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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.

Cristalplant® Design Contest 2017 in collaboration with Tortu

Cristalplant® launches the Dutch Design Contest 2017. Creativity, innovation and technology are the main points on which this initiative is based, realized in collaboration with Tortu, the important Dutch firm of  furnishing for bathrooms not conventional.
In order to participate it is necessary to propose and to develop an eclectic and original project which uses as constructive base the Biobased Cristalplant inspiring from the Tortu style. The contest “Cristalplant® Dutch Design Contest 2017“, at the ninth edition, foresees the free and open participation to architects of every age and nationality. Cristalplant adapts to any form and concept: fluid, organic, perfectly planar, circular or multifaceted and angular. It is absolutely a perfect material to create realizations with soft touch effect.
All information concerning Cristalplants technology are available on the site www.cristalplant.it and in the section devoted to  Cristalplant® Design Contest (designcontest.cristalplant.it). Every study can participate with more projects introduced by different architects. Projects not selected won't be published in order to allow planners to introduce them and recycle in professional range.
The last term of delivery of the projects is July, 1 2017. For every project 3 renderings are introduced in .webp at 150 dpi of resolution with dimensions of 210x297 mm (A4 format) with title of the project corresponding to those ones in the application form. The project renderings must be loaded in the special section of the site www.cristalplant.it within the time allowed.
The plan/s, selected with unquestionable opinion by a jury, composed by qualified personalities of the world of design and  furnishing, composed they will be introduced to public and press during the awarding which will take place in the showroom of Tortu in Rotterdam on September. Among  selected projects the jury will decree the winner which will be inserted in the pricelist TORTU. The possible product implementing, within 2018, will remain at complete discretion of TORTU. The opportunities of visibility for the winner are notable, he will cooperate with affirmed designers and compare him with important possibilities of growth.
The announcement in integral version, downloadable in pdf, is available in the section directed to the contest (designcontest.cristalplant.it). In order to participate in the contest it will suffice to load the renderings of the projects that will be proposed in the special section of the site.

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