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|Objects| Italian designer Gaetano Pesce’s resin-cast Tramonto A New York Screen for Cassina, cassina.com P atina P ower The hottest trend in furnishings this year is dopamine-inducing colours that bring a bit of joie de vivre to every room. By Katharina Hesedenz Can colour be a drug? The most recent iteration of the Salone del Mobile, the design industry’s preeminent annual fair in Milan, answered this question with a resounding Yes. Manufacturers and designers convened for the event’s 60th edition this past June, bringing with them kaleidoscopic interiors in PHOTO LUCA MERLI 30 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM
Colour prints give joy. They convey the lightness and playfulness that we all missed in pandemic times – Designer Arthur Arbesser all shades of the rainbow. Passionate red, hopeful green, sunny yellow and heavenly blue delivered a potent dose of dopamine to the 262,000-plus fair visitors from 173 countries. Never before have Objets Nomades by Louis Vuitton been so multicoloured, cashmere plaids by Hermès Home so evocative or tableware by Rosenthal so unabashedly flamboyant. Milan-based designer Arthur Arbesser was one of many participating in the trend, dressing square side tables in the graphic patterns of his highly acclaimed fashion collection. “Colour prints give joy. They convey the lightness and playfulness that we all missed in pandemic times,” says the Vienneseborn designer. One particular colour interests Schönbuch creative director Carolin Sangha, who helped the German label achieve international renown through her congenial colour schemes. “Pink opens the heart,” she explains. “It is one of the colours that makes you the happiest.” Sangha always carries a measuring device with her that tells her the exact Pantone value of each shade she scans in. “I was recently in Lisbon and noticed that the whole city is pink,” she recalls. “It’s part of the reason why I always want to travel PHOTOS FROM LEFT: © LOUIS VUITTON, FABIAN FRINZEL The Campana Brothers’ Bulbo chair for Louis Vuitton’s Objets Nomades collection, louisvuitton.com; right: Schönbuch’s versatile glass Cores bookshelf, schoenbuch.com CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM 31
