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New International Fair for Applied Arts + Design 2009
"eu-nique"
in Karlsruhe, Germany - June 5 - 7, 2009

WCC-Europe is the official partner of this new fair
and will support it with the hope to gather an important number of craftspeople all over Europe
with individual and community stands.

Special conditions (price reduction) are available for member entities of WCC-Europe
and individual craftspeople being member of a WCC-Europe member entity.
For more information please contact: contact@wcc-europe.org

Representatives of the Fair Company presented this new Crafts Fair in detail to the
delegates at the last European General Assembly (October 2008) in Talavera / Spain.
Delegates of the different Entities were very interested in the concept of the new fair
and most of them thought it would be worth to support "eu-nique".....

Deadline for applications: February, 15, 2009

If you are interested to participate as an individual exhibitor
or with a community booth of your country
please contact:

Contact at the fair company:
Heike Schieferstein, Project Manager
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH
Festplatz 9
D-76137 Karlsruhe, Germany
Tel. +49 721 3720-5126
Fax: +49 721 3720-99-5126
heike.schieferstein@kmkg.de
www.eu-nique.eu
www.messe-karlsruhe.de

Contact to:
World Crafts Council - Europe / WCC-Europe-Secretariat:
Windmuehlstrasse 3
D-60329 Frankfurt
Tel. +49 69 - 740 231
Fax +49 69 - 740 233
contact@wcc-europe.org
www.wcc-europe.org

Detailed information about "eu-nique":
Please download & spread.....

General Presentation of "eu-nique" - PDF document
Exhibitor's Flyer - PDF document
Special offer community booth - PDF document
Participation conditions - PDF document
Application form - PDF document

WCC-Europe & KMK would be grateful if you could distribute the above files to your all your members or other potential customers you know.

Community Stands:
The KMK Fair Company will develop a separate offer for a community booth.
WCC-Europe & KMK would be glad if you could tell us if you have any specific needs for your common booth, so that we can submit you a detailed offer and calculation.

Special Exhibition "Top of Europe":
Each country organising a community booth will have the possibility to present a certain quantity
of objects in the so called area “Top of Europe”:

In the special exhibition TOP OF EUROPE at the „eu-nique“ a wide range of outstanding contemporary arts and crafts from all over Europe will be presented.
- In part 1 of this exhibition a presentation of WCC-Europe with the title
“10 years WCC-Europe Award for Contemporary Crafts” is intended to be shown,
- in part 2 with the title
"Top of Europe" other and further works of applied arts on a very high level from
European artists will be shown.

If a national entity of WCC-Europe will participate with a community booth at the “eu-nique”
a selection of three craftspeople from this country (with a maximum of three pieces from each artist) can be presented in the special exhibition "Top of Europe".
These three artists selected by their national entity have not to be an exhibitor in the community booth of the entity.

Art and design academies/colleges:
We are planning to have a special area for craft design students on the fair.
Concerning this special area for art and design academies/colleges we would be grateful
if you could send us a list with the respective addresses, so that we can contact them directly.
Please send to: heike.schieferstein@kmkg.de
with copy to: contact@wcc-europe.org

Accommodation possibilities:
As to the accommodation possibilities "eu-nique" will send you some more details on request.

Your "input":
If you have any further ideas or recommendations for the development of this new fair,
please let us know to: heike.schieferstein@kmkg.de
with copy to: contact@wcc-europe.org

www.eu-nique.eu
www.eu-nique.de
www.eu-nique.org

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Please read the first press release:

PRESS RELEASE:
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH creates an independent showcase in 2009
for applied arts in Europe
New International Fair for Applied Arts + Design shall be a leading trade fair
for applied arts + design in Europe

The Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH (Trade Fair and Conference Company, Karlsruhe) intends to set a theme with a new fair project that particularly stands for style, art of living and individuality.

In June 2009, a new International Fair for Applied Arts + Design will start up, and will also be developed into a leading market platform for the elite of the applied arts sector in Europe.

The European applied arts professional scene is committed to this project. As ideal responsible bodies, the World Crafts Council-Europe (the Europe-wide consortium of applied arts federations) as well as the Bund der Kunsthandwerker Baden-Wuerttemberg e.V. (Craftspeople Association of Baden-Wuerttemberg), the Berufsverband Kunsthandwerk Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. (Professional Association of craftspeople in Rhineland-Palatinate) and the Berufsverband Angewandte Kunst Hessen e.V. (Association for the Applied Arts in Hesse) support this project - which is intending to create an independent showcase in Karlsruhe featuring European charisma for craftspeople from all over Europe.

“Applied arts” - the quality claim of the fair project and its exhibitors is exemplified with this term.
A jury shall also contribute to transforming the new trade fair into a recognised quality forum for the European applied arts elite.

The goal of the event is to strengthen the public perception for applied arts & design-led crafts, and to develop new purchasing classes with purchasing power for the applied arts. Moreover, it should also reach collectors of applied arts as visitors of the fair.

The fair will start with a “private view” evening. Within the framework of the subsequent specialised trade-visitor days, interest should be aroused amongst the fair visitors for an interesting niche with regard to profiling their business. Two fair days will then be devoted to the interested general public.

In addition, the new fair is conceived as a meeting place for design-oriented craftspeople from all over Europe. The fair will be divided into the exhibition areas Interior Design, Jewellery & Silver and Fashion. As a result, the fair will impressively exhibit the great range of utilisation areas for contemporary applied arts.

Contacts at the fair company:
Heike Schieferstein, Project Manager
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH
Festplatz 9
D-76137 Karlsruhe, Germany
Tel. +49 721 3720-5126
Fax: +49 721 3720-99-5126
heike.schieferstein@kmkg.de
www.eu-nique.eu
www.messe-karlsruhe.de

Yvonne Halmich, Press Officer
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH
Festplatz 9
D-76137 Karlsruhe, Germany
Tel.: +49 721 / 3720-2303
Fax: + 49 721 / 3720-2319
yvonne.halmich@kmkg.de
www.eu-nique.eu
www.messe-karlsruhe.de