On February 13th, “Tokyo Olympics 1964 Design Project” opened in Tokyo Modern Art Gallery.
The Tokyo Olympics were not only a sports event, it also was a large-scale design project showcasing the skills of post-war designers.

Young designers from those times, Tanaka Ikkou among others, worked together on producing pictograms, the program and venue guide maps, guiding the visitors to Olympic facilities.

The exhibition is planned to be announced in the spring special number of Trade Fair News “Looking Forward to Invitation to Olympics”.

Retail industry is now an emerging market in South Korea which is the next largest market after manufacturing industry that account for 7.5 percent of GDP.
Thus the first “K Shop Fair 2013” will be held in South Korea.

There are 900,000 retail stores which the total store floor area is up to 125 million square meters in South Korea.
Entering this exhibition will be the key to exploring new market in South Korea, China and several Asian nations.

Due to its emerging market, South Korea will hold its first trade fair which covers the whole field of store-related goods.

website: www.kshopfiar.com

The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, UFI, announced on February 6th its creation of a South-American office as a new chapter after opening its chapters in Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. The chapter is founded with the aim of improving the South American’s influence on both the global economy and the International exhibition industry.

Mr. Xianjin Chen, UFI President, signed a memorandum of understanding with Mr. Andrés López Valderrama, the president of the Asociación Internacional de Ferias de America (AFIDA).
The two organizations agreed to work together for the continuous expansion and growth of the exhibition industry in the South American region and for a further effort to promote and support its members of the organizations.