Furnishing but also decorating, bringing character and style to spaces but also a great deal of functionality. Accessories are varied and changing in nature, as are the expressive forms that an interior can assume. Coffee tables, poufs, mirrors, desks and dressing tables, rugs and textiles, object/sculptures as well as tableware are all moving in an experimental direction in terms of design, colours, materials and finishes, something that the designers and manufacturers are more than happy to respond to, playing with their compact dimensions. Highly versatile, they sit alongside larger items of furniture with just as much presence. In fact it is the accessories that give spaces personality and reflect the identity of those who live there.
Part of the 6th Gen Collection, the Vesper rug (on cover) is an expression of the brand’s constantly evolving aesthetic and material research. Vesper, named after the moment in the evening that the rug by Sahrai Milano takes inspiration from, features warm but delicate colours and soft and welcoming shapes. Among the new products launched in 2024, Vesper is hand-tufted in bamboo silk and jute loop, an expression of the research that is as much about aesthetics as it is about materials and defines the entire 6th Gen Collection. Launched last year by the sixth generation of Sahrai, the 6th gen Collection in fact explores versatile design and at the same time sustainable production methods that draw on a range of cutting-edge renewable materials and aims to satisfy the demand for maximum flexibility, quality and speed of production for residential, hospitality and bespoke projects. The result is a genuine air of freshness in the context of luxury rugs, of which Vesper is a perfect testimony, thanks to the harmonious blend of elegance and vitality.
Verter Turroni has designed a bench-sculpture that evokes the primordial force of nature. The beauty of imperfection takes shape in Carbon Black, a piece that is perfectly balanced between furniture and art, designed by Verter Turroni for Imperfettolab. Like a sculpture it draws the eye, unleashing its natural appeal. The primordial and unstoppable force of fire seems to have been captured by the material and expertly shaped to become a piece of furniture, a new form, unique and always different. This is Carbon black, a wide fibreglass bench in which the marks of combustion have been recreated perfectly through smooth ripples. An unusual, polymorphic seat with a powerful charm.
Not just a bar cabinet but a place around which conviviality takes centre stage. This is Peninsula by Agresti. Closed, it looks like a secret casket that decorates and furnishes modern interiors: once opened it reveals the ideals of conviviality and relaxation, all within easy reach. Peninsula is the exclusive bar cabinet by Agresti, The doors in undulated wood open up like a screen to reveal the latest trends in bartending. Marble tops, a set of crystal glasses, a temperature-regulated wine cellar in the lower part that can hold up to 18 bottles of wine: inside this bar cabinet is everything required for the perfect evening, also including a humidified drawer for cigars complete with hygrometer. Elegance and aesthetic research are the distinctive feature of the Agresti collections that here are expressed in leather finishes with brass details.
The brand reinvents the everyday through products that are functional, well-designed and highly sustainable. With a pop-art feel, an identity that lies somewhere between interior design accessory and decoration but with a highly functional nature. This is Buc, a laundry hamper designed by SoldiDesign. Buc goes beyond traditional forms and concepts linked to everyday practicalities to present a designer object that adds the finishing touch to utility and bathroom areas. Minimalist but very capacious (60 litres), sturdy but light, it is made from recycled plastic (coloured with a gloss finish), thus demonstrating considerable attention to the environment and at the same time to style and living quality. It is presented in keeping with the overall philosophy that guides SoldiDesign, an eco-design brand that makes sustainable products with a modern style, starting out in the sector of products dedicated to differentiated waste collection.
Architectural coffee tables that furnish with character, style and colour. The Bob collection by Quinti adds functionality to interiors. Like small works of architecture with an industrial appeal, Bob coffee tables by Quinti enter space with their light and elegant structure. Featuring metal tubes connected together on which sits the top, available in melamine, marble and agglomerate in three finishes, different coloured tops and structures can be combined to create multiple variations, with either contrasting or matching tones. Made in three different sizes, they add character to living spaces but also bedrooms, hallways and corridors. Bob tables make for versatile accessories with their sophisticated simplicity.
Andrea Parisio has designed the Gino pouf, a eulogy to softness and refined functionality. Meridiani’s entire philosophy is summed up in a piece of furniture of compact dimensions. The Gino pouf, designed by the brand’s art director Andrea Parisio, displays all the understated, measured elegance and sense of comfort that features in all the brand’s collections. Thus Gino is a practical and functional pouf but also much more: an indulgent accessory for every corner of the house, an explosion of softness contained in sinuous lines – from the cylindrical legs to the round seat which seems to simply sit in an original play of curves. Gino can be completely covered in fabric or leather and is available with wooden or painted legs.
The Cross sideboard focuses on a refined multi-materiality to create sensory effects. A streamlined volume with sophisticated finishes. This is how the protagonist of the living room, the Cross sideboard appears, in a game of transparency and light in a refined version in bronzed crystal. This particular material has been applied by Riflessi on the top with mirrored finish, that is combined with the bronzed transparent crystal of the doors and oak wood structure. Finishes with metal effects and a natural texture coexist harmoniously creating evocative tactile and visual effects. Cross thus allows a glimpse inside of the shelves and storage spaces, also thanks to the practical system of LED lighting in the compartments. Available with three or four doors, this elegant sideboard testifies to the meticulous and rigorous production of the company, that makes the most of its artisan heritage: each product is finished by expert artisans using processes and production techniques from traditional Italian manufacturing, making every product unique.
The creative collaboration between Venini and Peter Marino continues with a new version of the Cilindro vases in original colours. Art, technique, colour, creativity, craftsmanship. Venini’s creations have emerged from this unique combination, the fruit of the ancient knowledge held in the Murano furnace where glass is shaped and transformed into pieces with an eternal character. A patrimony that has constantly been renewed over the course of over a hundred years of history, since the founding of the company thanks to encounters with acclaimed international artists and designers, including Peter Marino who articulates his eclectic vision in some of the most recent collections from the brand. Such as the Cilindro collection that has been extended with new colours, in a limited edition, blown and worked by hand, the vases have been enriched by transparent bands in the colour Tè, with enamelled gold decoration. Made using the “Fasce” technique where the master glassmaker hot pours the coloured bands amalgamating them, the pattern wraps around the geometric volumes of the vases creating eye-catching swirls.
