Material innovation
Superwood – material with a future
In fashion, fast fashion is no longer in vogue and the furniture industry is also looking for sustainable and durable solutions for its products. In cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, designer Sofia Souidi has now developed Superwood – a material that consists of recycled c...
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Women in Office Design
International network for women in the office furniture business sets an example for stronger cooperation
Men are still generally better connected than women in the working world and the office furniture industry is no exception. To make female positions and perspectives more visible, Harsha Kotak founded the international network Women in Office Design (WOD). We spoke to her about the reasons for WOD's...
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World Container Index
Container rate prices declining
Ocean container rates fell three per cent overall this week to US$7,285 per 40-foot container, according to the World Container Index from shipping analytics firm Drewry. Last week rates fell by one per cent, and in the weeks before that by 0.6 and 0.1 per cent.
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spoga+gafa 2022
Gardenlifestyle fair was a complete success
The world's largest garden lifestyle trade fair spoga+gafa has successfully returned after three years. From 19 to 21 June, around 25,000 visitors from 112 countries came to Cologne to experience live the new products and innovations from around 1,000 exhibitors from 52 countries.
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„Höhle der Löwen“
LAIK – Creative Ways the Invest
There is no lack of new ideas for young companies in the furniture industry. However, implementation often fails due to a lack of capital. The example of the start-up LAIK from Fürstenfeldbruck shows that there are extraordinary ways to attract attention. The entrepreneurs dared to enter the "Höhle...
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Products from the ambista network
Organic design is the trend
From the 1950s onwards, soft rounded shapes inspired by nature conquered rooms all over the world from Scandinavia and are now in great demand again. The style of organic design also includes design with natural colours, materials and motifs.
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Start-up check
Furniture systems from Variand
The furniture industry has had two turbulent economic years and will have to organise itself differently in the future in terms of supply chains and scarcity of resources. In addition to small and medium-sized enterprises, this particularly affects young companies in the start-up phase. We spoke wit...
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News by German Furniture Association
German furniture industry sales up 16 percent in first quarter
The German furniture industry increased its sales in the first quarter of this year by 16.1 percent to approximately 4.8 billion euros. The German Furniture Industry Association believes this is due to two effects.
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HygroShape
Shaped by nature
HygroShape is the first concept for self-forming furniture. The project represents a paradigm shift in design and manufacturing processes for wood: By using material programming, a previously untapped potential of wood as a renewable material is activated, enabling more sustainable processes and app...
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Strong partnership
Sustainable furniture from the 3D printer
When sustainable design products cross boundaries, it often takes a strong partnership to make it happen – and that's the case with the outdoor furniture piece Twine. The product is a collaboration between designers HagenHinderdael, Dutch sustainable materials provider Reflow and award-winning artif...
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Flexible material
Self-adhesive wood veneer
Veneer is used, for example, to embellish furniture, doors, musical instruments or even the fittings of luxury class automobiles. In addition to traditional processing methods, the material can also be used self-adhesively. The start-up Flexfurnier.de or the manufacturers Schorn + Groh and Sunwood b...
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Specific implementation goals
Sustainable products - the signs are green
Sustainability – the word is used almost inflationarily today. To ensure that words are followed by deeds, a fixed approach and defined time horizons are needed. The European and German guard rails for a sustainable transformation of our society already exist. Now the topic is visibly gaining moment...
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Current figures 2022
Developments in the furniture industry during the Corona pandemic
New studies and statistics from the German furniture industry are presented in the comprehensive yearbook "Möbel Zahlen Daten 2022" (Furniture Figures Data 2022) published by Ferdinand Holzmann Verlag. It provides information about developments in the furniture industry during the Corona pandemic. I...
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Social Ads
How to scale your sales with Facebook & Co.
Digital change does not stop at any industry. The furnishing trade has also had to rethink in recent years and find new communication and distribution channels. Consumers have long since ordered books, clothes or the latest TV online from the comfort of their couch. When it comes to furniture, they...
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