As every year answers to all these questions will come from the Milan International Furniture Fair, where the most innovative furniture and complement furniture will be displayed together with the most interesting furniture trend with which in the near future we could beautify our home. Also this year the 86th edition of MACEF will happen from 16th to 19th January 2009, an important international exhibition that takes place in the Milano Fair district twice a year and that groups together more than 2000 small and big Italian and international exhibitors. Exhibitors are divided in five main categories, which are furniture and decoration; table and kitchen; classic; bijoux, gold and accessories; gift.



MACEF is also a first-level international display window, from which all new trends pass through, it comprehends fields like furniture, house objects and textiles, bathroom solutions, but also lightning solutions and suggestions on next year more fashionable colors for our houses. Inside the furniture and creation sector there is also the subsection Creations, where a lot of small enterprises, straddling art and handicraft can display their products, which are true and real unique pieces or in any case made in limited series. These enterprises are really widespread on all the national territory, they are active especially within the Italian industrial districts and especially in industrial field such as ceramics, gift, lighting and complement furniture.

Inside the MACEF there is also an area called MACEF Lab, an innovative project born to build a bridge among different enterprises working in the world of home furniture, a bridge made of knowledge, innovation and information. The MACEF Lab project was presented for the first time last September, and in these January edition everybody is expecting to know the most interesting news of this period. It is always very important to remind enterprises that especially in time of crisis it is necessary to invest in research and innovation to offer always brand new, advanced products and be able to reach new market segments.

This exhibition attracts exhibitors from all over the world, because it is a really interesting display window, both to show own creations and to find some buyers or new interesting distribution channels, but also to identify the exhibitions of other competitor producers. To keep an eye on market and competitors is very important, particularly in a sector as furniture where there are a lot of competitors and competition is fierce.

Don't miss to see the news that will come out this year from MACEF, you can be sure to find them as soon as possible on the shop windows of every furniture shop in town and they will be a great dash of style to every house or apartment. To furnish in style your house or apartment also means take care of yourself, taking care of the surrounding environment. Make your house warmer or nicer will also give you the opportunity to live in a more comfortable and friendly environment, in which your friends will feel more at ease so they will be happy to come visit you very often. But it will also allow you to truly enjoy relaxing and pleasant moments that in our society are less and less frequent.