AIEE, the Automotive Interiors Expo Europe, is about innovation in texture, color, touch, feel—everything a car occupant experiences and remembers. Specialty finishes are a strong theme at this expo, mostly for car interior design, finish, and decoration. Coatings, surfaces, materials, screen-printing, lighting, haptic technologies, film-insert molding, you name it; it’s there.
Sustainability was a major vein at the show, with Ascorium’ PU spray skins, and Covestro’s door panel using 95 per cent less water than solvent-based products. Amazing new tech, too, like Grewus’ haptic technology in a seat which can reproduce vibration and sound, Leggett & Platt with their comfort and massage seating products; Ligneos’ wood-based surfaces, seemingly endless interior lighting solutions, and Scays’ waste tea-based materials are just a few of the things we saw; in today’s in-depth piece you’ll have much more detail.
This week Coffee Corner, based on a recent furniture fair in Brussels, shows how our mobile and stationary living spaces are increasingly correlated. It it also feels as if the furniture industry has stolen, at least indirectly, part of our time lived inside our cars thus, an equivalent of a market segment from automotive interiors. Have a look!
The Köln Workshop scheduled for 23-24 April 2024 will include a session on materials and sustainability, as well as a panel discussion about CMF (color, materials, finish) to address how to combine design and appeal with sustainability. We’re closing the lecture lineup and booth layout before the year end. Don’t miss it; Contact DVN Interior for more details.
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