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Pastels take over

Design — 15 July 2026
Hepp by Christian Mittendorfer

Powder pink, butter yellow and dusty blue move across furniture and accessories, subtly reshaping the mood and perception of a room

Pond by RIPA
With Pond, RIPA uses pastel colour to make the mirror feel lighter, almost immaterial. Designed by Japanese designer Nao Iwamatsu, its steel volume frames reflective surfaces that multiply light and depth. In shades such as Butter, Paper, Sky, Peach and Silk, the geometry softens and the mirror becomes a small domestic landscape.

ripa-pond
Ph GiuliaPapetti
 



The Pipeline Solo Shelf  by raawii
Designed by Nicholai Wiig-Hansen for raawii, Pipeline Solo Shelf reduces the shelf to two essential elements: an aluminium tube and a minimal top. Pastel tones soften its rigorous geometry, turning it into a light yet distinctive presence. A small sculptural object that introduces colour with quiet precision.

pipeline-shelf-raawii
 



San Lò Design's sofas
In San Lò Design’s sofas, colour is expressed above all through textiles. The tones of the collection wrap soft, welcoming forms, helping shape a relaxed, domestic atmosphere. Colour never seeks to dominate; instead, it works quietly with the design, giving the sofa the power to define the mood of a room.

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The Play Collection by Home Studyo
With The Play Collection, Belgian brand Home Studyo brings indoors a world of ceramics with soft, deliberately imperfect forms inspired by the tactile quality of modelling clay. Vases and decorative objects are dressed in pastel tones that heighten their playful character, turning each piece into a vivid domestic accent.

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Bold by Studiopepe for Sancal
With Bold, Studiopepe brings a tribute to the Memphis spirit into the Sancal collection. The coffee table combines an asymmetrical top with geometric bases that pass through the surface, creating a compact sculptural composition. In the pastel finish chosen for this version, colour softens its bold forms and brings out their more playful side.

bold-studiopepe
 



The Montana System by Montana Furniture
With Montana System, colour becomes a design tool. Montana Furniture’s modular system can be customised not only in size and configuration, but also through a palette that includes shades such as Camomile, Ruby and Iris, transforming the shelving unit into a decorative as well as functional element.

montana-system
 



The HUMLESJÖN by Ikea
Even the simplest accessories embrace pastel colour. With the HUMLESJÖN timer, IKEA brings turquoise into children’s bathrooms: a small suction-cup timer that helps keep track of brushing time, making the daily routine a little more playful.

ikea-timer
 



The Bullnose Chair by Marco Campardo for Hem
Marco Campardo’s Bullnose Chair for Hem reveals the perceptual power of colour: its pastel-yellow finish softens a chair with generous proportions and a strong sculptural presence.

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Hepp by Christian Mittendorfer, Scisciorè
With Hepp, Christian Mittendorfer reinterprets the stool as an object open to multiple uses: seat, side table, step stool or play object. Lightweight and stackable, it moves easily from the home to public spaces. Handmade and also available in multilayer plywood in cream white, light blue, pink and yellow, it brings pastel colour into an essential form, adding irony and freedom of use.

hepp-sciscioré
Ph Christian Mittendorfer

 



808 by Jord Lindelauf
Belgian designer Jord Lindelauf expands the 808 collection with two new side tables, one developed together with artist Lindert Steegen. Lacquered surfaces in pastel tones and a flower-shaped form show how the modular system can shift identity through colour and geometry while preserving its essential language.

808-jord-lindelauf



ILO Lamp by Arieto Studio
With ILO Lamp, Arieto Studio uses colour to emphasise the object’s dual nature. The lamp consists of a fixed base, which charges by induction, and a removable illuminated ring that can move from table to terrace. Pastel combinations make the light feel softer still, turning a technical object into a versatile piece poised between function and atmosphere.

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