48th Salone Internazionale del Mobile

22-27 April 2009
Milan Fairgrounds, Rho, Milan, Italy

The 48th edition of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, held at the Milan Fairgrounds in Rho, along with the biennial Euroluce, and together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition and SaloneSatellite, has emerged as another record edition.

A huge number of specialist operators flocked to the Saloni, making for a total of 278,000 presences. The widely-hailed internationality of the Saloni was confirmed again this year by an even greater influx of visitors from abroad, with visitors from 152 different countries, the majority from Russia, Germany and France.

There was also an impressive press presence, with journalists from all five continents and visitors, members of the public and the press accounted for a massive total of 313,385 presences.



All images courtesy of SPACE Furniture



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		Space launched its first showroom in Sydney in 1993 followed by two other showrooms in Australia namely Melbourne and Brisbane. In 2001, Space started its first Asian showroom in Singapore and quickly established an extremely high benchmark for design retailing in the luxury lifestyle contemporary furniture industry around the Asia Pacific region. Since then, Space Singapore has developed into South East Asia's largest and most progressive retailer of contemporary design. Continuing its success, Space expanded regionally and opened its fifth showroom in Kuala Lumpur in 2007. Currently with five purpose-built showrooms, each with architect-designed interior environments that represent a large furniture collection from the top-end European brands, Space occupies a leadership position in the markets in which it operates across Australia–Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane–and in Asia–within Singapore and its latest showroom in Kuala Lumpur. Consolidating its presence and strong commitment to the markets it operates in, Space Singapore in collaboration with Kartell Italy has opened its first Kartell Flagship Store in South East Asia in May 2008. The 1,000 square feet showroom in Singapore within the Orchard Road shopping belt located at The Centrepoint Shopping Mall showcases an extensive range of Kartell collections dedicated to all Kartell fans.
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