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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.

Matrex Natura: an immersive journey to discover the raw elements of matter

The Gruppo Industriale Buoninfante, a historic Italian manufacturing company in the mattress sector, took part in Fuorisalone 2024 in its showroom in Foro Buonaparte 54 with Matrex Natura, an immersive experience to discover the first elements of Nature (Water, Fire, Earth, Air) that inspired and underpinned the technology that gives life to the "X-BIO Circulife" mattress and the X-BIO line. 

 

A new model of circular consumption 

Matrex Natura synthesises in its name the union between Nature and Technology, one understood as the source of inspiration and origin of all things (mater), the other as the point of arrival of human ingenuity and the structure of contemporary reality (matrix).

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"An immersive journey," explains Enzo Buoninfante, CEO of Gruppo Industriale Buoninfante, "that takes the visitor from the origins of nature to a future that is already reality. A concept that also proposes a new model of circular consumption, beyond the traditional produce-consume-throw-away scheme, in which Matter-Nature is not wasted after use, but returns, in a new form, to be used again and again. A model that redefines the limits of the production matrix." 

 

Synthesis of technology and sustainability 

The journey through the four elements begins with a celebration of the earth, the protagonist of the first room; the visitor then "plunges" into the evocative water room, rediscovering its dual role as source of life and purifying element.

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The vital power of fire, centre of the universe and primordial force that illuminates and warms the spirit, dominates the third room before arriving at the last, the air room, where the atmosphere becomes dreamlike. Here the visitor discovers the synthesis of technology and sustainability: ingenuity, research and technical know-how give life to the mattress, a product for everyday use designed to provide comfort, well-being and quality rest.

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The X-BIO Silver Ions mattress 

The X-BIO Silver Ions mattress has been voted 'Product of the Year 2024', chosen by a sample of 12,000 consumers: it ranks first for level of innovation in the Mattress category and with a 93% approval rating. X-BIO Silver Ions is the patented and certified anti-bacterial and anti-odour mattress with a coating containing silver ions. Sustainable, functional and innovative, X-BIO Silver Ions has as its goal the perfect balance between Nature and Technology, a characteristic element of the Buoninfante Group, committed to an environmental policy that aims to achieve full sustainability by 2025.

 

ORSA foam's H and R agglomerates: circular economy and innovation

The company has for years been dedicated to making its production increasingly circular, believing that every resource can be recovered and reintroduced into the production cycle
Category: Flexible polyurethane foam
Publication date: 04/10/2024
Company: Orsa Foam

Fuorisalone 2024: an unprecedented edition

The most important event of the year in the international design calendar is confirmed
Category: Economy, News and Fairs
Publication date: 29/04/2024

Poliuretano-è: the sustainable and technological innovations of flexible polyurethane foam on show at Superstudio Più

A project in partnership with Materially Now: the first "circular exhibition" to give polyurethane foam a second life
Category: Flexible polyurethane foam
Publication date: 12/04/2024
Company: Aipef

Fuorisalone 2024: the world of design meets in Milan

From 15 to 21 April, a packed calendar of events, exhibitions and installations distributed throughout the city and united around the theme 'Materia Natura'.
Category: Economy, News and Fairs
Publication date: 29/02/2024

FederlegnoArredo preliminary results: the wood-furniture supply chain closes 2021 at + 14.1% on 2019

Expensive raw materials, energy and the Russian crisis jeopardize the recovery
Category: Economy and marketing
Publication date: 02/03/2022

The innovative eco-sustainable material Cosmolite by Stone Italiana

A new material that enhances and ennobles the recycled product creating surfaces with high technical performance
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 14/01/2022

The design industry and the challenge of recovery: the theme of the 6th Design Summit Pambianco Interni

Pambianco Research has highlighted how digital and sustainability will be the strongest trends in the medium term
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 02/08/2020

Salone del Mobile.Milano 2019: visitors and business are growing

Creativity and sustainability among the elements that characterize this edition
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 15/04/2019

At interzum 2019 the ideas and innovations for the furniture industry and interior design

The Surfaces & Wood Design Square presents the materials for tomorrow's furniture
Category: Fairs
Publication date: 18/03/2019
Company: Interzum - Koelnmesse GmbH

Rubinetterie Treemme celebrates fifty years of success

Great attention to high quality and service
Category: Taps and fittings
Publication date: 05/02/2018