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A glimps on the next design trends to discover through the new collections preview.
The Salone del Mobile officially starts on 8 April but some companies have previewed part of their new collections. These include, for example, Carl Hansen & Søn, Qeeboo, Acerbis, Porro and Gebrüder Thonet Vienna whose new products help us glimpse the latest furnishing trends.
What emerges is a formal experimentation that is present but discreet, a re-issue of designer projects that are still perfect for today, the ability to joke without provoking and the persistence of material and soft colours. There is no lack of creative twists that are nevertheless composed and gentle. It is an innovative but reassuring design in which quality is central and is accompanied by the intention to guarantee objects a long, sustainable and versatile life.
Signature projects: Boomerang by Enzo Mari for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna and BM0121 by Børge Mogensen for Carl Hansen & Søn
With the concept of “self-design” Enzo Mari meant the exercise of design awareness that allowed him to design simple, functional and intelligently conceived furnishings. The Boomerang desk, designed in 2001 for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, fits into this vein.
The company chose this piece of furniture as a preview of the collections it will present at the Salone del Mobile, and its impact is strong in its simplicity.
The name refers to the boomerang beam, an important architectural element that can be seen in the shape of the curved beech laminated support surface on which the tempered glass top is placed, the profile of which follows the shape of the beam itself. Just as the legs of the table have rounded lines to give the whole a welcoming and organic appearance. Carl Hansen & Søn has also chosen to preview a project by an author from the past: the BM0121 dining table by Børge Mogensen. Introduced for the first time in 1952 at the Arts and Crafts Spring Exhibition in Copenhagen, it was designed for small homes and remains faithful to this intention even today, with the possibility of being extended to seat from 4 to 6 people. In recovering this piece of furniture, the company had to deal with the lack of drawings of the project, meticulously measuring each element of an original archive piece.
Roundness, irony and chromaticism: the new products from Acerbis, Qeeboo and Porro
Colour is no longer just a decorative element but becomes almost a structural element that defines the presence of the furniture in the space and its identity. The prevailing shades are material or soft with some more intense and playful interventions that underline another recurring theme: discreet irony. For Acerbis, material shades and organic shapes identify and place the new Trench collections by Filippe Malouin and Le Cupole by Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces.
The first is a sofa and armchair set structured in a single curve. The second is a dining table with a sculptural and geometric marble base. In this context, the re-edition of an icon from the past fits in: the Palla armchair by Claudio Salocchi.
For the same company, Olimpia Zagnoli signs the Gigiona glass panel: a chromatic ensemble, this time in strong shades, that can be assembled to form a female body or disassembled to create a mix of organic and fluid shapes.
Pure but consistent shapes characterize the collections previewed by Porro. The Tablo table by Piero Lissoni: the metal evokes industrial atmospheres but transforms them with elegance thanks also to the lacquered green-grey finish. Again for Porro, Dordoni Studio continues in the footsteps of its founder, who passed away in 2023, and designs the Twin sideboard, an intuitive, versatile and intelligent project.
Ironic and light-hearted as always, the new products presented by Qeeboo are also functional and captivating. The founder of the brand, Stefano Giovannoni, signs the Toto and Tata table with chairs, rounded, consistent and comfortable. Fun and evocative is the collection of cylindrical Tronco container elements by the Brazilian studio Furf which, as the name itself suggests, are imagined as tree trunks. The Korean studio Maum signs the Walking Table coffee table that seems to move in space and the iconic Filicudi seat by Marcantonio also becomes a sofa.
