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The launching of FURMINGO, an evolution of Interior Design Industry has certainly created some fresh sparks in the marketplace. With its tagline Design Beyond Imagination, the Interior Design Software Platform aims to make interior design hassle-free and affordable for everyone. FURMINGO is the first web based interior design platform in South East Asia.
The journey of FURMINGO began with an invitation to Frank Wong to become one of the investors. When this opportunity came knocked the door, the experienced Interior Designer invested without hesitation. The reason is simple, being an Interior Designer himself, Frank understands how time consuming it can be for an Interior Designer to render a 3D plan the traditional way. “Sometimes, it can take up to weeks to come out with one plan. Not only that, finding suitable furniture can be a big headache too. So, we hope to create something that can help to solve the problem, hence the birth of FURMINGO,” said Frank who later being appointed by the Management Team as the Group CEO for FURMINGO.
Holding on to a simple mission of helping more Interior Designers to get more work done in lesser time at a lower cost, FURMINGO allows its subscribed members to produce their work by using the software and later showcase their designs on the platform for marketing and publicity.
According to Frank, there is a huge potential for FURMINGO in the Malaysia and Singapore market. There was a total of 400,000 property transactions recorded in year 2015 for both markets, and a number of 37 interior design colleges in Malaysia and Singapore. “The statistics show that out of the 400,000 transactions, only 20% engages an interior designer, whereas 80% don’t. We are talking about a market size of USD10 Billion (interior design and renovation) and a total number of 20,000 Interior Designers and 5,000 renovators. They are our potential market, we are looking to drive them to our platform and convert them into our members,” he continued.
That is also the reason why FURMINGO has been working aggressively with a group of like-minded industry players to add more value to the platform. For example, it has recruited more than 100 merchants that contributed to its data center. Moving forward, the company is looking to have more and more merchants joining the business.
With the support from its merchant partners, FURMINGO is able to provide one-of-its-kind-type-of-services within a few clicks, which include features like:
Big Data Center – a myriad of furniture, decorative items, electronic products, etc to choose from.
Instant File Sharing – members can instantly share their masterpiece online or offline.
Instant Quotation – as every item in the data center is listed with its real-time price, one gets an instant quotation the moment their render their design.
Connecting Merchant Directly – the details of the merchants are listed in the software, making them just a click away.
Cloud Storage – all the designs are stored on our cloud storage so the risk of losing it is minimal.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) System – the AI System provides an instant 3D view of the designs.
720°VR View – this feature provides better illustration where the designs can be viewed vividly on the computers or smartphones.
