Salão Design competition encourages the union between the furniture industry and the fashion world

Knocked-down furniture for the international market is the new category of Salão Design competition. Created with the support of the Brazilian Trade and investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), the Brazilian Association of Textile and Apparel Industry (ABIT) and the Brazilian Association of Fashion Designers (ABEST), the category contributes to the discovery of new talents in the market, encouraging the internationalization of the furniture industry through design, and challenges students, professionals and manufacturing companies  to develop projects focused on promoting the Brazilian design abroad. The requirement to enter this category is to have knocked-down furniture, a criteria aimed at minimizing logistics costs and increasing competitiveness, taking into consideration the production feasibility and possibility to enter the product into the market. The award winners will have their furniture exhibited at the lounges of important international fashion shows, a great opportunity to promote the Brazilian design.The registration for the contest is available until 11/18.Further information you will find in the web-site www.salaodesign.com.br