Best of Salone 2024: content from the 62nd edition

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Dieffebi - Ph. Andrea Mariani

For all design lovers, a collection of articles and interviews published during the year about to draw to a close. Happy reading!

2024 will soon be over. An important year that has seen a number of new developments in the design industry, including research, innovation and an increasingly decisive propensity towards sustainability issues.  

 

More than 1,950 exhibitors from 35 different countries took part in the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2024. In terms of turnout, the event boasted record numbers, with 370,824 presences overall (+110,000 on 2022), up 20.2% compared with 2023. There was also an excellent influx of professionals, up 28.6%, 65.6% of them from abroad.

In the run-up to the next edition, slated to run from 8th to 13th April 2025, we look back at some of the most relevant topics we’ve covered here on our site, on our social channels and in our newsletters. Happy reading and all the best for 2025!

 

How light affects our wellbeing

Ahead of Euroluce 2025, a conversation with Roberto Manfredini, Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Ferrara. Finding out how the light-dark cycle regulates all our bodily functions.

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 The city of Lights. Albe. Luci di domani - Ph. Ruggiero Scardigno

What is a home? The possible revolution in dwelling

From the origins of a primary human need to the urgency to rethink the way we love on the planet. To build a sustainable future.

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Kariouk Architects, m.o.r.e. CLT Cabin - Ph. Scott Norsworthy

What challenges and opportunities face the design and furnishing world in 2024?

We asked three prominent experts what we can expect from the year that has just begun. Over to Aric Chen, Federica Sala and West Chin.

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Design After Generation, mostra curata da D.O.S. Design Open Spaces - Giuseppe Tortato

The office of the future at the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2024

The distinction between office design and home design is disappearing. Because any place, today, can become a workspace, preferably with the comfort and warmth of a home.

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Mara - Ph. Ruggiero Scardigno

Unexpected design: the hidden face of objects

Objects that pose the question of being or not being what they seem. Imagining them in an unexpected way is exactly what their authors, from Nika Zupanc to Lorenzo Damiani, have done.

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Driade, Melt Me