Gerflor will provide the canvas on which the feature Design Futures exhibit will be created at the 2012 Decoration and Design exhibition in Sydney next month.

Following a successful partnership at last year’s Design Futures, Curator Genty Marshall has selected Gerflor Creation Clic and Taralay Uni for the exhibit: The Collector, The Creator and The Connoisseur. Genty objective is to draw attention to our voyeuristic nature and the individual’s relationship to design.

“The opportunity to see behind closed doors is incredibly seductive,” Genty said.

“Countless blogs, magazines, television shows and books are now offering us glimpses into the real, lived-in spaces of interesting people. What we find once we are inside is often a striking reminder of how vast our similarities and differences can be. The way we create a sense of place and the way we relate to the objects around us reveals more than a list of material possessions. As one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, the way that we assign value to an object says as much about us as it does about the piece itself,” Genty said.

The Collector, The Creator and The Connoisseur presents three distinctive ways of relating to design and demonstrates how individual aesthetics are becoming design profiles and influencing trends for 2012/13.

Decoration and Design will be held at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre February 1-3.