For those of you fortunate enough to be travelling next month to I Salone and Eurocucina (yes – it opens in 36 days time!) you will see the enormity, that is the worlds biggest industry related trade fair. Set in the Milan suburb of Rho Pero the showground, which incidentally has its own post code, comprises a variety of shows, but also harbours some interesting facts.
Salone Satellite:
Open to the public for the duration of the Salone, from 9.30am to 6.30pm. Free entry.
Total exhibitors: 1,749 + 650 designers of SaloneSatellite
Overall exhibition area: 340,000 square metres (the Melbourne Convention Centre is 30,000 sqm – the soon to be knocked down Sydney Convention Centre is 27,000 sqm – neither of them 9% of I Salone!)
Salone Internazionale del Mobile 53rd national edition – 36th international edition
International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition 28th edition
Products on exhibit: bedrooms, beds, wardrobes, dining rooms, dining nooks and living rooms, hall furniture,
children’s furniture, occasional furniture, tables and chairs, rush and rattan furniture, garden furniture,
upholstered furniture. Accessories, objects, ornaments and fabrics. Trade associations and organizations, trade newspapers, magazines and publications.
Exhibitors: over 1,400 Net exhibition area: 151,000 square metres
EuroCucina – International Kitchen Furniture Exhibition 20th edition
Products on exhibition: laminate kitchens, timber kitchens, metal kitchens, lacquered kitchens, brick
kitchens, furnishing accessories for kitchens. Associations and sectoral bodies, newspapers, magazines
and sectorial publications.
Exhibitors: 130 Pavilions: 9-11-13-15 Net exhibition area: over 25,000 square metres
Collateral proposal of EuroCucina – 6th edition
Products on exhibit: technological innovation in built-in domestic appliances and cooker hoods.
Exhibitors: 35
Net exhibition area: 9,800 square metres
International Bathroom Exhibition 5th edition
Products on exhibit: bathroom furniture, bathroom accessories, shower cubicles and saunas, sanitary ware,
bathroom taps, radiators, covers, bath tubs and Jacuzzis. Associations and sectoral bodies, newspapers, magazines and sectoral publications.
Exhibitors: 184
Net exhibition area: over 18,000 square metres
SaloneSatellite 17th edition
Designer presence: approximately 650 designers including students from the 16 international design schools
+ ADI, Associazione per il Disegno Industriale
Area covered: 2,800 square metres
The whole point about today’s blog post is just to warn you all of something. We won’t get to see everything, we focus the majority of our time on the three fairs within I Salone which effect our industry directly. We also know that many of you research the shows before it actually opens, so if there’s anything in particular you’d like us to report on, let us know and we will be happy to try and accommodate
Ciao
