4.-7. July 2008, 12 - 21 h
Press releases
Press release - July 2008
The Design Annual - inside: showtime
Participant statements
The Design Annual unplugged - original comments by manufacturers and co-organisers.
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Press release - July 2008
8,500 visitors delighted with the showcase of top international design at this year's The Design Annual
Successful debut as part of the Decorate Life combined show
The next Decorate Life: 3 to 7 July 2009
From 4 to 7 July, around 80 internationally renowned manufacturers, designers and architects transformed Frankfurt's 'Festhalle' into fasci-nating living areas of the highest quality for the third time under the motto, "Life, living, working: the finest design of our age". 8,500 trade and private visitors came during the four days to exchange informa-tion, gain inspiration and see for themselves how top brands inter-preted the theme of this year's event, 'inside: showtime'.
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Press release - July 2008
The Design Annual 2008: the theme for the third edition of the showcase for high-end design is "inside: showtime"
Festhalle transformed into a unique show stage
The event for trade and private visitors now part of the Decorate Life combined show
It's showtime! At the third edition of The Design Annual, The Showcase for high-end Design, in Frankfurt, from 4 to 7 July 2008, all the action will revolve around high-end design, from furniture, bathrooms and kitchens to textile, flooring and accessories, lighting, heating and electrical engineering and home entertainment. Around 60 participants and renowned designers and artists have transformed the Festhalle into a unique show stage with the theme "inside: showtime" (daily from 12.00 to 21.00 hrs).
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ABC of information for journalists
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Press release - June 2008
"Design works like a hinge"
Interview with Christian Gärtner, Member of the Board of Stylepark AG, on the event format of The Design Annual and this year's edition, the theme of which is "inside: showtime".
The third edition of The Design Annual will be taking place in the Festhalle of the Frankfurt Fair & Exhibition Centre from 4 to 7 July. Every year, in the context of this innovative event format, Messe Frankfurt and partners Stylepark present the high-end design segment's best manufacturers. The Design Annual is a curated event which not only brings together the industry's finest but also heads a debate about design within the framework of an interdisciplinary complementary programme.
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Press release - June 2008
The Festhalle is transformed into a show stage for The Design Annual
Tobias Rehberger and Claus Richter create "a world gone awry" in the stands
Curated manufacturers exhibit under the theme ‘inside: showtime' on their own "stage" rather than on a traditional stand
Talking trees, giant papier-mâché mushrooms and an octopus tentacle protruding from the wall of a house. At The Design Annual in Frankfurt am Main from 4 to 7 July, visitors will come across these and a host of other fantasy objects. For the third edition of the interdisciplinary showcase for high-end design, Tobias Rehberger and Claus Richter have transformed the stands of the Festhalle into a multifunctional environment, complete with a stage, catering facilities, installations and show rooms. The theme of this year's event, ‘inside: showtime', lets the imagination of the curated manufacturers run wild.
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Press release - May 2008
The Design Annual 2008: in the complementary programme fa-mous designers and artists get to grips with the "in-side: showtime" theme
Festhalle stand becomes a show stage for lectures, round-table discussions and performances
Lectures, debates, dance performances, jugglers and acrobats. The complementary programme for The Design Annual, the Showcase for High-end Design, will be offering private and trade visitors plenty of entertainment and variety in Frankfurt am Main from 4 to 7 July 2008. In line with this year's theme "inside: showtime", the spotlight at this interdisciplinary showcase, organised jointly by Messe Frankfurt and their partner Stylepark, will be on design staging and those involved in it.
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Press release - February 2008
The Design Annual 2008 - the theme for the third edition of the showcase for high-end design is "inside: showtime"
For the first time, the trade and public event to be staged as part of the Decorate Life fair bundle
Tobias Rehberger and Claus Richter transform the Festhalle into a show stage
It´s showtime! At the third edition of The Design Annual, The Showcase for High-end Design, in Frankfurt, from 4 to 7 July 2008, all the action will revolve around high-end design, from indoor and outdoor furniture, bathrooms and kitchens to textile, flooring and accessories, lighting, window and door furniture, electrical installations and home entertainment. This year, in the Festhalle, the theme of the exhibition, which will feature specially chosen manufacturers of high-end design, is "inside: showtime".
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