Salone 2026: Design Returns to the Real — Materials, Imperfections, and Color Hierarchies

The 2026 Salone del Mobile highlights a return to material-driven design. In a complex international context marked by economic instability and profound shifts in how we live, the dominant themes were substance, sustainability, and durability. The claim “A Matter of Salone” captured this transition through a deliberate play on words: material as both “matter” and “what matters.” Material as origin, but also as transformation.