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A Brutalist Bathhouse in a Milan Wildflower Meadow
At Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Kohler and Richard Christiansen of Flamingo Estate trade R&D bravado for a copper bath, four cast iron pollinator vessels, and a meditation on ritual.
An Open System Ingo Maurer Never Meant to Finish
Ingo Maurer designed the YaYaHo wire system in 1984. In Milan, Axel Schmid’s team hung the same cables with new paper, LED strands, and small umbrellas that sit on top of the wire instead of dangling from it.
An Artist Whose Egyptians Are Woven, Not Carved
Gabriela Sagarminaga, the Bilbao-based founder of Sagarminaga Atelier, translated Ancient Egypt into life-sized fiber figures for Arte’s Milan Design Week pop-up in Brera.
An Italian Furniture Brand That Acts American
Enrico Colzani spent almost 30 years at Knoll before taking over Arper’s Americas business at the start of last year’s Salone. We met again in Milan during Salone 2026 to talk about the strange position of running an Italian design company that has spent decades engineering itself not to feel Italian.
Chris Wolston Turns Hands Into Furniture
The Touch Me, Feel Me Chair is a surreal design where material and touch converge.
Anna Karlin’s Slump Chair Turns Sculpture Into Seating
Fluid curves and sculptural form combine with ergonomic comfort.
Pedro Avila Reimagines Childhood Play in the Colo Armchair
The sculptural armchair evokes the curves of the body and the joy of motion.
Brian Thoreen Stacks Paper Into a Chair
A thousand sheets of manila paper reveal depth, shadow, and geometric elegance.
Joyce Lin’s GET PINK Chair Turns Insulation Into Art
Industrial foam and metallic surfaces combine to create a playful, uncanny lounge chair.
NICEWORKSHOP’s 378 Chair Engraves Nature into Steel
Industrial materials take on natural, tattoo-inspired patterns.
Marquel Williams Turns I-Beams into a Lounge Chair
Aluminum and leather combine to transform industrial form into functional elegance.
Magistretti’s Eclissé Rotates Light in Three Hemispheres
The light’s rotating forms let you shape light like a miniature eclipse.
Marianne Brandt’s Pendant Lamp HMB Suspends Light in Geometry
The Bauhaus classic balances geometric form with functional brilliance.
Isamu Noguchi’s Akari Lamps Wrap Light in Paper
Softened through paper, light becomes atmosphere.
King Living’s Zaza Redefines the Modern Sofa
A sculptural sofa that feels effortless but is engineered to last, the Zaza reflects a philosophy of comfort, customization, and enduring design.
Bocci’s 93 Series Captures Molten Metal Inside Glass
Designer Omer Arbel pours aluminum into glass spheres, then lets physics decide what happens next.
Inside the Horta House, MORPHO Feels Right at Home
Dieter Vander Velpen shot his debut furniture collection inside Brussels’ most important Art Nouveau landmark.
Romo Group’s New Collections Let the Materials Do the Talking
A partnership with Omexco is rewriting the grammar of the wall, one material at a time.
Mizetto’s CARGO Sofa Redefines How We Sit
The CARGO sofa by Mizetto was conceived as a shifting seating system designed not to hold a single fixed form, but to change depending on how it’s occupied. According to co-owner Richard Muskala, its identity is constantly negotiated through use. That quality becomes clear in the way people interact with it. Instead of sitting in
Stefon Diggs Reimagines “Home” Through Form and Function
The HOME I bench by Stefon Diggs starts with a simple idea: furniture doesn’t sit still in meaning. It can act as a seat, a table, or a sculptural object depending on how it’s placed and how people use it. It comes from Stefon’s larger HOME series, where each piece connects back to the idea
An Aesop Installation Built From What Milan Throws Away
You step out of the noise of Brera into the cloister of Santa Maria del Carmine, and before you’ve taken in the scaffolding wrapped in trompe-l’œil tarpaulin, before the lemon sorbet, before the four films of artisans turning brass on lathes, Aesop has already done the thing it does in every store. It has slowed
Dozie Kanu Takes the Keys: A Sculptor’s First Move at Knoll
OFFICE, the Belgian practice led by Kersten Geers and David Van Severen, has built the Knoll pavilion at Salone del Mobile for the fourth year running, again out of repurposed and recyclable parts. Its steel frames capture the mid-century modern aesthetic the brand is renowned for, while giving visitors a consistent worry that they may
Yinka Ilori’s Chasing the Sun: An Argument for Slowing Down at Salone
The room I’m standing in used to be a baroque church. Now it is bathed in a single shade of orange, the shade Veuve Clicquot has been calling Clicquot Yellow on its labels since 1877, and which Yinka Ilori has decided is, in fact, the color of the sun. Above me, a globe glowing that
Faye Toogood Floats a Bed at Poltrona Frau
Two years after the Squash chair, the British designer returns to the Italian house with a bed and a series of nightstands, and a case for putting both at the center of the room.
Maria Porro on Quality, Craft, and the Problem With Consumption
The President of Salone del Mobile on why furniture still matters, what quality looks like in 2026, and the case Porro is making at its showroom this week.
At Palazzo Fendi, Baguette Bags Were Being Made Upstairs
Maria Grazia Chiuri marked her return to Fendi with a re-edition of the bag she helped launch in 1997. The best part of the event was the floor most people would have missed.
Reference Library: Simone Bellotti Makes the Case for Reading at Jil Sander
The fountain in front of Castello Sforzesco is catching the late afternoon light when I walk over to Via Luca Beltrami, where a line has already formed outside Jil Sander’s Milan headquarters. Despite the cocktails and DJ down the hall, the exhibition room is quiet in a way Milan Design Week rooms almost never are.
Don’t Cut the Tree Down: How Range Rover Is Designing Around What Matters
A limited-edition Range Rover Sport SV, a Bugatti veteran, and Robert Redford’s restaurant make the case for design-first luxury.
How an Italian Brand Turned a Century of Woodworking into an Iconic Dining Chair
A chair conceived for comfort and built on a century of woodworking tradition.
Studio S II Wants Its Speakers to Feel Like Skin
Designer Erica Sellers wraps her Suspended Organs in hand-cast silicone that trembles under sound.
Atelier Fomenta Is Teaching Rubber to Stand Up
The Montreal studio treats sheet rubber like fabric, cutting and riveting it into furniture that holds its own.
AlUla Arts Festival Amplifies the Magnificence of the Desert
The 2026 edition of the AlUla Arts Festival continues an ancient legacy of culture, art, and imagination.
The Hay Bale Sofa Brings Farm Nostalgia Home
Designer Nicholas Baker turns childhood hay bale forts into a modular sofa system held together by straps.
Jialun Xiong’s Half Table Lamp Began as Folded Office Paper
The lamp that pivots like an eclipse and glows through raw silk.
Ancient Egypt Meets Paris Through Pilar Zeta’s “Mirror Gate II”
Carved from pharaonic stones and installed across from the Louvre, the portal bridges Cairo and Paris.
The Domino Side Table is Architecture Reduced to Its Essence
Stacked steel plates and thin posts play tricks on the eye, vanishing from certain angles to leave shelves floating in space.
The Perceptions Floor Lamp Turns Hospitality into Art
Hand-blown glass meets patinated steel in this piece by Known Work, where imperfections are the point.
Experimentation Becomes Illumination with the Echo 1 Table Lamp
Designer James Cherry creates sculptural lamps from recycled fabric saturated with resin, a handmade process he calls “makeshift fiberglass.”
How Yellow Studio Turned Café Tables Into the Grammys’ Signature Look
For the past five years, Yellow Studio has been responsible for the visual design of the Grammy Awards. Founded by production designer Julio Himede, the New York-based firm creates everything from the stage setup to the seating arrangements that have become a signature of the modern show. Days before the 2026 Grammys, I caught up
5 Design Trends We Saw at Maison&Objet
In a moment when so much design is filtered through screens and speed, Maison&Objet leaned into the opposite as a fair built around touch, craft, and the kind of “wow” that comes from standing in front of work that doesn’t need an explanation. Trade fairs are supposed to be efficient. You arrive with a list,
The Volvo EX60 and the Swedish Idea of the Future
In Stockholm, designer Sara Erichsen Susnjar stood beside a wall of swatches and wood veneers and began talking about the EX60 the way an interior designer might talk about a room. Sara, a Senior Color and Material Design Manager at Volvo Cars, has been with the company for nearly 20 years. Her vocabulary is less
Hats That Shape Fashion Into Art
From sweeping brims to gravity-defying forms, these designs turn every head into a work of art.
From Floor to Form: Armadillo Rugs as a Landscape for Fashion
With a focus on grown and natural fibers, Armadillo rugs frame clothing and space as a shared terrain shaped by texture and tone.
Fermob’s Balad Lamp Carries the Essence of Summer Evenings
Flowing garments and FERMOB lighting meet open fields, where gathered sun becomes something to carry and wander with.
Isolating the Senses with Mohawk Group’s MultiSensory Collection
The senses don’t operate in isolation. They layer, overlap, and inform each other in ways we rarely notice. With Mohawk Group’s MultiSensory collection, we isolate them: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch. Each image captures a single sense against textured carpet, where earth tones become anchors for how we experience the world.
Collectibles as Jewelry for Chicago’s Public Spaces
In this visual essay, collectible objects become jewelry for Chicago’s iconic public spaces.
Everyday Altars: Wolf-Gordon Frames the Rituals of Home
Everyday Altars captures the quiet ceremonies that root us to home through Wolf-Gordon’s Binya/Comya wallcoverings, created by Gullah Geechee artists and craftspeople. Each scene frames a moment of personal ritual against surfaces that speak to identity and belonging.
Artemest Furnishes a London Penthouse in Custom Italian Craft
Light, tone, and handcrafted detail converge in a home that makes contemporary Italian design feel lived-in.