Every year the international exhibition Cersaie takes place in Bologna at the end of September (Sept. 24 - 28). The programme of the venue is rich in lectures of well-known architects and designers that are invited to illustrate a topic.

The international meeting with surface design and bathroom furnishings new trends. 5 days during which international companies meet architects, designers, contractors and retailers and show the new trends in ceramic surfaces, wallpapers, wood flooring, marble and bathroom furnishings.

Cersaie is the foremost international event for designers of ceramic and other surface coverings and bathroom furnishings. The show’s importance is demonstrated by the presence of more than 111,000 attendees, half of whom are international visitors from all over the world.

More than 111.000 visitors, whose 50% coming from abroad prove how this event is increasingly important for the sector.
The number of architects, interior designers and contractors from all over the world is growing.

For several years Cersaie has been organising a thematic exhibition. After exploring themes of dock redevelopment, transport venues and light/cinema, this year’s initiative  curated by architect Angelo dall’Aglio and Davide Vercelli will discuss the theme of music. “The years from 1976 to 1983 were particularly fertile in terms of music and popular culture,” noted Angelo dall’Aglio. “The coexistence and proliferation of very different genres made those years an inexhaustible source of inspiration.” The exhibition will extend over a space of 700 square metres in the brand new hall 30 and will explore the concept of “music for spaces”, where iconic images from the period will be used in different residential and urban settings.

This year at the main conference of Cersaie 2018 there will be Richard Rogers among the speakers.

Image © Andrew Zuckerman

Maintaining its longstanding focus on the world’s great architecture, Cersaie will welcome award-winning British architect and designer Lord Richard Rogers, 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, to give the 2018 Keynote Lecture. The event will be held on Tuesday 25 September in Palazzo dei Congressi at BolognaFiere following an introduction by architecture historian Francesco Dal Co.

“I shall leave this City not less but more beautiful than I found it was the ancient oath of the Athenian citizen and is the driving ambition behind my work,” Lord Rogers has said.

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