Decorex Joburg 2009 brings you the 'New Fusion': a melting pot of modern and focused, urban and rural, the designed and the discovered. See how the exotic merges effortlessly with the close to home, the linear and the lustrous, the organic and the ornate.

The show theme this year 'the New Fusion', is about combining bold contemporary, urban-style pieces with heirloom lace; merging quirky green products and handmade home-grown pieces with antiques and have investment pieces meet up with revived finds from the attic or a jumble sale.

Now in its 16th year, the show is the definitive mix of the emerging and the established, manufacturers and suppliers — large and small.

The show promises to be a celebration of Joburg's most urban and chic spaces by talented style shapers, trend makers and décor creators, with Plascon as show sponsor.

Highlights:

Plascon, paint with imagination: Decorex Joburg lifts the lid on the hip and trendy colours with the reveal of the new Plascon Colour forecast for 2010.

Sanlam Dream Rooms: This exquisite collection of high-end décor brands, lifestyle stores, fabric houses and interior decorators merges trends, palettes, materials and patterns with a contemporary edge. These inspirational concept stands bring new benchmarks in interior design, which can be translated freely in the visitor’s own decorating style.

Cool beds for Haute Dogs: Posh pet Ottomans, pooch chaise longues, bow wow couches, doggie day beds, futons — even bunk-beds for multiple dog families. Discover a whole new breed of bespoke dog furniture, in support of the South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind will go walkies to Decorex Joburg.

Living green pavilion: Do-good décor? Inventive re-use? Design and décor with a conscience have become mainstream, detoxing our lives and adopting a green attitude a way of life. Showcasing green solutions — and setting the example by our green exhibition practises, the new 'How Green is my Village' project raises the bar with aesthetically pleasing and affordable eco-caring solutions.

South African Handmade Collection: The country's definitive craft expo, aimed at local and international trade buyers, is run by the dti to bring crafters a vital step closer to becoming a successful local entrepreneur and exporter. Ranging from baskets woven from grass or recycled plastic, highly collectable high-design handmade ceramic gallery pieces to functional ware, all show the handmade mark of its maker.

Hot design issues will be debated at the Conversations on Architecture one-day seminar taking to the stage alongside the show on 6 August. COA probes global design trends, while keeping a close eye on the local influences shaping people's lives and their living, working and playing environments. For more information or to book, email cairey@tepg.co.za

Sanlam Next Generation Style Shapers: This cutting-edge showcase tracks down a talented brigade of emerging young decorators shaking up the norms in Joburg. With the theme 'Urban & Chic' as their design cue, these style shapers play with a blank canvas and transform an empty shell into a future-thinking home.

Refresh and Revitalize: Reflect on the good life over a glass of bubbly at the Villiera Wines Cap Classique Bar or the Le Bistro Domaine Grier French Wine Bar. The Villiera Wines Bar is created by Marble Classic & Aspire Lighting and Le Bistro Bar by Rhoms Timberworld.

Details: Decorex Joburg

Dates: 6–10 August 2009
Trade days: 6 & 7 August
Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand Ti
Open 10am to 6pm daily

For more information visit www.decorex.co.za

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