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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.

Italian excellence and MCI Contest
Material ConneXion has Italy at the Milan Triennale the exhibition “Excellencies Italian“ with a selection of the most interesting and innovative materials Made in Italy. The objective of the exhibition is to spread the culture of materials for innovation in areas such as architecture, design, fashion, technology, as well as to celebrate the heritage of Italian excellence appreciated all over the world in areas that involve the most varied aspects of daily life.
Material ConneXion Italy chose within his Library Italian manufacturers of materials and innovative production processes or sustainable with more details and the best evidence of the public market and attending the show with installations, in addition to exposure to 48 tabulae with samples of materials and technical details. Among these are:
• Carvico with high performance fabric Revolutional Energy and Jersey Lomellina
• Cleaf Laminated Fusion incorporating fabrics and yarns
• Finproject XL Etralight, and cross-linked polyolefin foam by injection molding
• Gaetano Rossini 3D weaving
• 14 hours Italian surfaces without limits
• BDSR Giovanni Barbieri, Artisan Tiles & Stone Designer
• Guimer Reticube Technology, laser sintering process
• Jacroki Okinawa, flexible material made from natural fibers and recycled paper
• Oltremateria continuous surfaces eco-friendly
• Oneplot representations of images through micro-particularly on stainless steel
• Crampons synthetic stones and studs for clothing
The exhibition also features the finalists of the first MCI Contest online contest devised by Material ConneXion Italian for students, designers and architects, both Italian and foreign, which had as its object “concept and ideas for the application of innovative materials and sustainable.“ The contest was held during the summer and the participants were able to Chose from 9 materials, Made in Italy, the ideal one for a project that exploited the full potential offered by the material.
The Technical Jury composed by experts of Material ConneXion and Italy by the editors of Wired, Media Partner of the project, chose the winning projects from among the finalists most voted by the public online at www.mcicontest.it who were honored at the opening of show.
The exhibition will be open to the public until December 8, 2013, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:30 to 20 Space Material ConneXion at La Triennale di Milano Viale Alemagna 6.