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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.

The Anamorphix event by Fenix: in order to know the essence of FENIX materials

The nanotech surface structure of FENIX has been at the centre of “Technology“, an artistic installation curated by ArpaLab and created by the Truly Urban Artists collective, presented at the Galleria Il Castello in via Brera during the Milano Design Week 2018.

A composition of anamorphic geometries, and “Anamorphix“ was the title of the event, they interpreted the superficial nanotech structure of FENIX seen through a microscope illustrating how not all the materials are the same even though they may sometimes look similar. Only by observing with greater depth and attention the technical, aesthetic, typological and performance aspects of the FENIX brand, one can fully understand its uniqueness.

FENIX, NanoTech material, a synthesis of technology and style, interprets material experiences created for new and future interior design scenarios through its smart properties.

Visitors were able to get to know all the technical and aesthetic characteristics of FENIX nanotechnology materials through an interactive desk; moreover, a selection of material moodboards, designed exclusively by Digital Design, illustrated the 2020 trends in the interior design world, playing on the aesthetic composition of the new FENIX colours with marble, stone, wood and metals.

The Milano Design Week 2018 was also the occasion to present in absolute preview the new colours of FENIX NTA®: Cortez Gold and Dukat Silver, which are added to the Hamilton Steel.

The new colours enrich the FENIX NanoTech Alloy collection. It is a metal surface that has all the main properties of the Fenix ​​technological material: anti-scratch, anti-fingerprint, soft-touch and super-opaque.

Silestone® by Cosentino hybrid surfaces: the new Urban Crush collection

Inspired by the aesthetics of the contemporary city, it offers four new colours that recall limestone and sandstone
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 03/07/2023
Company: Silestone by Cosentino

Arpa Industriale's VIS: a new collection of even more wear-resistant decors

The company anticipates and designs innovative aesthetic solutions and cutting-edge techniques
Category: Printed Decorative Papers
Publication date: 17/12/2019
Company: Arpa Industriale S.p.A.

LG Hausys presents HI-MACS® Intense Ultra: an innovation in the Solid Surface market

The best of technology: Intense Colour Technology and Ultra-Thermoforming
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 12/09/2019
Company: LX Hausys Europe Gmbh

"Cosentino We", the new global community for professionals in the sector

Digital platform offers new opportunities for architects, designers and marble workers
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 04/09/2019
Company: Cosentino Group

Ron Arad signs 10 LAYERS, an unusual Silestone® ping-pong table

The designer has reinterpreted the quartz surfaces in a creative way
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 03/04/2018
Company: Cosentino Group

12th edition of the Cosentino Design Challenge

The competition is a point of reference for international architecture and design
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 22/01/2018
Company: Cosentino Group

Arpa Industriale: new textures, new colours and a new super-opaque surface

The company anticipates and designs avant-garde aesthetic and technical solutions
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 19/01/2018
Company: Arpa Industriale S.p.A.