Design Hunger in Milan: The Most Unforgettable Moments from Salone del Mobile & Design Week 2025
Our Top Design Crushes from Salone del Mobile &
Milan Design Week 2025 — by Gabriella Perez
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Milan once again proved why it remains the epicentre of global design. Salone del Mobile 2025 and Milan Design Week transformed the city into a vibrant stage of creativity, innovation, and inspiration, and naturally, Design Hunger was there to capture it all.
From immersive installations and future-forward materials to quietly radical craftsmanship and sustainability with soul, this year’s edition didn’t just impress, it moved us.
Here are the designs we’re still dreaming about: the projects, pieces, and people that filled our feeds, our camera rolls, and most importantly, our hearts.
Salone Del Mobile Crushes — by Gabriella Perez
While we were captivated by the creativity across the board at Salone del Mobile, a few pieces & installations stole our attention. Here are our favourite crushes.
Design Crush No.1: The Boa Sofa by Edra
More than a piece of furniture, the Boa Sofa is an invitation to unwind in pure, sculptural indulgence. Designed as a luxurious tangle of 120 metres of plush tubular fabric, filled with flexible polyurethane foam and goose feathers, it blurs the line between object and experience. Whether you sit, sprawl, or sink into it, Edra’s Boa wraps you in a bold, sensuous embrace. It’s comfort, redefined.
Design Crush No.2: MATAU by Imperfettolab
A chaise longue with charisma. MATAU commands attention from the moment you enter the room. With its sinuous silhouette and sculptural energy, this piece is a masterclass in visual tension, provocative, poetic, and impossible to ignore.
Design Crush No.3: Mirror Surface Chair by Studio Naws
A study in reflection, the Mirror Surface Chair mesmerised us with its chrome-like, high-polished surfaces. Like liquid metal frozen in time, it interacts with its environment in ever-shifting ways, transforming any interior into an immersive moment.
Design Crush No.4: Hito Malayalam Lamps by Hiroki Nakayama
Playful yet profound, Hito Malayalam lights blur the boundaries between object and emotion. Each whimsical form radiates character and joy, offering not just illumination, but a touch of wonder to every room they inhabit.
Our Crushes from Milan Design Week 2025
While the fairgrounds of Salone delivered impact in scale, Milan Design Week gave us intimate insight into the minds shaping the future of design. Wandering from studio to showcase, here’s what left us wide-eyed and inspired.
Design Crush No.1: The Anti-Table by Serafini
Crafted from solid marble, the Anti-Table is as much a statement as it is a surface. Serafini reimagines luxury with restraint, balancing timeless weight with poetic stillness. A table that speaks quietly, confidently.
Design Crush No.2: Lamps by Irene Cattaneo
These surrealist light sculptures by Irene Cattaneo drew us into a beautifully strange dimension. With layered meanings, mirrored realities, and illusions in form, they challenged our perception of function — and won.
Final Crush: The Power of Tenderness by Aline Asmar d’Amman
A debut collection that felt like a whispered revolution. Set in a gallery washed with light, Aline Asmar d’Amman’s works fused sculpture, architecture, and poetry, each piece pulsing with emotional grace. Tenderness has never felt so powerful.
We Came. We Saw. We Crushed.
Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week 2025 reminded us why we fell for design in the first place — for its ability to stir, to provoke, to connect. As we scroll back through our camera roll, one thing is clear: the pieces that moved us weren’t just beautiful, they were brave.
Thanks for having us, Milano. Until next year.
Gabriella Perez
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