The furniture industry is about much more than making and selling chairs, tables and other inanimate items, particularly at those standout times when food and alcohol are involved. Here Furniture Fair Online furnishes the evidence...

Exhibitors are all smiles at the Design & Decoration cocktail party

These revellers include Home Beautiful Editor Wendy Moore (second from left), and design and US colour guru Mark Woodman, a speaker at the Furnitex International Industry Seminar Series.