Kind + Jugend is the leading international trade fair for baby and toddler products: strollers, car seats, furniture, textiles, toys and care products. Most recently around 800 exhibitors from 43 countries and 15,000 trade visitors from over 100 countries. We photograph products that have to sell trust — soft, clean, true to colour — and the conversations with retailers that take place here for three days.
All prices plus VAT · delivered within 24 hours · max. 4 exhibitors per show day · See all packages & details
| Dates | Tuesday 7 to Thursday 9 September 2027 |
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| Venue | Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1, 50679 Köln |
| Frequency | Annual in September, three days, trade visitors only |
| Profile | International trade fair for baby and toddler products: strollers and car seats, furniture and textiles, toys, care and nutrition, safety and smart products — most recently around 800 exhibitors, 91 percent from abroad |
| Audience | Around 15,000 trade visitors from 108 countries; buyers from specialist retail, department stores and online retail; Kind + Jugend Innovation Award with stage ceremony |
| Our travel time | About 60 minutes from Essen — travel included in the package price |
A stroller, a car seat, a cot — nobody buys these products on technical data alone. Parents and buyers want to see that they are cleanly made, soft and safe. In the photo that means: fabrics with legible texture, seams and harness systems in detail, colours the way they look in the shop, and no hard shadows. We work with our own soft light, calibrate colours on the stand and photograph product ranges from the same perspective so they work side by side in the catalogue and the dealer portal.
Car seats and strollers add functions: folding mechanism, swivel function, Isofix base. We show these on video — short clips of one movement from a fixed position that your sales team uses on the product page and in social media.
Kind + Jugend is an order fair. Buyers from specialist retail, department stores and online retail from over 100 countries decide here on the range for the coming season. We photograph the conversations on the stand without flash and from a distance so they stay natural; short interviews with a radio mic — a product manager on the new series, a retailer on the collaboration — are delivered with subtitles, in German or English.
If you are nominated for the Innovation Award, you get ceremony and stage from several positions and, on request, the full recording. A 30-second highlight with product, stand and conversations goes to your social media team on the show day.
Tuesday is the strongest day: we use the hour before opening for stand overviews and product shots without visitors, then order conversations and interviews follow. Wednesday stays busy, Thursday is quieter and suits team portraits, detail shots and function videos when nobody is standing in front of the sample stroller.
Over 90 percent of exhibitors come from abroad. Briefing, engagement and interviews run in English; we invoice as a German GmbH with VAT ID, without German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Strollers, seats, furniture and textiles in soft light — fabrics, seams and colours the way they look in the shop.
Folding mechanism, swivel function and Isofix base in short clips from a fixed position for product page and social media.
Harness systems, buckles, materials and test marks close up and in consistent light.
Architecture and lighting before the doors open, with no visitors in frame.
Statements from product managers and retailers with radio mics, in German or English, with subtitles.
Ceremony and stage from several positions, filmed in full on request.
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 Cologne is included.
Hall lighting distorts pastel tones and white. We bring our own soft light and calibrate colours on the stand so collection and catalogue match.
Yes, on video. We film the movement several times from a fixed position and deliver short clips that work on the product page and in social media. Photos add details and workmanship.
Tuesday: the most buyers, full stands and a quiet hour before opening for the collection. Thursday suits team portraits and function videos.
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 the products you want to feature. 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.
