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Brazil Success

March 12, 2013, 9:23 am
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Our recent event in Sao Paulo was a tremendous success, and provided a wonderful opportunity to launch the Armourcoat brand and products into South America.  The Armourcoat/ Vitruvio Revestimentos booth #3050 even attracted the attention of local TV ‘TVunisantos channel 4’, with an interview by Claudio Martins with Marcia Barboza, owner of Vitruvio Revestimentos.


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Interior Mebel Kiev

March 18, 2013, 7:49 am
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Ukrainian agent Faktura exhibited at Interior Mebel Kiev (20-23 February, International Exhibition Centre) with a special project developed by YOD Design Lab. Interior Mebel has already gained its place among the most refined events on furniture and design. Thousands of architects, designers, traders, retailers and end-users attended the event to learn more of the latest design trends.




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Brazil

March 22, 2013, 7:02 am
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We exhibited at Expo Revestir, São Paulo, Brazil in March.  Expo Revestir is one of the most important trade events for the architecture and construction sector in South America. The exhibition brought together 50,000 attendees from over 60 countries, including architects, interior designers, retailers, builders and international buyers.

Despite relatively weak economic growth last year, Brazil’s economy is projected to grow by 4% per year from 2013 through 2016.  Together with US$235 billion scheduled for infrastructure improvements in advance of the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and Summer Olympics in 2016, Brazil is primed to be an important new market for Armourcoat.


Armourcoat finishes can be viewed at the Texthura y Cor showroom in Sao Paulo.  The professional sales team present Armourcoat products in partnership with Brazilian agent Vitruvio Revestimentos.

Designed by Arquitectonica and located in the upscale Itaim district, JK Iguatemi in São Paulo is part of a multi-purpose project with three new luxury office towers, one of which houses the global headquarters of Santander. Daylight plays a crucial role in the project with high ceilings, wide boulevards, white stone floors, and interior design with clean, minimalist lines.

The mall, named after President Juscelino Kubitschek which opened in June 2012, also presents the largest collection of boutique retail brands with over 230 stores.  Armourcoat's Brazil agent Vitruvio Revestimentos completed the Longchamp store at JK Iguatemi, with a custom polished plaster finish incorporating the brand’s distinctive criss-cross design.
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New KonCrete® finishes at DX

April 17, 2013, 8:04 am
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Armourcoat will be launching new colours and finishes at DX, part of the May Design Series (stand R18, ExCeL, London, 19-21 May).

DX will be co-located with kbb LDN, INTERIORS LDN and The ARC Show, presenting a new commercial contract and retail event for London’s architectural, interior design and high-end retail communities.  The event, designed by Ab Rogers, will bring together a hand-picked selection of cutting-edge products, ideas and solutions for contract and domestic interiors from across the globe.

Armourcoat will be presenting new ranges of colours and finishes, including ‘Armourcoat KonCrete®’ - an urban range of polished plaster effects designed for contemporary projects.  The finish presents a wealth of design options to achieve a distinctive modern look, including distressed effects or recessed 'shutter' markings.

The company will also present ‘SMG’ - a super luxury finish with the appearance of a seamless high-gloss 'lacquer', and ‘Striated’ - a natural looking effect which emulates raw silk.

An array of global projects for an impressive list of international blue chip clients in commercial, retail and domestic sectors have established Armourcoat as a leading supplier of high quality surface finishes.  Expert advice will be available on the stand, together with stunning examples of the decorative finishes available from Armourcoat.

To visit the May Design Series, register now for your free event ticket: http://bit.ly/149AUOu (saving the £40 on-site fee).

One of the most prolific designers of his generation, KARIM RASHID will be taking centre stage at the May Design Series - hosting a keynote session at the Conversation Series and then taking to the decks to DJ at the late night opening.
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Hospitality Design

April 25, 2013, 5:17 am
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We’re really excited to be at HD, in its new home at Mandalay Bay Convention Center.   We'll be presenting our new custom-made decorative wall panel system, evolved from our renowned range of applied seamless wall finishes – ArmourFX.

Our team of specialist designers and artisan plasterers based in Las Vegas can work with clients to create integrated custom wall panel systems or design statement single artwork pieces.  We can even include corporate logos or themed colours and finish techniques.    Once finished, the panels are delivered direct from our single source workshop in custom-made foam packaging to ensure safe arrival on site.  As all modular systems, the panels can be hung and removed as required, with no specialist installation necessary.

We invite clients to visit us at the show at booth #5066, where we are demonstrating the use and application of ArmourFX in a hospitality setting. 

Register to the expo for FREE - click here;

 http://registration3.experientevent.com/showHDE131/default.aspx?Flowcode=ATT&SOURCE=HDGUEST 



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Spring time in Las Vegas

May 8, 2013, 3:46 am
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Ah, Las Vegas in the Spring!

Visit Armourcoat at Hospitality Design Expo 2013 next week, the premier US trade show for the hospitality design industry. HD Expo brings together over 900 exhibitors and over 7,000 attendees to Las Vegas each year. Armourcoat booth #5066, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 15-17 May.

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Mix Interiors Awards 2013

May 8, 2013, 7:06 am
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The deadline for entries to 'Mixology 2013' (the Mix Interiors Awards) is this Friday 10 May at 5.00pm.

The Mix Interiors Awards are unique. Judged by an independent panel of experienced architects, designers and consultants, the Awards concentrate entirely on the office interiors market. Awards will be judged on merit regardless of company size or reputation. This blend of relevance, independence and focus endows the Mix Interiors Awards with high value in the sector.

The awards will be handed to the ground breakers and boundary pushers of the commercial interiors sector recognising the most influential people and companies.

Award winners will be announced on 19 June 2013 at 'Mixology 2013' Summer Ball held at Old Billingsgate, London.

www.mixology13.com

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Las Vegas

May 22, 2013, 9:15 am
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Great HD expo show last week in Las Vegas, presenting our new ArmourFX modular panel system.



Great to meet with the US team (pictured left to right; Al Gonzalez, Shawn Tweedy, Neil Crowhurst, Karl Lennon and Tom Laughlin) at the show.



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Las Vegas to London

May 29, 2013, 7:56 am
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Armourcoat took a stand at two international design events in May; HD Expo in Las Vegas and DX in London over back to back weeks.  It was quite a challenge, given the distance and timing involved, but we achieved great success presenting a new custom-made decorative wall panel system.  This is evolved from our renowned range of applied seamless wall finishes – and we call it ArmourFX.  Our team of specialist designers and artisan plasterers can work with clients to create integrated custom wall panel systems or design statement single artwork pieces. We can even include corporate logos or themed colours and finish techniques. Once finished, the panels are delivered direct from our single source workshop in custom-made foam packaging to ensure safe arrival on site. As all modular systems, the panels can be hung and removed as required, with no specialist installation necessary.


It's interesting to visit Las Vegas each year for the show and witness the changes taking place on the strip.  There is a clear move away from the older style themed resorts, such as the ‘Luxor’ and ‘Excalibur’, to modern clean styles of contemporary interiors seen in the recent MGM City Center development including the ‘Vdara’, ‘Aria’ and ‘Mandarin Oriental’ hotels.  European day-and-night clubs such as The 'Cosmopolitan' and 'Bagatelle Beach' at the Tropicana are also a new feature.  This gives a fresh, sophisticated spin on the perhaps dated view of Las Vegas.



On the other side of the Atlantic, London is always the focus for the latest design trends and cutting-edge technology.  The new Ab Rogers designed DX exhibition included curated ‘freight’ crates from European events earlier in the year, including Maison et Objet, IMM Cologne together with the Stockholm and Milan Furniture Fairs.  I believe the UK and Europe still lead the world with innovation and design.



We work closely with architects and designers to maintain a leading edge on new trends, colour concepts and design inspiration.  At DX we presented some novel ideas to recreate a concrete effect using polished plaster, and a timber-effect panel – both of which created a lot of interest.  Equally, opulent seamless finishes such as our SMG lacquer-effect are on-trend to create hardwearing yet stylish backdrops for hotel interiors.
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Art Space Awards, Kiev

June 3, 2013, 7:01 am
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I had the pleasure to present an award at the recent Art Space Awards in Ukraine (31st May).  The inaugual event was held at the Opera Theatre in Kiev, which attracted over 700 interior designers from across the country.


I was accompanied by Paul Finch, programme director for the World Architecture Festival, who acted as President and chairman of the European jury for the Awards.  Our local agent Faktura were principal sponsor of the Awards, presented in nine categories to the cream of Ukrainian designers.


Pictured: with Sergey Makhno, award-winning Ukrainian designer

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Art Space Awards, Kiev 2

June 5, 2013, 2:40 am
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A few more images from the awards in Kiev last week.  Congratulations to all involved; winners, sponsors and European jury - special thanks to WAF's Paul Finch for acting as President.










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Performance Concrete for Chelsea Flower Show

June 7, 2013, 7:00 am
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Armourcoat were specified for an award-winning garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.  Designed by Jo Thompson Landscape & Garden Design, and built by The Outdoor Room, the silver medal winning Food & Environment Research Agency’s (FERA) show garden, incorporated Ductal® Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) panels.

The garden design, entitled ‘Stop the Spread’, highlights how plant pests and diseases and invasive non-native species could impact our gardens and countryside.  A sunken garden featuring herbaceous planting and a sculpture by Tom Stogdon, is bordered by woodland trees and lush shade-loving plants. This is contrasted with an avenue of lifeless trees and a border of concrete-panelled walls with an intricate pattern illustrating the tree disease ‘Chalara’ (Ash dieback).

A series of large custom-made Ductal® panels were designed and manufactured by Armourcoat for the garden.  Developed by Lafarge, Ductal® possesses a unique combination of superior properties including strength, ductility, durability and enhanced aesthetics.  This enables designers to develop and realize new sculptural approaches to concrete forms.   It can be cast in large thin panels with an outstanding level of surface finish detail, and has a strength and durability greater than natural stone.

Jo Thompson is a landscape and garden designer based in Kent.  Jo designs a wide range of gardens from tiny rooftop spaces to residential gardens, public spaces and country estates, both in the UK and overseas.  This is Jo’s fourth Show Garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.




Images - courtesy of FERA Crown Copyright 
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Art Space winners

June 6, 2013, 7:56 am
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A final couple of congratulations to Ukraine Art Space raffle winner Kharkov-based architect Maxim Gres - who won a sporty Citroen DS4 at the event, and winner of the Faktura/Armourcoat special art prize Vasileva Ekaterina (pictured below).





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ArmourFX 'timber' effect panels

June 13, 2013, 8:45 am
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These are the new adverts running in July issues of 'Retail Focus', 'Hospitality Interiors' and 'FX' magazines in the UK - and look stunning!

The full and half page ads use the ArmourFX 'timber' effect panel launched at DX London in May.  The panels are lightweight, can be cut on-site, and are simply fixed to the wall with BondPlast adhesive, but create this highly original deep grain timber effect.
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MosBuild 2013 review

June 17, 2013, 2:30 am
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Armourcoat exhibited at MosBuild Russia in April in conjunction with local agent Studio A Dekor.

MosBuild is the largest annual international construction exhibition in Europe and Russia. The event brings together over 2,000 companies from 45 countries and attracts over 100,000 industry professionals from around the world.



My overall impression of MosBuild 2013 is that it’s even better than last year. The build up that organisers ITE did before the show has been great, particularly their online activity which has started to make a real difference to people’s awareness before the event, which creates greater numbers at the show. The numbers this year have been fantastic, we have talked to a lot of key architects and designers they are very interested in what we are presenting.  Our sculptural wall finishes especially have been creating a lot of interest.

The Russian market is one of our most important markets and that’s why I make the effort every year to come to MosBuild and we make a big presence here. We have exhibited at MosBuild for a number of years - we still feel it is extremely relevant for us to be here. Internationally we have gone through a lot of turmoil in recent years, but we are now starting to see an upward trend. You can get a snapshot of the industry from coming to see these trade shows, you can sense the market coming back to life, people are talking about live products. It’s not just a case of people saying yes we would like to use you at some point in the future it’s yes we have got projects that we can work on that we can specify you for. This particular section of MosBuild has moved into a much bigger area and again this demonstrates how much life there is in the market and the potential that we have here.

MosBuild is definitely one of our top 5 shows; it is certainly on the world stage as an event that holds its own against the other trade shows. How the exhibition is presented and promoted is fantastic - certainly one of the best I’ve seen for online promotion. ITE is leading the way in terms of getting those messages across.

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Armourcoat India

June 17, 2013, 5:03 am
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Visit Armourcoat at The Big 5 Construct India expo, Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai (stand 6D100, 2-4 September).



Following incredible success in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, The Big 5 Construct India exhibition is announced by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the Ministry of Urban Development – Government of India and dmg events Middle East & Asia. The event will provide an outstanding opportunity for Pan-Indian buyers of construction products to source the very latest products and technologies to aid safer, greener and more efficient building and construction.

As part of Armourcoat's global expansion programme, we are now seeking agents across India. Call Globecoat on +971 4 2858603 or email khalid@globecoat.ae for further information.

http://www.thebig5constructindia.com/
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Mixology 13

June 20, 2013, 1:46 am
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Congratulations to the winners at last night's Mixology Awards in London.



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ArmourFX COMPLETE

June 20, 2013, 5:52 am
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Armourcoat’s modular decorative panel system, ArmourFX, has been approved as a welcome wall backdrop as part of the ‘Your First Impression’ brand program for Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites.

Armourcoat, working closely with the design team at Choice Hotels International, developed an end-to-end customer facing and administrative solution, with tracking specific to the project and client requirements. Named ArmourFX COMPLETE™, the service works with the brand owner from product concept, site variables, final product and delivery.

Enabled by a custom version of Relator™ integrated CRM, Ordering and Billing system developed by Clarumedia, ArmourFX COMPLETE™ provides contract and direct dealing to ensure full involvement from start to finish with ultimate system transparency.

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Design Shanghai 2014

June 27, 2013, 8:32 am
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We're exhibiting at Design Shanghai 2014.  The city's first truly international design event, Design Shanghai will attract over 40,000 architects, interior designers, developers, designers and China's most affluent design conscious consumers.  The event will be held at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from February 27 to March 2 2014 in the world's most exciting and fastest growing city.  Visit Armourcoat at booth C2-236.
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China and Design Shanghai 2014

July 17, 2013, 3:50 am
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艺纹涂一直在引领世界开发艺术批荡涂料和高性能面漆。

我们是全球品牌，在70多个国家开展业务，致力于追求卓越技术。我们拥有出色的产品系列，现在还包括三维雕塑效果和创新面板系统。我们采用可回收材料和挥发性有机化合物含量低的材料。艺纹涂始终处于可持续装饰表面解决方案的前沿。

2014年，我们希望扩大在中国的规模。我们在中国成功地开展业务已经10多年了，现在正在上海寻求代理商以实现我们的全球扩展计划。艺纹涂在英国研究和制造所有品牌产品，并通过50多个代理商和专业应用方控制全球分销业务。

如果需要更多信息，请致电艺纹涂：+0044 1732 467994，或者发邮件至daniel@armourcoat.co.uk。

亦可前往设计上海（2014年2月27日-3月2日，上海展览中心）艺纹涂展位c2-236。

Visit Armourcoat at Design Shanghai 2014, the city's first truly international design event. Attracting over 40,000 architects, interior designers, developers, designers and China's most affluent design conscious consumers, the event will be held at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from February 27 to March 2 2014. Armourcoat booth C2-236.
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