Made to last

Made to last

Jeremy Smart Jeremy Smart

Jeremy Smart

AKQA, Managing Director, Australia

发布日期: 2018年9月4日
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As furniture fairs kick up a gear, the need for sustainable design becomes ever more apparent.

Milan’s Salone del Mobile may seem just moments ago but the next round of furniture fairs has already kicked off. Oslo Design Fair opened last week with international collaborations rife: Japanese furniture-maker Ariake is showcasing its products designed by Norway’s Anderssen & Voll. This week in Paris, Maison et Objet will reveal a new layout focussed on the design-driven (and international) buyer. Then China International Furniture Expo will greet thousands of Asian buyers in Shanghai in mid-September. While it’s good to see designers getting more opportunities, lets hope sustainably minded work (which bubbles up in fairs like Stockholm and Oslo) starts to saturate a bulging design market dealing with disposability issues

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