Due to varied participants from all over the world, we have some question related to our hard copy requirements. To accomplish that request, we have decided some regulations adjustment. Please read carefully:

1. The deadline of design submission is extended until April 19th, 2010 at 23.59 local Indonesian time. This extended submission deadline is only for those who have registered before the deadline on March 29th, 2010. Those who already obtain registration numbers are still welcome to submit more design by informing us and we will give you more registration number. A new participant can’t register from our regular method since our automatic registration form will be closed after our deadline on March 29th, 2010.

2. The deadline submission for hard copy is extended until May 8th, 2010 to give enough time for it to reach our office in Surakarta, Indonesia. But please send the hard copy immediately.

3. If there is a problem sending the hard copy of the design due to delivery cost, the participants can send ONLY affirmation letter. So, the participants are allowed to submit the design in soft copy but it is a MUST to send the affirmation letter in hard copy. Please note that in case we have a tied scoring, we will decide the winner is the one who have submitted both design and affirmation letter in soft copy and hard copy.

If there is any further question, please fill in our contact form from our website www.furnituredesigncompetition.com/faq

All of IFFINA participants are producer, exporter, manufacturer, and wholesalers or retailers, small & medium enterprises of furniture and handicrafts industry in Indonesia. This is the third opportunity for AQSA Living joining the exhibition. In IFFINA 2010 our booth is at Hall A (A2-048), you can meet us there with our brand new collection of wood furniture.

Meet these entire participants in the exhibition where you could chance on the appropriate producers or suppliers. Do not miss this great opportunity!

click here to see AQSA Living booth map in IFFINA 2010

Signing MoU between Jordan and Solo companies.

They were invited by Major of Surakarta Mr Ir. Joko Widodo which purpose is to sign the MoU among the furniture exporters regarding of business relationship between Jordan and Solo companies. There are several companies which signed the MoU and one of the companies is Aqsa Living.

Agreement of cooperation between Jordan and Surakarta

SET DESIGN CATEGORY
1st winner. Nguyen Thanh Nham from Ha Noi city – Viet Nam
2nd winner. Enriko Maradona Thamrin from Sukabumi – Indonesia
3rd winner. Winta Sekundatia Adhimena from Yogyakarta-Indonesia

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY
1st winner. Sukmadi Rafiudin from Bandung – Indonesia
2nd winner. Sashia Rosari from Jakarta – Indonesia

All winners were attending the award presentation that was held in Surakarta, Central Java Indonesia on Monday, 10 August 2009.

We also informed that AQSA Living Furniture Design Competition 2010 has been launched on 10th August 2009 by Mr. Ikhwan Asrin, Deputy State Minister of Cooperation and Small Medium Enterprise of Republic of Indonesia. The information will be available starting 1 September 2009 on www.aqsaliving.com and detailed info will be provided in www.furnituredesigncompetition.com.

The opening day of this event will be on Friday, 10th August 2009 at Graha Solo Raya. It is scheduled that the States Minister of Cooperatives Small & Medium Enterprises Republic of Indonesia, Drs. Suryadharma Ali, Msi will be there to open the event. His presence in that event has been made sure by information got from Marketing Deputy of States Ministry of Cooperatives Small & Medium Enterprises Republic of Indonesia on last Friday, 31st July 2009. For your information, this event is the first expo held in Graha Surakarta building. All this time, the building located in the Gladak area, Solo, is used as BKAD office.

As for Aqsaliving, this event is the final series of International Furniture Design Competition. “As it is known that since last February, we have conducted this competition, and not less than 139 participants are noted having submitted their work Together with ASMINDO Solo Raya, we will also display the work of the ten nominators who have chance to be the winner,” said Wahyu Hanggono, The main director of PT Aqsaliving Solo.

The competition which provides total reward of about US$15,000 gives chance to public to have direct look at the prototype of the ten nominators’ works. The judging process to decide the winner will also be done during 12 days of the expo. “This competition will be held regularly every year,” add Wahyu.

Information centre

Meanwhile, to Asmindo Komda Solo Raya, this exhibition is a chance to the local people to know further about the local furniture products.
R David Wijaya, head of ASMINDO Solo Raya, said that his team will show the furniture products in export quality from at least 20 furniture companies.
“This event is held coincide to the momentum of idl-fitr. So that’s why we will offer special price under market-rate. About the Graha Solo Raya building, it is expected to be a kind of Solo Raya Information Centre. However, it won’t be only about furniture but overall potential aspect in Solo which can be accessed by public, for instance, tourism information, UKM, industry and food. Instead, it has sufficient facilities” said him.
Completing the 26 stands before, PT Telkom Solo declared its availability to support this event, said Dwi Heriyanto, General Manager of PT Telkom Solo.
“We will open free hot-spot until 12 days full. Besides, in our stand, there are trained instructors ready to give the supervision of producing web to the visitor. Hopefully, it can be fully utilized by them either by looking at the furniture product from the local company and also an opportunity to enrich IT” said him.
This event will last for 12 days, August 10th-21st 2009. Open everyday from 10 a.m. until 21 p.m.
“Except at the last day, concerning about the 1st day of fasting month in 2009, we open at 9 a.m. and close at 21 a.m.” said one of the crew.
Solo, July 7th 2009
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Contact: M Isnaini 081 1263 2626 / 0271 8081288

1. Adi Muchdillah (Yogyakarta – Indonesia)
2. Ardhi Febriyantoro (Semarang – Indonesia)
3. Ari Arsono Boedisantoso (Tangerang – Indonesia)
4. Enriko Maradona Thamrin (Sukabumi – Indonesia)
5. Nguyen Thanh Nam (Ha Noi city – Viet Nam )
6. Sashia Rosari (Jakarta – Indonesia)
7. Sukmadi Rafiuddin (Bandung – Indonesia)
8. Theophilus Wijaya Suryanto & William Tjhi (Semarang-Indonesia)
9. Topo Handoko (Yogyakarta – Indonesia)
10. Winta Sekundatia Adhimena (Yogyakarta-Indonesia)

The next stage of judging will be held on 24 July 2009. And finally, the winners will be announced on 25 July 2009. May the best design win!

*[update] due to technical difficulties, we’re sorry to announce that the announcement of our competition and award seremony will be scheduled on august 2009.

The winner prizes will be awarded on Awarding Night of AQSA LIVING Design Furniture Competition that will be held on 25 July 2009 at Balaikota Surakarta. As a note, winner’s accommodation will be AQSA Living responsibility.

*[update] All winner prizes will be sent to the mailing address.

Congratulation to all the winners and thank you to the participants of AQSA Living Blog Competition 2009. We truly hope that ideas, thoughts and advices about Indonesian Export from all the participants create motivation and inspiration to the element of Indonesia for Indonesian Export progress.

PT. AQSA International

We are looking forward to see your inspirational designs which will enable us to realize our dream.

One of the exhibitions will be held in Indonesia is IFFINA: International Furniture and Craft Fair Indonesia on 11 – 15 March 2009 at Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, Jakarta – Indonesia. All of IFFINA participants are producer, exporter, manufacturer, and wholesalers/retailers, small & medium enterprises of furniture and handicrafts industry in Indonesia. Meet these entire participants in the exhibition where you could chance on the appropriate producers or suppliers. It is a right place to find a great number of brand new designs of furniture and craft product.

AQSA Living is one of Indonesian modern furniture manufacturers and also IFFINA 2009 participant. We will present our latest furniture designs. You can see the entire products on our booth at Hall A2-31.

AQSA Living has been launched on October 2008 in International Furniture and Craft Exhibition held in Jakarta for promoting the new name and new face of PT. Indonesia Antique. On the other hand, marketing team of AQSA Living decided to offer great discount for Year End Sale. “This is our way to introduce our new name with new design and better services to our customers, by offering special discount for this year end sale, we hope that we get many new customers and for the next, furniture market worldwide admit our quality and services” representative of Aqsa Living marketing team said.