UPworld is LIVE at IIDEX NeoCon this week in Toronto! Follow us for LIVE Twitter updates.

Attendees - don’t forget to drop by UPworld’s Kiosk at the Publication Cafe where we want to hear direct from YOU about the best NEW products debuting.  So drop by to give us your VOTE for the BEST OF SHOW and we’ll Twitter and post your comments on UPworld LIVE! We’ll be interviewing the BEST OF SHOW exhibitors on Friday and posting their new Product pitches on the UPworld Blog.

To get us warmed up for Canada’s biggest trade fair, we have assembled a few blog posts that are covering products and people we think are worth checking out:

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Stephen Knapp to Provide Lighting Keynote at IIDEX NEOCON Canada 2009

http://www.lightnowblog.com/2009/07/stephen-knapp-to-provide-lighting-keynote-at-iidexneocon-canada-2009/

“During a career spanning decades, Knapp has been producing lightpaintings, formed at the intersection of painting, sculpture and architecture, and inspired by his explorations of space and dimension, light and colour, and perception.”

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Kimball Office Goes to Canada…Get Ready for IIDEX 2009!

http://blog.kimballoffice.com/events-promotions/kimball-office-goes-to-canadaget-ready-for-iidex-2009

“We hope you can make it to Toronto next week, because we’re excited to debut two new product lines in the Canadian market: Fluent and our Kimball Office | Interstuhl chairs.”

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Marimekko Wallcoverings

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/09/marimekko-wallcoverings.html

“Launching at the end of this month at IIDEX in canada, the marimekko wallcoverings will feature a huge range of classic marimekko patterns …”

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At #IIDEX09: ColorSnap iPhone App by Sherwin-Williams

http://bx.businessweek.com/sherwin-williams/view?url=http%3A%2%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F~r%2F3rings%2F~3%2Fi2gYVfwObeY%2F

“Just a few months before their showing at IIDEX NeoCon Canada 2009, paint giant Sherwin-Williams released their own app known as ColorSnap.”

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Are You a Hybrid? Design as an Agent of Social Change

http://blabber-etcetera.blogspot.com/2009/07/are-you-hybrid-design-as-agent-of.html

“For this year’s IIDEX conference, NewYork based designer Stephen Burks will give the keynote address discussing the notion of design as an agent of social change.”

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