I Saloni Press releases
The Saloni 2010 have been a huge success: 329,563 accredited visitors from every part of the globe

Today is the final day of the Saloni 2010, which opened at the Milan Fairgrounds on 14th April, along with the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, SaloneSatellite and the biennial Eurocucina and International Bathroom Exhibition.

19 April 2010
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I Saloni 2010: let's rip! 

With its matchless quality, extensive range of goods and huge number of collateral City events, the 2010 edition of the home furnishing sector showcase par excellence is ready to take on the general uneasy financial climate with positivity and explosive creativity. From 9.30am to 6.30pm from 14th to 19th April, the Rho exhibition centre will play host as always to the sectoral operators, throwing its doors open to the general public on the Sunday as well

14 April 2010
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I Saloni 2010: the furnishing world on phones the world over 

In collaboration with its technological partner Neos, Cosmit has come up with “i Saloni”, a user-friendly phone app, deployed via the mobc3 mobile platform. This application is compatible with all phones, and will enable sectoral operators and the general public to connect from their iPhone, iPad, smartphone or previous generation mobile phone. 

14 April 2010
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I Saloni 2010 - The numbers

14 April 2010

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Quality and Innovation: Eurocucina's vital ingredients

The biennial exhibition devoted to kitchen furnishing is making a welcome return, in full synergy with the other four Saloni events. An unmissable opportunity to catch up with the very best in Italian and foreign manufacturing. From 14th to 19th April at the Milan Fairgrounds, Rho.

14 April 2010
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FTK - Technology For The Kitchen 

The fourth edition of FTK (Technology For the Kitchen), the benchmark showcase for the technology of built-in electrical appliances and cooker hoods and a treasure trove of products for the future, is being held in full synergy with Eurocucina.

14 April 2010

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The Bathroom, where technology and aesthetics come face to face 

The biennial exhibition devoted to the bathroom is back on the Saloni scene, a strong and closely-packed event  that has gone from 42 exhibiting companies at its first ever edition in 2003 to 168 in 2010. From 14th-19th April at the Milan Fairgrounds, Rho, in full concomitance with Eurocucina.

14 April 2010
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The SaloneSatellite: still full of surprises

700 young designers will present their brilliant ideas for the first time at the SaloneSatellite, international showcase for designers under 35, which this year proposes a new formula for facilitating contact between young designers and the manufacturers exhibiting at the Saloni yet further. Open to the public from April 14th-19th, free admission 

14 April 2010
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 The Very First SaloneSatellite Award


The three winners of the first ever edition of the SaloneSatellite Award were announced yesterday, in another step towards facilitating the interface between offer and demand, designers and businessmen and creativity and production. The prizes were awarded on the basis of poetry, technological innovation and social commitment.

17 April 2010
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Ufficio Fabbrica Creativa. The Italian Way!

The Saloni 2010 will be devoting an interactive installation and an experiential event to the theme of the office, which will involve both participants and visitors in reflections, research analyses and ideas for innovative interpretations of the workspace. The event, which will be held at the Exhibition Centre, is a promotional vehicle for SaloneUfficio 2011.

14 April 2010
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Tutti a tavola! Everyone to the table!
The Five Senses and Conviviality

In honour of Eurocucina, the Saloni are holding a multimedia event, a story of the Italian style of conviviality through a mosaic of emotional and sensorial suggestions evoked by memories of famous Renaissance banquets, film sequences, paintings, literary passages, theatrical performances and famous names from the world of cooking, art and culture. To be held at Villa Reale and the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, from 14th April to 9th May 2010.

14 April 2010

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A Celestial Bathrooom

This year the International Bathroom Furniture Exhibition opens in Milan with an event devoted to the bathroom as seen through the beauty of the female form and the celestial vault. It will run from 14 th to 19th April at the Civic Planetarium Ulrico Hoepli in Milan's Giardini Pubblici, close to the Villa Reale which is hosting Cosmit's other event, dedicated to the world of eating and cooking, being held as part of Eurocucina, the International Kitchen Furniture Exhibition, and the Saloni 2010. 

14 April 2010
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Unexpected Guests
Yesterday's homes, today's design

The Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Casa Boschi di Stefano, Villa Necchi Campiglio and the Museo Poldi Pezzoli are proud to present, in collaboration with Cosmit and the Culture Council of Milan, the exhibition Unexpected Guests. Yesterday's homes, today's design. From 11 March to 2 May 2010, objects of contemporary design will be installed in the spaces of Milan's four historic house museums, complementing and contrasting with the existing architecture, paintings and decorative arts.

14 April 2010
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Appointments at the Saloni 2010


14 April 2010
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The Saloni 2010 are about to open, but the wounds left by the crisis are still gaping

The data for 2009 confirm that this was an annus horribilis for the wood-furnishing sector: in 2008 the credit crunch had just begun to bite, especially with the particularly tough final quarter, but in 2009 it all went sky-high.

14 April 2010
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Trends 


14 April 2010
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I Saloni WorldWide: a team effort

Saloni WorldWide will make its sixth, and much-awaited, return visit to Moscow in October, with a huge range of commercial goods, representative of all that is best about Made in Italy. A large number of companies have already confirmed their attendance, which sends a positive signal to the home furnishing sector as a whole. From 6th to 9th October at Crocus Expo in Moscow, now directly connected to the city centre by underground.

14 April 2010
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La Mano del Designer
The Hand of the Designer


Saturday, 10th April, 2010 will see the opening to the public of “The Hand of the Designer”, an exhibition organised by FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano (the Italian National Trust) and alterstudio partners. On show will be more than 450 signed drawings and sketches by more than 150 of the most renowned Italian and international designers, which they have kindly donated to FAI.

14 April 2010
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Important information: changes to Press pre-accreditation

A new accreditation service is in place as from this year.

11 February 2010
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Carlo Guglielmi confirmed as President of Cosmit

Cosmit's General Assembly, held on 28th October, saw Carlo Guglielmi confirmed as President of the company responsible for organising the Salone Internazionale del Mobile.

30 October 2009
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SaloneUfficio moved to 2011

COSMIT has taken the wishes of its exhibiting companies on board and has put the appointment back by a year.

7 September 2009
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Cosmit and Moratti sign the Memorandum of Understanding for Expo 2015

Today, within the context of the Saloni 2009 preview, a Memorandum of Understanding to promote and plan joint initiatives for developing the theme of Expo Milano 2015 was signed by the Mayor of Milan and Government Extraordinary Commissioner for Expo Milano 2015, Letizia Moratti, and the President and CEO of Cosmit, Carlo Guglielmi and Manlio Armellini.

12 February 2009
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