Here are a selection of the seminars going on during this years' Decorex

Sunday 25th September
The new RIBA/BIDA contract for interior design services.
The new form of appointment developed by BIDA in conjunction with the RIBA meets the needs of all interior design professionals and clarifies the relationship between designer and client.

How Interior Designers can make more money
Hugo Jacobs talks about the harsh reality of making money within an
artistic world and about a unique new service, 'The Interior Design Source',
which has been set up to drive more business through interior designers.

Lighting: the interior designers most powerful tool?
Rebecca Weir, lighting designer and director of Light IQ.

Left: Theodore Alexander
Designers & makers of fine furniture lighting, eclectic objects and accessories.

Texture and Colour for the Interior
Colour and texture, a look at the various substances and techniques being used on walls in contemporary interior design, Topics will include:

Above Left, Middle, Right:
Katherine Pooley
London based company who specialise in luxury interiors. Designed by Luigi Esposito


Monday 26th September
Restaurant design
A panel discussion with experts Mark Hix of the Ivy, journalist and design
writer Bethan Ryder, Mourad Mazouz of Sketch and Momo restaurants.

CarpeT Diem'
Carpets in interior design, historic and contemporary, changing room scale and focus Anthony Thompson is an internationally renowned expert in Oriental and European rugs and carpets, providing a highly specialized service to designers, corporations and private individuals since 1990.

Interior design of hotels and public buildings and The Disability
Discrimination Act
Following a brief overview of the legislation and the implications for
interior designers, Lesley Hughes, access consultant and Cassie
Herschel-Shorland who is also a museum design consultant will cover 'The concept of Inclusive Design', explaining 'inclusiveness' and the social model of disability:

Tuesday 27th September BIDA
The new spas
Stirling Johnstone will chair another panel discussion on the development of spas in British hotels, with speakers including spa consultant Neil Howard
of Howard Consulting, whose projects include the Chester Grosvenor Hotel &
Spa, and Jean Paul Blissett, managing director of The Syntax Group,
international award-winning spa designers.

Wednesday 27th September BIDA
The practicalities of bathroom design and the impact of innovation on the luxury bathroom
Designing a new bathroom represents a creative challenge. Jon Povey from
West One Bathrooms and Marcus Hawtin from Villeroy & Boch will discuss the practicalities and fundamentals of bathroom design and important aspects that should be considered from the outset..

Hotel design management and design practice management
magEzine, will speak about hotel design management.

Using Antiques in the twenty-first century interior
Susan Llewellyn is the creative inspiration behind her London based interior design practice with two other partners.