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Check out the latest highlights within the interior design world and beyond, and discover a plethora of interesting ideas and innovations to take your interiors to the next level.
Inspired by Nature: Design China Beijing 2021
Design China Beijing returns this September for a four-day event with iconic international design names and local design talents. From 24th to 27th September 2021, as part of the Beijing International Design Week, the 4th edition of Design China Beijing will focus on the theme ‘Nature, Nurture and Sustainable Beauty’ expressed through sustainable design materials and industrial research. Set across 12,000² metres of the remarkable National Agricultural Exhibition Centre, one of the largest exhibition centres in Beijing, the event exhibits over 100 designers, including some of China’s most exciting brands, both established and emerging, as well as the latest products from leading global design brands showcasing their commitment to regenerative design. The fair will focus on sustainable design materials and industrial research, including architectural and urban innovation and new modes of cultural and social interaction through design.
designshanghai.com/design-china-beijing
Space for Innovation: Cosentino’s Brand New R&D&I Centre
The Cosentino Group, a global leader in the production and distribution of innovative and sustainable surfaces for the world of architecture and design, consolidates its commitment to innovation with the construction of its own R&D&I Centre, where from now on, the company will bring together all its activities in this field to continue to develop differentiating and disruptive solutions and products, such as the recent launch of the HybriQ® technology for its Silestone® brand. This impressive facility, known as Inspira Hub and in operation for a few weeks now, has a total surface area of 2,700 sqm spread over two floors and is located within the Cosentino Industrial Park in Cantoria, Almería. The Centre has several spaces, including eleven laboratories with the most advanced technology in materials research and other disciplines, a warehouse, six meeting and co-working rooms, office areas and a conference and audiovisual room.
www.cosentino.com
Sky-Touching Marvel: Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (ACPV) Designs ‘Lighthouse’ Office Tower in Milan
International architecture and interior design practice Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (ACPV) unveils the design for the new Milan headquarters of Italian multi-utility company A2A. ACPV’s project reimagines the company’s office spaces as capable of adapting to people’s ever-changing needs at work while reviving the local urban fabric with 6,320 sqm of new green public spaces. The 144-metre-high office tower – named Torre Faro (lighthouse tower in Italian) – will connect Milan’s historic centre and periphery by reactivating a north-south axis that runs from the city centre all the way to ACPV’s Symbiosis business district, located just across the disused railway yard.
www.citterio-viel.com
Hybrid Workspaces: IKEA for Business
In inspiring businesses to reimagine and redesign their office spaces, IKEA has rolled out ‘IKEA for Business’, a B2B offering that enables entrepreneurs to create a highly functional, flexible and adaptive work environment that accommodates the new way of working. This collection offers inspiring Scandinavian style furnishing that is affordable, sustainable workspaces, and of quality. Through its one-stop, end-to-end service, from interior planning services, product selection to delivery and installation, business owners can attain their preferred office styling and essential needs, all within a comfortable budget. IKEA for Business can fit out any business space, from creating a functional workspace that works to setting up a perfect retail space, planning a restaurant layout to designing a childcare centre, helping entrepreneurs realise their business dreams.
business.IKEA.com.my
Complete Clothing Hygiene: The LG Styler™ Smart Wardrobe
The LG Styler™ is a one-of-a-kind smart wardrobe with the promise of ‘Hygiene in Style’, offering consumers cutting-edge technology to keep clothes hygienic and fresh for families while caring for its longevity. Recognised as one of the products for its sleek design at this year’s Red Dot Award, the LG Styler™ is both form and function. It features a refined, modern design while meeting consumers’ needs with state-of-the-art technologies and useful tools functions for hygiene and clothing care. This smart wardrobe efficiently reduces 99.9% of viruses, bacteria and allergens with LG’s advanced TrueSteam™ technology. It also easily sanitises fabrics and items that are difficult or impossible to wash traditionally. The LG Styler™ also dehumidifies closets and indoor spaces to keep the surrounding atmosphere refreshed.
www.lg.com/my/lg-styler
Affordable Luxury: IJM Land’s Rimbun Aman
Built on 42-acre land with a total GDV of RM125 million, Rimbun Aman offers 304 units of freehold single-storey terrace houses sold from RM350,000. With the aim to ease the burden of homebuyers, especially those buying their first property, Rimbun Aman is made affordable for young modern families and empty nesters to acquire their desired home that comes with practical space and comfort, secured in a close-knit neighbourhood. Strategically located in the thriving township of Seremban 2 (a self-contained award-winning township offering modern amenities and convenience of a city while maintaining the tranquillity of a country ambience), Rimbun Aman provides convenience at its best with easy access to medical and healthcare centres, educational facilities for families with children, commercial centres, and shopping malls that are a stone’s throw away to get your daily essentials – all located in a conducive environment.
seremban2.ijmland.com/property/rimbun-aman/
