Tara and Gonia were on the ground in Milan this season. Six trends surfaced across the week.
Here's what they brought home.
This year's FuoriSalone carried a quiet but insistent message: the object is only part of the story.
There was a noticeable shift toward something more considered.
Where did this come from?
How was it made?
At L'Appartamento by Artemest, every object was sourced from Italian artisans – each piece a record of a particular skill, a particular place.
One colour kept pulling us back – a soft, muted blue sitting somewhere between cornflower and dusk.
Not a trend colour. More like a collective instinct.
It kept finding us – in a textured ceramic vase, in Stella Arion's sky-blue plaster armchair, in cast glass at Torre Velasca. Nothing saturated. Nothing performing.
Terracotta has been a constant in our world for years, but Milan confirmed it's still evolving.
Getting darker, richer, more complex with every season.
The Visionnaire Baton Rouge sofa – a deep rust bouclé lounge within a room clad entirely in dark lacquered terracotta panels – was one of the most complete colour statements of the week.
A room isn't just a backdrop, but a presence. Something that gathers you, holds you, gives you permission to slow down.
At Nilufar Grand Hotel, Nina Yashar transformed the Depot into an imagined hotel untethered from any particular era.
The palette shifted room to room but the feeling remained constant – saturated, intentional, warm.
The most compelling rooms weren't decorated, they were curated.
At Alcova, pieces sat within the crumbling frescoes and worn tiled floors of a WWI military hospital as though they had always been there.
Salone del Mobile itself acknowledged the shift with the launch of Salone Raritas – a dedicated space for the irreducible, the singular, the made-by-hand.
Metal and glass were everywhere at Milan, but not in the way you might expect.
Both showed up as something considered: worked, weighted, and full of evidence of the hands that made them.
Glass used not for clarity but for colour and texture – amber, smoked, green, layered and blown with real depth and character.
We believe a home is best gathered slowly: shaped by craftsmanship, character, and the pieces that carry meaning from one chapter to the next. Here, we share ideas and inspiration for creating spaces that feel considered, personal and beautifully lived in.
