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Salone del Mobile – Milan at the centre of the furniture and furnishing creative world
“A stand-alone moment at which culture and industry become an international benchmark - from the creative genius displayed by the architects and designers and from the huge numbers of visitors who flocked to Milan to check out the latest innovations at the Salone...
AFA Signs MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING with Malaysia
International Furnishing Industry leaders witnessed the recent signing of the MOU between the Malaysian Furniture Council, the official representative body of Malaysian furniture industry, and the Australian Furniture Association, representing the national interests...
Understanding Malaysian Culture for SMEs: A Workshop by Dr Tom Verghese
Malaysia is one of Australia’s top ten trading partners and the prospects for business have provided a beacon for SMEs to expand their operations into Malaysia. However, many ventures have been cut short by cross-cultural blunders in matters such as language,...
International Award Winning Design by new Brisbane-based interior design firm DESIGN & CO
We are proud to announce that DESIGN & CO along with A' International Design Award and Competition that the interior design Inspiration Runway by Grainne Devlin at the AFA Trade show - Furnitex 2016 - is a winner of the renowned Bronze A' Design Award at...
AFA Members, Porta’s un-sung hero DOWEL.
WOW! will be your first reaction when you see what FMD architects (and builder/carpenter) have created with AFA Members, Porta's un-sung hero DOWEL. "The timber dowel has become an unlikely design hero in this Melbourne home renovation, being used as both a decorative...
What is Neolith?
Former AFA Member Moss Furniture is one of few Australian retailers using Neolith in furniture.Neolith is a surface material developed for a range building and decorating applications. Natural yet non-porous, lightweight yet hard-wearing. It’s easy to see why Neolith...
IMPORTERS BEWARE – YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOODS YOU IMPORT
Are you aware that your business is responsible for any furnishing product that you import, manufacture, sell, supply or distribute? This means that you can be held liable for any defect or other condition that renders the product unsafe and results in injury, death...
Aligning Business and People Strategies
Business leaders spend considerable time and energy developing business strategies and seek to align all business activities to ensure optimisation of effort, business growth and sustainability. This should always include the people within a business. For example,...
Sure you can buy direct from China!
This is an article from Graham Smith CEO Innova Group that he wrote in a LinkedIn forum we thought we would share with you - Keeping costs low and profits high have always been fundamental in business. One source of low-cost furniture items is buying from China....
Australian Training Awards
Are you a Furnishing Industry business employer that supports the nationally recognised training programs for your employees? Since 1994, the Australian Training Awards have recognised the outstanding achievements of apprentices, trainees, vocational students,...