Abstract
Regarding 2023, this is our answer
Looking back on 2023
It's an extraordinary year
It is also the 25th anniversary of the International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Exhibition.
today
We stand at the end of 2023 and look back
Follow the footsteps of famous furniture exhibitions
Looking back on the past year
Famous furniture annual events
Looking forward to 2024, a new chapter
01 The first in the country
"World-class furniture industry cluster" lands in Dongguan
World-class furniture industry cluster
Officially launched
On March 15, 2023, at the opening ceremony of the 49th International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Exhibition, the country's first "world-class furniture industry cluster" was officially launched. The Dongguan Municipal People's Government and the China Furniture Association will focus on the world's "industrial manufacturing" capital, "cluster demonstration" capital, "exhibition trade" capital, "smart management" capital, "design innovation" capital, and "cross-border capital". The six goals of "City of E-commerce" are to cooperate to build a model of global advanced manufacturing and create an innovation highland with a global demonstration effect.
World Furniture Industry Cluster Conference
In August of the same year, the first World Furniture Industry Cluster Conference was grandly opened in Houjie Town, Dongguan. With the theme of "Unite to Promote Cooperation and Create the Future Together", the conference brought together outstanding furniture cluster representatives and industry elites from 51 countries around the world to share experiences and discuss trends, jointly outline the vision of a world-class furniture industry cluster, and create the first global furniture industry cluster. Offer examples and suggestions.
02 Chasing the light on the road running on the road
The 49th International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Exhibition
From March 15th to 19th, 2023, the 49th International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Exhibition was successfully held. As the "first exhibition of the year for China's furniture industry" after the epidemic was relaxed, the Famous Furniture Exhibition gave a "high score" Answer Sheet". Not only has the scale of the exhibition returned to what it was before the epidemic, brands are enthusiastic about participating in the exhibition, and their popularity has far exceeded expectations. The exhibition has the theme of "Chasing the Light". 1,200+ brands and 188,563 professional buyers jointly pursue the light of industrial development at the Famous Furniture Exhibition.
2023 Dongguan International Design Week
From August 18 to 21, 2023, the 2023 Dongguan International Design Week & the 50th International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Fair was successfully held. This exhibition coincides with the 25th anniversary of the famous furniture exhibition. With the theme of "Running", it calls on every householder to maintain the attitude and state of "running" and go all out to meet the future changes in the industry. At the same time, this exhibition realizes the "furniture trend·Made in Dongguan" from the dual perspectives of manufacturing and design, revealing multiple future "trends" in the home furnishing industry.
03 25th anniversary Run together, towards the future
In 2023, the International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Fair will celebrate its 25th anniversary. In the past 25 years, the exhibition area of the Famous Furniture Fair has grown from 40,000 square meters to over 700,000 square meters, from a group of 30,000 to 40,000 professional visitors to a database of over 600,000 professional visitors, and has grown from a single furniture fair to an exhibition and trade integration with international reputation. Industry giant. There are also countless star companies and industry elites who have made their mark at the Famous Furniture Fair. Through innovation and creation, they have become the backbone of the Chinese furniture industry, and have even entered the international stage, blooming the brand and cultural charm of the great Eastern country.
04 Global ID · Dongguan landing running plan
2023 Dongguan International Design Week and Inspirers jointly plan the IP column "Dongguan Running Plan", with in-depth conversations with designers and brand managers, using 8 specific and detailed running stories to restore the starting point from design and creativity to product creation with the help of Dongguan's skilled craftsmen The next link to successful implementation.
Meng Lin, co-founder of IAID Infinite Construction: In Dongguan, it is very fast to implement something. This speed and efficiency are completely unmatched in Beijing.
Feng Zhifeng, founder, chairman and chief designer of RITO: I hope that Dongguan can exert a platform effect in the future to promote communication and interaction among the creative community in the entire Greater Bay Area, and explore more diverse design innovations under the high-density industry exchanges. the road.
Wen Chao, founder of JSD Design: Dongguan is a city with global attributes. I hope everyone can understand the other side of Dongguan and its manufacturing factories, and show the innovative gene of Dongguan to the world.
Through the successful cases of designers and home furnishing companies, see how Dongguan attracts the world's outstanding home furnishing cluster representatives, designers, and brands, and leverages "Made in Dongguan" to create long-term value and significance for more new consumer brands and Chinese companies. Realize the full link of successful implementation of design and creativity.
05
National roadshow
Bay Area trip, CityWalk
In recent years, the home furnishing industry has shown a market downturn. The furniture industry urgently needs to explore a path of transformation and upgrading to boost confidence, unite for warmth, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. Under such a situation, the 2023 Famous Furniture Organizing Committee sounded the rally call, carried out national city roadshows, went to major furniture production areas and consumer markets across the country for on-site inspections, visited home furnishing markets and linkage platform organizations, carried out exchanges, and discussed new trends in the industry development.
Creativity·Design·Industry Dialogue Private Session
And 2023 Famous Furniture National City Tour·Shenzhen Station
On February 23, 2023, the "Creativity·Design·Industry Dialogue Private Meeting and 2023 Famous Furniture Exhibition National City Tour·Shenzhen Station" was hosted by the International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Exhibition, and co-organized by Huaying Club and NetEase Home Furnishing Successfully held. The event focused on the collision of ideas around the relationship between "industry and development, market and consumption, creativity and design, design and manufacturing". At the event, urban elite designers, industry leaders and manufacturing brand guests gathered together to share creative design and home furnishing industry. Related topics, linking design and brands, and jointly exploring new directions in future home design.
Walk towards spring
Designer Spring Dinner Banquet
On February 27, 2023, the "Walk to Spring"-2023 Designers Spring Dinner Banquet planned and organized by the Famous Furniture Exhibition and the Guangdong Furniture Art Association was successfully held at Guangzhou NO.W Roofing Art Center, and the 2023 Famous Furniture Exhibition was held at the same time. National city tour·Guangzhou station event. Many industry designers and media were invited to attend the event to discuss the future development of the industry.
2023DDW Bay Area Tour
In order to more closely link the national design and industrial resources, make the urban industry interaction more in-depth, and allow design and industry to be integrated and interoperable, Dongguan International Design Week launched the "2023 DDW Bay Area Tour" from May 17th to July 6th, focusing on the Bay Area City as the context, it went deep into 15 cities across the country, using the dual route of "design + market" in parallel, combining Dongguan manufacturing, Dongguan supply chain and Dongguan brand, in-depth visits to the major home furnishing markets and design circles in each city, and visited local design institutions , associations, and stores to understand the local cultural foundation and design charm, and explore new trends in the first-line home furnishing market.
2023Citywalk
Famous Furniture National Internet Action
2023 will be the 25th year of win-win cooperation between the Famous Furniture Fair and brand companies, and it will also be the 25th year of witnessing the rapid changes in the home furnishing industry. From October to December 2023, the Famous Furniture Organizing Committee launched the "2023 City Walk - National Internet Action" and organized groups to go to Ningjin in Shandong, Wuji in Hebei, Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai, Fuzhou in Fujian, Xianyou, Wuhan, Changsha, Conduct on-site visits and inspections in major furniture core areas and consumer markets such as Chengdu; lead Dongguan furniture brands to understand first-line information in the national channel market and learn from excellent merchant management experience; actively link up national stores, negotiate with merchants, develop new business opportunities for cooperation, and convey the energy of Dongguan brand , speak for the Dongguan furniture industry and strengthen the Dongguan furniture business card.
06
drama of the year
2023 China Furniture Sellers Annual Ceremony
And the 49th Famous Furniture Exhibition Welcome Dinner
On the evening of March 14, the 2023 China Furniture Sellers Annual Ceremony and the 49th International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Fair Welcome Dinner were successfully held in Houjie, Dongguan. A number of elite representatives from various industry associations, stores, merchants, factories, media, etc. gathered together to witness the highlight moments of the home furnishing industry. As a benchmark platform for the industry, the Famous Furniture Fair joins hands with every industry, design and brand follower to start a new light-chasing journey and continue to promote the integrated development of the large home furnishing industry.
New design knowledge and industry future
2023 Golden Wing Award Ceremony
It is the mission of the Jinyi Awards, the home furnishing industry award, to select the most valuable new home designs and brands in China. The annual Jinyi Awards event touches the hearts of family members. The 2023 Jinyi Award combines the development of the times and industrial culture, with the theme of "Designing the Future of New Knowledge Industry", hiring authoritative experts, and going through rigorous processes such as preliminary selection, on-site inspection, and final review, from different dimensions such as quality, space, material selection, and design. Strict review is conducted to select major awards. In the end, the brand Mousse Envy won the Jinyi Supreme Award; Hu Tao, the design director of Yixi Design Office, won the Golden Wing Supreme Designer Award.
2023 Dongguan International Design Week
"Creator's Night" annual design feast
On August 18, the 2023 Dongguan International Design Week "Night of Creators" was successfully held. The "Design + Big Home" event officially kicked off, gathering designers, industry associations, professional alliances, media organizations and other guests from more than 40 provinces and cities across the country to jointly set off a new wave of industry-equipment integration in Dongguan! At that time, the Dongguan International Design Week National Design Tour will be launched and the second inauguration ceremony of the Dongguan Interior Architectural Design Industry Association will be held. Dongguan International Design Week advocates openness, integration, and innovation, and strongly encourages brand companies to actively embrace design channels and develop design cooperation links.
07
new lifestyle
The number one trendy player
From March 15th to 19th, 2023, the number one trendy player will welcome version 2.0 - the trendy "home" daydream special exhibition, leading everyone to an out-of-circle exploration of home furnishings x design x trendy art. Mr. Liang Xiwen, a well-known Hong Kong designer and founder of JLa Design Group, serves as the chief curator, teaming up with art and cultural celebrities inside and outside the circle, IP trend artists, designers, and cross-field art forms to explore new human lifestyles in the future Eastern context in different ways.
Trendy outdoor camping life exhibition
Dongguan is the first "Chinese Fashion City" and is also a nationally famous "Furniture City". The 2023 Dongguan International Design Week gathers home fashion, inspiration, creativity and design trends to set up a fashionable outdoor camping theme pavilion for the first time. Cross-border exploration is very easy. "Trendy" has an "interesting" diverse lifestyle.
There are many well-known trendy IP companies on display - ToyCity, Dingdong Bear, Mingpu, Mengbao, etc. The overall theme pavilion exhibition area combines outdoor and camping scenes to provide consumers with an immersive experience through scene-based creation. There are also on-site There is a coffee and leisure area, breaking the boundaries between outdoor and fashion, bringing you an unprecedented new "trendy play" experience.
Urban idealist
The "Urban Ideal Home" 2023 Living Space Design Trends Special Exhibition was successfully held at the 2023 Dongguan International Design Week. The exhibition focuses on the IP of urban residence design for the younger generation. Through three major chapters: insight, practice and imagination, we enter the ideal world of "home" among young people, feel the pulse and longing of individuals, and jointly explore a new interpretation of urban living space. and imagine the future.
Mansion · Habitat
Joint Exhibition of Home Space Trends
Big House·Habitat - Home Space Trends Joint Exhibition is planned and initiated by Dongguan International Design Week, Walkingmedia, and A&D. It strategically combines with international and domestic creative brands such as Bino Luxury, TISSVICA, W LUXURY, and W.H Furniture to build a trend-leading, artistic A creative exhibition that empowers and allows people to think outside the circle.
The theme exhibition is separated by landscaping elements of ancient Chinese architecture, visually creating a sense of spatial order and ritual with oriental artistic conception and humanistic sentiments, dividing different exhibition areas, and adding a bit of "garden tour" to the exhibition. Hidden interest. By bringing together the design power of various designers, everyone can continuously discover the relationship between light and shadow and the links between objects in the theme exhibition space, feel more spatial layers, and explore more fun and atmosphere.
On March 15-19, 2024, the 51st International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Exhibition will set up a new IP theme exhibition-International Outdoor Culture and Tourism Furniture Exhibition, located in Hall 1, one of the main venues, covering three major theme areas: The teahouse cultural space, cultural tourism and B&B outdoor camping space, and trendy art children’s space present the most fashionable new lifestyle at the moment.
08
Globalization
China-Italy Home Design Cooperation and Exchange Meeting
On March 15, 2023, a top-notch exchange and dialogue was staged at the 49th Famous Furniture Exhibition, which became the beginning of China × Italy home design cooperation. Luciano Galimberti, Chairman of the Italian Industrial Design Association and Director of the ADI Design Museum, Matteo O, Ingaramo, Chairman/Dean of the POLI.design School of Design at Politecnico di Milano, Davide Crippa, Secretary General of the Italian Space Designers Association, and some of Italy's top designers visited At the event site, we discussed new developments in home design with leaders from China Furniture Association, Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Houjie Town Government, organizers of famous furniture exhibitions, and representatives of participating brands, and communicated on future cooperation matters to jointly create global home design.
International business delegation visits
With the recovery of the global economy, international trade is picking up at an accelerated pace. As an exhibition and trade platform within the world-class furniture industry cluster, Famous Furniture, Dongguan International Design Week and Famous Furniture Club actively carry out international business exchanges, promote the integration of Chinese and foreign resources, and deepen Sino-foreign industrial cooperation. From July 4 to July 7, 2023, the Commercial Consul of the Consulate General of Turkey in Guangzhou and the Pakistan Furniture Manufacturers Association were invited to visit Houjie to carry out business inspections and exchange visits, and successfully signed a strategic cooperation memorandum.
Dongguan furniture inspection
From August 17 to 18, 2023, representatives of international foreign guests visited Dongguan International Design Week, and went to Nanxing Equipment, Senyuan Furniture, Mousse Co., Ltd. and other enterprises for inspection and exchange.
Since its inception, the International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Exhibition has become an important event in the international furniture industry. Every year, the exhibition attracts many professionals such as furniture brands, domestic and overseas traders, design institutions and designers from all over the world to visit and communicate. The international influence and popularity of the exhibition have been effectively improved, providing exhibitors with a platform to effectively connect with the international furniture industry, and promoting links and trade cooperation with the global furniture industry chain.
From November 26th to 30th, 2023, Famous Furniture Exhibition visited the CIDEX 2023 International Architectural Decoration and Interior Design Exhibition in Dammam, Saudi Arabia; during the period, it was invited by the local furniture and building materials market in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to conduct sharing and exchanges. From December 4th to 5th, I went to Dubai, United Arab Emirates to visit the Dubai Building Materials Exhibition BIG5.
At present, Famous Furniture Fair cooperates with Pakistan Manufacturers Association, Singapore Furniture Association, Malaysian Furniture Federation, India Trade Promotion Association, Commercial Office of the Turkish Embassy and Consulate in Guangzhou, Commercial Office of the Pakistani Consulate in Guangzhou, Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Guangzhou, Spain The Economic and Commercial Office in Guangzhou and Indonesia's DYANDRA PROMOSINDO started cooperation negotiations and jointly invited international buyers to Wanlai.
In addition, Famous Furniture Fair will be promoted overseas through all channels, including social media, short video platform, exhibition promotion platform, home media, design media, International Furniture Association, commercial offices of international embassies and consulates, International Furniture Fair, domestic foreign chambers of commerce, foreign businessmen Investment enterprise associations, official business platforms, etc. conduct global diversified promotion invitations.
09
DDC Name + Designer Service Center
The rise of an economic and trade service platform that integrates design and industry
Relying on the accumulation of industrial resources in the "world-class furniture industry cluster", we cooperate with the Famous Furniture Exhibition and the Famous Furniture Expo Park Exhibition and Trade Platform to deeply cultivate channels. DDC Name + Designer Service Center is an empowerment platform dedicated to "design-driven industry integration". Through online platform construction + offline event operation, we deeply link designers, home furnishing industry chains, exhibition associations, industry media and other platforms to promote economic and trade cooperation between the home furnishing and design industries and achieve the integrated development of the home furnishing and design industries.
Since its establishment in 2021, the platform has linked the resources of designers, material dealers, and consumers to promote the dissemination, integration, and transformation of industrial information, and realized the docking of hundreds of designers’ design material selection needs and full-case integration needs.
Theme curation of "Dazhai Works Exhibition" "Between a Square Inch"
Taking advantage of the 49th Famous Furniture Exhibition and Dongguan International Design Week, we will link up outstanding designers and home furnishing brands to jointly plan an 860-square-meter theme exhibition of "Dazhai Works Exhibition". Through the work exhibition as a carrier, we will combine space, humanities and The three major aspects of art and art are connected in series to jointly imagine a model of mansion life.
"Between Square Inches" is another IP curation column led by DDC. At the 50th Famous Furniture Exhibition, 6 square inches were displayed through "art showcase + situational space" to present contemporary " The space aesthetics of "a corner of the home" explores new life trends.
Research and exchange "Urban Co-Creation Plan" and "Michelin Research
DDC continues to organize and carry out the "City Co-Creation Plan" throughout the year, focusing on the Bay Area, eastern Guangdong, and western Guangdong, visiting various city industry associations and local furniture production areas to jointly exchange industry trends; in August, DDC joined hands with Guangdong Province Decoration industry associations from all over the country implemented "Each Beauty, Sharing the Beauty" at the exhibition. The 2023 Friendship Party of the Decoration Industry Fraternal Associations from all over Guangdong Province; in November, they were invited to participate in the "2023 Fourth CIID Design Festival" and launched a cross-regional, Cross-industry and multi-angle design academic exchanges realize integration exploration among industries, design, cities and industries.
In the fourth quarter of the same year, DDC and Yaju Life Media jointly organized a monthly DDC Michelin study tour, with a multi-content experience of "exploration, research, discussion, and search" to go deep into the interiors of famous home furnishing companies and focus on the design industry A new proposition for integrated development. So far, 5 events have been carried out, deeply leveraging the deep links between 100+ designers and 10+ brands.
Design Salon "Design Selection Circle" "Life Aesthetics Circle"
In addition, DDC has in-depth cooperation with Sina Home Furnishing, Casa Media, Design Gravity and other industry media, as well as major city associations, to regularly create boutique salons such as "Design Selection Circle", "Life Aesthetics Circle" and "Tuowei Symbiosis Circle", linking many people Designers and many well-known brand companies have joined forces to speak out through industry media, and through channels such as designer personal columns, design interviews, etc., to help designers build their personal IP, speak out for good design, and make good design visible.
DDC think tank
Online and offline design ecosystem
DDC not only lays out interactive experience operations for offline activities, but also officially launched the "DDC Think Tank" online empowerment platform in 2023. By building an online platform for supply and demand docking, design material selection, and procurement services, we link outstanding designers and brands to showcase the latest home furnishing products and industry trends, and build a design ecosystem that integrates online and offline.
10
Good furniture·Made in Dongguan
2023 Home New Media Conference
With the penetration of mobile Internet into our work and life, and the strong development of new media platforms, the value of online channels and traffic is becoming more and more important. The 2023 Dongguan International Design Week teamed up with leading new media platforms and e-commerce industry associations to jointly plan and organize the 2023 Home New Media Conference. It aims to build a dialogue platform for new media experts, enterprises, experts and scholars to discuss the development of new tracks, encourage outstanding creators to move forward, promote exchanges and cooperation between brands and new media channels, and provide new media platforms and Daren provides strong supply chain and industrial chain support.
Dongguan Furniture Collective Voice Working Conference and Dongguan Furniture Industry New Media E-commerce Development Summit
On October 25, the Dongguan Furniture Collective Voice Work Conference and the Dongguan Furniture Industry New Media E-commerce Development Summit, organized by Fang Runzhong, General Manager of Exhibition and Trade of Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center, were successfully held at the Famous Furniture Organizing Committee. Hou Weijia, chief of the e-commerce section of the Dongguan Municipal Commerce Bureau, Yang Gongzi of Douyin's annual MCN organization Wuyou Media Group, Xiong Jiantao, the honorary chairman of the China Home Furnishing Brand Alliance, and Dongguan furniture such as Chuangyu, Huahui, Wanhengtong, Medi, Changshi, and Yuzhai Business leaders and others came to the event. This new media summit aims to call on Dongguan furniture companies to develop together and jointly contribute to expanding the reputation of Dongguan furniture industry.
Dongguan Famous Home Furnishing Live Broadcast Base is established to launch the 2023 Dongguan Furniture E-commerce Live Broadcast Festival
On November 10, the Dongguan Good Furniture Douyin Empowerment Training Conference "Unlocking Traffic Passwords to Leverage the Incremental Market" jointly held by Dongguan Famous Furniture Club, Douyin, and MCN organization Xinju.com was successfully held at the Famous Furniture Expo Park, and was officially announced for the first time. Dongguan Famous Home Furnishing Live Broadcast Base, and announced the 2023 Dongguan Furniture E-commerce Live Broadcast Festival, taking an important step towards building the Dongguan furniture industry e-commerce ecosystem.
As an exhibition and trade platform, Famous Furniture Fair will use the country's original innovative model of exhibition and trade integration - front exhibition and back store, front store and back factory, to open up the five-in-one home furnishing industry from design, research and development, production, exhibition and trade. The chain closes the loop and promotes the high-quality development of Dongguan furniture.
Dongguan itself is thecapital of home furnishings and a large furniture manufacturing base. At the same time, many well-known home furnishing companies have grown up in Dongguan, laying a solid industrial foundation. The 51st Famous Furniture Exhibition in 2024 hopes to use the appeal of its own exhibition and trade platform to unite 100+ local furniture companies in Dongguan and gather new forces inDongguan to create a "Dongguan Furniture Design Museum" with artistic furniture and soft furnishings. The diverse and fashionable presentation of the furnishings reflects the manufacturing aesthetics of Dongguan furniture. This is not only a furniture design immersion experience hall, but also "a place to create beauty." Dongguan Furniture Design Museum, let us speak for Dongguan furniture together! Correct the name of Dongguan Furniture business card!
New
2024 evolution
2024，In 2023, the market environment is completely confusing. In 2024, the industry needs promoters of industry change. We need the power of evolution to realize the iterative upgrading of the industry. Famous furniture exhibitions need to lead the high-quality development of the industry. From March 15th to 19th, 2024, a higher quality, more effective and more accurate industrial exhibition - the 51st International Famous Furniture (Dongguan) Exhibition is ready to go! We will lead everyone to evolve together in the challenges and opportunities of the future.
Post time: Jan-24-2024