Interior Lifestyle closes with record breaking visitors

04 Jul '08

5 min read

As an agent that promotes the Norwegian furniture, “Rybo”, we were very lucky to make our first debut at the fair in the
very year when the Nordic lifestyle was being highlighted. I would like to come back in 2009!”

Interior Lifestyle Awards:
The Interior Lifestyle Awards are given to products that deserve special recognition for design innovation or their popularity. Products at the 2008 fair were judged by a panel of opinion leaders, including representatives from the Japan Interior Designers Association (JID), the Japan Design Consultants Association (JDCA), the chief editor of Mono Magazine, the chief editor of Nikkei Design, and Mr. Kohei Takata, a concept planning director of the fair. As there were many exhibitors with well designed products, competition for the awards was intense. Five exhibitors won awards and a presentation ceremony was held on the evening of the first day. The winning companies were:

• JID Design Award: IOTC Inc.
• JDCA Design Management Award: YOnoBI
• Mono Magazine Award: foodesign guzzini
• NIKKEI DESIGN Award: Onao Co., Ltd.
• Interior Lifestyle Young Designer Award: sora design works

A furniture designer of sora design works, a winner of the Interior Lifestyle Young Designer Award was delighted at the news that she had been nominated to take part in the 'talents' showcase at the Ambiente 2009 – the world's largest and most prestigious consumer goods fair held annually in Frankfurt am Main.

“When I visited a friend's booth at the fair in 2007, I thought that I would like to participate in the fair. neon is a brilliant project to give our young designers a chance to promote ourselves to business enterprises! I met all kinds of visitors from many different industries and got some offers for collaborative work with several companies. In the beginning, I was worried not to be chosen as one of the designers to take part in this project. So, I was very happy to be able to exhibit at neon. I never expected to be honoured with such a special award. I cannot wait to go to Frankfurt next February!

The next Interior Lifestyle is scheduled to take place from 3 - 5 June 2009 at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition centre. Please also check out the new trade fair showcasing a wide-range of interior products; IFFT/interiorlifestyle living” which will be held from 19 – 22 November 2008 for the first time.

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