Recent Trade Fairs – Pics
Here are a couple of pics of our stands at recent trade fairs. First up is Ambiente in Frankfurt which we attended with the DTI during February. The space you see below was designed for us and part of a large South African Pavilion with something like 24 exhibitors. Everything was very well organised by the Germans. It was awesome to be part of an international show and to see the other designer products available. Quite a challenge talking to people from many different countries. The European market is very competitive but Woo-men got a lot of interest from buyers who had never seen us before.
I usually don’t show other products on this blog, but I have to share something gorgeous with you that I found in Frankfurt (not available in South Africa yet). Below is a pic of Puno one of the animal characters made by a company called Zuny. He is a limited edition ‘toy’ made from faux leather and is actually a bookend, stuffed with lead filings or something to make him extra heavy. Visit the beautiful Zuny web site and see them all.
Next up is Design Indaba which we attended right after getting back from Ambiente. We really enjoyed designing and decorating our stand and making it look all homey. We used a warm chocolatey brown paint and added hand-painted ‘Noodles” in white. These are illustrator Pete Woodbridge’s signature icon. The best part was discovering the plastic punnets which we used to display Woo-men on the walls. Our large size toys were a success and we also got to display our one-of-a-kind crochet wall art (usually available at Kalk Bay Modern). It was our fourth Design Indaba and just as busy and fun as ever before.
