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Representing the best of the bathroom, furniture, lighting, surface and technology sectors, the HIX LDN show floor is a one-stop shop for everything you need to bring your next hotel project to life. Featuring a curated selection of over 160 interior brands, leading labels including Laufen, Ligne Roset, Chelsom, Astro Lighting, Hansgrohe and PS Interiors are back for another year along with new members of the HIX community like Cane-line, Perennials & Sutherland, Woodio, Pablo Design, Frandsen and Benson.

Showcasing their latest products and bringing their stands to life with immersive concepts, designs and activations (stay tuned for more...) the HIX exhibitors are spread across three spaces – the main floor, Collection and our brand new Gallery Hall. An exhbition within an exhibition, Collection features 30 cutting edge European labels with exclusive launches, while the Gallery Hall is an entirely new zone featuring 40 additional stands along with our signature HIX 2024 installation and a breakout talks stage.

Across all three, HIX guests will discover the latest design trends, ideas and voices along with the best new products set to define hotel interiors for the season ahead. With just under two weeks to go until HIX LDN 2024 opens on 27 & 28 November at London's Business Design Centre, here's some of the collections and products you'll be able to experience first hand across the show floor.

TOTO

TOTO / Washlet

Exhibiting for the first time at HIX 2024, global bathroom manufacturer TOTO will be showcasing their signature Washlet within a specially designed 45m² stand that features an experiential foyer with a sensory zone and Tea House installation created by Squire & Partners. Referencing modernised takes on traditional Japanese motifs and construction techniques including architectural shoji screens in woven wire and wood mesh, this immersive space nods to the HIX 2024 theme ‘a sense of place’, and sets the perfect stage to discover the latest Neorest WX Washlet design.

Stand: E11

Sunbury Design

Sunbury Design // Bernard The new Bernard Collection from Sunbury Design is their first to include EcoPerform+, a series of fabric innovations that allow for the creation of recycled, environmentally-friendly products suitable for hospitality, senior living and healthcare environments. A mixture of woven and printed fabrics, the Bernard Collection features the vibrant, multicoloured Spencer design alongside the more subtle hues of Kew and Regent, as well as the botanic inspired Longwood. EcoPerform+ products incorporate a waterproof barrier which exceeds hydrostatic head tests of 1mtr, and are woven using GRS certified recycled fibres, making them tough and durable whilst retaining a soft touch.

Stand: 34

GROHE

Grohe // Rapido

The new Rapido Shower Frame by Grohe has been specially designed for concealed shower systems, addressing the challenges such systems pose to installers by offering pre-assembled components like leak-tested mixed water pipes and and brackets that enable for easy on-wall fixture. Saving up to three hours of installation time, Rapido fits into almost any wall with an installation depth of just 77m3, and comes with a 10 year warranty for peace of mind.

Stand: U5

Luma Mirrors by Gemm London

Luma Mirrors

Back for a second year of HIX, Luma Mirrors will be sharing their latest designer collaborations, including one that represents the peak of the brand’s creative and technical capabilities, blending cutting edge aesthetics with hallmark craftsmanship. Head to stand 63 to discover the big reveal, and meet with the team to discuss services from bespoke conceptualisation to final installation.

Stand: 63

Altro

Altro // Ensemble

The latest products from commercial floor and wall specialists Altro include the Altro Tegulis range of tile-effect wall panels – a stylish and practical alternative to traditional tiling for wet rooms, bathrooms, and kitchens in hotels and restaurants – as well as the luxury Altro Ensemble modular vinyl flooring system, which features a variety of designs from warm wood herringbone to geometric patterns, natural stone and concrete effects. With Altro Orchestra Custom, meanwhile, designers can choose customisable visuals from the Altro collection or upload their own for a unique, tailor-made space.

Stand: E14

Majestic London

Majestic

Majestic London will present a curated portfolio of bespoke shower screens and enclosures at HIX LDN, with visitors invited to explore the frameless and bespoke Art Glass collection at stand E18. The 2350mm tall brushed bronze DEAUVILLE steam room enclosure showcases the brand’s technical capabilities, while the softly curving design of the RIO enclosure provides a unique contrast to the traditionally linear panelling of shower spaces. Meanwhile, the MONACO shower screen panels feature digitally printed linen designs along with a variety of glass colours and finishes.

Stand: E18

Nordlux

Nordlux's Takai table lamp has been designed by Studio Mavro//Lefèvre and inspired by architectural brutalism, focusing on materials, textures, and tactility. The solid, brown marble base features an intriguing geometric profile that effortlessly carries the light fabric shade. Takai is a statement piece that adds warmth and refinement to spaces through a combination of brown marble, flax linen and burnished brass.

Stand: 61

Inner Design

The Shanti chair from Inner Design offers a personal sanctuary for relaxation in both private and public spaces, wherein guests can unwind, reconnect, and find peace in a hectic world. Designed by Joachim Froment and inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian design principles, the sleek cocoon concept integrates built-in adjustable LED lighting and a moveable shell, setting it apart from tech-heavy meditation pods. Produced in Belgium, Shanti is customisable with a selection of materials from Maharam, Designs of the Time, Burel Factory and Kvadrat.

Stand: A87

Hector Finch

Lighting specialist Hector Finch will showcase a range of bathroom and adjustable bedside fittings as well as corridor flush lights including the Zeppelin Wall Light, Zac Spotlight and brand-new Diana Porthole and Angela Wall Light Mini. For over 30 years, Hector Finch has been selling British manufactured decorative lighting to the design community worldwide. Known for a design aesthetic of clean lines, a less-is-more philosophy and impeccable craftsmanship, the Hector Finch collection is made in their Herefordshire workshop by a team of metalwork specialists.

Stand: A89

Hypnos

Created in collaboration with the Eden Project, Hypnos’ Eden Project Harmony mattress combines 1200 ReActivePro pocket springs with natural fibre filling drawn from banana, orange and pineapple plants, as well as ethically-sourced carbon and RWS British wool. To mark the launch of the Eden Project Harmony mattress, Hypnos is welcoming visitors on Stand 28 to experience a ‘mini oasis’ that reflects this year’s show theme “a sense of place” and features other great sustainable British manufacturers including Newmor Wallcoverings, mood lighting by Chelsom, fabrics by the Sanderson Design Group and bespoke carpets from Ulster.

Stand: 28

TECE

Tece

TECE is bringing its TECEneo shower toilet to the HIX show floor – an innovative, sustainable bathroom solution that operates without motors or remote controls. Combining hygiene, sustainability and simplicity, TECEneo features a user-friendly design that allows guests to easily adjust water flow and temperature using intuitive rotary knobs, whilst operators benefit from reduced maintenance costs and expensive service contracts. The hydraulic system is environmentally friendly, while the rimless design ensures easy cleaning.

Stand: 58

TUUCI

Tuuci

The new Ocean Master Voilare parasol from Tuuci features a sophisticated silouhette and intricate frame system designed to create its own focal point above and beneath the canopy. Available in three sizes, the larger MEGA MAX edition incorporates a pagoda-inspired top, with the canopy sitting over 24 curved fluted ribs and spanning a majestic 20 feet in diameter. Smaller 8.5’ or 11’ models are also available, and offer preselected details like a Wonder screenprint on a double-sided canopy in a variety of colours.

Stand: 51

Crosswater

Drawing from its Crosswater and Burlington labels, the Bathroom Brands stand challenges the notion that a design must be either contemporary or classic, creating a concept space that balances timeless elegance with modernity via a clash of colour, texture and period details. “Our concept this year features a boutique hotel experience, blending timeless design dating back to the 1850s and early 1900s with contemporary design influenced by Japanese aesthetics and the concept of wabi-sabi” the brand explains. “By bringing a deep story through both our products and hotel bathroom design, we hope to empower designers to build more cohesive spaces while inspiring them with a new concept that is anything but ordinary.”

Stand: U35

Skopos

Just in time for HIX, Skopos is launching Skopos Studio; a collection of designs developed from archive ideas, document artworks and trend research by new and exciting designers. Opening the doors for specifiers to explore an ever-growing library of aesthetics, the collection celebrates each individual design rather than presenting a traditional co-coordinating catalogue. “Through this concept we want to simply let the specifier determine how to bring things together rather than suggest a scheme” Skopos say. “After all, that’s what they do best!”

Stand: 16

Amy Kent Rugs

Debuting at HIX LDN 2024, Amy Kent Rugs will be showcasing a selection of her hand knotted and woven rugs, including the recently launched ‘Albaicin Border’ flatweave, in collaboration with Rapture & Wright. Amy is known for her personal, hands on approach and has worked with the same manufacturing team in India and Kathmandu since she began nearly 20 years ago. She's the go-to rug consultant for a variety of interior designers, and has built strong relationships, priding herself on being on budget, on time and of the highest quality. With consistently competitive pricing, and awareness of the materials she is using, her focus has always been on producing bespoke rugs that ‘don’t cost the earth.

Stand: A63

Boss Design

Boss Design is proud to reveal Beau at HIX 2024, an expansive modular seating system overspilling with comfort and sensory appeal. Too big to keep under wraps, Beau’s rounded form welcomes the user to relax right back into its soft, generous cushioning and experience the ultimate level of comfort. This big-is-beautiful philosophy extends throughout a wide selection of modular units, enabling interior designers to craft vast landscapes of comfort, with a sense of freedom and openness that puts the sitter at ease, encouraging conversation and collaboration. With its smooth, clean lines, Beau will bring optimum comfort to a variety of spaces including workplace, hospitality, education and retail.

Stand: A67

Sekers

Sekers is excited to launch three new collections at HIX 2024: Lunar, a luxurious double-faced blackout collection presenting a different colour on the face and back, alongside two FR-One collections: Locomotion, a sustainable, wide-width sheer collection and Darkness, the first FR-One blackout drapery collection. Don't miss their Aegean range, the only indoor/outdoor collection which will also be showcased at their stand.

Stand 19

Dornbracht

Dornbracht returns to HIX LDN to reveal a new Brushed Light Gold finish. Christian Sieger, owner of sieger design, responsible for the design of many Dornbracht fittings, will join the team for hosting a meet and greet on 27 November, offering insight into the creation process of the manufacturer’s iconic and enduring fittings. MEM will be displayed on stand in the new Brushed Light Gold finish alongside the Vaia in Brushed Bronze and the more traditional lines of Madison in Brushed Dark Platinum. With designs to suit both contemporary and traditional projects, these finishes represent a move towards warmer fittings in high-end hospitality. Brushed Light Gold and Brushed Bronze are the first finishes from Dornbracht’s new PVD production line, offering more variety in terms of the colour palette. There's also a dedicated area for bespoke solutions, spotlighting unique handle inlays that can be personalised to individual projects including recent collaborations with Nature Squared and Glass Design.

Stand: 1

Perennials and Sutherland

Perennials

Perennials Fabrics and Rugs will exhibit a new Perennials by Timothy Corrigan collection featuring three fresh fabric designs – Leaping Leopards, Les Fleurs, and Stripe Du Jour – as well as new colourways in existing favourites like Feel the Heat and Go For Baroque. The collection also includes three new rug designs inspired by the designer's French chateau: Cloudscape, Arabesque, and Chateau. Leaping Leopards is a dynamic, abstract animal pattern available in colours like Outta the Blue and Rosemary. “Animal prints are popular worldwide, and the new Leaping Leopards pattern provides a reversible print that can be used with either a light or dark field,” says Corrigan. “The woven pattern design will wear so much better than a printed animal pattern.”

Stand: U6

Mullan Lighting

Mullan Lighting’s new Ashford and Alabaster Light Collections brings alabaster to the brand's standard collection for the first time, alongside another range of highly customisable pendants. The Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee, and Lothian lights highlight the stone’s unique qualities, creating soft, ambient lighting that brings a sense of calm to any room, The Ashford Range, meanwhile, has been designed with flexibility in mind, with a variety of colours, cables, sizes, and drop lengths available and shades that feature a textured outer surface for a striking and intricate glow.

Stand: A39

Cole & Son

The Fall/Winter 2024 collection by Cole & Son Design house has been inspired by the tradition of Shinrin Yoku, or ‘forest bathing’ - a Japanese practice of connecting with nature. Twelve new hand-painted designs create an oasis of serenity with designs ranging from bonsai gardens to traditional chinoiseries, meditation patters, floral landscapes and kimono embroidery. The collection features across natural materials including paper weave, grasscloth, natural silk, and fibrous non-woven to mirror the themes on show.

Stand: 64

Activations Preview

Across the HIX LDN show floor, guests are invited to experience the expert hospitality of our brilliant exhibitor community with a programme of pop-up experiences, stand installations, interactive workshops, networking receptions and more.

Along with our own activations like those taking place on our signature installation and the annual HIX Social opening night party, HIX guests can discover the latest hotel interior experiences and cutting-edge product launches surrounded by stand concepts and additional content inspired by our theme for 2024 – a sense of place.

Featuring transportive listening bars, multisensory tea ceremonies and a dive into colour-coded relics of the past, this year’s activation line-up is bigger than ever. Check out some of these special sessions below.

Furniture Fusion: Your face, our place

Stand: E11 – 27 & 28 Nov, all day.

Taking the form of a unique music-inspired stand installation created in collaboration with design studio Jones AD, Furniture Fusion’s ‘Your face, our place’ celebrates a love of sound, and the creative forces around it. Visitors are be invited to step into another world, play a track and be transported, with the firm promising a place to reflect and to reconnect. Full details are being kept under wraps until the event, but guests can expect a unique, interactive installation that celebrates the way in which music marks the moments in our lives, entwined with feelings, sights and experiences to create a sense of self and place. The installation will feature pieces selected by Abi Perry-Jones, Creative Director of Jones AD, along with bespoke furniture created for the event by Furniture Fusion.

Laufen: Colour Archaeology

Stand: 6 – 27 & 28 Nov, all day.

Visitors to the Laufen booth can explore Colour Archaeology – a meticulously curated room set that presents the outcome of an academic research project led by Roberto Sironi to colour-categorise over 10,000 artifacts in museums worldwide. Collected into vibrant clusters that reflect their cultural origins, these colours allow designers to anchor their spaces in rich historical context. The stand itself draws on the ancient ceramic traditions of two regions: the blue-green hues of ancient Egyptian ceramics and the warmer tones of the Tigris and Euphrates basin. It doesn’t get much more ‘sense of place’ than this.

Julian Chichester's Stand showcase

Stand: E12 (27 & 28 Nov, all day)

A stand showcase from Julian Chichester will feature the four-poster Bobbin Bed in a hand-sculpted Antique Gesso at the heart of an elegantly designed hotel suite. Set to join it are other highlights from the brand’s catalogue including the Tivoli Wardrobe with its contrasting aged rattan doors along with the Jackson Desk by Turner Pocock and matching bedsides that combine light African walnut with an inlaid high gloss jade vellum. A versatile range of further designs, styles and finishes are on display including the Agostino Mirror, Luccio Side Chair, Bobbin Bench, Chagal Chair, Roxy Floor Lamp and Melrose Coffee Table.

Everyhuman x Studio Skov: Interactive AI scent workshop

Stand: A41 (27 Nov / 13:00 – 14:00)

Following the Scent of Place panel discussion, guests are invited to the EveryHuman installation space for an interactive scent workshop featuring two signature Scent of Place fragrances created in collaboration with STUDIO SKOV. Led by EveryHuman's professional scent coach, participants can experience the scent profiling process, interact with the EveryHuman AI-powered fragrance machine, then personalise, produce and purchase their own unique Scent of Place.

Villeroy & Boch's Plate-painting workshops

Suite 312 – 314 (27 & 28 Nov, 11:00 – 15:00)

Join Villeroy & Boch in their BDC showroom for an interactive plate painting workshop and learn more about the bathroom brand's timeless designs and quality craftsmanship first-hand.

TOTO's Japanese tea ceremony with Matcha Tea tasting

Stand: E11 (27 Nov 12:00 – 16:00)

As part of a specially designed stand that includes a sensory zone and Japanese-inspired tea house created by architects Squire & Partners, first time exhibitors TOTO are showing off their iconic Washlet range in an environment that fully reflect our ‘sense of place’ theme. As part of their standout exhibition space, the global bathroom manufacturer will be hosting an authentic tea ceremony and demonstration with a Matcha tea tasting from noon until 4pm on day one of HIX. Drop by and discover an authentic Japanese experience influenced by both traditional and contemporary design sensibilities.

Historic Productions x Silent Gliss: A sense of place presentation

Suite 325-326 (27 Nov, 14:00 – 15:00)

As part of this year’s signature HIX installation, heritage consultants Historic Productions created a deep-dive report on the storied past of our iconic home venue – Islington’s Business Design Centre. Once the Royal Agricultural Hall and a nexus for London’s social life, hosting royal engagements and cattle auctions alike, the BDC boast a story and narrative like few other trade show venues. Join Dr. Juliet Learmouth, Research Director at Historic Productions’, to discover the characters and stories that define the building and its surrounding neighbourhood.

Crosswater's Transitional Design: The creative clash between traditional and contemporary interiors

Stand: U35 (27 Nov, 16:00 – 17:00)

Join the team at Crosswater (stand U35) for an exclusive panel discussion with leading interior designers and architects from EPR, Natalia Miyar Atelier, OCCA Design and Bathroom Brands Group which will explore the intersection of two distinct design philosophies and address how they can be harmonised in the commercial arena to create innovative and timeless spaces.

Hotel Designs x Balsan & Ligne Roset Designing the Brand: Insider know-how from the operators.

Stand: 18 (27 Nov, 17:30)

Moderated by Hotel Designs, this stand panel by Balsan and Ligne Roset Contract brings together four design leaders from Accor, Hilton, Hyatt and IHG to explore how designers and operators alike can build a brand’s appearance.

Gessi Soundsystem

Stand 10 (27 Nov, 17:00 – 20:00)

Back by popular demand, the GESSI sound system returns to our Thursday night, late-close HIX Social party with another round of beats and bubbles.

Kindling 2024/25 Launch Reception

Silent Gliss showroom, suite 325-326 (28 Nov, 12:00 – 13:00)

Student design initiative Kindling is back to inspire and elevate future hotel design voices. Join the founders from HIX, ReardonSmith Architects and MKV Design to hear more about this year's theme and celebrate the start of the platform's second cycle.