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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.

Success for ARCHITECT@WORK Milan

The second edition of ARCHITECT@WORK Milan ended with a meaningful increase of visitors, which took place at the MiCo on 25th and 26th November 2015. With an increase of 35% in comparison to the edition of the last year, the professionals who visited the event they were in fact 2.960, they discovered over 350 innovative products introduced in the 148 stands. Every single product introduced at ARCHITECT@WORK shall have successfully completed  a selection from a technical commission of architects and interior designers. The essential factor for the approval of products is their innovative character, that can consist in a technical or related to the design upon the sector. During the preparation, all the stands are checked for verifying that they introduce only the approved products. Professionals, architects and interior designers who visited ARCHITECT@WORK Milan 2015, they defined him “an interesting event and of great inspiration“, “something unique“, “a pleasant and positive atmosphere very different from the stressful and cold atmosphere of the traditional fairs.“ Notable interest has been also aroused by the 4 seminars which were held, in collaboration with OFARCH, during the two days of event, for which professional formative credits were recognized: on 25th November   “Floating town“ with the architect Dante O. Benini - Dante O. Benini & Partners / Architects and “Circular Economy and  renewability of the materials for the architecture and the design“ with the arch. Marco Capellini - Matrec; on November 26th  “Giardini del deserto” with the architect Enrico Vianello –tamassociati and “Be Water” with architects Michele Brunello e Marco Brega – DONTSTOP architecture. The beautiful exhibit of materials “Renewability“, in collaboration with the Matrec and the vast selection of volumes in sale near the Temporary Bookstore they contributed to make the visit to ARCHITECT@WORK Milan 2015 even more interesting for the public of professionals. The next edition of ARCHITECT@WORK Milan will be held on 23th and  24th  November 2016 at MiCo - Milan Congress.