See you, hopefully, in 2021. This is, in a nutshell, the message coming from the design world, which, as for many other economic sectors, had to suffer the cancellations of all or almost all the relative fairs, due to the health emergency of 2020. In fact, after a moment in which COVID-19 seemed to have diminished its strength, it unfortunately reappeared in a significant way in Autumn.

Everything was then postponed to the next year, in which there will be, if everything goes smoothly, really just spoiled for choice; let's see what seems to happen in Italy.

Made Expo [Architecture, Construction, Interior Design]

In English language Made means "done" but in this case it is also the acronym for Milan, Architecture, Design, Construction. The expo scheduled at Fiera Milano March 17 – 20, 2021, will be focused more than ever on the home and on solutions and innovations to make it an increasingly safe and livable place, after the lockdown has relocated our houses in the first positions of the value scale.

There will be four main exhibitions: Constructions and Materials; Building Envelope and Windows; Interiors and Finishes; Software, Technology and Services.

Salone del Mobile in Milan

It is the most popular design fair and furniture fair in the world: the Salone del Mobile (Milan Furniture Fair), after trying to postpone the 2020 edition to June, had to raise a white flag. The next edition of the Milanese event will be held April 13-18, 2021.

Next year there will be a real extraordinary edition of the Salone, concurrently as S Project, the Salone Satellite and the biennial fairs such as the Salone Internazionale del Bagno, Eurocucina, Euroluce, Workplace 3.0.

Cersaie

For almost forty years Cersaie has been the reference point for the world of the ceramic industry and bathroom furniture; after the cancellation of the 2020 edition, it postponed the appointments for exhibitors and visitors to Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2021 invariably at the Bologna Exhibition Center.

In the meantime, a series of virtual appointments have been launched through webinars at Cafè della Stampa, where you can exchange ideas and follow the live conversations on the zoom platform.

Homi Outdoor

Homi Outdoor, the historic Macef, has also decided to cancel the 2020 edition, and will return Sept. 11-14, 2021, again at Fiera Milano in Rho. In the meantime, while waiting for the next edition, HOMI Outdoor HOME & DEHORS has created new initiatives. Among these is the #HOMIcommunity project which offers companies a platform of continuous visibility, designed to relaunch images and stories of individual exhibitors, in order to create a digital hub constantly available to all players in the sector.

Architect@work

Architect@Work, the professional event dedicated to architects and companies part of an international network, operating in many countries and based on an innovative exhibition format, skipped the Milan edition that should have taken place in recent days. In 2021 it will held two events in Italy: in Turin on Oct.20-21 and in Milan on Nov. 3-4. The Rome edition will be held in 2022.

Mostra Convegno Expocomfort MCE

The Mostra Convegno Expocomfort, the prestigious global showcase for companies in the HVAC+R, renewable sources and energy efficiency sectors has also been definitively postponed to March 8-11, 2022.

The MCE, scheduled at Milano Fiera in Rho, will be preceded by a live+digital version, an On-life Experience scheduled for April 8-9, 2021.