Wonderful Wood

The AFA loves wood and working with our AFA Members who are timber producers and Forestry industry bodies. Starting with the trees themselves in all their beauty, extending to the smell of fresh cut wood, the feel when you work it with hand tools and the smell of...

The interior trends you’ll be loving in 2017

Just splurged on some marble and copper homewares? You may want to stop reading. While it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the new year, trend forecasters and designers are already thinking well into 2017 ­– and there’s a big shake up of interior trends...

Wild Design

Spanish designer Maximo Riera has used bold colours and shapes to launch a collection of animal inspired furniture for Wild Design. A feast for the eyes, this collection of armchair designs take heavy influences from various exotic creatures, from mammals, to insects,...

FURNITEX &;amp; design Registration NOW OPEN!

  This year’s FURNITEX & design will be part of Fashion Week for Furniture, incorporating this well-known international trade and public show, the FURNISHING futures Conference and the internationally renowned Australian Furniture Industry and Contemporary...

Match the Maker Competition

Match the Maker and WIN! Check out the video below and see if you can Match the Maker to the amazing Australian Designer Furniture featured in the recent Wood Solutions campaign. Two major prizes are up for grabs so enter NOW! Competition prizes include a one-on-one...

The Role of Design in Furniture Manufacturing

It goes without saying that furniture plays an important role in our lives. With many people spending more or equal time away from home, functional, ergonomic and aesthetically pleasing furniture design is equally important in our homes, our offices, boardrooms,...

Paint Outside the Lines

  We’re taught from a young age to praise orderliness and balance. Staying within the lines of a colouring book is preferred to careening outside. Skies are blue and grass is green. You get the picture. While regimented systems make sense in many aspects of life...

Design Discoveries Fallen Furniture

  Spotted this week, Fallen Furniture based in Bath in the UK make furniture from “reclaimed, authentic aircraft parts, from both military and civilian aircraft.” This is their 737 Cowling Chair made from a genuine Boeing 737 engine cowling that sits atop a spun...

Anomaly to Create New Design for AFA Award Trophies for 2016

The Australian Furniture Association is proud to announce Anomaly as suppliers of this year’s Australian Furniture Industry Award (AFIA) and Australian Contemporary Emerging (ACE) Design Award trophies.  Anomaly is an innovative and progressive furniture...

How to dress like a furniture designer

  In May in New York, the globe’s freshest furniture design talents show their new batch of creations at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF). They also dress to perfection. This article gives you a chance to see their designs from furniture to...

Magnificent Examples Of Creative Furniture Design

     We can’t show you the amazingly creative entries into our Furniture Awards just yet but we found this web site that might get you excited about what’s to come. Creative furniture designs go beyond being not only original but crossing...

Visit FURNITEX &;amp; design and WIN!

  FURNITEX & design will be bigger and better in 2016 with a new home in Brisbane, the all new inspiration runway AND more award nominee’s than ever before. Visitors to this years event will go in the draw to win a stunning two seater Memphis...

Cat Design?

  Cats love to look for cozy hiding spots or safe vantage points, so furniture that offers them such places can be a great option. Other bits of furniture can implement other needs, like their litter box or a scratching post. To find out more visit...

FURNITEX &;amp; design 2016

  Another year of FURNITEX & design has come and gone and whilst the move to Brisbane proved to be a bold decision, the feedback on Australia’s premier furniture trade and consumer show has largely been positive. Taking the show on the road for the...