The International Furniture Fair Singapore (IFFS), a massive sourcing platform and design-led exhibition that is highly regarded in the global furniture and furnishings industry, will take time off in 2020.
The decision, announced by IFFS chairman Ernie Koh on Monday, was made to allow the event to take a year to “rethink, review, revitalise”.
Koh said in a statement: “The global furniture and furnishings industry is changing rapidly as new technologies and new lifestyles have ushered in new challenges and spawned new opportunities.
“For IFFS to remain the most distinctive channel for regional and international companies – to penetrate the global market with alternative solutions and meet the ever-changing needs of tomorrow’s urban living, we need to transform (soon).”
Koh shared that “new, exciting and relevant themes” will be conceptualised to “elevate IFFS to the next level”.
As its key objective is to serve creative enterprises, IFFS will need to embrace transformation to help it survive economic gyrations and attract talented people to come on board. It will also need to capitalise on the technology revolution that is disrupting traditional business formulas and breaking established design mindsets.
The last IFFS was held from March 9 to 12 this year at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre.
