Couture brands for the home

For the brand’s 25th anniversary, Giorgio Armani unveiled the Oriental Inks collection as a tribute to Milan, Japanese interiors, and his lifelong dedication to refinement in design. Furniture and accessories in pragmatic forms are balanced with decorative elegance, achieved through impeccable craftsmanship and attention to detail, using rich materials and intricate techniques. Traditional watercolors and ink drawings of bamboo, dragons and jungle vegetation are translated into fabrics, woods and lacquer through collaborations with hand painting and hand-embroidery specialist de Gournay.

Dolce & Gabbana

Art Nouveau meets nature in Dolce & Gabbana Casa’s new collection showcased in a series of rooms: The Verde Maiolica rooms vibrated with energy as furniture, beds and tableware exploded with swirls in bold greens and blues; while the Gotham line brought cinematic seduction in dark wood, hammered textures and touches of organic lines in every curve. It was all true to the brand’s DNA of being unapologetically maximalist.

Gucci

Gucci celebrates its pioneering use of bamboo through the decades—from the 1947 “it” bag using bamboo handles to shoes, canes, umbrellas, plates, cutlery and even pens—by inviting seven designers from around the world to create pieces, taking into account the investigation of materials, supply chains, narratives and histories. Swedish-Chilean artist Anton Alvarez looked to streams and waterways for his abstract bronze fountain. Palestinian architect Dima Srouji anonymously collected bamboo baskets from markets around the world and embellished them with glass sculptures made by artisans in the West Bank. Sisan Lee, a Seoul-based artist, used bamboo to mold patterns on a series of cast aluminum furniture

Hermès

Hermès created a dreamlike scenography with its new pieces presented in colorless suspended boxes that pulsed with a glow from within to create an ethereal experience as each object is revealed at every turn. With a focus on glass, different techniques were explored, from mouth-blown to fused in the form of vases, jugs and boxes in vibrant colors and varying transparencies. They also introduced new leather baskets and handwoven throws to match. Other highlights include the Pivot table by Tomas Alonso, a clever play on whimsy and balance, and the En Contrepoint dinnerware harmonizing geometry and watercolor with absolute precision. 

Jil Sander

Renowned for her purist aesthetics, Jil Sander’s first foray into furniture design is a collaboration with Thonet where she does a subtle reinvention of Marcel Breuer’s Bahaus classics—the S64 chair from 1929-‘30 and matching B97 side table from 1933. She chose these pieces for their democratic form, comfortable for all while making a spatial statement. To give it nobility, she subdued the glossy chrome into matt nickel silver and used white oak and canework while bolder color versions were in leather and lacquer.

Jimmy Choo

Jimmy Choo partnered with Crosby Studios whose founder Harry Nuriev is known for imbuing existing objects with novel aesthetic and material qualities to transcend habitual frames of perception. In keeping with the brand’s signature glamour and playfulness, the boutique was transformed into a glass structure installation that elevates shoes to works of art by juxtaposing archival designs with 3-D replicas, blurring the lines between reality and imagination through a dynamic exploration of form and function.

Loewe

Loewe’s ode to the teapot, by inviting 25 artists, designers and architects from every corner of the world to do their take on the quotidian object, was nothing short of phenomenal as the vessel was reimagined in so many astonishing ways, from Dan McCarthy’s lumpy vessels adorned with his signature childlike faces and Patricia Urquiola’s purple airbrushed creation to Takayuki Sakiyama’s “Soft-serve” swirls of clay spiraling upwards. 

Loro Piana

Loro Piana transports you to a film set-like dreamscape, blurring the line between installation and immersive theater, as plush velvet furniture, leopard-print carpeting, brass lamps and a haunting soundtrack stop you in your tracks. Every corner reveals an object of desire: from the Valselsia oval table and the Locarno cabinet upholstered in the house’s legendary textiles to the dining table set with Punti a Maglia porcelain that looked like delicate embroidery in ceramic form. 

Louis Vuitton

Expanding on its Objets Nomades limted-edition works by designers like India Mahdavi and the Campana brothers, the house launched Louis Vuitton Home Collections at Palazzo Serbelloni, with a line of furniture and lighting as well as tableware, textiles and games which included a pinball machine inspired by the world of Pharrell Williams. Heritage craftsmanship meets bold, forward-thinking design, reflecting a commitment to innovation, cultural dialogue and the evolving art of travel.

Ralph Lauren

Drawing on themes of memory, comfort and craft, Ralph Lauren’s new collection called Canyon Road offers a fresh perspective on American living while it reflects the founder’s long-standing belief that design is a personal expression. A tribute to the American Southwest, earth tones, handwoven textiles, aged leathers and natural woods predominate in pieces that include collaborations with Diné (Navajo) artists Naiomi and Tyler Glasses.