It's Show Time! CHA Creativation & Creativeworld 2017 Preview
2017 is upon us...and that means it is show season in the craft industry! The end of January will bring us both CHA's newly-revamped winter show - now called Creativation - in the U.S., and the Creativeworld show in Frankfurt, Germany. Both shows have major changes in store for 2017, so let's take a look at what attendees and exhibitors can expect to see!
CHA Creativation
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The first change for the Craft & Hobby Association's show is immediately obvious. It has a new name, Creativation, and along with the new name the show has been redesigned from the ground up. The show is also moving to a new location for the first time in a decade, having made its home in Southern California for the past nine shows (in Anaheim except for a year in Los Angeles). Phoenix is the show's new home - a move so far not entirely popular with attendees as travel and hotels have proven to be expensive in the winter paradise.
The new Creativation show floor will be created modeled as a city, with different "neighborhoods" including a town square for attendees to recharge in, an artisan plaza for local Phoenix artisans to demonstrate their crafts, an international pub and a bakery to experience the edible arts segment of the industry. Attendees with tired feet can hop on a guided shuttle ride of the show floor to get a tour of Creativation city! There's also a Maker Space - a popular attraction at previous shows - to get hands on as well as learn from short presentations called iDiscover talks.
Also new at Creativation will be entire product areas. The show is debuting an annual "focus" area. The first focus area is Sewing & Fabric, an area of product that hasn't been visible on the floor previously.
Looking for new product information for the CHA Creativation show? Our annual CHA sneak peeks page is live now and will be updated until the show starts!
Creativeworld 2017
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[Disclaimer: Creativeworld is a Scrapbook Update sponsor.]
Creativeworld, taking place at Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany from January 28th-31st, 2017, is anticipating significant growth this year. The number of exhibitors is up over 10% from 2016, including 335 companies from 36 countries, and the footprint of the show within the Messe has been expanded greatly. Creativeworld will no longer be sharing Hall 4.2 with Paperworld's school supplies section, which is moving to another hall to give Creativeworld all of Hall 4.2. Also moving are the sourcing halls, which were previously in Hall 10 and are moving to Hall 1 for 2017.
One interesting new event added to Creativeworld's schedule for 2017 is the Visual Merchandising Competition, where the German Visual Merchandising Championships will be held in Stand F91 of Hall 4.2 over the show's four days to determine who of six professionals will represent Germany in the the world championships in Abu Dhabi.
The popular hands on workshops will be returning to the Creativeworld Creative Forum in 2017, with a range of topics from paint to Zentangle to gift wrapping and featuring the talents of artists such as Beate Winkler and Ulla Büning. One of the focuses of the show will be graffiti art, and special exhibits on street art will include the appearance of German graffiti artist Akim Walta.
Perhaps the most dramatic addition to Creativeworld isn't actually part of that show, but a new show in itself. Floradecora will showcase fresh flowers and decorative plants in Hall 11.1 of Messe Frankfurt. Running from January 27 through January 30th, the show will overlap with Creativeworld.
