Susan Dickenson

California Contemporary design show to launch at Oct. HP Market
April 7, 2008

The CA Boom Design Show announced today that it has chosen the fall 2008 High Point Market to launch its first east coast show, CA Boom EAST.  The new show will be held at the The Mills Village, formerly the Highland Yard Hosiery Mill turned the most significant LEED project in North Carolina’s state history, which also houses the premiere flagship showroom for Cisco Brothers. Charles Trotter (CA Boom Design Show creator and executive producer) and  CA Boom Design Show publicist Carl Larsen were at Home Accents Today's Monday night party at Market Square (despite their delayed start due to SkyBus conflicts...) "We're very excited about the venue, the players and the concept," Trotter said. "The prestige of the High Point Market combined with CA Boom's contemporary focus will add an entirely new experience for market attendees."

After a thorough review of other North America design shows spanning the past several years, Trotter selected the High Point Market as the location for the new design show which will showcase strictly modern, non-traditional products that are authentically designed and manufactured in the designer’s origin country. “The High Point Marketplace, continues to have the track record of consistently attracting the world’s most important furniture buyers," Trotter said. "We see the High Point Market as the center and the future of where real furniture is made and sold and we are very excited to be associated with such a prestigious event.”  High Point Market Authority president Brian Casey concurred, “The CA Boom Design Show represents the next generation of contemporary designers and manufacturers and we are thrilled to have CA Boom EAST involved with High Point Market.  CA Boom will be complimentary to where High Point is already positioned with the high-end designer community.  It is clear that CA Boom’s selection of High Point for their new show location further validates our claim as the ‘Worlds Home for Home Furnishings.’”

The 27-acre Mills Village complex is comprised of 280,000 sq. ft. of former mill buildings, surrounded by seven acres of natural wetlands and two acres of pitch pine and hardwood forest.  The buildings feature reclaimed partitions, ramps, and staircases made 70% from metals and lumber reclaimed from the old structure and its surroundings.  Cisco Pinedo, founder of Cisco Brothers, states, “Having been an exhibitor at CA Boom, I saw firsthand how this show can benefit the design community on the west coast.  In addition, the Cisco brand compliments CA Boom’s business values and we are excited to grow our relationship with the show on both coasts.”

As an added value, CA Boom EAST will develop a definitive contemporary design guide to High Point and debut it at the fall 2008 Market. Designed specifically for non-traditional and contemporary retailers, the resource guide will pinpoint the hottest contemporary exhibitors at CA Boom EAST, as well as highlight all of the contemporary showrooms and events involved with High Point Market.  

The first CA Boom Design Show took place in Santa Monica, California in August 2004.  Charles Trotter's point of contact during the High Point Market is the new Cisco Brothers High Point showroom: Cisco at the Mills Village, 1014 Mills Avenue, High Point, NC.  Trotter and Cisco Pinedo will both be in attendance at the Cisco Brothers’ Showroom Grand Opening Party commencing Tuesday, April 8 at 6pm .

About CA Boom Design Show

The CA Boom Design Show is the leading West Coast independent, multi-discipline design trade show and exhibition that brings the modern design community together to promote authentic and high-quality design, manufacturing and architecture on both U.S. coasts.  CA Boom 6: The West Coast took place March 28-30, 2009 at Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hanger in Southern California.  For more information about the CA Boom design shows, please visit http://www.caboomshow.com.

Posted by Susan Dickenson on April 7, 2008 | Comments (0)