Indonesia Furniture Directory

By Alan J. Heavens – The Philadelphia Inquirer
You didn’t bring the outdoor furniture inside for the winter, or even cover it. Now, your chairs and patio table, even the umbrella, look plug ugly. No need to panic, though. Just give them a good cleaning, maybe even new paint, and they’ll look fresh as spring.

Whither the wicker? To clean woven furniture, you’ll need to get into and around those intricate weaves. And that requires a variety of brushes – a new, rather than used, toothbrush (stiffer bristles); a small paintbrush with bristles cut down by half, to make them stiffer but not sharper; and a bristle brush with medium bristles. Some experts recommend sharpening a dowel to pick out bits of dirt and debris, but the best tools are already sharpened – the wooden skewers used to make shish kebab.

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By: Furniture World Magazine 

Widely recognised as a leading event for the furniture industry in Asia, Furniture China continues to expand: “More exhibitors, larger exhibition space, better service and design … that is our target in 2008 and we are on our way to achieving it,” says Wang Mingliang, founder of the exhibition and Director of CMP Sinoexpo Exhibition Co. Ltd.

The 2008 edition of Furniture China will host about 2,000 exhibitors. Says Wang, “The main exhibition venue, the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), will soon complete two additional exhibition halls, which will allow us to add 23,000 sq m of exhibition space. We will also use the Shanghai Everbright Exhibition Centre to launch a new show, Expo-Store, that will also use retail space downtown. Thus, we expect a total exhibition space of 350,000 sq m (3,150,000 sq. ft.).”

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By JULIE TARASKA

David Weeks may be best known for his spare, Calder-esque chandeliers and lamps, but he is also an accomplished furniture designer. That aspect of his work can be seen on April 3, when his first line of upholstered furniture is introduced at Ralph Pucci International in Manhattan. Sculpt, a collection inspired by the peaks and slopes of topographical maps and Barbara Hepworth’s stone sculptures, includes an armchair ($6,720), a sectional (not priced), a 10-foot sofa ($15,000) and an 8-foot sofa, above ($12,300). Each piece has a stainless steel frame gently cradling an asymmetrical seat and scooped backrest, shapes that Mr. Weeks said he developed in prototype by hacking away at huge foam blocks without the aid of a ruler, trusting his eye to create visual balance. Sculpt will be available, along with Sarus, Mr. Weeks’s new line of lighting, at Ralph Pucci International, 44 West 18th Street, (212) 633-0452.

By ELAINE LOUIE

“Gustav Stickley: The Enlightened Home,” an exhibit of early 20th-century furniture and decorative objects made at the Gustav Stickley Company, opens Tuesday at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.

“Stickley had a huge impact on how people lived,” said Paul D’Ambrosio, the chief curator of the museum. He helped to create “spaces that were easy to move around and easy to maintain.”

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50,000 Visitors to Gather at Asia’s Largest Furniture Fair

SINGAPORE, March 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Organized by Koelnmesse GmbH and China Foreign Trade Centre (Group), interzum guangzhou 2008 opens today at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou. From 27 to 30 March 2008, this four-day event presents the latest in furniture and kitchen production, and woodworking technologies. Strategically positioned as the gateway of the robust Chinese market, interzum guangzhou 2008 provides a trading platform for attendees to meet buyers, manufacturers, and suppliers from all vertical sectors of the furniture manufacturing, production and design industries.

Held in conjunction with the renowned China International Furniture Fair and Hometextile China, the fifth edition of interzum guangzhou is well received globally. The event’s exhibition space of 60,000 sqm was sold out to more than 650 exhibitors months before the show. Being one of the largest furniture manufacturing trading platforms in Asia’s woodworking industry, and with a 100% increase in space from 2007, interzum guangzhou 2008 is expected to attract more than 50,000 visitors from the furniture manufacturing, production and design sectors.

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By: Furniture World Magazine 

Metropolitan Designs and Décor announced that it will bring a new line of fine metal tables and granite tops to High Point.

The tables are available in a variety of sizes and styles to accommodate any lifestyle. Styles range from traditional to ultra contemporary and may be ordered as cocktail tables, console tables, kitchen tables, dining tables, desks, conference tables, end tables and bedside tables. To top these tables off is the option of a custom granite top or a glass top or the table base may be purchased alone.

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A FURNITURE recycling system in Dorset is set to be rolled out on a permanent basis after a successful year on trial.

The Furniture Reuse Credit Payments Scheme sees charitable organisations sponsored to collect people’s old furniture and redistribute it to low income households across the county.

More than 200 tonnes of furniture was diverted from rubbish tips between April and December last year.

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Lauren Heist
Going once, going twice, gone to Staci Levenson!

For a last-minute bid of $17,000, Levenson, owner of the interior design firm Levenson Design Associates in Austin, TX, won the right to create her very own collection for Antigua Furniture at an auction at the American Society of Interior Designers’ annual conference on March 14.

“I’m extremely excited,” Levenson said. “I’m still tongue-tied.”

Rex Murphy, one of the founding partners of Antigua Furniture, said the idea to auction off the chance for an interior designer to create their own line of the furniture started when leaders at ASID approached the company about donating a piece of furniture for their annual auction.

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Shenzhen (ANTARA News) – Indonesia in May 2008 will have a showroom for furniture products in Shanghai, China, in order to promote Indonesian furniture among Chinese people on a continuous basis.

“We will build a permanent showroom in Shanghai to promote furniture and handicraft products in Shanghai in May,” chairman of the Indonesian Furniture and Handicraft Products Association (Asmindo) Ambar Tjahyono said here on Friday.

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Shenzhen (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian Furniture and Handicraft Industry Association (Asmindo) has set a target of furniture exports worth US$60 million to China this year, or an increase by ten percent if compared with those in the previous year, Asmindo chairman Ambar Tjahyono said here on Friday.

“We have set a higher increase this year. We even hope, if possible, our furniture exports would reach US$100 million,” Ambar Tjahyono, who were here to attend a furniture trade exhibition, said.

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