With top international exhibitors, a focus on trade visitors and a shorter duration, Germany’s biggest interior design trade show is a must-see networking event this June
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In a few weeks’ time, the big moment will have arrived: From 4 to 7 June 2023, the imm Spring Edition in Cologne will open its doors. Alongside its role as a platform for exclusive business opportunities and finding inspiration, the trade fair is conceived as a networking event that invites the interior design scene to browse, discover and celebrate.
Leading brand manufacturers will present their furnishing solutions, and a varied event programme will provide numerous networking opportunities. As a one-off special edition, the imm Spring Edition is a unique industry gathering and marks the start of the journey towards a redefined imm cologne, which will return to its customary January date from 2024.
Pure Galleries, a compact, creative concept that will see around 60 stands provide a home for Pure exhibitors in Hall 11.2, will celebrate its premiere at the imm Spring Edition. The exhibition format will transport trade visitors into a showcase with an art gallery feel.
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‘The aim is to further strengthen the intersections between inspiration, networking and business, especially with the new trade fair format, Pure Galleries,’ says Bernd Sanden, Director of the imm Spring Edition, describing the new setup.
‘We have designed the exhibition architecture in the form of a gallery so that the individual brand spaces create new perspectives for trade visitors. In this way, the furnishing elements and presentations will appear in spheres that are seen through different lenses.’
In its minimalist, customisable brand spaces, leading companies such as Artisan, brühl & sippold, BW Bielefelder Werkstätten, Christine Kröncke, COR Sitzmöbel, ex.T Giulio Tanini, Freifrau, Janua, Jori, Kettnaker, KFF, Klöber, Label, Leolux, miinu, Montis, müller möbelfabrikation, raumplus, Rodam, Scholtissek, Schönbuch, Signet and Werther will present their interior design solutions.
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With its three interior worlds – Home Sleep, Home Settings and Home Scenes – Home provides diverse business opportunities. The first, Home Sleep, presents innovative products and concepts for relaxing sleep, while Home Scenes showcases interior trends for sophisticated comfort. Home Settings stands for young home lifestyles at attractive prices.
The Interior Platforms format gives the mass-market Home segment a new dimension that invites visitors to explore with its compact and open stand design. Among the exhibitors presenting their latest collections in the segment are prestigious names such as Furninova, Knudsen, Koinor, Nouvion, Voglauer and Wimmer. The imm Spring Edition will be highly international, with national pavilions from China, Taiwan, Romania, Ukraine, Indonesia, Latvia, Turkey, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina, all enriching the event.
Retail and wholesale partners such as Alliance, Begros, El Corte Ingles, Ikea, EMV, Garant, Home 24, Möbel Märki, Ostermann, Porta, Segmüller, Wayfair, XXXLutz and Zurbrüggen will be attending the imm Spring Edition. However, it’s not just the German purchasing associations that will be represented at the event – major furniture superstores and numerous interior designers have also already confirmed that they will be attending.
Tickets for the imm Spring Edition are available here
