Fairs·Furniture
IIFF Exhibition Stand
IIFF – International Istanbul Furniture Fair
BASELINE designs, builds and installs stands at Tüyap Fuar ve Kongre Merkezi ve İstanbul Fuar Merkezi (eş zamanlı) for companies exhibiting at IIFF.
- Venue
- Tüyap Fuar ve Kongre Merkezi ve İstanbul Fuar Merkezi (eş zamanlı)
- Next edition
- 19–23 January 2027
- Frequency
- Annual
- Organiser
- Tüyap Fuarcılık A.Ş. ve MOS Fuarcılık A.Ş., MOSFED desteğiyle
- Industry
- Furniture
Fair information is taken from the organiser's own source; confirm exact dates with the organiser.
Scale
Runs across both of Istanbul's major fairgrounds at once. The organiser states 1,000+ participants and 3,000+ brands for 2027 — these are forward-looking targets, not audited results.
International participation
The organiser targets 30,000+ foreign buyers from 150+ countries (target, not a result). Formed by the merger of the former Tüyap İstanbul Mobilya Fuarı and CNR IMOB.
Furniture
What a stand at IIFF has to solve
At a furniture fair the stand’s most important job is to stay out of the way; the product is the thing on show.
- 01The background is kept quiet: neutral colour, plain walls and few details let the form and colour of the product come forward.
- 02Pieces are shown as room sets rather than one by one, and each set gets its own floor finish and its own lighting temperature.
- 03Lighting is designed per piece; warm light around 3000K renders timber and upholstery properly, while a single flat wash from above kills them.
- 04Furniture goes in last and damages easily; nothing is brought onto the stand before painting, dust and cutting work are finished.
Venues
Tüyap Fuar ve Kongre Merkezi ve İstanbul Fuar Merkezi (eş zamanlı)
Some of the fairs on our list are held outside the five main fairgrounds, or across more than one centre at the same time; in those cases the binding information is not a venue’s general data sheet but the technical manual the organiser issues for that edition.
Do not bring your assumptions with you
Nothing that holds at a standard fairground can be assumed at a non-standard venue: the freight door size, the clear height, whether forklift service exists at all, how much power is available, how many days before opening the build starts. At these venues the only source is the technical manual the organiser issues for that edition, plus a site visit where one is possible. If no visit can be made at quotation stage, the design is drawn to the most restrictive assumption.
Fairs that run across two venues
When a fair runs across two fairgrounds at once — as the Istanbul furniture fair does — that means two technical manuals, two build-up windows and two vehicle access regimes. If you are building at both, crew, freight and materials are planned as two separate jobs; a schedule that relies on one team shuttling between the two during the day falls apart on the first morning in Istanbul traffic.
Fairs
IIFF: common questions
When and where does IIFF take place?
IIFF runs from 19–23 January 2027 at Tüyap Fuar ve Kongre Merkezi ve İstanbul Fuar Merkezi (eş zamanlı) in İstanbul.
Venue and month belong to the edition rather than to the fair, and both can change from year to year — several fairs on this list have moved venue or slot. Always confirm the dates and the hall against the organiser’s own announcement.
What drives the stand design for IIFF?
The design is driven by what the product on show asks of the stand, not by the name of the fair: at a furniture fair the stand’s most important job is to stay out of the way; the product is the thing on show.
The background is kept quiet: neutral colour, plain walls and few details let the form and colour of the product come forward.
What should you watch for when building a stand at Tüyap Fuar ve Kongre Merkezi ve İstanbul Fuar Merkezi (eş zamanlı)?
At a fair held outside a standard fairground, nothing about freight door size, clear height, forklift service or available power can be assumed; the only sources are the technical manual the organiser issues for that edition and, where possible, a site visit.
Nothing that holds at a standard fairground can be assumed at a non-standard venue: the freight door size, the clear height, whether forklift service exists at all, how much power is available, how many days before opening the build starts. At these venues the only source is the technical manual the organiser issues for that edition, plus a site visit where one is possible. If no visit can be made at quotation stage, the design is drawn to the most restrictive assumption.
When should preparation for a stand at IIFF start?
Preparation is planned backwards from the organiser’s deadlines rather than from the fair dates: the day the stand drawings go in for approval, the day the power and rigging applications close, and the hour the build-up window opens. For this fair the fixed point is 19–23 January 2027, and the schedule is built back from there.
At quotation stage we need four things: the plot number and hall, the plot dimensions, the plot type (island, corner, in-line or peninsula) and the organiser’s technical manual for that edition. If the plot has not been allocated yet, design starts from the most restrictive assumption and is updated once the allocation arrives.
Who approves the stand drawings for IIFF?
The stand drawings are approved by the fair authority — that is, the organiser, which for this fair is Tüyap Fuarcılık A.Ş. ve MOS Fuarcılık A.Ş., MOSFED desteğiyle. Approval comes before build-up, and we prepare and submit the file as the contractor.
The file generally contains dimensioned plans and elevations, heights, the materials used and their fire classification, and the electrical load list — plus structural calculations and engineer sign-off where there is a second storey or any rigging. Deviating from the approved drawing on site can end in an instruction to dismantle.
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The next step
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Send us your floor plan, your square metres and your date. On the first reply we will tell you plainly what is possible and what will not make it.
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