CREATIVA is the largest creative fair in Europe: five days in halls 4 to 7 with room for more than 700 exhibitors across nine themed worlds from crafting via textiles, painting and art to design, fashion and education, with CAKE & BAKE alongside. Since 1982 creative people have met here to touch, try and buy on the stand. The subject is small, colourful and held in the hand — the most demanding combination for colour and sharpness.
All prices plus VAT · delivered within 24 hours · max. 4 exhibitors per show day · See all packages & details
| Dates | Wednesday 17 to Sunday 21 March 2027, daily 9:00 to 18:00 |
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| Venue | Messe Dortmund, halls 4 to 7 — Rheinlanddamm 200, 44139 Dortmund |
| Frequency | Annual in March, five days, public show |
| Profile | Largest fair for creative design in Europe with room for more than 700 exhibitors in nine themed worlds: crafting, textiles and handicraft, painting and drawing, art, design, fashion, jewellery, education — with CAKE & BAKE alongside |
| Audience | Since 1982; visitors are creative people of all ages with high purchase intent on the stand, workshops and hands-on areas are part of the concept |
| Our travel time | About 35 minutes from Essen — travel included in the package price |
Craft supplies are colour in miniature: beads in compartments, paper sheets in forty shades, acrylic paint in tubes, stamps, fabric scraps, wool. Under hall lighting exactly these colours shift — red turns orange, violet turns blue — and sharpness gets lost in a shelf full of small items. We photograph ranges with our own colour-neutral light and a grey card, match to the manufacturer colour chart and work at macro distance so the texture of paper, the shine of beads and the pigment of paint stay visible. For manufacturers with broad ranges we set up a table rig on the stand and photograph in series for online shop and dealer catalogue.
The most important thing at CREATIVA, though, is hands. A product in use — brush on canvas, needle in fabric, stamp on card — explains itself. We photograph these moments close, without flash, with the piece in focus.
Workshops, demonstrations and hands-on areas are the heart of the show. We film your demonstration from above and from the side — hands and material close, participants and stand wide — and cut vertical clips for Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube Shorts, the platforms where the creative community finds its tutorials. A 30-second highlight of the day and statements from your designers or workshop leaders with radio mics are part of it. The same rules apply to CAKE & BAKE, only with sugar instead of paper.
Manufacturers from the Netherlands, the UK, Italy and overseas are briefed in English.
Wednesday to Friday are the quieter days: time for range shots with our own light, for stand overviews and interviews. Saturday and Sunday bring the full halls and the workshops with long queues — the pictures that show your stand (booth) pulls a crowd. A four-hour package on Thursday covers range and stand; a full Saturday with range shots in the hour before opening covers product, workshop and crowds in one day.
Paper, paint, beads and wool with colour-neutral light and grey card, matched to the colour chart.
Brush, needle and stamp in use — close, no flash, with the piece in focus.
Demonstrations filmed from above and from the side, vertical clips for Instagram and Pinterest the same day.
Shelves, displays and lighting before the doors open, with no visitors in frame.
Buying moments, queues at the workshop and consultations at the weekend.
Statements from designers and workshop leaders with radio mics, subtitled.
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 Dortmund is included.
Yes. We photograph with colour-neutral light and a grey card and match the images to your colour chart. Red stays red and violet stays violet.
Yes. We film from above and from the side, hands and material close, and cut vertical clips that can go online on the show day.
Thursday for quiet range shots, Saturday for full halls and workshops. A full Saturday with range shots before opening covers both.
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, workshop times 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.
