The social side of interior design

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What is Mixer?

Mixer is a quarterly networking event for interior design professionals and the artisans, makers and suppliers they rely on to bring projects to life. It exists to build a stronger creative network that can, in turn, strengthen the North East economy.

When designers talk to joiners, artists talk to architects, and suppliers talk to the people who specify their products, the whole ecosystem becomes more resilient. That’s the point. You’ll hear talks that shift your perspective, pick up conversations that turn into real business, and gain the kind of craft insight that lingers long after the event is over.

Mixer is where the region’s design intelligence circulates in the open rather than staying trapped in inboxes.

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Who is Mixer for?

If your world touches interiors, you’ll fit.

If you design homes, commercial spaces or workplaces and want to find a clearer route to trusted makers, this is the room where it happens.

If you’re a supplier who wants decision makers to understand not just what you sell but how you think, Mixer makes space for that.

If you’re a furniture maker, an artisan, a fabricator who wants to see how designers choose materials or why tiny details matter, you’ll find those answers here.

Mixer is for the people shaping how the North East looks and feels, from style updates in twentieth century houses to major refurbishments inside old industrial shells.

It brings the region’s talent under one roof so the conversations that matter have somewhere solid to land. It’s a place to share, learn, and stitch our design community a little tighter.

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Winter 2026

Time and Date

9.00am, Thursday 22nd January 2026
Talks begin at 10.00am

Venue

Northern Design Centre
Gateshead

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