Vegan Interior Design Week is a 5-day virtual conference with over 30 international speakers, panel discussions, a virtual showroom, live Q&As and daily networking sessions taking place from November 1-5, 2021 as a creative approach to ending animal exploitation and the celebration of healthy and sustainable design evolution.
The concept of Vegan Interior Design Week™ goes beyond the usual interior design trends. It explores the challenges surrounding climate and ecological change through the lenses of interior design, ethics, health, science and technology. Registration is free via the event website and all attendees, vegan or not, will walk away with a wealth of knowledge about how to create spaces to live and work in more consciously.
Vegan Interior Design Week™ features over 30 global speakers from the United States, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, India, the UK, Greece, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. With backgrounds in vegan interior design, textiles, materials, psychology, marketing, investing, biophilia and more, the conference will cover many aspects of Vegan Interior Design. The virtual showroom honours and promotes the work of a diverse collective of creatives changing the industry, from next-gen material developers to conscious furniture suppliers; from ethically made bedding to toxin-free wall paint.
‘Vegan Interior Design Week is for everyone!’ says Aline Dürr, founder and creative director of Vegan Interior Design Week™. ‘Everyone who lives, sleeps, eats or works in a space, whether they are vegan or not, should register. This includes interior designers who want to learn more about ethical design and manufacturers wanting to connect with like-minded businesses but also any individual interested in creating healthier, more sustainable and cruelty-free spaces for themselves or their families.’
Four panel discussions with the subjects ‘Change’, ‘Choice’, ‘Challenges’ and ‘Communication’ will focus on the different angles of ethical interior design. Virtual exhibitors include Flocus®, Ultrafabrics®, Vossen®, House of Upcycling, Ammique®, malai, Graphenstone, mogu, Duvet Hog® and Malva Collective. The conference will be hosted on Beyond Animal’s leading digital networking platform. Founded in late 2018, Beyond Animal is a networking and fintech platform connecting the entire ecosystem of stakeholders in the vegan economy.
2020 has been a year of disruption and change. Providing targeted support and enabling worldwide collaboration and networking, Vegan Interior Design Week™ will harness the potential of this critical moment. It will be a milestone event with the purpose of delivering a unique message with global impact in the interior design industry. Sustainability issues, animal welfare concerns and growing consumer demand for ethical products combined with recent technology breakthroughs create the ideal scenario for revolutionising the interior design industry.
‘One of the most important features of this virtual conference are the daily networking sessions’ says Aline Dürr, founder and creative director of Vegan Interior Design Week™. ‘There is something so powerful about connecting likeminded professionals to work towards a common objective. Just like any conference, in person or online, the real change happens from the connections we make.’