GERMANY – Under the motto of “transform”, Interprint displayed exhibits of selected decor innovations and Zeitgeist topics in a specially designed exhibition area from 16 – 19 May 2017 at the Design Post Cologne.

Six decor statements with potential for international success – that is Interprint’s 2017 “Six Pack”. Kronberg, Intra and Ladin each interpret the focal topic “oak” in a quite different way: natural, experimental and rustic. Paldao is an elegant walnut, Nairo a chestnut and Lavant a diagonally laid marble.

“Un-furniture” – reduced furniture abstractions – demonstrated the effect of the “Six Pack” decors on object installations in the room. The “Six Pack” decors could be examined in all their application possibilities: as a full-service package with a melamine surface, Xelio finish foil, thermoplastic foil and edge banding. Among the other decor highlights: Sidewalk, a purist design with a metal look, which was very popular with the audience.

During the exhibition at the Design Post, Interprint presented decors developed specially for the company by design greats Jochen Flacke, Thorsten Keissner (Dolf Langemann Design) and Peter Kern from Germany, as well as Attila Kuzu from Turkey and Luca Tormena from Italy. The original materials and background stories exhibited allowed the visitors to take part in the creative process of decor development.

The highlight of the four-day Interprint event was, without doubt, the Co-Creation Talk on the morning of 17 May. The topic: “Transform – Interior Design in Changing Times” In a relaxed atmosphere, the five international design experts, Flacke, Keissner, Kern, Kuzu and Tormena, reflected together with Salvatore Figliuzzi and Maurizio Burrato of the Interprint Design Team on the influence of the transformation on interior design.

“The high international spread of the visitors to our event was impressive. And the highlight was without doubt the Co-Creation Talk with five great designers from all over Europe”, is how Salvatore Figliuzzi, Director of Marketing & Design at Interprint, summarizes his conclusion of the event. “The cosmopolitan city of Cologne was once again the ideal setting for mutual inspiration and creative exchange.”