As global supply chains and consumer expectations continue to shift rapidly, the 57th CIFF Guangzhou returns on March 18–21 and March 28–31, 2026 with a clear mission shaped by its theme, “CONNECT·CREATE.”

CIFF strengthens its role as a global meeting point where brands, designers, manufacturers and buyers converge to explore new business models, reinforce industry connections and accelerate innovation across the furniture sector.

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53rd CIFF Guangzhou 2024
phase 1 – 18-21 March 2024
home furniture, homedecor & hometextile, outdoor & leisure furniture
phase 2 – 28-31 March 2024
office furniture, commercial furniture, hotel furniture and furniture machinery & raw materials

After pre-registration, you will receive a QR code through email. With this code, you can enjoy free entrance.

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lTheme: Revitalize

lExhibition Overview and Focus:

Marked as the largest gathering in Asia, this exhibition boasts an extensive array of categories and a diverse spectrum of brands within the soft furnishing realm. In 2024, it relocates to Exhibition Area D within the Canton Fair Complex, with significant enhancements in infrastructure, overall scale, and quality. This shift aims to maximize the geographical advantage, fostering greater collaboration and resource sharing amid the broader landscape of the China International Furniture Fair. Spanning 85,000 m² with the participation of 700 enterprises, it stands as the premier global platform for streamlined procurement of soft furnishing essentials for homes.

Key Highlights:

(1) Comprehensive Range of Products Covering Every Aspect of Soft Furnishing Needs:

Decorative Elements: Encompassing a wide spectrum including overall soft furnishing setups, lighting fixtures, smart illumination solutions, decorative artworks, installations, crafts, ceramics, glassware, floral arrangements, sculptures, vintage phonographs, timepieces, water features, unique gifts, cultural artifacts, aromatherapy products, compact furniture, and classical home essentials.

Home Textile Offerings: Featuring an array such as carpets, bedding, cushions, curtains, sofas, leather items, and more.

(2) Elevated Brand Lineup: The exhibition proudly showcases top-tier fabric brands and industry leaders like HIGOLD, ALMA, Artie, EVER GAINING,ShengWei,Gardenart,DERRY,MeiYaXin,VINEKO,Couture,DG,Mindo, among others.

(3) Unveiling New Products and Setting Trends:

The establishment of the Life Aesthetic Design Pavilion will spotlight present and future lifestyle aesthetics, showcasing life designs from diverse perspectives, and exploring novel approaches to living.

Introduction of the Soft Furnishing Brand Pavilion will host the highest concentration of brands, displaying avant-garde trends in Chinese soft furnishing, offering a comprehensive repository of materials for the industry.

Curating special exhibits such as OK Life Expo and the China Soft Furnishing Conference will focus on life aesthetics, gathering the latest and most trendsetting soft furnishing design concepts, leading in immersive exhibition experiences and intellectual exchanges. This initiative will guide the aesthetics of soft furnishing living while exploring forthcoming industry trends. 

Homedecor & Hometexile

l Theme: Blossoming

l Exhibition Overview and Focus:

Positioned as the global leader, the largest in Asia, and the top in the country, CIFF is dedicated to outdoor home furniture, setting unparalleled industry standards. Relocated to the 1/F of Exhibition Area B, the Canton Fair Complex in 2024, the updated area sprawls across a vast 55,000+ m² and houses over 300 exhibitors. Distinguished brands like Global Views, FH&HOME, FLOLENCO,auratic, FULI,COLOR WHEEL,A&B Home, MARSDEN,Crystal,Mega,Lumax,D·SKY,M&Sense,SANLOREN,Y will all shine at the event with below top attractions:

1. Offering a comprehensive range of outdoor living solutions, creating the ultimate ecosystem for “Outdoor Living” which includes a diverse array of outdoor furniture, sunshade systems, additional accessories, garden embellishments, grills, fireplaces, camping essentials, and much more.

2. Three primary segments that cater to diverse visions and needs in outdoor living and leisure.

Exhibitions on high-end design, brand globalization, and trends (12.1-13.1)

Showcases featuring auxiliary accessories, sunshade furniture, and innovative materials (9.1)

Displays of complementary furniture, embracing sunny lifestyles, and inspired materials (10.1-11.1)

3. Thematic exhibitions, interactive forums, and trend-setting engagements.

Experience the “Outdoor Home” thematic display.

A must-visit for designers, dealers, and international traders:

12.1-13.1: Essential for designers, dealers, and international traders

9.1-11.1: Essential for dealers, outdoor material selection, and international traders

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For some time now, CIFF has been investing to create the most important and professional business platform in Asia in the Outdoor Furniture industry aimed at the most influential international buyers and those companies that boast extraordinary production capacity, great quality and flexibility to be protagonists on the major international markets.

An increasingly central role is therefore reserved to the “Outdoor Furniture, Sunshade & Leisure” sector which, starting from this edition, will be relocated to Area B of the Canton Fair Complex to offer better visibility and usability within the fair.

During the first phase of 53rd CIFF Guangzhou, focused on to the themes of “Home Furniture” which will take place from 18 to 21 March 2024, over 350 exhibitors will be present in 5 halls on a total exhibition area of 55 thousand m2 which will be divided by thematic areas to guarantee a more professional and well-organized solutions to international buyers, retailers, purchasing managers and interior designers for contracts projects of hotels, resorts, villas, etc., who are expected in large numbers on next March in Guangzhou Pazhou.

High-end design brands will be concentrated in the Outdoor Furniture Design (halls 11.1 and 12.1), where an M-shaped path is planned to offer a better exhibition experience and highlight inspiring products and solutions. In the Outdoor Furniture (halls 10.1 and 11.1) there will be important Chinese and international manufacturers of garden and outdoor furniture; companies producing sun shading systems and accessories will be present in the Outdoor Sunshade/Materials (hall 9.1), while solutions for the camping, BBQ and sports equipment will be located in the Outdoor Leisure (hall 11.1).

“Go to the Wild”, co-organized by CIFF Guangzhou and Z Media between the South Lobby and the Middle Platform areas, is a special event full of interesting activities aimed at producers, buyers, media and industry experts who will have the opportunity to meet here, get to know each other, exchange opinions and generate new business opportunities. Furthermore, a series of forums will be particularly useful for learning and discussing about the latest trends in the Outdoor sector.

53rd CIFF Guangzhou 2024
phase 1 – 18-21 March 2024
home furniture, homedecor & hometextile, outdoor & leisure furniture
phase 2 – 28-31 March 2024
office furniture, commercial furniture, hotel furniture and furniture machinery & raw materials

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The Home Furniture section will give significant attention to Living and Dining Room Furniture in an offering which would, on its own, constitute the world’s largest trade fair dedicated to this product sector. Over 600 exhibitors—including Hobang, Senchuan, J&C, Grand Modern, Levia, Artsymen, Rudi, Bilaodian, DHF, and more—will occupy no fewer than 14 halls and 150,000 square metres of exhibition space at this year’s new location in Area C of the Canton Fair Complex and Area E of the PWTC Expo, following a reformulation of the fair’s concept and the reorganisation of the general exhibition layout.

This section will be especially focused on meeting the demands of international buyers and purchasing managers for large contract projects, as well as interior designers who will find a complete range of products and all kinds of ‘one-stop shop’ solutions for furnishing dining and living rooms—from dining tables and chairs to sideboards and stools, as well as coffee tables, TV stands, armchairs, and more. International companies will also find all the OEM/ODM services they need here, as well as opportunities for establishing manufacturing and sales partnerships.

The eight pavilions in Area C will be dedicated to Modern Furniture (14.1 and 15.1), Living Room Furniture (14.2), Living Room Design (15.2), Living Room Space (16.2), and Living Room/Modern Furniture (14.3–16.3).
The six pavilions in Area E will be dedicated to Dining Room Design (E1), Dining Space (E2), and Dining Furniture (E3–E6).
The CE Area Promenade is a route for international buyers to enjoy refreshments and additional space for meetings and negotiations in the Buyer Bar.

53rd CIFF Guangzhou 2024
phase 1 – 18-21 March 2024
home furniture, homedecor & hometextile, outdoor & leisure furniture
phase 2 – 28-31 March 2024
office furniture, commercial furniture, hotel furniture and furniture machinery & raw materials
For more information on CIFF please visit: www.ciff-gz.com

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What’s in a lamp?, Foscarini, Luca Font

• What forms has contemporary living adopted? 
• How has the concept of home evolved over the last few years? 
• How have domestic habits changed? 
• How are they likely to change over the next few decades? 
• What challenges do domestic spaces face right now in order to become more “habitable.”  

Our idea of home living is not set in stone but is subject to constant change. In any case, cities are becoming increasingly dynamic, technological and oriented towards the future, influencing our idea of home living. 

Cities these days are focused on sustainability with a view to improving their urban layout and making spaces more efficient, liveable and integrated with each other, on a human scale. Within this context, design represents a lens through which reality and its trajectories can be read, laying bare unprecedented consumer needs and habits. 

The new objects that populate domestic spaces are characterised by their future-oriented design, also in a more concrete sense – along with design and functionality, durability is an essential parameter when it comes to greater sustainability. Change has therefore become the leitmotif, along with increasingly present technological development, simplifying everyday processes and improving contemporary living.   

At Road to Salone 2024, the road trip through Europe and the United States, which gave an initial taster of the 62nd edition of the Salone del Mobile, the subject of contemporary living was central to the meetings with international designers, who threw original and enriching light on this particular theme. 

At the Cheval Blanc Paris, a historic Parisian building which revisited by Peter Marino, the famous designer Patrick Jouin underscored the fact that home living is in constant evolution, a key concept for the Salone del Mobile: “The number of family members changes, we’re living longer, and we become more attached to our homes as we get older. The Salone del Mobile is the place for staying in touch with these ongoing evolutions – what we learned in design and architecture schools is no longer 100% sufficient. We need to stay updated and adaptable, understand life in a broader, deeper sense. As a designer, I can say that you always need to strike a balance, and not be alarmed by the changes. Then you also need to know how to play it.”   

The London leg, which took place at the 5-star Bulgari London Hotel, which opened in 2012, designed by Antonio Citterio, featured the British designers  Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. In their presentation, the duo highlighted the fact that the last few years have been crucial in accelerating the processes of change: “Precisely because people spend more time at home than in the past, it has to be capable of serving a number of different functions. What we have found is the increasing rejection of rooms designed for a single function, in favour of larger, free spaces that by their very nature contain an element of multi-functionality. Spaces that are increasingly changeable and adaptable according to the different times of the day.” 

At the Hotel Wilmina in Berlin, a former women’s prison, the German designer Konstantin Grcic, underscored the fact that change cuts across different places and different cultures: “You can’t just talk about a single trend. The concept of home living is multifaceted and carries a different meaning in every culture – if we think about Asia, we realise that the spaces are smaller and more intimate compared to those in Berlin, where they are considerably larger. This also applies to the distinction between public and private, which varies a lot from culture to culture.” Grcic emphasised the centrality of the Salone del Mobile’s role as an opportunity to share ideas, concepts and trends: “The Salone is a physical space, it’s real, which is why it’s an unmissable destination.”   

In Denmark, at Villa Copenhagen, a hotel in the former Danish Post and Telegraph Company building, Luca Nichetto’s design project put the accent on the return of living spaces characterised by rooms with well-defined functions: “The concept of home living has changed a great deal over the last few years, the last ten in particular. We’ve moved from the open space concept to the realisation that designated rooms work  better. I hope to see fewer trends, rather a return to greater personalisation of spaces.” According to the Danish designer Felicia Arvid, the concept of home living has been transformed, making for a more permeable relationship between public and private spaces. Arvid emphasised the centrality of the Salone when it comes to “exploring the present whilst gleaning an idea of the future.”   

The “TALENTS” exhibition area originated from the background and resources of Design Shanghai and garnered industry attention when it was first introduced in 2020. “TALENTS” actively encourages self-expression and self-development of young designers, showcasing the diverse design voices of China’s new generation. In order to better support the growth of contemporary young designers and gradually complete the design ecosystem, “TALENTS” focuses on the differences in the design field between China and developed economies. It upholds the brand value of designing with a focus on “people” and provides young designers with professional career guidance.

Building on the success of the previous two editions of “TALENTS,” the 2023 edition will continue to invite Frank Chou, the designer and founder of FRANK CHOU DESIGN STUDIO, as the curator. The event will utilize the form of a “banquet,” a social gathering that is customary and represents unique expressions of “China relations.” Through a seated circle setting, the event aims to inspire creative works and discussions that deeply represent the modern attributes of China.

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Design Shanghai, the “TALENTS” exhibition area has undergone a comprehensive brand upgrade through the joint efforts of Design Shanghai, curator Frank Chou, and graphic designer Zhong Yi. The overall logo of TALENTS combines a graphic element with the typography of the word “TALENTS.” The graphic element resembles a “#” symbol, formed by intertwining the initials “T,” symbolizing TALENTS’ mission to help young designers grow faster and better by gathering and connecting designers with industry, academia, and research resources, and establishing and improving a design ecosystem based on the current situation in China. The typography is based on a simple and strongly industrial geometric sans-serif font while transforming the sharp uppercase “A” into a more calligraphic lowercase “a.” These details aim to better represent our expectations for future design with a sense of warmth and a more humanistic attitude.

The 2023 edition of Design Shanghai “TALENTS” has selected 22 groups/individuals as TALENTS through a strict admission mechanism, including 6 groups of past participants, 16 groups of first-time participants, and 1 group of overseas participants. The selection process fully considers young creators from multiple fields, including commercial design, art design, and conceptual design.

To help TALENTS expand the boundaries of design and explore market needs, the 2023 “TALENTS” has invited seven industry professionals—Aldo Cibic, Chi Wing Lo, Shen Baohong, Jamy Yang, Cao Feng, Zhu Hui, and Wang Xu—to form a strong mentorship team. They will provide young designers with more professional and effective career guidance, with a deeper focus on designing for people. Additionally, the 2023 “TALENTS” has introduced an award category for the first time, evaluating from four dimensions: “Best Theme Design,” “Best Commercial Product Design,” “Best Experimental Product Design,” and “Best Art Product Design.” Over twenty professional media representatives have been invited to the exhibition site to vote for the “Most Media Attention Award.” The winners will be announced and awarded in the “TALENTS” exhibition area on the morning of June 9th. The establishment of these awards aims to explore the potential and prospects of designers through their works.

Furthermore, Design Shanghai will continue to create various supporting design activities and workshops during and after the exhibition, promoting communication and collaboration between young designers and the design industry. It aims not only to communicate and promote in a language understandable to the market but also to actively facilitate dialogue and cooperation between young designers and the design industry, providing comprehensive support to each Talent.

Seated in a circle, engaging in dialogue with the industry;
Exploring the boundaries of design, investigating market needs;
Empowering young design talent, perfecting China’s design ecosystem;
Focusing design on people, making “you” become “a better you”!

List of 2023 TALENTS Mentors:

Aldo Cibic
Founder of Cibicworkshop; Honorary Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai

Chi Wing Lo
World-renowned Chinese designer, architect, and sculptor;
Founder of DIMENSIONE CHI WING LO Italia

Shen Baohong
Well-known domestic furniture designer;
Founder of U+ Design

Jamy Yang
Founder of YANG DESIGN
Forbes China’s most influential industrial designer

Cao Feng
Aesthetic communicator, design collector;
Founder of “Back to the 20th Century” classic design concept store

Zhu Hui
Founder of ziinlife

Wang Xu
Senior creative, media person;
Former Editor-in-Chief of “ELLE DECORATION China” (2003-2009) and ” AD China” (2010-2019)

About Design Shanghai

Design Shanghai emerged in 2014, showcasing the power of design to domestic audiences for the first time. Over the past ten years, Design Shanghai has continuously presented pioneering works from domestic and international design brands to global audiences, providing a unique platform for communication and trade. It has helped brands establish long-term business relationships with Asia’s most influential architects, interior designers, real estate developers, procurement managers, and private buyers. Design Shanghai has been instrumental in the evolution of the Asian design industry and has become an industry benchmark.

About the Curator

Frank Chou, product designer, curator;
Founder of FRANK CHOU DESIGN STUDIO;

Recipient of multiple international designer awards, the first mainland Chinese designer to collaborate with Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades. Additionally, he serves as the regional curator for “TALENTS” at Design Shanghai and is a co-founder of the “Create Cures” exhibition.

Maria Porro, President of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, had this to say: “The 61st edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano was an international success and we are really delighted that it exceeded expectations. The number of attendees makes for an exceptional result, which we worked very hard, deeply and radically for, to bring new meanings and values to the trade fair visit and create new experiences for the visitors who came along. We have learned several important lessons from this edition: we have learned that it is indeed possible to redesign a huge event like the Salone in order to propel it into the future, that sustainability really is achievable when the entire system pulls together, and that new content can be devised and employed in order to generate knowledge, growth and value. We are pleased at how we managed to put visitors at the centre, and at how they found their own way around, the facility with which they met their desired companies; with the opportunity the exhibitors had to introduce themselves and make themselves known not just to their target groups but also to new interlocutors with whom they came into contact thanks to the new layout; and to have provided opportunities for everybody at the fair to further their knowledge and growth thanks to the many talks and round tables and the exhibitions at Euroluce. We invested in quality and demonstrated our desire to carry on producing innovation and ‘telling the stories’ of our companies and our products. Yet again we have been the engine that has fired up the city. The contribution of the Italian Trade Agency ICE has been invaluable and irreplaceable, supporting us as we have opened out to new markets such as India, and growing markets such as America. Digital has also played a vital role this week, as it did the preceding months, allowing us both to make contact with new countries and to maintain a strong relationship with those unable to join us. I should like to thank everybody for their commitment: the companies who took part and put their money on their products, the organisers, the fitters and the curators who all put their faith in the event. We believe that everyone could feel the enthusiasm and the desire to provide a new, global and aware experience, in which it was the ideas and the cultural exchange that mattered, conscious that the way to build value over time is to think of the future and of the upcoming generations with SaloneSatellite.”