Working with leading industry figures and associations, Interiors UAE will showcase unique features designed specifically for this truly unique event.

Student Design Competition
Seminar Theatre
The Sleepotel
Exclusive Ghaf Gallery Installation
‘Old Traditions – New Society’

Interiors UAE 2010 - Discovering the next generation of design

This year the exhibition celebrates and explores the link between high fashion and the design and decoration of interior spaces and to this end the theme for this year’s Interiors UAE is A HIGH FASHION INSPIRED INTERIOR.

COMPETITION PARTNERS:

Inchbald
The Inchbald has pioneered design education for fifty years with Henrietta Spencer Churchill, Nina Campbell, Stephen Ryan, Luciano Giubillei and Staffan Tollgard amongst its alumni. It is recognized as a centre of excellence in both professional and academic terms, teaching to Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma and Masters level in Architectural Interior Design and in Garden Design.
www.inchbald.co.uk

RPW
RPW is one of the worlds leading Interior Design practices consultants specialising in the luxury Hotel, Resort and Leisure market creating distinctive that enhance the value and status of our client’s properties.
www.rpwdesign.co.uk

APID
Interior design has never been appreciated as a business necessity, more than it is
today. To this end and due to the increasing demand for quality professional
interior design consultancy, APID has been formed by several of the leading interior
design consultancies in the U.A.E, in order to ensure clients understand the importance of interior design as opposed to decoration.  It cannot be stressed enough that APID considers education of students and graduate interior designers paramount in promoting professional interior design.
www.apid.ae

THE PRIZE:

The winning designs will be displayed at Interiors UAE 2010, with one student awarded the opportunity to take up a work experience post within the world renowned interior design practice RPW in London.

2010 Seminar Theatre

INSPIRATION, INSIGHT: Leading industry figures will speak on the hot topics affecting the interiors industry, including colour and trend forecasts, the latest in hotel & spa design, energy efficiency in smart homes technology and exterior design.

Day 1 - 29 March
11.00 - 14.15		APID morning featuring:
		Paul Bishop, Managing Director, Bishop Design Associates
		Hazem El Khatib, Managing Partner, Design Design LLC
		Mario Seneviratna, Director, Green Technologies FZCO
14.15 - 15.00		Colour Trends for the interior design sector for Spring/Summer 2011.
		Justine Fox -Creative Director and Trend Specialist
		Global Color Research - Mix Publications
15.15 - 16.00		Feng Shui: Personalized Feng Shui and the importance of colour and its impact on
		surroundings.
		Shivani Adalja
		The Alignment Institute (formally Pathwood Consultancy)
16.15 - 17.00		ME Hotel Design, Trends and Challenges.
		Najee Nabil Syriani, Associate Vice President - Projects
		Rotana Hotel Management Corporation Ltd
Day 2 - 30 March
11.00 - 14.15		Lecture on photography sponsored by The National.
14.15 - 15.00		New trends in hotel design.
		Shaun Clarkson, Shaun Clarkson ID
		Nini Andrade Silva, Nini Andrade Silva
15.15 - 16.00		Translation of Residential interiors into Hotel Living.
		Louise Bradley
		Louise Bradley Interiors
		Louise Bradley will speak about her journey from residential interiors through to commercial.
		Louise has a passion for creating stunning environments that convey clients feelings and
		philosophies. This provides a very personal service for clients wishing to have a home that is
		unique to themselves and their lifestyle. Hoteliers are now embracing this skill and with the
		help of Louise are developing hotels that are providing a unique way of life whilst being away
		from home. It’s important to draw on people’s values and way of life to create an environment
		that is elegant and luxurious, whilst making peoples everyday life experiences something
		special. We believe that our highly creative team can go that extra mile and provide a
		truly exceptional standard of living.
16.15 - 17.00		Colour Trends for the interior design sector for Spring/Summer 2011.
		Justine Fox -Creative Director and Trend Specialist
		Global Color Research - Mix Publications
17.15 - 18.00		Guidelines to Green Interiors. Why companies should go green, the benefits, how
		can this be achieved, about LEED Certification and how green interiors work, using
		LEED certified Summertown Offices as a Case Study.
		Heidi Demuynck
		Summertown Interiors
Day 3 - 31 March
12.15 - 13.00		High fashion in high design.
		Ben De Lisi
		Ben De Lisi
13.15 - 14.00		Forecasting fabric/colour/pattern trends in interiors based on fashion forecasting.
		Saqib Sohail, Fashion Design Department
		Preston University - Ajman
14.15 - 15.00		Adding Glamour to hospitality interiors.
		Shaun Clarkson
		Shaun Clarkson ID
15.15 - 16.00		Applying Feng Shui to your showroom to encourage sales and a more pleasant
		experience.
		Shivani Adalja
		The Alignment Institute (formally Pathwood Consultancy)
16.15 - 17.00		GCC Commercial Sector Development (2008-2011)
		Mr. Philip K. Mathew, Syndicated Research Manager
		Ventures Middle East LLC
17.15 - 18.00		Colour Trends for the interior design sector for Spring/Summer 2011.
		Justine Fox - Creative Director and Trend Specialist
		Global Color Research - Mix Publications

The Sleepotel

After its success at the Europe's leading hotel design event - The Sleep Event, The Sleepotel - a live hotel environment will be brought exclusively to Interiors UAE 2010.

The Sleepotel has gathered internationally renowned architects and interiors designers to present their hotel design concepts and trends for the future. Be prepared to be wowed by the work of those at the forefront of design.

The Sleepotel will comprise of the following areas:

Hotel Entrance

Atelier Nini Andrade Silva is a Lisbon based interior architecture and design firm led by Chief Designer Nini Andrade Silva who became a brand of international reference. The firm’s work ranges in scale from hospitality projects and private housing to exclusive furniture and equipment and is presently engaged in ongoing projects around the world.
Chief Designer Nini Andrade Silva has created the hotel entrance at Sleepotel. About the Sleepotel design When prompted, this company immediately thought of leaving planet Earth and how the different surroundings would force them to leave everything that is normal. This concept will encourage the traveller to ‘feel’, as supposed to ‘see’, making the experience particularly special.
Previous projects includes designing the Deluxe VIP area for Sensation White event among others. Current projects all over the world in Portugal, Madeira Island, Austria, France, Green Cape, Angola, Colombia, Lybia, etc.
For further information about Atelier Nini Andrade Silva see www.niniandradesilva.com. Telephone: +351 218 123 790 or +351 291 204 370

 This year’s bedroom areas will be designed by Shaun Clarkson

 

Shaun Clarkson is one of the pioneers of modern UK hospitality design. Shaun’s early work included the infamous RAW club, Atlantic Bar and Denim. Other early design included experiential work for Absolut vodka and seminal venues for leading UK operators. These early examples became a blueprint for the modern bar and club culture we know today. As the sector has matured, Shaun Clarkson ID has diversified into hotel, restaurant, café and deli design, with all design work retaining a touch of glamour. Current projects include Harvey Nichols store and restaurants in London, a private residence in Riyadh and several boutique hotel and restaurant projects around the UK.

About the Sleepotel design

Shaun Clarkson has brought his glamorous approach to the Sleepotel project with a conceptual “Middle East meets West” take on a Bedouin tent. He explains: “ A hotel room should be an inspired escape of comfort and luxury. Not just a home away from home, but better! By integrating all the features you would expect in your hotel, we have distracted the customer away from the humdrum to concentrate on the bigger picture of rest and relaxation. Our room encapsulates the guest in a gentle tented environment that would be equally at home in a big city as it would in the desert.

Shaun Clarkson ID
31 – 35 Pitfield St
London
N1 6HB
T: +44 (0)207 490 2281
F: +44 (0)207  490 2232
E: andy@shaunclarksonid.com
W: shaunclarksonid.com

 

Exclusive Ghaf Gallery Installation

Interiors UAE will exclusively display some of the artworks from the Ghaf Gallery, Abu Dhabi.

Ghaf Art Gallery, established in 2006, is Abu Dhabi's first dedicated art gallery. Owned by a two of unique individuals who are united in purpose, the gallery aims to cultivate the growth and development of the capital's art scene by offering exhibiting opportunities to new, local talent eager to reach an attentive audience.

The following artists works will be displayed:

Jalal Luqman		Reputed to be one of the most provocative Emirati Artists, he has managed to mystify his followers not only by the subject matter he paints, but in the manner in which they are created. Luqman is the first of his kind to combine between metal and digital art, his limitless approach to producing art is reflected in his limitless style of creating art “If one medium does not deliver the feeling I want in my artwork, I will reach out to another medium that will”. He uses digital paints as a result of more than 7 or 8 different computer programs, before he embeds them in twisted industrial metals, to result in mind jolting images that transcend the boundaries of the frame onto the onlookers psyche. Jalal’s work borders between the modern digital, to the dark gothic sculptures resulting in his unique paintings that are confessions of the soul.
Mohamed Kanoo		Mohamed Kanoo uses his art to visually tickle the mind of the viewer.  While his artistic foundations remain firmly rooted in the genre of pop art, he has ventured forth with intriguing creations of conceptual, calligraphy, installation, photography and digital forms of art. His first public exhibition was at the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt Germany.
Sumayyah Al Suwaidi		My pieces normally are under the digital art category. I use photo manipulation and digital painting to produce master pieces of visual artworks full of emotions and expressions. Often my pieces are very feminine with the illusion of fairytale and none existing worlds. My paintings describe what i am feeling and going through, they are very personal and because they come from the heart, they touch the viewers deeply. They come in different sizes, from a 30cm X 30cm up to 100cm X 300cm and sometimes even bigger, printed on canvas, photo paper and metallic paper and framed in beautiful wooden frames.
Mattar Bin Lahej		Mattar Bin Lahej who was born in 1968, Dubai, U.A.E. He was never guided by any painter or instructor; however, the passion he had for this talent and for painting encouraged him to persevere in fostering his talent through continuous training, learning, motivation, field attendance and exploratory experience which made him reach some facts that enhanced the quality of his productivity. Mattar Bin Lahej is an active painter, sculptor and photographer who has been recognized in the past few years through his participations in exhibitions both locally and outside the UAE, such as Abu Dhabi Art and the Berlin Art fair, Germany. Mattar is an accomplished self-taught & self-represented artist, who has garnered the attention of contemporary art collectors in the UAE. He is using his own technique that includes his unique way of brush strokes. Exhibitions: - Six exhibitions throughout six years in the Technical College for Girls in Dubai, (1994 -1999) - Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, 1996 - Women's Association exhibition, Dubai, 2006 - Village of arts, Dubai, 2007 - Emirates Towers exhibition, Dubai, 2007 - Dubai Cultural Council "Art Avenue" exhibition, Dubai, 2008 - Abu Dhabi airport's VIP Hall Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, 2008 - "Abu Dhabi in colors" Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, 2008 - Heritage Village Exhibition, Dubai, 2008 - Dubai Ladies Club "Kaleidoscope Exhibition", Dubai, 2009 - "Emirati Expressions" Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, 2009 - "The movement of stillness" Exhibition at Mattar Gallery, Dubai, 2009 - "UAE Cultural Days" Exhibition, Germany, 2009 - "The movement of stillness" Exhibition at Dubai Mall, Dubai, 2009 - "Letters" - Arabic Arts & Calligraphy" Exhibition at Dubai Mall, Dubai, 2009 - "Ramadan Art Bazaar" Exhibition at the Ghaf Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, 2009 - "Art Abdu Dhabi" Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, 2009 - "Falasism" Exhibition at Zayed University Courtyard at Dubai, 2009 He prepared, organized and supervised several technical workshops & programs and discovered, embraced talents through his summer kids camps "More than art" at Marsam Mattar.  www.marsammattar.com

‘Old Traditions – New Society’

An exhibition certain to wow visitors with a display on the show floor acknowledging the region’s next generation of fine art photographers will be inaugurated by HH Sheikha Salama bint Tahnoon bin Mohamed Al Nahyan.

More highlights to be announced, check back soon.

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