Creativeworld is the ordering fair for hobby, craft and artists' supplies: acrylics, brushes, paper, yarns, stamps, craft kits. Products are not just displayed here but demonstrated — hands are at work on almost every stand. We photograph your products true to colour and your workshops so retailers can see what will work in their shop.
All prices plus VAT · delivered within 24 hours · max. 4 exhibitors per show day · See all packages & details
| Dates | Friday 29 January to Monday 1 February 2027 |
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| Venue | Messe Frankfurt, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main |
| Frequency | Annual at the end of January, four days, alongside Ambiente and Christmasworld |
| Profile | The leading B2B trade fair for the creative market: hobby and craft supplies, artists' materials, stationery, needlework and DIY — visitors are specialist retailers, wholesalers, DIY stores, garden centres and online retailers |
| Audience | Live demonstrations and workshops on the stands; the Ambiente, Christmasworld and Creativeworld trio counted 4,636 exhibitors and around 140,000 visitors from 170 countries in 2026 |
| Our travel time | About 2.5 hours from Essen — travel and any overnight stay are stated separately and transparently |
With acrylics, coloured pencils and paper the shade is the product. A cadmium red that looks orange in hall light does not help any retailer place an order. We photograph colour ranges, pencil sets and paper displays with our own colour-neutral light and a grey card so the pictures match the real assortment — usable for catalogue, online shop and retailer presentations.
The second subject at Creativeworld is hands: a demonstrator laying watercolour on paper, a stamp being lifted, yarn being crocheted. These pictures show application and result in one and are worth more to the trade than any packaging shot. We photograph them close, without flash and with an eye for detail — brush tip, colour gradient, finished piece.
The creative market lives on tutorials. When there is a demonstration on your stand, we film it from above and from the side — the way craft videos work on Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube — and cut short vertical clips with subtitles that go online on the show day. A four-hour booking yields several clips your marketing can spread across the year. Short interviews with your product developers or brand ambassadors are delivered as finished statements.
Friday and Saturday are the strongest ordering days; Sunday and Monday get quieter. For clean product and stand shots with our own light we use the hour before opening, then come workshops, conversations and interviews. A four-hour package on Friday or Saturday covers everything. If you also exhibit at Christmasworld or Ambiente, both stands are covered on the same day.
Colour ranges, pencils and paper in colour-neutral light with a grey card — the shade matches the product.
Demonstration close-up and without flash — brush tip, colour gradient and finished piece in frame.
Workshops filmed from above and from the side, vertical clips with subtitles on the show day.
Architecture, displays and lighting before the doors open, with no visitors in frame.
Retailers and sales staff at the assortment — wide open, no flash, no interruption.
Statements from product development and brand ambassadors with radio mics, delivered with subtitles.
A post with your stand while the show is still running gets seen and shared. That is why every package includes finished photos and video within 24 hours after the event ends — first images usually the same day. Two revision rounds included.
A sample from our production: the event recap for your website and LinkedIn — below it, native 9:16 footage for Reels, Shorts and Stories, shot in parallel with the main coverage.
Event recap · YOOZ
Event reel · izy
Brand event · YOOZ
Trade fair clip · Vapes Bars
Fixed prices, defined deliverables, predictable turnaround. All prices exclude VAT and include travel within North Rhine-Westphalia.
Add-on: On-stand interview + extended highlight video (approx. 90 sec.) €190
Payment: 50 % deposit on booking by credit card (Stripe link sent with the quote) or bank transfer, 50 % on the show day. No German VAT for non-EU companies; reverse charge for EU companies with VAT ID.
Capacity: maximum 4 exhibitors per show day — please reserve early.
Tell us the date, venue, stand size and what the images are for. You normally get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with no hidden line items.
We arrive with our own equipment, work discreetly around your stand, and never interrupt a conversation or a demo. Shot list agreed in advance.
Edited photos and cut video via a private download link — within 24 hours after the event ends.
From €990 plus VAT for two hours of photo and video on site with at least 30 edited images and a 30-second highlight video. Four hours from €1,490, a full show day from €1,990. Travel to Frankfurt and any overnight stay are stated separately and transparently.
Yes. We photograph with our own colour-neutral light and a grey card and balance the images to it. For colour ranges the slot before opening, without mixed hall light, is best.
Yes. We film from above and from the side like a tutorial and cut vertical clips with subtitles. A four-hour booking yields several clips for Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube.
Yes. Creativeworld, Christmasworld and Ambiente run at the same time on the same grounds. Both stands are covered within one day package.
Yes. Interviews, briefing and the entire engagement run in English — a large share of our trade fair clients come from outside Germany. Invoices with VAT ID for EU companies, no German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Send us your hall, stand number and your workshop times. We will propose a time window and a fixed-price quote.
We normally reply within 24 hours. For short-notice bookings during a show week, please call.
