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Here Are The Facts About Salone del Mobile 2020
HappeningsHolly Cunneen

Here Are The Facts About Salone del Mobile 2020

After much speculation surrounding the annual Salone del Mobile.Milano and the outbreak of Coronavirus in Italy, festival organisers agree: Salone del Mobile postponed until 2021.

 

UPDATE: New dates for Salone del Mobile 13-18.03.2021

 

Original article published 26.02.2020

It has been confirmed that the world’s largest annual furniture and design fair, which has been running for 58 years, Salone del Mobile postponed until June 16-21, a delay of approximately 2 months.

Following an outbreak of more than 200 cases of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the Lombardy region in Italy, of which Milan is the capital, the decision by festival organisers to postpone has been made with the full support of the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala. Italy has the largest number of reported cases in Europe and seven deaths have been reported so far.

In a video statement released overnight on twitter, Mayor Sala, who stood between Emanuele Orsini, President of Federlegno Arredo Eventi, and Claudio Luti, President of the Salone del Mobile, said: “I am calling on our colleagues in the furnishing sector and the Salone del Mobile to pull together to make sure Milan doesn’t grind to a halt. We need to work objectively to stop this virus spreading, but we must also take care not to spread the virus of distrust.”

He went on to implore hoteliers not to spike accommodation prices during the new June dates and called on the Italian government to provide support.

In addition to the tragic loss of life, Coronavirus has caused, 2,700 at the time of writing, the virus is set to severely impact the global economy in its aftermath.

Watch the official statement here.

Stay tuned as more unfolds…

About the Author

Holly Cunneen

Holly Cunneen was the editor of Habitus and has spent her time in the media writing about architecture, design and our local industry. With a firm view that “design has a shared responsibility to the individual as much as it does the wider community,” her personal and professional trajectory sees her chart the interests, accomplishments, and emerging patterns of behaviour within the architecture and design community.

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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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