“From 29 August to 3 September 2025, Feria Valencia opened its doors, cementing its status among the world’s major trade fairs alongside European capitals such as Paris, Milan and Berlin. This edition brought together…
“From 29 August to 3 September 2025, Feria Valencia opened its doors, cementing its status among the world’s major trade fairs alongside European capitals such as Paris, Milan and Berlin. This edition brought together 75 countries on an exceptional site — a true cultural showcase at the heart of a city that owes its identity to renowned architects, foremost among them Santiago Calatrava.”
The stands competed in creativity, showcasing high-quality furniture and products designed with respect for the environment, recycling and the social economy. The warm, convivial Spanish welcome added to the festive energy of the event.
This year, the fair strengthened its ties with the South, formalised through a partnership agreement signed with Morocco, represented by the Regional Council of the Order of Architects of the Centre (CROAC). Habitat Valencia and Textil Hogar 2025 occupied the three levels of the exhibition park, drawing more than 40,000 visitors despite a weather warning on the first day. The organisers reacted swiftly, extending opening hours until 8 pm to make up for lost time.
Among the new features, COCCINA SICI — a fair integrated within Habitat and Textil Hogar — becomes biennial to offer more space to kitchen installers and retailers. ISIMAR presented sustainably designed outdoor furniture made from recycled materials — a surprising reinvention for its founder, a former poultry farmer who turned his farm into a design workshop.
The Andreu brand, meanwhile, celebrated its 70th anniversary in style in an emblematic showroom blending brick-and-wood architecture with innovative social management — a shift that reflects the rise of family-owned manufacturers toward remarkable commercial performance.
Design schools also took part, working on the theme of last year’s devastating floods, known as “Dana.” Hector Serrano, winner of the national design prize, presented an exhibition and a film on the theme “Raíces” (Roots), celebrating the recycling of storm-damaged wood.
Across every stand, sustainability, local identity, luxury craftsmanship and well-being intertwined with innovative technologies. At the “Nude” space, backed by the Spanish government, young talents took the spotlight — among them Salma Byaz, a young Moroccan designer who created a stand entirely covered in recyclable paper, combining elegance with environmental care.
Between the Habitat and Textil Hogar fairs, the event stands out as an essential showcase of future trends, where technological innovation meets artisanal know-how. Modularity, comfort and multifunctionality remain the watchwords for meeting housing needs in smaller spaces.
Feria Valencia proves to be far more than a professional gathering: it is a genuine laboratory of ideas and creativity where the trends of tomorrow take shape. The perfect alliance of technological innovation and craftsmanship paves the way for a future in which design, sustainability and conviviality come together to reinvent our living spaces. This 2025 edition proved, once again, that Feria Valencia is an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
Selma Zerhouni
Amparo Bertomeu, Director General of ANIEME — the Spanish National Association of Furniture Manufacturers and Exporters — with Karim Sbaï, President of the Regional Council of the Order of Architects of the Centre.
On the occasion of Feria Valencia, a key event for the furniture and design industry, the Order of Architects of the Casablanca-Settat region signed a partnership agreement with the Valencia region. The notable presence of Karim Sbaï, President of the Order, marked this edition placed under the banner of Mediterranean cooperation.
On the fair’s main stand, ANIEME, the Spanish national association of furniture industries, played a central role. With more than forty years of international experience, this sector platform works to promote and support Spanish furniture companies in global markets.
The agreement opens the way to a new dynamic of exchange between Moroccan specifiers and Spanish suppliers. Spain and Morocco share not only geographical proximity but also deep cultural and artisanal affinities. The often family-run furniture industries of the Valencia region have, over the years, surrounded themselves with world-renowned designers in a strategy geared toward export and innovation.
The current context — marked by preparations for the 2030 World Cup, to be held in Spain, Morocco and Portugal — offers an exceptional opportunity for collaboration. Morocco, in the midst of an urban and hospitality transformation, is multiplying construction projects — hotels, residences and infrastructure — in which Spanish expertise can find its place. Calling on its European neighbours becomes a strategic imperative, and also a mark of trust in a Morocco advancing with ambition.
With this in mind, ANIEME intends to position the Valencia region as a preferred partner for Moroccan investors and specifiers. A first series of B2B meetings between construction-sector professionals is already scheduled for 25 November 2025, to bring this promising collaboration to life.
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