More than 300 domestic and foreign companies will attend an international furniture & handicraft fair – the HCM EXPO 2007 – in HCM City from October 10.
The businesses, including those from the UK, the US, France, Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong, India and Cambodia, are showcasing their indoor and outdoor furniture, handicrafts, ceramics, materials, wood processing machines and equipment at the fair’s 740 booths.
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Four years ago, Kieu Duc Thuong set up a furniture business, which he named Hai Au. A skilled carpenter, Thuong is both designer and manager and is a minor celebrity in An Tuong Commune in Vinh Tuong District, Vinh Phuc Province.
The 30-year-old craftsman’s birthplace had two traditional woodcraft villages: Bich Chu and Thu Do. He has four brothers, all of whom are carpenters – a skill they inherited from their parents.
When Thuong finished secondary school in 1992, he found work as an assistant carpenter. However, the craft villages began to go down hill because of poor workmanship. (more…)
Recently held furniture and handicraft trade fair in China was a big success, as Indonesian manufacturers together have received orders worth US $100 million.
The 5-day exposition in Shenzhen was organized by Indonesian Handicraft and Furniture Industries Association (Asmindo).
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Almutlaq Furniture announced the opening of its new showroom in Riyadh Sunday 11 March 2007 during a press conference held at the showroom in Prince Sultan Street, Olaya Thalatheen, Riyadh.
Almutlaq’s Furniture, the sole dealer for the brands ‘Natuzzi’, ‘Gautier’, ‘Calligaris’, ‘Alf’, ‘La-z-boy’ and ‘Warde’ in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced the opening of its new showroom in Riyadh Sunday 11 March 2007 during a press conference held at the showroom in Prince Sultan Street, Olaya Thalatheen, Riyadh. The move comes as ‘Almutlaq’s Furniture’ seeks to address the increasing demand for its elegant furniture as well as to offer its valued clients the newest designs of the Italian ‘Natuzzi’ and French ‘Gautier’ brands. The new showroom will also provide after-sales services, including delivery and installation. (more…)
The latest design trend has nothing to do with which colors are out or which styles are in. What’s new in the design world is a growing social conscience.
That phenomenon was nowhere more apparent than at this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, where any number of high-end firms displayed their efforts to connect first-world consumers with needy third-world artisans.
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