The Most Stylish Furniture Debuts at Milan Design Week
From compact lounge chairs that resemble corsets hugging a body to sleek chaises evoking the architecture of John Lautner
Unveiled across showrooms, palazzi, and the halls of Salone del Mobile, this year’s standout furnishings at Milan Design Week reflect a renewed focus on material depth and expressive construction. Designers mined architectural history, fashion codes, and craft traditions to produce pieces that assert presence through structure and surface. From modular sofas engineered for flexibility to cabinets treated as intimate sanctuaries, each work channels a distinct point of view that celebrates the act of making and artisanal handicraft.
1. Edra: Anywhere by Francesco Binfaré
The Anywhere sofa integrates Edra’s patented Smart Cushion with a design that interprets softness through movement and freedom. The backrests are engineered to rotate on a pivot, allowing for easy modification and interchangeable configurations.
2. Armani Casa: Borgonuovo Table
This Art Deco–inspired game table comes with a rotating central top that reveals a checkered playing surface, ideal for a round of chess or checkers. For discreet game piece storage, the piece is equipped with two storage drawers and an integrated pull-out cup holder to protect its brass-finished surface.
3. Promemoria: Delfi Madia Cabinet
The Delfi Madia Cabinet evokes a small domestic shrine through its compact yet architectural presence. Refined solid wood details define this statement piece, including a central recessed groove running between the doors and top frame. The doors, meanwhile, feature layered veneers in varied tones, stacked and milled to produce a textural three-dimensional surface.
4. Baxter: Zaho by Christophe Delcourt
The French designer opted for Grove marble for his latest sculptural creation, with the legs arranged in a corolla shape resembling the pages of a book. The natural stone features white and ivory tones, with darker veins running throughout.
5. Fendi Casa: Peekachill Chair
The Peekachill chair is informed by Fendi’s iconic Peekaboo bag and further expands the Casa collection, which includes the larger Peekasit armchair and Peekasleep bed introduced last year. The latest addition translates the Peekasit concept into a more compact and intimate counterpart, with extensive customization options.
6. Minotti: Brutalist Table by Giampiero Tagliaferri
Before DMVs nationwide made a derivative mess of Brutalism, there was a purity in its modernist reflection that Minotti’s new Brutalist table understands well. Designed by Giampiero Tagliaferri, the table pays tribute to Pier Luigi Nervi’s renowned Palazzo del Lavoro in Turin.
7. Flexform: Quincy by Antonio Citterio
Crafted with sinuous curves and gently rounded corners, the Quincy sofa is meant to become a room’s undeniable focal point. The one-piece structure offers extreme comfort and encourages a level of intimacy and togetherness, fitting seamlessly into the larger Quincy seating system.
8. Giorgetti: Kumiki by HBA
Named after the traditional Japanese carpentry technique of creating structures through a sequence of real joints, this armchair and accent chair is an expression of master craftsmanship. With every joint visible, the variations between each edition result in a truly personal design.
9. DePadova: Edda by Federica Biasi
The Edda armchair reinterprets the legless floor seat with soft padding and a solid-wood supporting structure for a comfort-meets-minimalism design moment. The chair combines disciplines and cultures, with a design that encourages living with intention.
10. Lema: Graffetta Chair by Carlo Colombo
Lema’s new Graffetta chair immediately succeeds at begging to be sat on. The frame’s curving, tubular metal deliberately references that most artfully minimal of mass-market designs—the paper clip—while the seating’s deceptively simple suspended leather supports cushions with just the right balance of softness and firmness.
11. Molteni&C: Corsetto by Cristián Mohaded
This sculptural chair from the legendary Italian producer is a happy collaboration of plush and leather—like a corset hugging a body—borne from the gesture of plush yet bold volumes pressed into a cleanly defined form. The yellow version also bears a mild but delightful resemblance to a honey bee.
12. Natuzzi: Dwell by Claudio Bellini
Natuzzi’s invitingly plush Dwell sofa is a velvety, giant curving glowworm for the living room. Designed by Milan’s own Claudio Bellini, its round armrests and plump seating exude contemporary, elegant ease.
13. Poltrona Frau: Lielow Bed by Faye Toogood
The Lielow Bed combines the rich leather and subtle femininity of Poltrona Frau’s signature. Airy yet substantial, it comes in a wide range of colors, making it adaptable to endless design styles: dramatic maximalists can have it in purple or jewel tones, while the strict minimalist can opt for practically any shade of beige or gray their heart desires.
14. Visionnaire: Blob Chaise
The Blob chaise channels a cinematic vision inspired by West Coast modernism, with angular volumes recalling the work of John Lautner. Its silhouette pairs sculptural force with a sense of movement. Caramel-toned leather upholstery wraps the body in tailored segments, while a hand-polished black shell reads as a carved, monolithic volume.
15. Porada: Rhode Sofa by Giuseppe Viganò
Fluid and practical, the Rhode sofa offers excellent configuration possibilities. It ingeniously combines a hardwood end table into the armrest. The curves and tasteful modular approach are an example of designer Giuseppe Viganò’s record of creative industrial poetry in furniture.
16. Ralph Lauren Home: Saddlebrook Collection
Hidden behind the cascading greenery and serpentine marble walls of Ralph Lauren’s historic palazzo was Saddlebrook, a collection that offered a portal to a secluded countryside estate. Highlights included the oak wood Beacon Bar Cabinet, the Neoclassical-inspired Marquise Cocktail Table with a tooled leather-wrapped tray, and the elegantly curved Lloyd Sofa.
17. Poliform: Savoy Sofa by Jean-Marie Massaud
Equally at home in an 18th-century palazzo and a glass-walled, all-angles ultramodern setting, the resplendent Savoy Sofa was a key element in Poliform’s success at tying eras together in their Milan Design Week takeover of Palazzo Clerici.
18. Rimadesio: Ori Chair
The Ori Chair draws its character from essential lines and finely resolved details. Crafted for comfort and durability, it features a wooden frame that reveals careful workmanship in the backrest and the precise joints connecting its legs to the seat. A wide range of finishes allows the chair to adapt across varied interiors while maintaining a composed, refined presence.
19. Porro: Arnaldo chair by Yabu Pushelberg
Yabu Pushelberg approached this compact lounger as a study in sculptural clarity and craftsmanship. Four essential elements coalesce into a unified composition—the arms frame the seat without enclosing it, while a gently curved back softens the chair’s measured geometry.
20. Talenti: Paco by Ludovica Serafini and Roberto Palomba
Paco carries Talenti’s outdoor expertise into the home through a modular system grounded in comfort and material research. Generous volumes and flowing contours define its profile, while deep padding supports extended use. Individual elements combine with ease, allowing tailored configurations that respond to varied layouts and lifestyles.