Feria Hábitat Valencia is still outlining the showcase for its next edition, which will be held from the 9th to the 13th of February, in which the spotlight will be on the best national and international design companies. The event has finalised the participation of a significant number of brands, who want to take advantage of these dates to present their first new creations in 2015.

These are largely prestigious Spanish companies at the forefront of design who have individually committed to the future of the made in Spain design, in the only Spanish showcase platform that is well established in this area. They are leading firms with a strong international presence, such as Andreu World, which produce furniture for projects on the five continents.

In the 2015 edition, Hábitat includes leading-edge upholstery companies such as Cármenes, which is making a debut in the new layout of Feria Hábitat Valencia, as well as the Barcelona firm outdoor Calma, which will be joined in this section by another brand leader, Point from Alicante, and the thriving Oi Side, which is returning to Hábitat after its experience in 2010. In lighting, Spanish brands such as Fambuena or Llum among others, will provide the avant-garde touch in this sector.

In the area more specifically contract, firms such as Valencian company Cement Design, Teys, the office furniture specialists, Made Design by Planning Sisplamo and the innovative companies Cubox and Albiol Modular, who both have a revolutionary system of modular furniture, will be welcomes back.

One of the most notable features of the coming edition of Hábitat will be the strong increase in the presence of international companies in its showcase, around 25% up on the last edition. This is particularly true for the design sector, where Italian, Portuguese, and Nordic countries have started to adopt positions in light of the gradual recovery of the Spanish market.

The return of leading-edge giants in the lighting sector to the Spanish market, such as Flos, is a major highlight. Flos will head an Italian delegation of brands such as the specialists in furniture manufactured by rotational moulding, Plust Collection, Elmar Cucine, Olivari, Sovet Italia, Cattelan and Phormalab. Similarly, Hábitat has incorporated new transalpine companies which are debuting in the Feria Hábitat Valencia showcase, such as My Home Collection, the metallic furniture company, Fim, the avant-garde lighting company and Slamp, whose designers include Zaha Hadid or Alessandro Mendini.

Moreover, other international firms will also be taking part in Feria Valencia, such as Branca by Marco Sousa Santos, one of the most potential Portuguese brands from the new Portuguese design sector, and the powerful Swedish company, Gärsnäs, flagship of Nordic design in its purest form.

Many will be participating in the Design Pavilion at Feria Hábitat Valencia within the Flash exhibition area, a hotbed of ideas, trends and innovation concerning top brands in international design. Commitment to the avant-garde and innovation in the coming edition of Hábitat will be rounded off with areas such as salón Nude, in which around 20 young talents and design schools will take part; the new zone Editoras by Feria Hábitat Valencia, which is an exhibition area with a selection of publishing companies that have been going for less than ten years and are committed to self-production.

Feria Hábitat Valencia will be held next month, from the 9th to the 13th of February in Feria Valencia together with Cevisama, International ceramics exhibition for architecture, bathroom furniture, natural stone, raw materials, ceramic enamels and colours and machinery, together with the new feature Maderalia Selección, an exhibition for materials, finishes and technology for the home. All these exhibitions will see the second edition of the initiative Nos Vemos en Valencia, which includes a full schedule of activities related to the world of interior decoration, architecture and design.

Among the activities that have already been confirmed, the Architecture Routes will take visitors on a guided route of the architectural jewels of the city of Valencia. The schedule will also feature established events, such as the Nude exhibition space, an incubator of new design for the home, and activities found in the Cevisama Lab initiative, such as the International Competition for Ceramic Design, the Alfa de Oro awards, the Trans/hitos fair, and the International Contract Forum.