Habitat Valencia 2008: The NUDE Show announces its upcomint edition at Habitat Valencia

Habitat Valencia 2008: After six years showcasing the latest revolutionary designs, NUDE, the New International Design Show is back again as a platform for groundbreaking ideas for the habitat industry.

Preparations for the seventh edition of NUDE, the New International Design Show, a cutting-edge space within Habitat Valencia 2008, are already underway. The period for presenting entries opens on 15th May and closes two weeks later on 30th May (both inclusive).
Young designers, design students, publishers or manufacturers less than five years old and galleries are invited to present objects and equipment for the home. All entries should be sent with supporting graphic material, both for the objects as well as for their physical presentation in the stand.
The shortlisted projects will go on exhibit at the upcoming edition of Habitat Valencia held later this year from 23rd to 27th September. Habitat Valencia 2008 is an unbeatable platform for showcasing the latest new ideas from the chosen designers. This is the first time that the leading fairs for the home, like FIM (International Furniture Fair of Valencia), DE>CO (International Décor and Accessories Fair), FIAM (International Fair of Lighting Fixtures), TEXTILHOGAR (International Fair of Home Textiles & Decoration) and FIART (International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair) are showing together under a common umbrella covering the very best and widest range of products for the home.
The chosen projects will be on view to all visitors, conferring an air of new design to the whole exhibition centre and at once guaranteeing the works a wide diffusion in the Habitat Valencia catalogue.
The first step in a professional career
The Nude Show is a first-class exhibition platform for budding international designers and a unique opportunity to make contact with the industry. In this regard, Ignacio Mateu, director of the Habitat fairs, claimed that "Nude is a place where businesses looking for new ideas can meet with a pool of up-and-coming designers. After six editions so far, a generation of renowned designers who started of in Nude are already making names for themselves, confirming the show as a springboard for young artists."