THE TRENDS THAT START IN ITALIAN DESIGN HOUSES SOON FILTER TO THE REST OF THE WORLD – THESE ARE THE ZEITGEISTS WE’LL BE EMBRACING NEXT
EXPRESSION
As we’re increasingly at home, we’re turning our walls into canvases to take us on adventures. Seventy-two new wallpapers join Wall&decò’s back catalogue for 2022, each offering a journey somewhere exciting.
Designs range from narrative-filled illustrations, like The Dip here, rich graphics, geometric patterns, abstract shapes and block colour and texture.
SURPRISES
In keeping with the aesthetic that comprises its full collection, Bontempi Casa’s new seating combines iconic Italian design sentiment with clever, imaginative twists. The 70sstyle Bonnie sofa by Bernhardt & Vella, pictured, features a playful rounded module, the front decorated with two metal tubes, while the elegant Sunset sofa by Carlo Bimbi can be added to with a chic armrest holder, ideal for holding aperitivo close by.
TRAVEL
Enjoy the warm waters and sunny climes of the Med from home with Dolce & Gabbana’s Blu Mediterraneo collection, a homage to the traditional blue and white tiles that line every surface in southern Italy. With a familiar hand-painted feel, the design is resized to decorate tableware of every variety, textiles, accessories and furniture, a playful approach to carrying forward the country’s ceramic heritage and craft skill.
ORGANIC
Bringing nature indoors can be translated in so many ways and Calligaris’ 2022 range ticks the bulk of them off, harnessing the power of the natural world in its materials, palettes and silhouettes.
Ochre yellows, dusky reds and smoky greys meet veined marble patterns and rounded edges, which elevate the likes of textured glass, woven fibre and grained timber into materials most precious.
We love the earthiness of this Mushroom coffee table.
FEATURE AMY MOOREA WONG
OUTDOORS
After over 50 years of bringing the Marenco sofa’s cushioned form into homes around the world, Arflex is honouring it by releasing an outdoor version, in armchair and sofa forms. Designed by Mario Marenco in 1970, its age-proof, jump-into-me softness is now entering gardens, whatever the weather.
SUPER NATURE
As the great outdoors dominates our homes, Gallotti&Radice is harnessing the beauty of wood grain and ramping it up a notch. The Manto Oval table by Pietro Russo is a pared-down, minimal take on marquetry, playing with walnut’s inherent colour gradients and gently arranging them into almost-naturally occurring patterns that are at once eye-catching and understated.
WEIGHTLESSNESS
Weighed down we do not want to be, and this desire for non-constraint is translating into our homes in the way of transparency. Rimadesio’s Aliante cabinet by Giuseppe Bavuso is a case
