Scan Magazine | Design Feature | Habitare Show Finland
A showcase for Finnish design and interior decoration Habitare, Finland’s largest furniture, interior decoration and design event, will be held at Messukeskus in Helsinki 10-14 September this year. For five days, the event will bring together tens of thousands of people interested in design and interior decoration, to explore new trends. By Johanna Suni | Photos: Messukeskus/Markku Ojala
Habitare has been the showcase for design and interior decoration in Finland, and a must-see event for many enthusiasts, since 1970. Interesting for both con-
sumers and professionals, Habitare has an international reputation as a highquality event that features the latest trends in interior decoration and design for both homes and public spaces. The fair will showcase furniture, textiles, surface materials and interior decoration objects. Ahead! to present the future of design Nowhere else do you get as good and comprehensive an overview of Finnish and Scandinavian design as in Habitare’s Ahead! de-
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sign area. The Ahead! area’s annually changing theme is carried over into the exhibition architecture, special exhibitions, programme and exhibitors’ stands. With the 2014 theme, Claim Your Space, the idea is to explore how urban and domestic spaces are designed and claimed. Ahead! provides seminars, workshops and designer meetings for fair visitors to attend and participate in. Habitare will be held at Messukeskus in Helsinki, Finland’s largest fair and congress centre. The recently renovated facilities at Messukeskus will provide the perfect venue for the event. Indeed, Habitare is one of the largest events held at Messukeskus. To be held concurrently with Habitare are the ValoLight lighting industry event, the ArtHelsinki contemporary art fair and the antique event Antiikki. In 2013, Habitare and its related events attracted a total of 55,000 visitors.
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