Diesel Living meets Lodes

The modern, sometimes irreverent and fashionable style of Diesel Living has seduced another brand, the historic Venetian company Lodes, on the market since 1950. The result is Diesel Living with Lodes, a lighting collection...

Visionnaire’s breakthrough: from family business to investment funds and now new management

In recent years, investment funds and private investor groups have invested in major, historic Italian furnishing companies, bringing changes and growth. Eight years ago, Visionnaire decided to begin a courageous, momentous revolution that changed its organizational and business model and set more ambitious targets. Since then, the business has taken off. Leopold Cavalli, now Brand Ambassador and still a shareholder in Visionnaire, talked to IFDM about the reasons underlying this important decision
Federico Palazzari, Philippe Starck, Francesco Mainardi, Teatro Gerolamo

Winning synergies

A symbol of elegant and functional design, the Costes chair, designed by Philippe Starck for Driade, marked an era and linked the French designer's name to that of the historic Italian company founded by...

TSH focuses on Italy

After the initial focus on Holland, Italy is the second European country chosen for the expansion of The Student Hotel. In keeping with its style, the group has developed direct hybrid offerings for cosmopolitan...

Gruppo Penta expands

The contemporary flair of Penta and the big signatures of Arredoluce are now joined by the technical lighting of Castaldi. A triad that makes Gruppo Penta an increasingly specialized reality, offering complete proposals in...

From homes to hotels: design expansion in Middle East

The Gulf region will offer the furnishing industry important opportunities over the coming years, thanks to major upcoming international events and to the growth in housing demand. Western and Eastern styles intersect in a region that is currently one of the most visited areas on the planet

Design without borders

The thriving British furniture and design industry is currently embroiled in the uncertainty triggered by Brexit, with designers and creatives responding by drawing up a manifesto to stress the importance of the international exchange of people, ideas and products

Egger acquires 27.5% of Cleaf


The Austrian group Egger acquires 27.5% of the Italian company Cleaf, reinforcing a collaboration between the two manufacturers in the field of surfaces for furniture and interior design. "We have always pursued the idea of...

Samo Industries: good reports for 2019

The President of Samo Industries Denis Venturato, and the company in general, will have fond memories of 2019. The group reported turnover for 2019 of 93 million euros, combining the consolidated balances of Inda...

A look at the economics

The interior design and home décor sector in the area of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) is destined to continue flourishing in the coming years thanks to an increase in the construction of residential...