Euroluce 2025: light between past and future

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Artemide - Ph. Diego Ravier

With 306 exhibitors, among the best brands in the sector, 45% of them from abroad, the biennial event of the Salone del Mobile in Milan showcasing light, presents companies engaged in experimentation and reissues

At Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025, between quotations from the past, but with a clear and precise vision of the future that works through experiments on innovative materials and technologies, Euroluce 2025 is an eye-catching spectacle.

Among the big names in lighting and small new firms active internationally, the biennial devoted to the universe of light features the latest innovations in the products that companies are presenting to the market, embodying continuous research to expand their offerings and make the most of the technical and technological potential, as well as new light sources.

In the various pavilions you can witness the magic of light that reveals its most fascinating side in the novelties. Here is a selection of the new products presented. Artemide participates by striking a balance between the tradition of the great masters of Italian design and the strictly contemporary themes of sustainability, circularity and technology.

Outstanding among new products is Arctic, designed by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), a modular lamp that draws inspiration from Archimedean solids and references ice crystals, perhaps a tribute by the designers to their land of origin. Transparent or mirrored materials envelop a light source with a system that enables users to mount the lamp, in an accessible and circular view of design. Among the novelties is also Internod developed with Arup and Stephen Phillips, a task light that uses bamboo as a sustainable material without the use of springs and with a highly technological light source, a lamp designed for contemporary workspaces.

By contrast here are three reissues that tell of the past and the tradition of Italian design: Cetra designed by Vico Magistretti in 1969 with its hemispherical forms, Alcinoo by Gae Aulenti from 1975, a perfect combination of glass and metal, and Sintesi by Ernesto Gismondi, a manifesto of Artemide’s technique.

Flos also presents a combination of new products and reissues in new materials, finishes and technologies. The Bouroullec brothers, each in their role of soloists, present Luce Cilindrica and Luce Sferica from Ronan and Maap from Erwan. The first two achieve the correct synthesis between industrial production and craftsmanship: two central dimmable LED light sources on which, like dewdrops, rest transparent blown glass spheres for Luce Sferica and borosilicate glass cylinders for Luce Cilindrica. Then Maap is a Tyvek lamp, which, like a large sheet of paper, can be shaped using magnetic spheres to be placed on a metal structure, creating and shedding a soft and enveloping light.

Borrowing from the concept of Arrangements, Michael Anastassiades designs Linked, a modular lamp composed of linear meshes in borosilicate glass available in three lengths: 40, 80 and 120 cm. The individual elements, thin and curved at the ends, are easily connected to each other with spring links that allow the current to pass through, turning on the light when hooked up. In the style that the Cypriot designer has accustomed us to, the lamp converts light into a dynamic, functional and decorative architectural element.

As for the reissues, Flos has decided this year to celebrate the master Tobia Scarpa by reissuing Seki-Han, a project from 1963 and in its catalogue until 1966. Seki-Han 2025 is the reissue of the historic lamp updated by Flos with movable wooden slats that rotate around the lighting body to modulate the light dynamically. The structure, raised to 185 cm, has a new black iron base that lightens its appearance. It is also available in a 168 cm pendant version. The light source is now a customized LED with warm, dimmable light, which guarantees a uniform 360° emission. The famous Biagio of 1968 is also reissued in a special series of 150 numbered pieces in honey onyx. Hollowed out of a single block, the lamp enhances the translucency and natural veins of the stone, being transformed into a glowing sculpture that blends craftsmanship and technological innovation. Each piece is certified, numbered and packaged in sustainable packaging. A poetic tribute to Italian material and design.

salonemilano euroluce 2025 — Artemide - Ph. Diego Ravier

Grau’s objective for this year is to bring the poetry of light into everyday life, creating a mix of emotion and function without compromising on ease of use. In its products, the German company combines the poetry of form with Sunset Dimming technology, which positively influences biorhythms and mental health, incorporated in its Fire table and Fire floor lamps. Also new is Campfire, a 150cm high light sculpture reminiscent of the atmosphere of a bonfire on the beach.

Ambientec, a Japanese company now in its second participation in Euroluce, presents two new products. Vosco by Nao Tamura and Barcarolle by Yoshiki Matsuyama. These are poetic cordless lamps which blend minimalist design with advanced LED technology. Featuring warm light, refined materials and USB charging, they are designed to last over time and accompany everyday life, inside and outside the home.

Soaked in Light, the experience that Lasvit stages for its participation in Euroluce 2025, an installation designed by Martin Gallo, plays on well-being and the link between light and water. At the center of the installation is Splash, which uses glass and light to stage a scenic display that evokes the movements of water sparkling in sunlight. The installation was also accompanied by the presentation of new products such as Vera by Patrick Jouin. A lamp that captures the essence of the forest by achieving a balance between organic materiality and technical precision. The project combines borosilicate glass and molten glass with bark textures, creating a dialogue between nature and engineering.

For its participation in the Salone del Mobile Milano 2025, Barovier&Toso presents three new collections. Agave, designed with Garcìa Cumini, is inspired by the elegance of the plant of the same name, with crystal elements modeled like elongated leaves, embellished with the dewdrop technique. Midtown recalls the New York architecture of the ’20s and ’30s with a geometric composition of fluted crystal sheets that creates an interplay of diffused light. Webb revolves around hexagonal modules in Venetian glass, also decorated with the dewdrop effect, and backlit for versatile and spectacular lighting solutions, both designed by Barovier&Toso.

With 7 new product families, 2 updates and a total of 21 models, Foscarini is present at this edition of Euroluce 2025 with a series of partnerships with new and historic designers, who underscore and strengthen the company’s spirit in creating lighting objects that are also furnishing accessories, capable of defining space with presence, character and emotion. The focus for the new product families was the evolution of a timeless product such as the chandelier. On this basis, the Rodolfo Dordoni studio designs Etoile, a contemporary version of the Murano chandelier, which through the subtraction and use of transparent pyrex glass and etched glass for the diffusers, creates a contemporary object that has its roots in tradition.

For her first collaboration with the Venetian brand, Francesca Lanzavecchia designs Tilia and Allumette. The first of these is an ode to nature and its processes that regulate growth and evolution, an object that reinterprets the archetype of the chandelier by making it become a living organism that grows in space. Allumette, on the other hand, is the contemporary interpretation of the chandelier with arms: with a skillful organization of materials and weights and counterweights, the chandelier is deconstructed and lightened by the use of transparent PMMA that transmits the LED light coming from the base of each individual arm, while making visible technical elements such as the textile cables, which become design features by drawing fluid and unexpected shapes. Francesco and Alberto Meda present the fruits of their experiments on materials with Alicudi, Filicudi and Panarea, three ceiling lamps in recycled lava with minimum thicknesses (8-10mm), produced in collaboration with Ranieri. Each lamp becomes unique thanks to the material and highly craft-based manual workmanship.

Expressing the essence that distinguishes each of his products, this year Davide Groppi presents a series of lamps that are outstanding by their light and understated forms.

TaO is a lamp in the form of a black sphere that seems to defy gravity and float in the void. A suspension lamp, through a skillful interplay of weights and balances, it manages to best express the essence of light.

From the link between photography and light comes Set, a lighting system inspired by photographic equipment. A stem to which a projector can be attached and a series of accessories: diffusors, reflectors, filters, anti-glare devices, snoots to play with light and enable it to dialogue with the space.

Luceplan is also presenting four new products at Euroluce, confirming its partnerships with Alessandro Zambelli and Daniel Rybakken. Markis is the fruit of the latter, an elegant suspension lamp restrained in its forms and materials. A triangular joint houses three aluminium extrusions on which a canvas is stretched that covers the LED sources. A work of utter simplicity that creates a minimalist yet extremely elegant object.

Cariboni group, in keeping with its corporate mission, focuses on offerings that look at urban and architectural lighting, and presents Spoon, a lighting system designed by Alfonso Femia that is capable of dialoguing with urban space.

There are many innovations at Euroluce 2025, an event that every two years is a landmark in the panorama of lighting products, displaying cutting edge novelties and always new and unexpected approaches.