the first ever designboom mart in spain took place in valencia from september 28 - october 2, 2010:
presenting a group exhibition of 35 design talents from all over the world.
as part of the cultural program of the valencia disseny week and asociación de diseñadores de la comunidad valenciana (ADCV),
the mart was a lively night market built within a real market building in the historic city center.
open during the afternoons and evenings, visitors were able to meet the young avant-garde,
discuss and buy self-produced or limited edition pieces directly from the designers.

here's all of the designers that took part:

marco valdes diaz spain www.fotos-marco.blogspot.com

mixko / noa design (nahoko koyama) uk/japan www.mixko.co.uk

retrain by rubcn (ruben iglesias) spain www.retrain.endekos.com

sascha bischoff germany / spain www.saschabischoff.com

bandada (adriana díaz, ana maría ramírez) colombia / spain www.cuadernobandada.blogspot.com

system design studio (remi melander, helbert suarez) norway / colombia www.systemdesignstudio.com

giovanna de avila spain www.giovannadeavila.com

nothing design group (jin-woog koo, seung-eun kim, dong-hwa shin) korea www.designnothing.com

sarah cai singapore / uk www.thegirlwhoateink.com

modelab (marco galofaro) italy www.omybag.it

atravesdel (alicia bonillo) spain www.atravesdel.com

appree (sangwoo nam) korea www.appree.net

cumulus project (carey ann schaefer) canada www.cumulusproject.com

booktique (pablo ejarque garin) spain www.booktique.es

labyrinth (doron andre hadar, carmen dullnig, omri fisher) israel / austria www.labyrinth-bcn.com

krasznai ceramics (roger coll trias) spain www.krasznai.co.uk

maria eife USA www.mariaeife.com

teng teng chong brunei / canada www.tengteng.org

birthday (mina kwag) korea www.hellobirthday.com

de lorean sneakers  (irving miranda p. and ernesto velasco m.) mexico www.delorean.com.mx

merienda (adria espi, hector campoy, jennifer perez) spain www.estudiomerienda.com

kandura (fauzy prasetya, bathsebha satya alangghya, tisa granicia, nuri fatima) indonesia www.kandurakeramik.com

i'm curio (sirampuch eamumpai) thailand www.imcurio.com

inani (nan-hee lee) korea www.inani.co.kr

tea&prints (betina piqueras, alana florence) scotland / spain www.rockingteapot.publishpath.com

mut design (alberto sanchez, pili sampedro) spain

guca design (valentina savic, ivana rackov) serbia www.gucadesign.blogspot.com

haisekdesign (manuele haisek, arlo haisek) italy www.haisekdesign.net

kano y compania (rodrigo cano fuentes, efrain cano fuentes) mexico www.kanoycia.com

valencia mart flyer 2010 showing all participants and their contact details.



mercado colon, valencia
image © designboom

just like a real bazaar, the valencia designboom mart was located inside mercado colon - a historical market place within the city center.


inside view of the mercado colon
image © designboom


shortly before the opening of the mart - participants bring their goods
images © designboom

designboom marts are an unprecedented opportunity to meet the young designers and become familiar with their work.
the group exhibitions see international design professionals personally presenting their wares. (prototypes and/or limited edition pieces)
along with, various-samples. the designers have the opportunity to meet and discuss with customers, manufacturers, distributors,
press and museum curators - verifying their designs and their packaging credentials. mart visitors can purchase intelligent, useful
and quirky items for a symbolic price, anywhere between 10 - 100 EURO.


images © designboom

the mart is all about 'selling design originals', and at the same time, a fantastic way to promote yourself!
it is also about socializing, making friendships, meeting new people from different countries, etc...
the designers have direct contact with clients and receive immediate feedback about their products on sale.


curious customers discuss with the designers about their work, mart participants make friends, botton left: the mart dinner after a long show evening
images © designboom


the designboom mart is widely recognized as the ORIGINAL, the first ever design bazaar. in early 2005 designboom created a completely
new formula of exhibition and since then we have organized over 20 international marts worldwide, that combine high-profile design with a
popular street market setting, making up the cultural program of trade fairs.