WORDS Steve Smith PHOTOS Supplied

As Italian cities go, Milan isn’t high up on tourist’s list of must-sees. Unlike say Rome or Florence that entertain travellers for a living, Milan is a working city. Of course it is the home to a number of celebrated Italian heritage icons – the great Duomo di Milano cathedral, Da Vinci’s The Last Supper mural at the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent, and the OG of posh shopping malls, the glass-domed Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle II – but that aside, most folk are here to earn a living.

Home to Italy’s national stock exchange, Milan is a financial hub, but more famously, also home to the famously stylish nation’s fashion and design industries. There are a lot of very cool people walking the streets… especially during one week of the year in April when the city hosts Milan Design Week and its crown jewel, Salone del Mobile.

Salone is the name given to the world’s premier furniture and interior design fair held at the massive Fiera Milano exhibitions grounds. Think CTICC or Nasrec times ten, with hall after massive hall occupied by the world’s top luxe interior brands, along with a number of independents, and up-and-coming young designers. There are 16 halls and you’ll do well to cover two or three properly in one day. Salone has been going since 1961 and in the late 1980s various city-wide pop-up events started to happen too that that have now grown into what’s known as Milan Design Week.

So that’s the back story. I spent five days in Milan – dividing my time between Salone and the various pop-ups –  and these are the trends that caught my eye.

TREND #1. THE MAKERS MARK

Core

A standout at Salone was the Core range designed by South Tyrolean designer and architect Hannes Peer for Milanese brand SEM. We know “craft” is a global trend in furniture design and Hannes is very intentionally displaying the handmade nature of his Core range through the carved-wood bas-reliefs on each piece. Inspired by a visit to MoMA in New York and the work on display by the late American sculptor Louise Nevelson, the Core range references her 1970s stacked wooden assemblage sculptures. It features eight pieces wrought in solid mahogany, rosewood and cherry with the rough forms milled with a CNC carver, before each element was refined by a carpenter, who treated the surface with a beeswax finish to achieve the collection’s warm, honey-coloured tone. sem-milano.com

TREND #2. SOFT NATURED

Nature’s palette – softer shades of browns, blues and especially green – was the clear furniture trend when walking through Salone’s massive halls at the Rho Fiera Milano venue.

Muted

German design brand ClassiCon worked with Singaporean designer Gabriel Tan on a round-cornered modular sofa range called Soft Stone. Taking his cues from both sculpture and architecture, Tan was inspired by the staggered stone terraces in Porto’s Parque da Cidade, along with as the work of American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. It reminded me too of the incredibly precise pre-Inca stone walls of Cusco and Machu Picchu in Peru. classicon.com

Glossy

Shiny accents added a little punch to the muted palette – especially with high-gloss tables as statement pieces. Here Philippe Starck’s Bonheur Du Jour armchair for Kartell is shown with the Milanese design brand’s glossy Neutra pendant and K-Top tables with high-gloss lacquered legs and tops with a variety of finishes. kartell.com

TREND #3. BOLD NATURED

And then there were nature’s party people. Proof that nature also likes to unfurl its party blowers and throw coloured festival powder was an explosion of bright greens, browns, mustards, and THAT blue. Bright cobalt blue was prevalent as the statement piece among the greens and browns.

Caruso cabinet

Designed by Paolo Cappello for Miniforms, the Caruso Cabinet features a built-in Bluetooth speaker housed in its ceramic horn. The trumpet-shaped speaker references the gramophones that once played scratchy 78s, ushering in their to their digital-age version. miniforms.com

Yve chair

I loved this indoor/outdoor armchair by Piero Lissoni for Kartell. Simple, rationalist, reducing form to the essential, it features a bent line that traces the base, armrests, and backrest support, creating a lightweight tubular structure. kartell.com

Minform Amia chair

Flying the flag for cobalt blue was the Miniform’s Amia chair designed by studio E-ggs. Padded and upholstered, the chair was “conceived like a sofa” say Miniforms, who also describe it as having a “piquant personality”. It does give off zesty vibes. miniforms.com

Bosa cermics

Italian ceramics brand Bosa celebrated their 50^th anniversary at Salone with a joyful range that would be at the front of the party’s conga line. Designed by Elena Salmistraro, they were inspired by the plant world and especially succulents. bosatrade.com

Doric

From Greek industrial designer John Kravaris was the Doric collection is – a series of seating and tables inspired by the structural logic and simplicity of ancient Greek Doric columns. The collection consists of a chair, stool, bench and tables that share a common modular system. Krv-designs.com

Blå Station

I remember this Swedish brand’s Able range of furniture catching my eye at Salone in 2024. This time around is was the Rutan range, and especially the way they employed that blue accent. The Rut range cleverly uses a modular slender steel leg base that the cushioning slabs rest on, allowing you to move, reconfigure and adapt seating requirements. blastation.com

TREND #4. DARK MATTER

Representing the weirder side of nature is dark matter – reported to make up 85% of all matter in the universe. Except no-one has actually seen this mysterious stuff or even really knows what it is. The design community are onto though and I did see a fair amount of black interior design, especially in blackened wood

Verce Studio

From Japanese duo Toshitaka Ando and Takuya Shiotsuki of Verce Studio is this striking high-backed chair made from chestnut wood. Chestnut wood is susceptible to insect damage, and embracing this imperfection, Verce Studio 3D scanned these pieces, using the damaged areas as clues to create a form that combines the curves of hardwood (natural) with digital (artificial). vercestudio.com

Clash

South African Interior design brand OKHA, headed up by Adam Court collaborated with Swedish makers of luxury rugs Henzel studio to create Clash, derived from Adam’s original drawings. The abstracted bracelet motif, represents his take on the energy of punk and youth and is hand-knotted in a mix of fibres. A limited edition, just 20 will be made. okha.com | henzelstudio.com

Fringe

Nigerian rooted, US born and Portuguese residing artist and sculptor Dozie Kanu’s debut collection for Knoll, infuses a current of contemporary culture into residential interiors. His approach is to take a typically static object and transform it into an animated console, coffee and side table. The tables’ steel rods contrast smooth taut leather and fringe tassels that give fleeting glimpses of objects underneath or adjacent. “A formal expression of exploration and desire,” is what Dozie calls it. knoll.com | doziekanu.com

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PHOTOS Guido Stazzoni, Giulia Copercini, Ludovica Mangini, Formafantasma

For more than six decades, Salone del Mobile.Milano has shaped the global design conversation, evolving from a Milanese furniture fair into an international benchmark where craft, industry and culture converge. Returning to Fiera Milano, Rho, from 21–26 April 2026, the fair channels this legacy into its new campaign, A Matter of Salone, placing material – its memory, tactility and untapped potential – at the centre of design thinking. Threaded through the citywide programme, the theme anchors a compelling line-up: the flagship Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the return of EuroCucina with FTK – Technology For the Kitchen, the International Bathroom Exhibition, the future-facing SaloneSatellite, and the debut of Salone Raritas – each offering a lens on how substance and sensibility are reshaping the spaces we call home.

Material thinking

Following the 2025 human-centric campaign, Thought for Humans, devised by American photographer and documentarist Bill Durgin, Salone del Mobile.Milano continues its reflection on the meaning of design in 2026 with A Matter of Salone. While last year explored design as a language in the service of people, this year’s starting point is even more original: matter. Matter that can be touched, read and interpreted. Matter that preserves memory while also concealing as-yet undiscovered potential.

A Matter of Salone is a collective project by Motel409 involving six contemporary creative figures: the photographers Charles Negre, Eduard Sánchez Ribot and Alecio Ferrari, and the set designers Studio Végété, Laura Doardo and Stilema Studio.

“What we were trying to achieve with A Matter of Salone was to put matter firmly back at the centre as the origin of design thinking. Living matter, that allows itself to be interrogated, transformed and navigated. This campaign is an invitation to see design not just as a result, but as a collective process, which takes shape in the dialogue between hands, knowledge and visions. This is how the Salone continues to narrate its own time: starting from what really matters,” says Maria Porro, President of the Salone del Mobile.Milano.

Furniture at the forefront

This year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the main furniture exhibition at the heart of Salone del Mobile.Milano, will present a wide-ranging showcase of furnishing products distinguished by expressive power as well as functional, technological and material innovation – all conceived to elevate the domestic realm.

Year after year, the exhibition realises its mission as a laboratory of experimentation and cross-pollination – a place to meet, connect and spark new business opportunities. Here, prototypes and innovations across furnishings, domestic spaces and lifestyles are unveiled: bedrooms; living and dining areas; entrances, corridors and service areas; outdoor spaces with their furniture and cupboards; upholstered pieces, tables and chairs. Together, they set the scene for a room-by-room narrative that explores how our ways of living are evolving and, consequently, how home life and furnishings are changing.

Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026 highlights

Beyond the main exhibition itself, the city will unfold with a rich programme of events and exhibitions for 2026, including:

EuroCucina and FTK

EuroCucina, the biennial exhibition dedicated to kitchens, returns to Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026, underscoring the kitchen’s central role in contemporary living.

Running alongside, the collateral event FTK – Technology For the Kitchen spotlights built-in technology and cooker hoods, presenting an array of innovative products, concepts and visions that chart the present – and near future – of the art of preserving and cooking.

International Bathrooms Exhibition

Founded in 2006, the biennial International Bathroom Exhibition is a dynamic showcase focusing on sustainable interior design trends, with a potentially infinite galaxy of compositions, furnishings and finishes in the bathroom space: from accessories to shower cubicles, from sanitaryware to radiators, from taps to bathtubs.

SaloneSatellite

Reaffirming its platform for emerging talent, SaloneSatellite 2026 deepens its exploration of craftsmanship – a thread introduced in the previous edition. With each edition, this visionary hub looks ahead to the design landscape, considering how design can address tomorrow’s challenges.

Founded in 1998 by Marva Griffin Wilshire SaloneSatellite champions the creative potential of designers under 35. Many of the prototypes unveiled here have gone on to production, and among the 14 000 designers and 270 international design schools and universities that have participated, numerous alumni have become leading figures on the global design scene. Each year, the SaloneSatellite Award honours three standout projects and confers Special Mentions. All competing prototypes are assessed by an international jury and presented in a single collective exhibition.

Salone Raritas

Debuting at the 64th edition of the trade fair, Salone Raritas – curated by Annalisa Rosso, Editorial Director and Cultural Events Advisor of Salone del Mobile.Milano, and staged by design studio Formafantasma – bridges the gap between highly skilled creative production and the contemporary B2B design market. Conceived as a tightly curated environment, it fosters networking and fresh perspectives, sparking new ways of presenting and acquiring unique pieces, limited editions and ‘outsider’ objects. Integrated into high-profile projects, these works can define the identity of public and private interiors.

“Salone Raritas heralds a new chapter for the collectible design segment, which is evolving and expanding its characteristics and range of possibilities,” says Annalisa Rosso. The exhibition is a meeting ground for galleries and the international design supply chain – from architects and interior designers to developers, hospitality and contract professionals – where the cultural value of each piece is in dialogue with the scale of major contemporary commissions.

Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026 takes place in Milan from 21-26 April 2026. For more information, visit salonemilano.it

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WORDS & PHOTOS Susanne Brodnik

This year’s Milan Design Week saw the city transform into an exciting hub of design where Renaissance grandeur, mid-century nostalgia, and futuristic optimism intertwined with intent by reimagining courtyards, ateliers and hidden gardens in every corner of the city. Here, the inspiring trends interior designer Susanne Brodnik spotted during her trip to the Italian city.

Green hues were everywhere – emerald, mint, avocado, and sage tones returned with bold confidence, often layered alongside fiery sunrise palettes of terracotta, orange, and deep burgundy shades. Complementary colours merged to create glamorous spaces that felt both raw, refined and rooted in nature.

Outdoor living has officially assumed a new role as the emotional centre of the home. Gardens, terraces, and alfresco lounges were curated with as much intention as the interiors – think lush greenery, sculptural furniture, and ambient lighting, which softens boundaries and fulfils a deep, post-digital longing for nature and connection.

Soft forms dominated with circles, ovals, and egg-like silhouettes evoking a retro 70s vibe. Interiors whispered of the golden era of home entertaining, with sunken lounges, cocktail bars, and plush conversation pits channelling early James Bond glamour.

Natural materials – stone, wood, bark – appeared in sculptural, organic shapes, designed to invite touch and intimacy. Hard surfaces took on a softness, blurring the lines between structure and sculpture. Suede, mirrored surfaces, and plush velvets in earthy tones created spaces that felt cinematic and soulful, while organic patterns were woven into textiles, bringing nature’s forms into the sensory experience.

Architectural lighting took centre stage at EUROLUCE, where chandeliers shimmered, and reflections faded and shifted. Forget light being purely functional – designers used it to shape mood, movement, and emotion within a space.

Milan also embraced leisure at its most luxurious: bespoke billiard tables, poker lounges, and artisanal table tennis sets reflected a new era where play and craftsmanship intertwined. | myplaceincapetown.com

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Circular design was a theme at the core of last year’s Salone del Mobile – and we asked Sean Weldon, cofounder of SA-based initiative Circular Squared, to pick five noteworthy sustainable designs.

If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of circularity, in a nutshell, it’s based on the principles of the circular economy, which replaces the traditional, linear “take-make-dispose” model with a closed-loop system. More specifically, circular design considers the entire life cycle of a product, including its creation, use and end-of-life phases. It focuses on creating products that are durable, reusable, repairable and recyclable, aiming to eliminate waste and reduce resource consumption – but it also takes this one step further by joining the dots between makers of sustainable products with those who produce waste. It’s about designing products in a way that allows their materials to be continually cycled back into the production process, rather than ending up in landfills or incinerators.

It was also a concept at the heart of Salone del Mobile this year. The 61st “Planet-Centric” edition of Milan’s iconic furniture and design fair showcased sustainability and circularity with themes such as re-use, regeneration and energy-saving. What you see here are the five products that stood out.

SUPERPOP TABLES

The plastic used to make the Superpop coffee tables –designed by Paolo Cappello for Miniforms – is first sorted by type, then melted at low temperatures. This process reduces its environmental impact while maintaining its material characteristics, for a green, circular approach.

VIPP RUBBISH BIN

This bin is, quite literally, rubbish – it’s made from production waste that’s been reprocessed and transformed into a fibre material. A renewable take on the iconic Vipp15 pedal bin, the Rubbish replaces 3.7kg of steel with plastic and sawdust that would otherwise be sent to a trash-burning facility.

MAGIS RE AIR-CHAIR

Originally designed by Jasper Morrison for Magis in 1999, it was the first single-piece chair conceived and designed to be produced with air-moulding technology. An instant minimalist modern masterpiece – balanced, dynamic, stackable, and suitable for both indoor and outdoor use – this new version is made entirely from post-consumer plastic. Highlighting the design’s sustainable mission, the chairs were presented without the addition of dyes during production.

RIETVELD REMAKE

This remake of Gerrit Rietveld’s Red and Blue chair (above, third from left) is an example of work being done by Material Magic – a collaboration between Minerva Art Academy and IHOG. The project uses alternative natural binders such as magnesium and potato starch, as well as hemp fibres, to create new source material.

PEEL STACKING CHAIR

Made by Prowl Studio, Peel is a 100%-compostable chair made from a composite derived from maize and hemp fibres. Its structural frame is made from a hemp-based bioplastic that’s manufactured like any other conventional plastic, but which can be industrially composted. “It serves its purpose,” according to Prowl Studio, “but only for as long as it needs to.”

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In Milan’s city showrooms, new designs were launched and tributes paid to classic icons. And in one of the side streets, we discovered a newcomer that made us smile…

PURE FUN

Featured above – shades, a new collection of lamps with silicone shades by SowdenLight, allows for multiple configuration possibilities thanks to the modularity of the components. Great for the diffusion of light and available in bright colours, the shades are durable and entirely washable. The collection includes pendant lamps, table lights, floor lamps and a portable battery light for indoor-outdoor use.

NEXT LEVEL

Vine Light – the product of a collaboration between BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) and Artemide – is a new- generation task light with a pure and balanced line and two joints that allow maximum freedom of use. It will perfectly illuminate a work surface, but it will also create multiple light scenarios, leaving you free to shape your own lighting design. There is a touch dimmer in the head for easy, intuitive adjustment. The collection includes a table lamp, a lamp that can be fixed to a work surface, two wall-mounted variants, and a floor lamp.

FOREVER ADJUSTABLE

The Ayno lighting family is the first new design by Midgard Licht – a German company founded in Hamburg in 1919 by Curt Fischer, the inventor of adjustable lighting – since 1950. With this collection, industrial designer Stefan Diez won the German Sustainability Award in Design 2021.

RE-EDITION

Midgard Licht’s re-edition of its K831 model is based on a rare draft version of the original 1930 design.
The swivelling shade allows you to direct the light wherever you need it.

MOBILITY

The transversal, portable Takku from Artemide looks great in a workspace or living spaces, and offers 32 hours of freedom from the main electricity supply. The head controls the diffused emission with an optical element on its lower surface.

PURE MAGIC

Stellar Nebula is a family of suspension lamps designed by BIG in collaboration with Artemide. The master glassmaker not only shapes the glass by blowing into a standard mould, but also expresses their know-how with techniques that softly alter the basic shape and accentuate the uniqueness of each piece.

PAST + FUTURE ICONS

Created by Copenhagen designers Birgitte Due Madsen and Jonas Trampedach, Moby is made from Acovi acrylic with an integrated LED light source. As the soft light from Karakter illuminates the cavity, it draws attention to its curves.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Parentesi light, Flos reissued it in Turquoise and Signal Orange to celebrate designer Achille Castiglioni and automotive designer Pio Manzù’s favourite colours. Parentesi hangs from the ceiling, but is anchored to the floor by a 5kg weight that keeps it straight and steady.

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Salone del Mobile.Milano is back for their 60th edition from 7 to 12 June. Expect a full schedule of events and exhibitions centred around the fulcrum of innovation, beauty and, now more than ever, sustainability – including a groundbreaking installation by architect Mario Cucinella, Design with Nature.

Happening at Fiera Milano Rho, this edition of the Salone seeks to reflect the ongoing ecological transition of the furnishing system – an ever-quickening pace toward ethical design:

“The Salone firmly believes in the need for a real and immediate ecological transformation, which is why it has decided to be an accelerator of ethical and virtuous behaviours, investing in a large project curated by the architect Mario Cucinella. Companies and creatives will be able to physically touch alternative materials that are already a reality and let themselves be inspired by a vision of urban areas as potential “mines” of raw materials and reflect on the function of our homes as cells that make up a more complex organism: the city. The sustainability of the event is the competitive lever on which we want to focus with honesty, commitment, and transparency,” says the President of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, Maria Porro.

Mario’s Design with Nature installation will cover 1400 sqm and illustrate a ‘virtuous ecosystem’ – a microexpression of the cellular homes that make up the macro: the city. In line with the theme, it will be dismantled, reused, and recycled following the Salone.

Exhibitors, stand designers and builders have been provided with a series of guidelines to ensure builds adhere to basic sustainability criteria, while further suggestions call for the employment of reusables, FSC/PEFFC-certified materials and those with a low environmental impact. ‘Adaptability’ and ‘disassembly for reuse’ are the cardinal principles for component choice – a nod to the need to always consider the inevitable afterlife of materials.

This year’s edition will host more than 2000 exhibitors, including over 600 young designers under 35, all of whom are set to express their own identities as guided by the theme Designing for our Future Selves. The theme is an invitation to reflect on inclusive design that fosters autonomy, a sense of safety, fluidity, functionality, interrelation and comfort.

For more information, visit salonemilano.it.

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Renowned Dutch design house, Moooi, revealed three new pieces at Salone del Mobile 2019 in April: The BFF Sofa, The Party and the Meshmatics Chandelier Small.

Moooi has exhibited at the prestigious furniture show annually since its own 2001 inception.

The BFF Sofa is a modular sofa system designed by renowned Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. The sofa features a quilted appearance inspired by the Capitone technique, reminiscent of Chesterfield-style deep-buttoned upholstery – without the buttons. This modern reinterpretation has modules of various sizes that allow you to configure the sofa to suit your needs.

The Party is the world’s first singing chandelier with “enlightened harmonies” from the suspended family-of-five light, designed by Jos Kranen and Johannes Gille of Kranen/Gille. The Party is a family reunion of the design duo’s previous fixtures – Ted, Coco, Bert, Glenn and The Mayor.

The Meshmatics Chandelier Small by Rick Tegelaar complements the sophisticated Meshmatics Chandelier. Made with the same wire netting, the thin, flexible material is stretched and suspended in three layers. Ethereal, but also practical, the galvanised steel-and-brass ensemble reflects and diffuses the integrated LED light source, with the added benefit of keeping it cool.

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Kartell’s iconic Componibili storage unit by Anna Castelli Ferrieri celebrates its 50th anniversary in style.

“I cannot remember a year at Salone del Mobile in Milan when there wasn’t a birthday celebration of an iconic design,” says VISI Deputy Editor Annemarie Meintjes, who attended this year’s fair in April. “But I can remember when Kartell was only available from office furniture suppliers in South Africa, and that’s where I bought my Componibili unit with my first salary cheque.”

Kartell’s award-wining modular storage unit features in permanent exhibitions at MOMA in New York and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. In this one flexible, functional and practical piece, Anna Castelli Ferrieri revolutionised the design world with a unique approach to product engineering: modular furniture designed for assembly. Plastic was becoming the material of the future, and the Componibili captured the innovative spirit of Kartell.

“I’m not a researcher and I’m not a historian, but I know that Anna Castelli Ferrieri took ‘plastic’ from being a dismissive description into a new field of desirable components in our lives. Isn’t this the DNA of Kartell?” said industrial designer, artist and architect Ron Arad. He was one of the designers involved in signature pieces created to celebrate the Componibili’s 50th anniversary.

These 15 personal tributes were exhibited at Kartell’s flagship store in Via Turati, Milan, to coincide with Salone del Mobile 2017, before being displayed at the ICFF furniture fair in New York.

Here’s to the next 50!

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Francesco Abbate, Managing Director of Spazio Lighting, spotlights the latest trends in lighting design.

What is trending in the lighting industry?

LEDs are all the rage in the lighting world at the moment.  As a result we are seeing small yet powerful luminaires as light sources. Pendants and shades in natural materials such as wood and even cardboard have become very popular. Designs that cause interplay between light and shadows, creating a dynamic effect, are in high demand from local interior designers.

How do you source lighting for your collection? 

I attend the major lighting and furniture exhibitions all over the world, including Euroluce and Salone del Mobile in Milan, Light + Building in Frankfurt and the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair. I look for products that are in line with South Africa’s eclectic design world. The local market consists predominantly of people looking for innovative designs, thus we source the latest designs from the industry.

 Which designer do you think is currently doing the most innovative work in lighting design?

Kaoru Mende, an architectural lighting designer from Japan, does really amazing work. He recently completed projects for the National Gallery Singapore and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

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From a trendy Scandinavian sofa and an interactive documentary to designer privacy pods and a silent hairdryer, these are the top VISI picks of the week series – week 129.

1. Cathrine Rudolph’s Astrid Seater

“The quilting on this Scandi couch (available locally through SofaCompany.com) is definitely on trend,” says editor-in-chief Sumien Brink about Danish designer Cathrine Rudolph’s Astrid Seater sofa.

Image credit: za.sofacompany.com

2. The Garden of Earthly Delights Interactive Documentary

This interactive online experience allows you to explore Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch’s famed triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights. You can zoom in and out and inspect the work closely and listen to sounds and music that accompany each section of the painting. “So clever!” says online editor Lindi Brownell Meiring. Explore it here.

Image credit: tuinderlusten-jheronimusbosch.ntr.nl

3. Pierre-Emmanuel Vandeputte Design Studio’s Nascondino Collection

Deputy editor Annemarie Meintjes loves these private alcoves by Pierre-Emmanuel Vandeputte Design Studio, created for quiet and contemplative moments.

Image credit: pedvp.com

4. Dyson’s Supersonic Hairdryer

Dyson’s new supersonic hairdryer purports to not only dry hair faster, but do so silently. “Now I can dry my hair without waking up my husband!” says special projects manager Cecilia du Plessis.

Image credit: designboom.com

5. Christopher Jenner Nest Tables

“I adore these atypical nesting tables designed by South African-born Christopher Jenner, which were launched with Nilufar Gallery at Salone del Mobile,” remarks editor-at-large Malibongwe Tyilo. “Gorgeous!”

Image credit: christopherjenner.com

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