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Design, Furniture trends, International Furniture Fairs

Imm Cologne 2018 design trends

A gallery from Imm Cologne 2018, and from Design Post, with new exhibitors for 2018. New products, new trends, new people.

January 24, 2018/0 Comments/by Roberta Mutti

Economy in Asia

Singapore aims to become Asia digital hub

Singapore is heading towards the future. And the future – unsurprisingly – lies in digital-land. The Finance Minister of Singapore, Heng Swee Kiat, has presented a very clear objective in the Budget 2017 speech presented in late February: jump on the digital bandwagon, so to become the country of reference in Asia for the next […]

February 20, 2017/0 Comments/by franz

Design, Economy in Asia

A mission, a success: Barel in South East Asia

“I have been introduced to Franz – from ICON – during the Fuorisalone 2016. He told me briefly about his company and his specific area of interest – high end and luxury design furniture in South East Asia – and about the market possibilities for Italian companies. Since the beginning, I was impressed by his […]

February 15, 2017/0 Comments/by franz

Furniture trends

The 2017 furniture market: state of the art

The growth of the sales, after the end of the Great Recession, is undergoing a certain slowdown, connected to the worsening global economy climate. Let’s see more in detail what has emerged from the CSIL World Furniture Outlook for 2017, presented during the classic appointment in Milan, on November 25, 2016, this year moderated by […]

January 3, 2017/0 Comments/by Roberta Mutti

Design, Economy in Asia, Furniture trends

The PDP is determined to rock the house - again

The stellar results of the first edition of the Professional Designers Program (PDP) - presented in the last edition of the EFE in March, have been so noteworthy that the Malaysian Furniture Promotion Council (MFPC) has committed to…

Design, Economy in Asia, Furniture trends

The design market is growing, especially in Asia

The meeting "Design Today: Challenges and Visions", organized by the Altagamma Foundation during the first edition of the Brera Design Days, has been the occasion of a lively debate between several protagonists of the world of design…

Design, Furniture trends, International Furniture Fairs

Furniture: an industry in search of Authors

Three months after the Salone del Mobile in Milan, after having absorbed the shock wave of the overabundance of productsevents- brands and visitors, we can sit back and examine objectively the situation on the furniture industry…

Stand a CIFF Guangzhou 2016.

Design, Furniture trends, International Furniture Fairs

CIFF Shanghai 2016

La prima edizione di CIFF Shanghai, che si è tenuta presso il National Convention & Exhibition Center, ha visto un’affluenza di oltre 100 mila visitatori professionali, con un’offerta merceologica che, oltre all’arredamento, comprendeva…

Design, Furniture trends

Arredamento: un'industria in cambiamento

A tre mesi dal Salone del Mobile di Milano, assorbita l’onda d’urto della sovrabbondanza di prodotti-eventi-brand e di visitatori, facciamo il punto sulla situazione dell’industria dell’arredamento in Italia (ma non solo), e vediamo…

Design, Economy in Asia, Furniture trends

Italian design in Hanghzou, China

For D. Casa is a new showroom in Hanghzou, emerging Chinese metropolis and capital of Zhejiang province, South of Shanghai, selling and showing design furniture, international and made in Italy. Conceived as a light and rhythmical architecture…

Design, Furniture trends, International Furniture Fairs

Luxury, vintage, Asia: trends from Salone del Mobile 2016

The 2016 edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan has been the most crowded ever - recording more than 372,000 visitors - confirming its mission to be the most important resource in the world when it comes to trends in furniture design. Among…

Designer David Trubridge against fake

At a recent event in Sydney, David Trubridge destroyed a pile of copies of his designs. The aim was to alert Australians to the real cost of rip-off design products. On June 5th 2016, at the event hosted by the Authentic Design Alliance…

Furniture trends, International Furniture Fairs

IFFS Singapore: a new beginning

March 10 to 13 2016, saw the 2016 edition of the IFFS - International Furniture Fair Singapore, held concurrently with The Décor Show and furniPRO Asia, which offered the participation of 423 exhibitors from 29 countries, with 20,343 professional…

Economy in Asia, Furniture trends

South-East Asia - seen up close

(March 2015) Forget the visions of an exotic holiday destination: South East Asia is one of the world areas where encouraging economic signs are coming from today, furniture field included. In the World Bank Global Competitiveness…

Design, Economy in Asia, Furniture trends

Forget Billy, welcome Indonesia

I've read it last on old Marcus' illustrious Dezeen magazine. Few have realized the importance of what lies behind that seemingly innocent article's true story: that the big blue-and-yellow giant is taking a sharp turn (or pretending to)…

Furniture trends, International Furniture Fairs

Asia and the furniture trade fairs

The South East Asian international furniture fairs, among which we find MIFF (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), IFFS (Singapore), and the two most important Chinese fairs, CIFF and Furniture China - among the biggest and most important trade fairs…

Design, Furniture trends

The PDP Project: Pilot Edition

This is the video presenting the pilot edition of the PDP - Professional Designers Program - developed by ICON - Italian Consulting - for Malaysian Furniture Promotion Council and Malaysian Timber Industry Board. During…

Furniture trends

The furniture macro-trends in a world changing

The global trends are always interesting to ponder upon. And they are also a goldmine of inspiration if you know how to draw connections between the different scenarios and apply those trends to the scenarios of the future - and well, let…

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