Remember pre-registering is completely free and essential in order to receive a Saturday in Design day pack prior to the event. It includes your day pass and handbook which will give you a sneak peak into who’s got what planned for the day so that you are a step ahead. Most importantly, once you have pre-registered you will go into the draw to win some exciting prizes – prizes include a Mont Blanc Writing Instrument, a Häfele ‘Elipta Arm’, A 'Feel Chair’ from Iken Commercial Interiors and a Mondaine watch. We apologise to all those who have been having problems with the website, please be assured your registration is going through and the full site will be up and running soon!

This year there are heaps of exciting things going on in conjunction with Saturday in Design. Firstly Launch Pad is back and it is set to be bigger and better than ever. Aspiring designers will once again exhibit their latest creations – this year, InterfaceFlor presents the Launch Pad exhibition at Living Edge in Surry Hills.

Pecha Kucha on Friday 27 July promises to be a night of creativity, with big names presenting work to twenty slides in 6 minutes and forty seconds – consider it speed dating for designers! Check out www.pecha-kucha.org for more information. Venue TBC.

Tom Dixon will also be in Australia presenting at Pecha Kucha and he will also be out and about for Saturday in Design, look out for him zipping around town in his chauffeured Audi. Stay tuned for our next email which will highlight where you might be able to catch Tom Dixon on the day.

Alternative Surfaces, Anibou, Arte Sofas, Arthur G, Bang & Olufsen, Blinds by Bayliss, Bevisco Commercial Interiors, Bosco Storage Solutions, Chairbiz.com, CIBO Design, Colebrook Bosson Saunders, Comax Australia, Contemporary Leathers, Corporate Culture, The Country Trader, De Poortere, dedece, Diffuse, Designer Rugs, Desking Systems, Di Emme, Di Lorenzo, ECC Lighting + Living, EGE Carpet, Euroluce Lighting, Flash Photobition, Format, Formway, Furniture Classics, FY2K, Gelosa Kitchens, Gineico, Häfele Australia, Haworth, Hettich Australia, Iken Commercial Interiors, Instyle Contract Textiles, Interior Art image, Interstudio, James Richardson, Jardan Australia, KE-ZU, Kim Snow, Koda Lighting, Krost, Kvadrat Maharam, The Laminex Group, light2/corefurniture, Lightmakers, Living Edge, Living Edge Studio, Lighting Partners Australia, Maxton Fox, Mico Design, Miele Australia, Matteograssi/ Classique, Mokum, NSW Leather Company, Ontera Modular Carpets, OPS Formfittings, Paco Jaanson, Parisi Bathroomware, Pelle Leathers, Poliform, Porter’s Paints, Precision Flooring, Quarella, reecedesign, Rogerseller, Rugs Carpet by Design, Schiavello, Sebel Furniture, Silent Gliss, Skheme, Space Furniture, Steelcase, Stylecraft Australia, Sustainable Living Fabrics, Systems Supply, The Andrews Group, The Fire Company, Thinking Ergonomix, Thonet, Transtherm Australia, Tsar, UCI, Unifor, Vertilux Corporation, Vibe Furniture, Warwick Fabrics, Whitecliffe Imports, Wilkhahn Asia Pacific, Work Arena, Woven Image, Zenith Interiors, and Zip Heaters.