ZANOTTA PARTICIPATES IN MILAN DESIGN WEEK, INTRODUCING NEW COLLABORATIONS AND REVIVING TIMELESS ICONS FROM ITS HISTORIC COLLECTION

Nova Milanese, April 3 2025 - One year after its inauguration, the Zanotta flagship store on Via Durini in Milan reveals a fresh new look for Milan Design Week 2025. Colour, a longstanding hallmark of the brand, is reinterpreted with a new palette, setting the stage for a collection that embraces the concept of total living. From 7 to 13 April 2025, the store showcases a wide range of new products joining the Zanotta catalogue: from Vincent Van Duysen’s emphasis on comfort to Pierre Charpin’s graphic and artistic explorations, alongside innovative seating solutions and the brand’s significant historical legacy, brought to life through iconic re-editions.

The revamped flagship store layout features the Riga-Riga sculptural table and sideboard, the result of a collaboration with French designer and artist Pierre Charpin. Both pieces showcase a handcrafted glass inlay pattern, where the materials are designed to translate shapes and colors. The contrast between ash wood and the polished coloured glass elements creates rhythm and three-dimensionality, positioning the Riga-Riga collection within an artistic realm.

Zanotta also introduces new collaborations, including the one with Belgian designer Vincent Van Duysen, who created the modular Fedrigo sofa system. Every element of the system is carefully crafted to offer maximum comfort and a true sense of well-being. The backrest naturally merges with the armrests, creating a cozy embrace, while the cushions enhance ergonomic support. Generous proportions further emphasise the perception of softness, making Fedrigo both inviting and profoundly comfortable. Sustainability is at the core of Fedrigo’s design, featuring a structure made of plywood and expanded polyurethane with recycled polyols CIRCULARREFOAM®. The recycled PET upholstery is secured with Velcro, eliminating adhesives and enabling complete disassembly for efficient recycling at the end of its life cycle.

A longstanding bestseller in the Zanotta collection, the William sofa by Damian Williamson is reimagined this year with an updated version: the William+, featuring greater depth and technical modifications that enhance comfort while maintaining the essential yet innovative aesthetic of a product that has captivated generations of design enthusiasts. This project, the designer’s final work before his untimely passing, stands as a valuable legacy of his talent and design vision.

Building on last year's collaboration with Muller Van Severen, the Z24 Books is a new freestanding bookcase available in two heights. Designed for versatility, it can be placed against a wall or positioned at the center of a room as a divider. The bookcase's glossy lacquered metal sides feature the iconic zig-zag pattern, creating a strong visual and sculptural impact. This element harmoniously combines with fixed, natural oak shelves, resulting in a refined material contrast between the solidity of wood and the visual lightness of metal. The balanced repetition of triangular forms, thoughtfully arranged, generates a captivating rhythmic pattern, resulting in a mesmerising play of light and shadow, adding depth and dynamism to the piece.

This year, the collaboration with Muller Van Severen expands further, enriching the Z24 collection with new elements, including three chests of drawers, where the iconic zig-zag motif is reinterpreted horizontally. Varying in size, color, and angle, these elements seamlessly integrate into the collection, creating a cohesive and recognisable family of furniture in which each piece retains its unique character. This design harmony strengthens the visual impact of Z24, highlighting its ability to enhance any space, from the living area to the bedroom.

Historically a pioneer in discovering new talent, Zanotta establishes a new collaboration with Canadian artist Christian Woo, presenting a vibrant series of side tables and poufs with essential shapes and a radical style, bringing his aesthetic into the living world for the first time. ​ ​ The Zymmo collection features bold and essential pieces, rooted in the simple honesty of the form. Archetypal shapes, executed exceptionally and free from visual or contextual noise, give rise to a timeless beauty.

Another standout in the new collection is Yori-Kiri, a sculptural lounge chair designed by long-time collaborator Francesca Lanzavecchia, accompanied by a matching pouf. Its sleek metal base ensures both stability and a commanding presence while discreetly housing a swivel mechanism for seamless movement without compromising elegance. This distinctive piece embodies the dialogue between craftsmanship and innovation: the reclining mechanism is seamlessly integrated, offering an intuitive and natural experience, while sculpted shapes and tailored details enhance its iconic character. With generous padding, a bold silhouette and a playful essence, Yori-Kiri is a true homage to comfort.

Zanotta’s Art Directors, Calvi Brambilla, introduce the Nellee chair, defined by essential forms and upholstery in fabric or leather, designed to complement elaborate tables with a strong visual presence.

Completing Calvi Brambilla’s new designs is the Ettaro carpet, a hand-knotted creation in wool and cotton. Its two-level structure adds a sense of three-dimensionality, creating a rhythmic interplay of volumes and geometric patterns reminiscent of a ploughed field.

In collaboration with the Venetian duo Zaven, Zanotta presents the new Low Bol side tables, inspired by the iconic legs design of the Bol table. Available in two heights, the tables feature the same concave section that allows for creative combinations, creating dynamic configurations within the living space.

Similarly, they introduce the new V-Bol vases, which take inspiration from the legs of the Bol table as well, adapting the characteristic silhouette into four different variations. Each vase is offered in a distinct color, allowing for versatile combinations both among themselves and with other products from the Zanotta collection.

Alongside these new releases, Zanotta continues to honour the great masters of the past by reintroducing iconic designs into its collection, such as the Marcuso table, designed by Marco Zanuso in 1969. A testament to Zanotta’s engineering expertise, which was the first to use an innovative technology to bond metal to crystal. The Marcuso table returns in its original version with a stainless steel structure and crystal top, available in round diameters of 120 cm and 150 cm. Alongside this reissue, two new variants are presented, also available in the round version: one with a lacquered MDF top – available in glossy and matte ton-sur-ton finishes with central metal legs – and the other with a Calacatta Oro marble top, which can be paired with any leg color. Another significant reissue is the expansion of the Cuculia range by Alessandro Mendini, with the introduction of a new bowl, further enriching this iconic collection of containers with an unmistakable design.

Finally, Zanotta celebrates its most playful design icon, the Sacco armchair, now available in the new Tux fabric, which boasts a vibrant palette of fresh colours. Designed in 1968 by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, and Franco Teodoro, Sacco has remained a symbol of informal, versatile, and ergonomic seating. Awarded the ADI Compasso d’Oro for lifetime achievement in 2020, Sacco has always been the epitome of informal, versatile, irreverent, free, soft and ergonomic design. In recent years, it has been at the heart of prestigious fashion collaborations, including the latest with Bottega Veneta in 2024. A timeless classic with ever-growing relevance, Sacco continues to embody the spirit of radical Italian design on a global scale.

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​Zanotta Flagship Store
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​Thursday 10 April | 9.30 - 22.00 (Durini Night)

ABOUT ZANOTTA
​Zanotta is driven by passion, supported by a pioneering approach, and inspired by radical design ideas. Since 1954, Zanotta has shaped the landscape of Italian design with its innovation and creativity. Starting in the bespoke upholstered sector, it quickly evolved into the design of furniture, collaborating with great masters of Italian design such as Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Gae Aulenti, Marco Zanuso, among others. Zanotta revolutionised the concept of furniture, creating iconic and innovative pieces that challenge traditional conventions. The company stands out for its ability to anticipate trends and transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, encouraging designers to break patterns and preconceived notions. Zanotta has been awarded prestigious accolades in the field of design, including the Compasso d'Oro, and its collection is exhibited in some of the most important museums around the world, from the MoMA in New York to the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Every Zanotta product is entirely made in Italy, reflecting attention to aesthetics, originality, and functionality. In 2023, Zanotta was acquired by Cassina, marking a new chapter in its history and becoming part of the Haworth Lifestyle division.
​zanotta.com

ABOUT CALVI BRAMBILLA ​
​Since 2006 Fabio Calvi and Paolo Brambilla have been working together, concentrating their activity mainly on interior, exhibition, and product design. The method is the one assimilated by the great masters of Italian design, capable of working at different scales, giving life to projects permeated by subtle irony but always founded on solid functionality. In a creative panorama in which trends lead to uniformity of aesthetic sense, the personality of the Calvi Brambilla studio always expresses itself by surprise, placing storytelling at the centre and communicating with maximum effectiveness. The studio's work has been recognised by several awards, including first prize in the Interni Cassina LC50 competition in 2015; the Good Design Award in 2017 and 2019; the German Design Award in 2019 and 2020; and the Salone del Mobile Milano Award (with the Flos stand at Euroluce 2017). ​
​calvibrambilla.it

ABOUT CHRISTIAN WOO
​Born in Madrid, Spain (1973) and raised in British Columbia, Canada, Christian Woo is a self-taught designer and craftsman whose work is guided by the tranquility and scale of the Pacific Northwest’s Forest landscape. Inspired by his grandfather’s dedication to the art of woodworking, Christian developed an early passion for the craft, leading to the establishment of his studio in 2006. Rooted in a deep respect for material integrity and traditional craftsmanship, his practice embraces Brutalist design principles, resulting in furniture with refined geometry and simplicity. Christian’s studio maintains an intimate relationship with its furniture throughout the design and fabrication process, ensuring a philosophy centered on timeless, modern design that is beautifully executed. His work has been showcased internationally across North America and Europe.
​christianwoo.com

ABOUT FRANCESCA LANZAVECCHIA ​
​Daring, eclectic, unconventional, and empathetic. This is Francesca Lanzavecchia's approach to design. Born in Pavia in 1983, she graduated in Industrial Design from the Politecnico di Milano and then attended the Master's program in Conceptual Design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, where she graduated with honors in 2008. In Eindhoven, her vision of design began to take shape as a prismatic and multifaceted discipline, a universal visual alphabet capable of shaping the existing with poetic and subversive elegance. For her, being a designer means being a researcher, engineer, artisan, and fabulists of life stories, such as those expressed by her projects. These projects serve as both functional and symbolic extensions of ourselves, carrying with them stories, gestures, and daily rituals that create a personal and emotional connection. From furniture to product design to interior design, her collections reflect a methodological and professional inclination towards Universal Design and the creation of products that are truly accessible to all categories of people. Francesca is a storyteller, a restless aesthete, and a nomadic-inspired designer. In 2010, she co- founded Lanzavecchia + Wai, a multidisciplinary design studio with Hunn Wai.
​lanzavecchia-wai.com

ABOUT MULLER VAN SEVEREN
​Muller Van Severen was founded in the early Spring of 2011. With both Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen being artists, it’s natural that their collections sit somewhere between design and art. Muller Van Severen has been on an inspired quest for sculpturally interesting furniture objects, always including the space around it, and characterized by careful research into their shared passion for art, architecture, and materials. At the same time, Muller Van Severen’s designs appear to be created almost intuitively and with total effortlessness. It looks as if the designers drew with crayons in space. After winning countless awards and collaborating with prestigious museums (such as Vitra Museum, Centre Pompidou and Musée d'Art Decorative Paris) and galleries (Galerie Kreo, Andreas Murkudis, Tim Van Laere Gallery) worldwide, Muller Van Severen is considered to be one of the most image-defining European design teams of today. Their creations are globally identified in both private homes and public spaces.
​mullervanseveren. be

ABOUT PIERRE CHARPIN
​Born in 1962, Pierre Charpin is a French designer, visual artist, and scenographer based in Paris, with a studio in Ivry-sur-Seine. A graduate in visual arts, he has been dedicated to furniture and object design since 1990 while continuing his artistic practice. Charpin collaborates with prestigious international companies, including Alessi, Hermès, and Zanotta. His works have been exhibited worldwide, with solo shows at MUDAC, Grand-Hornu, and Design Parade. Among his major exhibitions are Pierre Charpin, 20 années de travail (2011), La part du dessin (2014), and Avec le dessin (2023). He has also contributed to scenography, notably at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Triennale di Milano. Charpin has received numerous awards, including the Designer of the Year prize at the Maison & Objet fair in 2017. His creations have been featured in publications such as Avec le dessin (2023) and La fabrique de Pierre Charpin (2025).
​pierrecharpin.com

ABOUT VINCENT VAN DUYSEN
​Vincent Van Duysen, born in Lokeren, Belgium, in 1962, studied architecture at Sint-Lucas School in Ghent. He worked with Aldo Cibic in Milan and Jean De Meulder in Antwerp before founding Vincent Van Duysen Architects in 1989. His firm, now a team of 40, engages in architecture, interior, and product design worldwide, emphasizing high-end residences and commercial projects. His work blends pure materials, timeless aesthetics, and sensory experiences, prioritizing functionality, durability, and comfort. Van Duysen has earned prestigious accolades, including the Flemish Culture Prize and Henry van de Velde Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been featured in AD100 and Elle Decor A-List multiple times. In 2016, he became creative director for Molteni&C and Dada, while collaborating with other major design brands. 2022 marks the beginning of a collaboration with Zara Home. His work is widely published in major international publications with notable monographs by Thams&Hudson and Rizzoli. vincentvanduysen.com

ABOUT ZAVEN
​Founded in 2008 by Enrica Cavarzan and Marco Zavagno, Zaven is a multidisciplinary creative studio that focuses its research on the interaction between communications, design, and art. ​ Zaven is based in Venezia, Italy, and works globally, offering creative direction, product, graphic, and installation design, focusing on research, concept development, and collaboration among professionals from different fields. ​ Enrica and Marco regularly teach and hold workshops and lectures in various design schools both in Italy and abroad. ​
​zaven.net

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