Decor + Design: Celebrating 20 Years – 200+ Exhibitors & New Exhibition ‘Green Design Show’

Australia’s premier interior design trade event, Decor + Design, is back! It celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2024 at Melbourne Exhibition Centre, making it the region’s longest running design trade event. This year’s theme is Evolution, with the launch of a crucial new Green Design Show.

The trade event has a revitalised 3-day format from Wednesday 17th July – Friday 19th July. 9,000+ design industry visitors are expected, with 200+ heritage, emerging and sustainable exhibitors showing their latest collections across indoor and outdoor furniture, soft furnishings, lighting, textiles and art.

Favourite brands will return, including GlobeWest, Uniqwa Collections, Satara, La Grolla and About Space, while Atelier Avenue will provide a space for independent studios and emerging brands.

VIVID EMERGING DESIGNER AWARDS

The prestigious VIVID Emerging Designer Awards will also continue to shape the future of the industry, curated by Latitude Group, judged by industry heavyweights and supported by Laminex, Dulux, Circa, Artichoke and the Authentic Design Alliance. View the VIVID 2024 Finalists here, across Furniture, Lighting, Object, Concept, Colour and Student categories.

DESIGN SUPERSTARS!

The International Seminar Series at Decor + Design is one of Australia’s most hotly anticipated line-ups of design speakers. Supported in 2024 by The Design Files and Cosentino, the 2024 program is a big hitter, with British design superstar Abigail Ahern, Trends Futurist Victoria Redshaw, plus Australian design heroes David Hicks, Brahman Perera, Amelda Wilde, Greg Natale, Kate Nixon, Natalie Walton, James Treble and Sonia Simpfendorfer.

DECOR + DESIGN 20th ANNIVERSARY AWARDS

The Decor + Design 20th Anniversary Awards will celebrate our community’s favourite designers and brands, with the design industry voting on two special awards:

Interior Designer of Two Decades:  Nominees are Greg Natale, James Treble, David Hicks, Sibella Court, Sonia Simpfendorfer and Adelaide Bragg.

In the Visitors’ Favourite Heritage Brand category, visitors will vote from a shortlist of brands who have been sought-after over the past two decades at the show: GlobeWest, Uniqwa Collections, Satara Living, La Grolla and About Space.

Casting a vote means going into the draw to win a VIP Dinner with a Private Chef at Cosentino’s stunning new Melbourne showroom –Vote Now!

GREEN DESIGN SHOW & MAKERS MOVEMENT

The new Green Design Show will be co-located with Decor + Design, capturing the established audience but changing the conversation. All exhibitors in this part of the show need to meet a robust set of guidelines curated by Circular Design Thinking (CDT), the Official Sustainability Advisor of the event. Our 2024 Green Design Show partners are Green Building Council of Australia, Design Institute of Australia, Authentic Design Alliance and Green Magazine.

Confirmed exhibitors in the Green Design Show include certified B Corp and sustainable powerhouses Koskela, Cultivated and E9 Design.

There will also be a new Green Design stream of talks featuring inspirational speakers in the space, supported by Green magazine. Confirmed speakers on the formal Green Design program include Sasha Titchkosky (Koskela), Taryn Cornell (Green Building Council of Australia), Matt Woods (Killing Matt Woods), Libby Staggs (Sustainable Business Matters) and Anne-Maree Sargeant (Authentic Design Alliance). There will also be free ‘Floor Talks’ announced closer to the show.

CELEBRATING AUSTRALIAN MAKERS 

Award-winning designer Sarah Tracton will be showcasing her celestial kintsugi lights and pendants at the entrance to the Green Design Show. Sarah and her technical partner Dr Ian Watkins will also be taking part in the Makers Movement within the show.

The Makers Movement will feature local artisans ‘making’ including renowned Master Upholster John Halpin, Furniture Maker Bryan Cush from Sawdust Bureau, and 3D Print Maker Murphy Dungo from Wonder.

Be part of one of the most important design waves in Australia. Don’t miss Decor + Design & Green Design Show: Evolution, Wednesday 17th – Friday 19th July at Melbourne Exhibition Centre.

For more information, visit decordesignshow.com.au