samples – including our brand new Earth Collection.
Material District is the leading material innovation event for R&D and Design Professionals, where visitors can discover the latest trends and inventions in the world of materials. The Netherlands' only annual event bringing together material manufacturers and specifiers of materials from all sectors of spatial design, the 17th edition will be held at the Werkspoorkathedraal.
To plan your visit and purchase tickets, click here.
FESPA Global Print Expo, Amsterdam: 19–22 March
Held at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, the Global Print Expo covers all areas of printing; from digital to screen. Showcasing an array of new technologies, with exhibitors focussing on sustainability, efficiency and personalisation, the expo is an opportunity to network with other print professionals as well as discover the latest technology, materials and applications in the printing world.
You can discover our latest material collections in the Sustainability Spotlight feature area, offering informative and actionable advice for building a more sustainable printing business.
To order your tickets, click here.
Ver, Tocar, Sentir – Materials for Possible Futures, São Paulo
"See, Touch, Feel - Materials for Possible Futures" is set to take place at IAB São Paulo later this year. This exhibition serves as a platform for showcasing new ethically and environmentally conscious materials and biomaterials, providing architects and interior designers with sustainable alternatives. It's a space where colours, materials, and finishes come together with a creative, strategic, and ethical-environmental perspective.
Alongside a diverse range of sustainable solutions from around the globe, Smile Plastics materials will be featured, celebrating those who are actively contributing to the circular economy and shaping the future of consumption. Stay tuned to our socials for further updates.
Stay tuned to our socials, for more details.
Salone del Mobile.Milano: 16–21 April
Launched in Milan in 1961 as a vehicle for promoting Italian exports of furnishing and accessories, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile is the global benchmark event for the furnishing and design sector.
The Salone is held in Milan in April every year, along with the biennial Euroluce exhibition in odd years and EuroCucina and the International Bathroom Exhibition in even years, and in tandem with the annual International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition and Workplace3.0.
Under the umbrella of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, these events cover a net area of almost 210,000 square metres overall at the Rho Fiera Milano fairgrounds, showcasing more than 2,300 of the most dynamic and creative companies on the global market each year.
Bencore, our Italian distributor, will be exhibiting on stand G22 – showcasing their range of panels for the A+D industry, including Smile Plastics' range of materials.
Book your tickets to Salone del Mobile.
3DaysofDesign, Copenhagen: 12–14 June
This June, over 250 exhibitors will gather from around the globe at 3daysofdesign, Copenhagen, to discover new and iconic furniture, lighting and accessories, innovative materials and more. The festival, which extends to the entire city of Copenhagen is considered the most significant annual design festival in Scandinavia.
We're delighted to be partnering with American designer, Elisa Kim, for the unveiling of Eggi Kitchen, an interactive product that features a hands-on food preparation environment in our Heron material. The modular piece is designed to encourage children to participate in the preparation of meals, cultivating lifelong, playful, and healthy relationships with food.
Discover what's on, here.
Mika Rottenberg's 'Rottenbar' – Hauser & Wirth, New York City
At the end of 2023, Hauser & Wirth unveiled the Rottenbar, a permanent installation created by Argentina-born, New York-based artist Mika Rottenberg on the second floor of the gallery’s building on West 22nd Street. Made from carved bittersweet vines and reclaimed plastic that Rottenberg molds, extrudes and presses into sculptural forms, the Rottenbar—from conception to production—suggests the artist’s studio can be an incubator for a regenerative circle of creation and consumption.
Using Orca as the base for the installation, Rottenberg perfectly melds the natural with the unnatural to create a surrealist sculpture that takes recycled plastic back to its roots.
Learn more about the Rottenberg, here.
Architecture for a Changing World: Rethinking the Future, London
Architecture for a Changing World is a new exhibition, held in Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios' gallery space on Tottenham Court Road. Pulling together key themes that collectively form an agenda for architecture as we move forward, FCB has curated new ideas, calls to action, personal stories and research, and is proposing solutions to the multiple very real, and urgent, interconnected issues that we face.
Along with Fallen & Felled, who repurpose felled urban trees into hardwood timber and whose mixed species hardwood makes up the frame of the exhibition, our Grey Mist material has been used to make the shelveing and tabletops housing the exhibition's content.
The free exhibition is a must see and open to the public Monday - Friday, 9:00-5:30.
To plan your visit, click here.
