Gucci devotees have a new way to sport the iconic GG logo. A supremely stylish new furniture and housewares collection lets them dress their homes as fashionably as they dress themselves.
Creative director Alessandro Michele delivers an intrinsically cool lineup of chairs, cushions, tabletop, wallpaper, and more. Many of the pieces feature flora and fauna motifs; others have cheerful renditions of the house’s ever-popular monogram design.
An embroidered armchair, for example, combines color and pattern for show-stopping results. Mix-and-matchable wood- and bamboo-backed chairs offer a choice of embroidered animal prints. There are also medieval-style Capitonnè sofas and armchairs in luxe velvets and leathers.
An eye-catching array of blankets and pillows enhance any décor. (We especially love the psychedelic vibe of a GG kaleidoscope cushion complete with braided trim and tassels.)
Among the tabletop offerings, white Richard Ginori porcelain is decorated in Gucci’s Herbarium design — a mix of cherry branches, leaves, and flowers. Crystalline glassware, silver-tone coasters, and engraved flatware tout signature bees and tigers.
Candles, new to the collection, come in collectible metal containers. And for super fans of the brand, there are over 30 archival, room-defining wallpapers.
Not surprisingly, the campaign photography is equally chic. The product is paired with large, furniture- and teapot-shaped topiaries. “There’s a sense of whimsy not unlike the dreamy aesthetics of Alice in Wonderland in both these shots and the collection,” reports Elle Décor.
Stefano Pilati x Pinto
Fashion industry veteran Stefano Pilati is also venturing into the design arena with a new capsule furniture collection for luxury French interior design agency Pinto Paris. The sculptural, one-of-a-kind pieces are a collaboration with the company’s co-artistic directors Fahad Hariri and Pietro Scaglione.
For the high-profile Italian designer — whose CV includes Yves Saint Laurent, Cerruti, Armani, Prada, and Zegna — the transition was natural. “My connection to fashion is inevitable and the connection between fashion and furniture is intrinsically entwined,” Pilati said.
“What I find interesting now is to admit that ‘design’ in general, across fashion, haute-couture, hand-made, artisanal, and ultimately industrial, becomes a matter of recognizing the purpose of it. The chance to learn and master a practice, at every level in my experience helps my creative processes to be applied wherever I need to,” he added.
A Pinto x Pilati oversized “Dune” sofa has chic, origami-inspired arms. The collection’s “Sculpture” armchair — essentially a mold of bronze cast in wax — creates the appearance of a rattan texture being thrown over the form of a chair.
“The pieces are all conceived to be in spaces where indoor and outdoor coexist seamlessly,” Pilati said.
