Magis, Kartell, Flos at the Salone del Mobile — Milan 2025 Takeaways

The staggering size of the Salone del Mobile requires a targeted approach, and the first tightening of scope necessary is determining how many days you wish to explore it in. If with time constraints you are limited to one, as we were, it is going to be, A. a very long day, and B. a compromise from your first step. Core77 has always favored the youngster's endeavors on display at the Salone's Satellite area, and time spent there means even less to make one's way through the labyrinthine halls to see what the titans of the field have on show. Here are three exhibits we enjoyed:MagisFun, eclectic, Twain chair, Konstantin Grcic, 2024 Tacito storage cabinets - years of prototyping shows in the way the doors open and shut on these. Alessandro Stabile, 2024The IN-SIDE collection (2024) designed by Thomas Heatherwick ...Paul Cocksedge, Squash mirrorsAn oldie but goodie, the Steelwood shelving:Ronan Bouroullec, Ancora collection of concrete tables and chairsSouth, outdoor chair, Konstantin Grcic, 2023, with fabric coverKartellPiero Lissoni's TRAYs in a new palette, tone-on-tone shades replace chrome metal frame, for the better in our opinion...Forever impressed with the single-mold UNCLE JACK couch 190 cm long (Philippe Starck)The Sound-Rack polycarbonate modular shelving units, set up 3x3... so $8000 +/-, some good margins!Lillybet by Ludovica Serafini + Roberto Palomba - Very crisp upholstered form ...The ADAM WOOD (Starck 2021) , $7000 ish ... Flos (at Euroluce)The products were excellent as was the exhibition thanks to Formafantasma's accompanying videos... Luce Sferica and Luce Cilindricaby Ronan BouroullecThe Glowing Track by Flos Architectural ...Nocturneby Konstantin GrcicLinked, by Michael Anastassiades - Modular sections of glass tubing with metal contacts at their hooked ends, passing electricity down a chain of them.See more of our 2025 Milan Design Week coverage here:/// - - - - M-I-L-A-N-O - 2-0-2-5 - - - - ///

May 1, 2025 - 23:22

The staggering size of the Salone del Mobile requires a targeted approach, and the first tightening of scope necessary is determining how many days you wish to explore it in. If with time constraints you are limited to one, as we were, it is going to be, A. a very long day, and B. a compromise from your first step. Core77 has always favored the youngster's endeavors on display at the Salone's Satellite area, and time spent there means even less to make one's way through the labyrinthine halls to see what the titans of the field have on show. Here are three exhibits we enjoyed:

Magis

Fun, eclectic, Twain chair, Konstantin Grcic, 2024

Tacito storage cabinets - years of prototyping shows in the way the doors open and shut on these. Alessandro Stabile, 2024

The IN-SIDE collection (2024) designed by Thomas Heatherwick ...

Paul Cocksedge, Squash mirrors

An oldie but goodie, the Steelwood shelving:

Ronan Bouroullec, Ancora collection of concrete tables and chairs

South, outdoor chair, Konstantin Grcic, 2023, with fabric cover

Kartell

Piero Lissoni's TRAYs in a new palette, tone-on-tone shades replace chrome metal frame, for the better in our opinion...

Forever impressed with the single-mold UNCLE JACK couch 190 cm long (Philippe Starck)

The Sound-Rack polycarbonate modular shelving units, set up 3x3... so $8000 +/-, some good margins!

Lillybet by Ludovica Serafini + Roberto Palomba - Very crisp upholstered form ...

The ADAM WOOD (Starck 2021) , $7000 ish ...

Flos (at Euroluce)

The products were excellent as was the exhibition thanks to Formafantasma's accompanying videos...

Luce Sferica and Luce Cilindrica
by Ronan Bouroullec

The Glowing Track by Flos Architectural ...

Nocturne
by Konstantin Grcic

Linked, by Michael Anastassiades - Modular sections of glass tubing with metal contacts at their hooked ends, passing electricity down a chain of them.

See more of our 2025 Milan Design Week coverage here:

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