ICFF, North America’s global platform for interior design, has entered into a long-term cooperation agreement with Fiera Milano, host of the world’s largest and most prestigious events for the interior design and lifestyle marketplaces, to introduce HO.MI. New York—a lifestyle trade fair—at ICFF 2015.
More than 120 top Italian designers and brands who exhibit at the biannual HO.MI. Milano lifestyle exhibition, held at Fiera Milano in January and August, will travel to New York to take part in the HO.MI. New York pavilion at ICFF 2015.
“For the first time at ICFF, architects, designers, developers, and retail buyers can explore the very best in Italian furniture, lighting, flooring, seating, accessories, and lifestyle products,” says Kevin O’Keefe, ICFF’s event director.
The HO.MI. New York lifestyle exhibition will be a major new feature at the 27th edition of ICFF, held May 16-19, 2015, at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York. Additional participants from Salone Del Mobile will also be invited to join ICFF.
“In recent years, there has been a profound change in the way people use spaces,” says Cristian Preiata, event director of HO.MI. Milano. “The home is among many things, including a gathering place and a remote office. Buying habits, in particular, have completely changed allowing HO.MI. to interpret these lifestyles shifts and present professionals new business opportunities for the ever-changing lifestyle industry.”
Emerald Expositions, which produces ICFF, is the publisher of Hospitality Design magazine. ICFF has expanded by nearly 40 percent over the past two years and added hundreds of new exhibitors and thousands of new attendees.
