GRAND ROOM SETS SPONSORED BY

GRAND ROOM SETS SPONSORED BY

The GRAND ROOM SETS aim to inspire our visitors and encourage them to take home new ideas, information and supplier contacts. We are inviting pioneering interior stylists to come and bring their ideas to life at the show, using colour, materials, patterns to achieve some stunning spaces. This years theme is: Design By You The winner who creates the best room set for the show will be announced at GRANDDESIGNS London on the GRAND Theatre with the help of Daniel Hopwood and Sophie Robinson. THE OPPORTUNITY The aim is to dress the rooms with products which are easily accessible to all our visitors and are either in stock or online from current British retailers, manufacturers and designers. Working closely with Media 10 s PR team, we hope that the diverse range of entries will be of interest to the press and show visitors alike.

Design By You We are looking for rooms inspired by your personality and design style. Instead of rigidly following the latest trends or colour combinations we want to see what makes each designer tick. Every room can have many purposes and uses, unique to each designer and their needs. For instance, does your living room become your workspace or studio? What does your dining room table double up as? If you were designing your own Grand Design home, what spaces would you need? How would you personalise your surroundings? THE THEME We are excited to learn more about you and see how your personality unfolds into a design. The rooms should be interesting uses of space and unexpected colour combinations. Our audience should come away inspired by personal twists on design, rather than a rule book for 2018.

Attendance for Grand Designs Live Excel 2017 show was over 98,000 OUR SHOW 54% Female: 46% Male Average age was 51 Average household income 74, 893 61% were new visitors to the show 72% of visitors came from London and the South East Top reason for visiting: To source ideas and inspiration 84% 28% are currently involved in a home / property project and 34% are planning a home / property project in the next 12 months. These projects included Redecoration, Kitchen, Bathroom, Renovation / restoration and Windows & doors. 69% found that their visit to the show, influenced them to make purchase decisions or enabled them to find a new supplier.

Opportunities and benefits for marketing and publicity across the event include: 98,000+ visitors delivered across 9 days. Opportunity to target a specific home interest consumer and industry professionals. Company contact details published in the Show Guide. Web site coverage to include unique company and seminar listing (at peak times the website attracts over 70,000 hits per day) Up to 30 free tickets to the show (for staff and clients) (RRP 18) Opportunities to work with our marketing team to create exclusive ticket offers and/or competitions. You will be added to the Press Release collaborated by our PR team, targeting both National & Regional Press including coverage across the Internet. On site branding and logo placement (On relevant signage) OPPORTUNITIES + BENEFITS As part of the Roomsets, each designer is expected to: source liaise with deliver products from different suppliers. Each supplier can benefit from some of the above exposure opportunities too.

The sponsor of this feature is AXA, who, as one of the biggest insurers in the world, protects many homes and business in the UK. OUR SPONSOR As our sponsor, AXA is joining us in celebrating the adaptability and individuality found in all homes understanding that homes are used for a myriad of purposes, whether they are places to relax, work, build relationships, tackle tough times or all of those things. Homes are as unique as the people that occupy them and the Grand Room Set feature will bring this to life. You can find out more about AXA at www.axa.co.uk.

MEDIA 10 WILL SUPPLY Media 10 will be responsible for the following in terms of build of the Grand Interiors Room Sets. Each room will be supplied with plain grey exhibition carpet. This can be used or covered in your design. Any flooring used needs to be easily removed. Any laminate flooring used must be loose lay or remain unglued. Each room will be supplied with a 500w double power socket. Located in the corner of each room. Each room will be fitted with a white muslin ceiling and central pendant brace in which to hang a light fitting. Each room will be supplied with a 500w power supply to a pendant light. Additional sockets, build and pendant braces are available in each set but the cost for these items will need to be covered by each designer. The following is an example of costs: 500w Socket - 140 per socket 1kw Socket - 190 per socket Extra pendant baton - 15 per running meter Labourer - 250 per 8 hour day A charge of 30 per meter will be charged where wallpaper is used, as each walling panel will need to be refurbished. Any extra fittings that are added on site such as skirting board/shelving/brackets etc.. will need to be removed by the designer, if not there will be a charge.

You will need to undertake the complete ownership of your Room Set, designing and implementing the pre-agreed brief from Media 10. Pre-Show Marketing You will be expected to provide Media 10 with product information for inclusion on the Grand Designs Live website and onsite signage boards. It is key for show visitors to be able to quickly and easily identify where all product is available from. AXA will be keen to promote your involvement in the Grand Room Sets feature through its marketing channels. This could include on its website, through email, via social media and also interviews with the press. If you are one of our finalists the AXA team will be in touch with you to talk in more detail about the opportunities available. Onsite Delivery YOUR COMMITMENT You will be responsible for the delivery of the content of the set in it s entirety. This will include: Sourcing, contacting and liaising with furniture suppliers to deliver their Room Sets. Managing the deliveries of the furniture. The onsite management and dressing of their Room Set (normally a tight time scale of 2 days applies) Sourcing of wallpaper / paint and paying of tradesmen to apply. All sourcing and fitting of flooring, curtains, fabrics, accessories, lighting and anything else needed to achieve the desired set. The onsite removal and collection of the furniture and fittings post show. (normally a tight time scale of 4 hours applies)

If you would like to enter the competition for the chance to bring your ideas to life at Grand Designs Live London then please create a digital mood board that portrays the theme given to holly.jasper@media-ten.com. This needs to be submitted by February 23 rd 2018. Holly Jasper Events & Features Coordinator email: holly.jasper@media-ten.com Office number: 020 3225 5200 ext: 629