Objects that stay with us
The Object Edit
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The Object Panton Didn’t Finish
A Capital Changes Function
The Update You Don’t See
In 1974, Verner Panton designed the parts, but not a permanent object. Square frames became cubes; cubes became animals; the animals could be taken apart and made again. In 2026, Vitra has brought the Panton Cubes back with Verner Panton Design AG as four kits: Duck, Flamingo, Giraffe and Cat.
Kazuhide Takahama designed Cnosso as a planter for Simongavina in the 1980s. Cassina returned to the design in 2026, turning the planter into a glazed ceramic vase while retaining its stylised reference to an Ionic capital and the sculptural weight of the original form.
Designed by Roberto Pamio in 1962, Gill was the first lamp presented by Leucos. The new edition restores its transparent blown-glass diffuser and characteristic white spot, while a newly engineered metal structure supports the glass from within without changing the lamp’s outward appearance.
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From One Room to Production
The Sphere Reassembled
The Same System, Enlarged
Charles Pfister designed the SOM79 chair in 1979 for Halston’s studio in New York’s Olympic Tower. Created for that interior, it entered production for the first time in 2026 through SOM x IKONstudio. Its construction was updated for contemporary manufacture while Pfister’s original form was preserved.
Vico Magistretti designed Magellano in 1971 as a spherical vase formed from two identical hemispheres and a network of meridians and parallels. Editions Milano returned it to production in 2025, preserving its proportions while producing it in brass with a palladium finish and in two sizes.
Mario Bellini designed Le Mura in the early 1970s as a modular seating system that could be rearranged as domestic life changed. Tacchini reissued it in 2022, then introduced Le Mura XL in 2026 with deeper seats, larger modules, softer cushions and new corner and chaise-longue elements.
Further Looking
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Objects from different decades, materials and uses, each chosen for the detail that made it worth another look.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Six objects, each chosen for the design idea it made visible: profile, record, grooves, repetition, support and tension.
DESIGN
Nearly thirty years after its debut, the bag returns with a new reading by Fendi Chief Creative Officer Maria Grazia Chiuri.
NOTES
Designed by Oscar-winning film, stage and interior designer Catherine Martin, Rhapsody is one of five Art Deco-inspired rugs in her second collection for Designer Rugs. Hand-knotted in Tibetan wool in Nepal, it shows how a carpet can shape a setting—a role another Martin-designed carpet later took on at Prada’s Fall/Winter 2025 show.