Arflex
In a stand design created by long-term collaborator Bernhardt and Vella that celebrated contrasts, tactility and colour, Arflex paid homage to Cini Boeri, the Milanese designer who would’ve celebrated her 100th birthday this year. Several of her designs, like the Bobon, Boborelax and various iterations of Strips, designed between late 1967 and 1977, took centre stage alongside new products designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune and Neri & Hu.
Bobon, designed by Cini Boeri in 1967, is one of the first examples of a single-block bench made exclusively of polyurethane foam without an internal frame.
Boborelax, created from Bobo also in 1967, makes up a curious family of essential furnishings, an example of pure design, without labels and adjectives.
Strips Bed and Sofa bed, designed by Cini Boeri in 1972, features a clever cover that becomes part of the bed itself. By opening a simple zip, the bed is ready to go, with only a pillow needing to be added.
Strips 77, designed by Cini Boeri in 1977, is a modular sofa that revolutionised the furniture market.
Yuzu by Claesson Kovisto Rune is a comfortable armchair that’s small in scale but big in personality. Its signature shape resembles a small creature or a fictional character like Pokemon.
Solace by Neri&Hu features a slimline frame with a signature bent front foot detail. This line extends up, continuing to define the chair’s legs, armrests, and back support.
From Arflex’s design archives, the Casablanca sofa represents the perfect fusion of comfort and elegance. Its dimensions invite rest and relaxation.
Listone Giordano
Famous for being the first company to patent its multilayer parquet 40 years ago, Listone Giordano’s Salone presentation was an homage to ‘Natural Genius’. It is not merely a collection but a philosophy and an artistic vision that allowed Listone Giordano to recruit respected global designers and harness their version for original and elegant wooden floors some 20 years ago. Surfaces where form, style and technology converge in a unique and unrepeatable material experience. Michele De Lucchi's initial intuition with the Medoc collection, Daniele Lago's geometries with Slide, Patricia Urquiola's seductive curves with Biscuit and Paola Lenti's explosion of colours with Perigal define Natural Genius.
Graphit from Listone Giordano’s 2024 collection.
Medoc by Michele De Lucchi.
Biscuit by Patricia Urquiola.
Perigal by Paola Lenti.
Listone Giordano’s stand at Salone del Mobile.
Living Divani
Under Piero Lissoni's creative direction, Living Divani’s 800-square-metre stand at Salone del Mobile was conceived in an industrial, ultra-contemporary style. Original geometries intertwined with new products to compose new elements, becoming part of the collection. A design standout is Echoo by Piero Lissoni – a sofa hugged by a shell creating a tension between supreme visual harmony synonymous with the brand, while introducing a touch of the unconventional.
‘A very precise architectural scale, an industrial use of materials. This year the space does not look like a simple stand, but like a building with a semi-transparent and metallic façade. A rhythm made visible by light, as if it were caged in a giant lamp; it is the play of chiaroscuro that marks the time of everything.’
Piero Lissoni
‘Echoo is like the echo that returns a distortion. It’s not straight but it bends at a certain point, that’s its beauty: it was born straight but then it was distorted.’
Piero Lissoni
Moooi
Moooi’s ongoing project, ‘A Life Extraordinary,’ revealed several new products. Highlights include Tubelight by BCXSY, a modern take on fluorescent light available in a 1.5-metre fixed or 5-metre flexible LED tube, and Big George by Cristián Mohaded, a generous seat with plush curves that appears much like a gentle giant ready to transform any room into a retreat.
Installation view of Moooi’s A Life Extraordinary.
Big George by Cristián Mohaded.
Tubelight by BCXSY.
Kartell
Kartell’s 'Urban Horizons' celebrated Milan’s urban and architectural essence. The stand featured a series of iconic monuments and buildings from the Lombard metropolis, depicted through bold graphic surfaces that create a futuristic urban skyline. These architectural elements provided a backdrop for showcasing new collections, designs, and mini-room settings on platforms throughout the exhibit.
HiRay love sofa. Joining the HiRay collection designed by Ludovico Seraffini + Roberto Palomba, thicker cushions and a more generous volume add a softer, cosier sofa to the range perfect for commercial and residential projects inside or out on the terrace.
HiRay Bar stool and table. The meticulously crafted bar stools and high tables within the HiRay collection by Ludovico Seraffini + Roberto Palomba are designed with residential and commercial specifications, and are tough enough for both indoors and outdoor settings.
Designed by Patricia Urquiola and inspired by the natural imagery of archipelagos, the collection of organically shaped 'mini islands' include sofas, armchairs, large, and small pouffes, each with graphic stitching and clever flexibility.
A new line by Piero Lissoni for Kartell, the Asia collection of two and three-seater sofas, and an armchair, has a compact enveloping seat with soft cushions and an elegant tray featuring Lissoni's recognisably refined aesthetic.
Belissima by Ferruccio Laviani is now available as a floor lamp. This new addition enhances its elegance and versatility, offering a sophisticated and functional lighting solution for any space.
Teresa by Ferruccio Laviani adds a new dimension to Kartell’s lighting collection. With its graceful curves reminiscent of unfurling petals, this lamp casts a warm and inviting glow.
The Luce lamp by Ferruccio Laviani casts a nod to the history of lighting with a contemporary interpretation. This lamp offers a versatile and adjustable light source featuring a curved structure that extends above the area to be illuminated. With its curved structure, Luce provides direct light without the need to be mounted on a table or vertical suppor
Kartell jumped on the Barbie train, launching a new collection of toys and consumer products. The multifaceted collaboration will see the toy production of five of Kartell's most iconic chairs (A.I., Venice, Louis Ghost, Masters, Ero/s) in actual doll size, all with a Barbie-inspired twist.