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Furnishing Idea is the portal dedicated to the furniture and furnishing industry, designed to bring together different professionals such as architects, designers, carpenters, furniture makers and manufacturers active in the furniture market who represent the reference point in terms of innovation and quality of the product offered. On the other hand, the portal aims to provide a valid information service focused on products, projects, events and fairs and everything that revolves around the world of components, semi-finished products and accessories for the furniture industry.

 

The portal is divided into different sections where you can explore the different products according to different categories, get in touch with manufacturers, download catalogues to keep up with industry trends and watch videos of interviews with the best professionals and manufacturers.

 

In the articles section you can find all the information about the most innovative product technologies, such as furniture materials, furniture accessories and systems, furniture machinery, furniture hardware, manufactured by manufacturers with a solid experience in the field. In the companies section there is an overview of the manufacturers registered on our portal, divided by product category, where you can contact us for any request. Our portal also has a special catalogues section to allow professionals and operators in the sector to view in a practical way all the catalogues relating to the various products (furniture hardware, upholstery materials, furniture paints, etc.). In addition, to allow easy consultation of the products, our portal has reserved a product section, organized by categories, where you can find out about the technical characteristics, materials and functionality of each product. The video section, on the other hand, presents numerous video interviews given by professionals and manufacturers that report news, insights and informative content on the best technologies in the sector.

 

In addition, to keep you constantly informed you can also consult our Journal section which contains all the Furnishing Idea magazines dedicated to the furniture and furnishing industry, such as the edition dedicated to Sicam or Interzum, two of the most important trade fairs in the sector. The magazines can be consulted from the portal or easily downloadable in pdf format.

 

Thanks to the trust placed in us by many manufacturers, our portal is now recognized both nationally and internationally. In fact, there are already many internationally recognized and established companies in the sector, including the AIPEF group (Italian Flexible Expanded Polyurethanes Companies) which promotes scientific information on the use of flexible polyurethane foam in the sectors in which it is used.

Architect@Work Milano, an appointment for architecture professionals

Now in its fourth edition, Architect@Work Milan, the appointment for architecture professionals will take place at MiCo, the convention centre of Fiera Milano, on November 29th and 30th.

Two hundred exhibitors will present 400 innovative products and some seminars, useful as professional training credits will be scheduled.

In fact Architect@Work is the ideal platform to discover the most innovative products, materials and services of many leading companies in the architecture and design field.

Themed seminars will take place and some case histories of the most important architectural studios will be presented too. This year the theme is “Water and Architecture“, which was already presented at the beginning of October in Rome.

 

Seminars in program

 

Nicola Russi and Angelica Sylos Labini from Studio Laboratorio Permanente, together with Giovanna Latis and Studio aMDL, will illustrate the Mysterious Baths on Wednesday November 29 at 1.30 pm; then TamAssociati will present the H2OS project at 5:00 pm.

On November 30 at 1.30 pm, Sandro Rossi from Studio Rossi Vielmi will propose the new Milano Dock and Antonio Girardi from Studiomobile will show the modular floating greenhouse Jellyfish Barge at 5 pm.

Other events in program: the exhibition “Matière Grise”, curated by Pavillon de l'Arsenal (Paris), the Ofarch and DDN’s exhibition “Water, Architecture and Materials”, handled by Arianna Callocchia and art episodes created by the Belgian artist William Sweetlove.