The Art of Design Issue 36 2019 | Page 16

16 SURFACE DESIGN SHOW 2019 Celebrating the best in new and innovative surfaces From 5-7 February Surface Design Show 2019 will take place Surface Design Show 2019 also features some 40 talks from at London’s Business Design Centre to provide a platform over 50 industry professionals, all designed to engage and for architects, designers and specifiers to explore the best inspire. The Opening Night Debate returns from 6.30pm on in interior and exterior surface materials, lighting design, the first day of the Show, Tuesday 5 February. development and innovation. Organised in association with the Royal Institute of British Surface Design Show is the only event in the UK that focuses Architects (RIBA) and New London Architecture (NLA) it solely on interior and exterior surfaces. will discuss whether factory-made housing can provide Londoners with better places to live. For more than ten years Surface Design Show has been the The panel will be chaired by Peter Murray of NLA, with Ben place where industry professionals immerse themselves Derbyshire of HTA Design and RIBA President, Carl Vann of in the latest materials for the built environment, gain new Pollard Thomas Edwards and Hazel Rounding of shedkm insights and network with like-minded designers, architects debating the topic ‘Factory-made Housing: is this the solution and suppliers. to building better homes long term?’.