So much to see and do – Exhibition season

So September heralds the start of the new school year, a new season (although it’s been feeling very Autumnal for some time now) and the kick off to the Autumn design shows. The coming months are packed to the gunwales with exciting, fun and sometimes plain silly (I tend to like those the most) events, shows, openings and launches.

So time to sharpen my pencils and get out my sketch book as I’ll be sourcing, blogging and looking for inspiration at some of the coming shows.

Some of the bigger shows over the coming month include:

Autumn Fair 4-7 Sept (www.autumnfair.com) NEC Birmingham

Top Drawer 11 -13 Sept (www.topdrawer.co.uk) Olympia

Maison et Objet 9-13 Sept (www.maison-objet.com) Villepinte, Paris – I’ll be blogging about this

Paris Design Week 12-18 Sept (www.parisdesignweek.fr) Various, Paris

London Design Festival 17-25 Sept (www.londondesignfestival.com) Various, London – I’ll be blogging about this

Tent London & SuperBrands 22- 25 Sept (www.tentlondon.co.uk) Old Truman Brewery, London

Tramshed 22-25 Sept
(www.tramshed2011.com) Rivington Street, London

100%Design 22-25 Sept (www.100percentdesign.co.uk) Earls Court, London

Design Junction 22-25 Sept (www.thedesignjunction.co.uk) Southampton Row, London

Origin 22-28 Sept (www.originuk.org) Spitalfields Market, London

Decorex 25-28 Sept(www.decorex.com) Royal Hospital Chelsea, London – I’ll be blogging about this

Focus 11 25-28 Sept  (www.dcch.co.uk) Design Centre Chelsea harbour, London

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair Battersea 27 Sept – 2 Oct (decorativefair.com) Battersea Park, London

The Midcentury Show 9 Oct (www.modernshows.com) Bristol

The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 20-23 Oct (greatnorthernevents.co.uk) Manchester

Affordable Art Fair Battersea & Hampstead 20-30 Oct (www.affordableartfair.com) Battersea and Hampstead, London