Current products
Energy-saving lamps - good light with less electricity
的topic of energy efficiency continues to gain relevance due to the current crises. Beyond the aspect of environmental friendliness, long-lasting and energy-saving LED lights help to somewhat dampen the rapidly rising electricity costs. We present a selection of efficient LED lights from manufactu...
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Products from the ambista-network
Innovative textiles with specific functions
Today, textile fibers and fabrics can do much more than merely look good: They improve room acoustics, have a thermal insulating effect, are flame retardant, UV-resistant or mold-resistant. We present seven products that surprise you with their special additional functions.
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Current products from the ambista network
Sustainable furniture from recycled materials
From plant-based plastics to wooden planks made from old railroad cars - many materials can be sensibly recycled. We show you furniture and furnishings from ambista members that use recycled materials in imaginative ways or can be recycled themselves at the end of their useful life.
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New Work
Start-ups for the home office
With the home office, start-ups have also established themselves in the Corona pandemic for its design. The changed working world has created space for accompanying business models. Solutions developed before the pandemic have been further refined and new ideas for working from home have been develo...
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New developments
Changes in solar energy
的solar industry has changed - and not just in the last few months. New technologies and materials have shaken up the solar energy market and made it competitive. Whereas in the past, large areas on roofs or fields were needed to generate solar energy, today there are efficient products that can e...
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New business ideas?
Can the furniture industry benefit from the metaverse?
Many companies are currently asking themselves these questions: Should they catapult their offers into the metaverse or rather wait and see how the digital parallel world develops? There is much to be said for keeping calm. On the other hand, there is a lot to be said for courageously and experiment...
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Current examples
What makes an office building smart?
In view of the current energy shortage, the importance of smart office concepts is growing. Current examples show what the future of the office could look like. How can office buildings be designed for the future? The Fraunhofer Institute is addressing this question with the joint project Office 21....
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Material innovation
Superwood – material with a future
In fashion, fast fashion is no longer in vogue and the furniture industry is also looking for sustainable and durable solutions for its products. In cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, designer Sofia Souidi has now developed Superwood – a material that consists of recycled c...
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Products from the ambista network
Organic design is the trend
From the 1950s onwards, soft rounded shapes inspired by nature conquered rooms all over the world from Scandinavia and are now in great demand again. The style of organic design also includes design with natural colours, materials and motifs.
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Social Ads
How to scale your sales with Facebook & Co.
数字变化不停止在任何行业。的furnishing trade has also had to rethink in recent years and find new communication and distribution channels. Consumers have long since ordered books, clothes or the latest TV online from the comfort of their couch. When it comes to furniture, they...
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Current figures 2022
Consumer behaviour when buying furniture in times of Corona
How did the purchasing behaviour of consumers develop during the Corona pandemic? Answers to this question can be found in the statistical yearbook "Möbel Zahlen Daten 2022", published by Ferdinand Holzmann Verlag. In three parts, we highlight the studies and statistics on the German furniture indus...
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Brazilian Modernist Furniture
巴西的需求设计
Interior designers have rediscovered Brazilian modernist furniture: as vintage furniture or licensed reeditions. In addition, Italian manufacturers in particular are cooperating with a young generation of creative designers from São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro. In this way, design from Brazil is once ag...
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Green Marketing
Do good and how to talk about it
Sustainability is the big trend topic for all industries – and it is also playing an increasingly important role for the furniture industry. However, companies that are committed in this regard are often faced with the question: How do I communicate properly? Or should I rather leave it alone?
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FurNEARture
Trend towards proximity in furniture production
A living trend that trend researcher Oona Horx-Strathern has identified for the year 2022 is called "furnearture". We present manufacturers and products from the ambista network that correspond to the trend towards proximity and handcrafted production.
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Sink Green
Sink made from natural and recycled raw materials
Many companies are concerned about sustainability and a closed production cycle – including the German sink manufacturer Schock. With its new Cristadur Green Line, it now presents a sink that consists of around 99 % natural, renewable or recycled raw materials.
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Digital Selling (Bonus Episode)
Online marketing: Becoming more visible
Almost every purchase begins in the heart – not in the head and not in the paper bin either. But that's where countless unread brochures end up. That's why we talked to coach Leif Kania about marketing. The bonus to the series 'digital selling' gives suggestions on how to become more visible online.
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Pantone Trend Colour of 2022
"Very Peri": Current products in the trend color
的Pantone Color Institute has presented the current trend colour of the year. It is a shade of blue with a reddish-purple component and is called "Very Peri". We show furniture and furnishings from the ambista network that have a special effect in the new shade.
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