Expo Revestir at the National Interior Design Congress

From July 3 to 5, 2013, the ABD - Brazilian Association of Interior Designers, with the sponsorship of EXPO REVESTIR, the main event of solutions in finishings in Latin America, will hold the CONAD - National Congress of Interior Design. The event, which is held every two years, brings together hundreds of professionals from all over Brazil to reflect on the practice of Interior Design.

The program includes lectures that go beyond the latest in technologies and materials, approaching practical issues on how to plan and price projeto, and debating issues on behavioral aspects of both clients and professionals. The next edition will have the central theme "Thinking outside the box".

On the first day of the event, Italian architect Simone Michelli will open the international lecture series to talk about Residential Design: Living and Contemporary Living. With this main theme other subjects will permeate a cycle of lectures. José Roberto Muratori will address Residential Automation: Innovative Concepts for your Projects, Ana Kreutzer will talk about Color Trends in Decoration, and the German lighting designer Peter Gasper will talk about Light and its Essence. In addition, a round table mediated by journalist César Giobbi will bring together other great national references, among them: Guilherme Torres (architect), Gustavo Calazans (architect), Joia Bergamo (architect), Gabriel Valdivieso (interior designer), among others.

The next day, the theme is Commercial Design: Branding, Story Telling and Experience, led by Ken Nisch (World Retail Guru), followed by Gustavo Hamam's (Director of new business at Hamam Hotéis) talk on Designing Hotels, Moema Wertheimer (architect) who will talk about Designing Offices, and Maurício Queiroz (consumer designer) who will address the theme Designing Stores. Closing the second day of the event, a round table mediated by Ronald Kapaz, with the introduction of Mauricio Medeiros and special participation of Alessandra Landskron to talk about the main theme of the day.

To close the 8th edition of Conad, brand consultant Edson D'Aguano will speak about Design, Creativity and the New Luxury. Other special lectures will take place during the day, such as Landscaping, by Raul Canovas, and Creativity and Differentiation, by Pablo Arteaga, followed by a round table represented by Silvio Passarelli (director of the MBA in Luxury Management at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado - FAAP), who will introduce the discussion "Beauty: The Word of the Future", addressing the importance of this concept for survival, with the mediation of journalist and presenter Mônica Barbosa and the special participation of Jader Almeida (designer) and Vitor Penha (architecture).

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Theme: Thinking outside the box
Date: July 3-5, 2013
Location: Sheraton/ WTC - World Trade Center
Information: http://www.esperienza.com.br/abd/newsletter/conad.asp