Largest furniture trade fair in the Baltics Riga Furniture and Interior 2024 coming your way this October!

Ķīpsala Expo Centre will host the long-awaited international furniture, interior and design trade fair Riga Furniture and Interior 2024 from 11th to 13th of October. Three-day trade fair will see various brands offering their most recent furniture lines, original design items, interior textiles and furniture accessories to everyone who visits Ķīpsala.


“This year’s fair includes numerous innovative and functional furniture items for different settings. Exhibitor booths will not only showcase and offer to buy furniture as several exhibiting companies have also promised to show visitors how complex and simultaneously elegant manufacturing process can be. Expert advice from industry professionals, consultations, open, creative, engaging and inspiring environment – these are the best words to describe this year’s fair,” says Riga Furniture and Interior director Edgars Skara.

Riga Furniture and Interior 2024 will welcome more than 200 participants and their newest products from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Ukraine. There will be professionals from furniture, interior and design shops, artists, interior designers, architects, lighting and sound experts, textile, accessory and interior design product manufacturers. Visitors will have an opportunity to see and buy modern and useful items for their home and also order various custom-made items.

Interior design consultations
Are you in the process of remodelling your house? Then Riga Furniture and Interior 2024 is the best place to access the expertise of interior designers. Come to the fair and get advice from experts on how to model the space around you. Professionals will offer their insight into best balance between functional and aesthetic characteristics for any type of room.

Inspiration for new projects
Trade fair will also offer plenty of useful professional information. On 11 October, the first day of the fair, visitors will be offered to attend the conference organised by Latvian Designers Association “Design UNFOLDED - conversations, experiences, challenges”. Young, ambitious and professionally accomplished local and international speakers will offer their take, understanding and experience, revealing how to face complex challenges, prepare yourself for success and follow your dreams.

“Furniture manufacturing in Latvia and around the world today and tomorrow”, organised by Furniture Producers Association in Latvia and supported by Forest Development Fund, is another conference that will take place on the first day of the fair. It will inform industry professionals about current requirements of European regulations and Latvian legislation, how to make your products competitive, what challenges are faced by exporting companies and what the future holds for the industry. Speakers will include raw material suppliers, partners and, of course, manufacturers that focus both on local and export markets.
 
First ever pop-up gallery ARTISTS RUNWAY
This year Riga Furniture and Interior will also have its first ever pop-up gallery ARTISTS RUNWAY. It is a concept developed by artist Ildze Ose and architect Andis Alksniņš who collaborated with curator Uldis Jaunzems-Pētersons. The aim of the pop-up gallery is to launch well-known artists to even greater stardom while also giving much-needed exposure to up and coming young talents whose name and signature works are yet to find their way to bigger masses. ARTISTS RUNWAY will showcase works by Baiba Feoktistova, Kristīne Rublovska, Ilze Krastiņa and other artists.