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21rst & 22nd of march 2017

RENDEZ-VOUS DE LA MATIÈRE

4th EDITION

The Professional exhibition dedicated to innovative materials for architecture, design, decoration and

interior design will take place on the 21rst and 22nd of march 2017.

The 2017 edition : a 360 ° panorama of materials

Launched in 2013 by Bookstorming, press and publishing group specialized in

architecture and design, the RENDEZ-VOUS DE LA MATIERE offers the discovery of an

exclusive and wide panel of materials, with twenty or so specialized exhibitors.

Two days of highlight allowing the discovery of creative and sensory potentials of materials, impulse meetings and collaborations between industrials, material designers and about 1200 expected prescribers (architects – designers

– contrivers – supervisors - decorators)

PRESENTATION FILE

4th EDITION 21rst & 22nd Of MARch 2017

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A professional meeting around innovative materials dedicated to architecture, construction and interior design, to:

. Discover the creative and sensory potential of materials. facilitate meetings between industrials and prescribers. Bring out the collaboration between materials’ creators and designers

Imagined, conceived and organized by Bookstorming, press and publishing group specialized in architecture and design, editor of the magazine archiSTORM.

With whomIndustrials that, from raw materials to finished product, present materials, creative solutions and a specific know-how in architecture, construction, and interior design fields.

for whoAll professionals’ prescribers: architects, designers, interior designers, contrivers and design office.

how. A journey through materials, presented within an original and exclusive scenography. 2 days of open house. A vast promotion and communication program through press and prescribers

WhereAt Bookstorming, 49 boulevard de la Villette, Paris 10e, in a space conceived by the architect Louis Paillard.

When. 21rst & 22nd of march 2017 : rendez-vous with the prescribers

altuglas’ resinswww.altuglas.com

aperam and euroshelter’s stainless steelwww.aperam.comwww.euro-shelter.com

The confédération du Lin et du chanvre’s Linen and hempwww.europeanflax.com

Demour & Demour’s mosaicwww.demour-demour.com

Vescom and elitis’ textilewww.elitis.frwww.vescom.com

Gerflor’s vinyl floorswww.gerflor.fr

Interface’s carpet floorwww.interfaceflor.fr

Iris ceramica’s ceramicwww.irisceramica.biz

Process Bois Laudescher’s wood and Valchromat’s tinted woodwww.laudescher-industrie.comwww.valchromat.pt

Serge ferrari‘s flexible composite materialswww.sergeferrari.com

Terreal’s terracottawww.terreal.com

Tf Urban’s thin sheet metalwww.tolerie-forezienne.com

VmZinc’s zincwww.vmzinc.fr

arcelormittal’s steelwww.arcelormittal.com

The fédération professionnel de l’ardoise naturelle’s natural Slatewww.ardoisenaturelle.fr

Luce di carrara’s marblewww.lucedicarrara.it

SeDUceD ProfeSSIoNaLS:

86% of the asked ones want to participate to the 2017 edition88% of the visitors from the 3rd edition thought that the event was interesting and convivial78% estimate that the scenography was a success96% exchanged with the exhibitors77% have enriched their knowledge on presented materials and their use80% judge the selection of materials qualitative83% think about using some of the exposed materials88% find the space adapted to the event formula

(source : survey around 569 visitors of the 2016 edition)

2016 materials : an exhaustive panel of innovative materials

The aDVaNTaGeS of The reNDeZ-VoUSTwenty or so exhibitors are selected to offer the visitors a panel of innovative materials.

The exclusivityEach exhibitor has its own area to introduce its materials, creating a dialog place for industrials regarding to a mutual enrichment.

an atypical placeA 500m2 original reception and exhibition area, where light, material and colors are enhanced by an exceptional architecture.

a special edition. A special issue of archiSTORM dedicated to materials given to all the visitors.

events à la carte. An exhibitors support for the organization of professional breakfast, and personalized workshop. Visits for young graduated in partnership with specialized school

Professional partnerships. Professionals’ representations (UNSfA, SfA, UNIfA, UNAID…). Specialized press. Architecture school ensuring a quality and professional public

Website : www.rendezvousdelamatiere.com

General commission : Marc Sautereaum.sautereau@bookstorming.com

General coordinator : Sébastien Maschino s.maschino@bookstorming.com

Partnership and exhibitors contacts : Sébastien Maschino

s.maschino@bookstorming.comPaula cornette

p.cornette@bookstorming.comEva Magnier

e.magnier@bookstorming.com

Press contact : Gilles Mullergillesmuller@re-active.fr

The orGaNIZer

Bookstorming ensure the promotion and diffusion of architecture and design by associating know-how, communication tools (e-marketing services), magazines (archiSTORM, TLmag, centralités du Grand Paris), bookshop, galleries, and publishing house Archibooks.www.bookstorming.com

All those materials, traditional or innovative establish themselves as triggers for architectural and design

creation. Wizards of the material, architect and designers find at the Rendez-vous de la matière

“different” perspectives that allow them to imagine new solutions for their projects. This is the whole

ambition of that original event

Marc Sautereau – Bookstorming

Bookstorming, Paris.

a GroWING SUcceSS

The 3rd edition of the Rendez-vous de la matière has welcomed 1034 professional visitors (55% of designers, interior designers, and decorators and 45% of DPLG architects, 80% in Ile de france and 20% in province and foreign countries).

The number of visits at the Rendez-vous de la Matière increases each year, which confirms the interest of prescribers for this more intimate and friendly alternative than traditional professional exhibition.

In 2016 the scenography was entrust to Gaëlle Gabillet and Stéphane Villard (designer and scenograph) to integrate an atypical place (an earlier synagogue rehabilitated in a publishing house).

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ParTNerS 2016

a creaTIVe SceNoGraPhY (3rd eDITIoN of march 2016):

Material potential creates an original and imaginative scenography. The best materials producers are ready to meet the best professional actors from the universes of architecture and decoration!

eXhIBITorS PacK :

Included Servicesavailability of an exhibition space during the 2 days of the rendez-vous.

Advice and care to highlight in an original way your materials and integration into a general scenography.

An exclusive promotion and communication program for your company including:. 4 pages about the company in the Special Issue of archiSTORM dedicated to material and the event, distributed in 5000 copies. 1 full page of advertising in the magazine archiSTORM on the period of your choice during the year 2017. 1 «e -storming « newsletter through our database of 18,000 prescribers.. Your logo on www.rendezvousdelamatiere.com with a link to your website. E-invitation for your clients

Provided ServicesDuring the 2 days of exhibition:. Advices from the architect/designer to conceive an original staging of your materials in the dedicated space. Redaction and page settings of your 4 reserved pages in archiSTORM. Avaibility of a space dedicated to receive your visitors. Press service: journalists invited, distribution of your communication medias. Distribution of the special issue of archiSTORM over the whole event. A VIP evening with cocktail buffet (on invitation only)