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1 – 5 March | 9.30 am – 6 pm PWTC & KLCC
The official sho w news of the Malaysian International Furniture Fair
Two Rights Make a Winner
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By Alexandra Wong and Mohd Rashdan Furnish Now writers
Everyone’s a winner at the Ideation awards… or are they? A prototype tweak here and a crank there, and finally, the search is over for new additions to the talent pool.
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Page 2 It was a battle for the Best Presentation awards. Find out who takes home the coveted titles for best booths. And the winner is…
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We dared you to go and you took us on! The result: there’s no ‘masquerading’ how much fun buyers can be when they take their masks off at Buyers’ Night.
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he Prize Presentation Ceremony we got to know and subsequently revealed an interesting facet established a partnership with about MIFF yesterday: the show Daniel.” connects right-thinking people with At least three other winners from the right people. the seven categories–which include In coming up with Banda, his Dining, Bedroom and Bedding, Sofa, winning entry in the Sofa category, Office, Outdoor, Occasional and Swiss architect and designer Daniel Children—benefited from powerful Korb cited his amazing collaboration collaborations. with Taz Corporation Sdn. Bhd. Kazutaka Ooki and Junichi “It took me twenty years to learn Sakaguchi shared design credits and get the right principles, but just for Ephiphy, Kokuyo (M) Sdn. Bhd’s. nine months to execute it,” Mr. Korb winning entry in the Office category. said. “With the right partners, you MERIT SILVER MERIT BRONZE MERIT Satoshi Shibasaki, MERIT creative mind of AWARD AWARD AWARD AWARDShibasaki AWARD AWARD can do it faster.” Inc.’s eco-friendly Alula Tan Ay Zing, managing director chair, winner of the Dining Category of Taz Corporation, elaborated: “MIFF category, drew inspiration from the has proven to be a great platform for personal motto of his father, company networking. It was at MIFF 2009 that President Toshihiro Shibasaki: “The Continued on page 2
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S p e c i a l Re p o r t A proud son of Malaysia’s Furniture Town—MIECO— muses its growing-up experience with MIFF.
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Take a break from the grindstone for an insider’s look at the mechanics of a successful business: Master Sofa.
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Page 6 A Japanese furniture czar breaks ranks to fall in love with Malaysia’s instead.
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MIFF gets a little hot under the collar at Masquerade Night…or more like just above the collar, as this man finds out. Note to the gentleman’s potential partners: it was all an act, on stage. Don’t kill the poor guy! Turn to page 12 for more great gala pics.
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