The 48th Decorex filled Olympia London in October 2025 with more than 280 brands and a talks programme that returned to sustainability and craft.
Decorex, the trade fair for interior designers, architects and specifiers, held its 48th edition at Olympia London in Kensington from Sunday 12 to Wednesday 15 October 2025.
It was established in 1978, when Britain had trade shows for furniture and none for the people choosing it. Stands are dressed to be specified from, so a visitor meets ranges, finishes and the makers behind them. The talk on a stand is about lead times, bespoke sizes and what can be made by hand.
More than 280 brands exhibited across furniture, lighting, textiles and objects. Sustainability ran through the talks programme.
One session covered the 22 million pieces of furniture discarded in Britain each year. The paint maker Edward Bulmer joined a panel on healthier indoor materials.
Rugs were the week’s strongest thread. Knots Rugs brought its Sara Bopp and Beñat Olaberria collections and ran a collage workshop, and Holmes Bespoke launched its Into the Wild collection.
Roger Oates returned to the flatweaves of its first collection, 35 years earlier, with a Venetian range inspired by Murano glass. Sofas & Stuff launched Fabrication, a fabric collection that runs from small prints to heritage velvets.