Singapore wins hosting rights for FIND: Design Fair Asia, with at least three editions confirmed, starting from 2022. Photo Credit: Getty Images/ Prasit Rodphan
DesignSingapore Council and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is launching the inaugural FIND (Furniture, INteriors and Design) next year, in partnership with Fiera Milano, dmg Events, and MP Singapore.
Anchored in Singapore with at least three annual editions planned from 2022-2024, the inaugural edition will take place from 22-24 September next year at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre.
The hybrid FIND: Design Fair Asia will feature various country pavilions mixed with futuristic trend exhibits from independent brands and creators, as well as a 365 digital platform that will allow audiences to meet exhibitors before, during and after the event.
A total of about 500 exhibitors and some 15,000 attendees are expected to attend virtually and in-person over the three-day event.
Christopher Hudson, President of dmg events, said: “We are all very excited by this global opportunity. FIND fills a real gap in the market for a curated design global centrepiece that will service the fast growing and evolving needs of Asian customers. Singapore offers us the perfect regional hub from which we can connect the West to the East and help catalyse growth and creative collaboration. FIND has already secured strong global partnerships which pave the way for a really exciting launch in September 2022."
Andrew Phua, Executive Director, Exhibitions & Conferences, STB said: “This partnership reflects the industry’s sustained confidence in Singapore as a leading business events capital, and in the bright future of the MICE industry. Singapore is proud to host this event across three successive years and to uphold our reputation as a safe, trusted, and innovative MICE destination."
Added Mark Wee, Executive Director of the DesignSingapore Council: "We believe that this platform will spark fruitful new exchanges and collaborations in the years to come."
The first new international design fair to emerge in the neo pandemic era, FIND: Design Fair Asia will also be the official trade fair of Singapore’s design festival.
Fiera Milano is the same team behind HOMI, MADE Expo and Salone del Mobile; while dmg events holds a global portfolio of interior design, hotel and hospitality exhibitions and conferences as well as networking and digital communities across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the US. MP Singapore is a global events agency with more than 30 years of exhibition and conference organising experience and owners of the International Furniture Fair Singapore, IFFS.