SleepTech Magazine / May - June 2017

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cial event area under the title of
“Mobile Spaces”. In doing so, the
industry’s leading international
fair will be addressing the particular
relevance this subject has for
the furniture and interior construction
industries’ supplying sections.
Many of the exhibitors at the fair
are equally active in both home
furnishing and the fitting out of
vehicles. New products and ideas
from the conventional furniture
sector, such as surfaces, textiles
and fittings, are likewise used in
cars, ships and airplanes. Innovative
materials and features play
just as important a role in mobile
spaces as they do in homes.
However, the demands on mobile
spaces are often even higher than
for a home environment. In particular,
the specific requirement for
low weight calls for special solutions.
This is another field where
the two disciplines stimulate each
other because lightweight design
is immensely important not only in
rolling, floating and flying spaces,
but also in residential construction
and furnishing. Transportation and
logistics call for cost minimization
and low weights, not least for
sustainability reasons.
In its “Mobile Spaces” special
event area, interzum will focus
above all on “rolling spaces”,
examples of which include specially
fitted-out motorhomes such
as the “Empire Liner” from Morelo.
High-quality details in this luxury
motorhome’s interior, such as
multi-layered furniture fronts and
solid surface materials, have until
now not been used in this segment.
The “Pioneer” concept car
from the surfaces specialist Hornschuch
is another extraordinary
mobile space that will be on show
in the exhibition and that shows
the impact a fresh understanding
of mobility has on car interiors.
The “Mobile Spaces” special event
will take place at interzum 2017
at the Textile & Machinery Piazza
in Hall 10.1.