Adam Kvaček  /
"Paradox of Isoëtes: Future of Almost Lost Species"

Designer: Adam Kvaček
Website: adamkvacek.com
IG: @adamkvacek_

Can commodification save endangered plants from extinction?

Adam Kvaček's The Paradox of Isoëtes explores the human-nature relationship using the endangered plant Isoëtes as an example. This graduation project is based on the idea that the easiest way to save an endangered species is to make it useful to humans, for example, as consumer goods.
The focus is on the process of commodification - creating a commodity from a given species and turning it into disposable cutlery as a symbol of consumption.

The project aims to explore the alienation of humankind from nature through interactions with the environment we live in. The speculation offers a scenario of the near future in the context of the current alarming decline of natural species due to human behavior. The project shows the interaction of humans with plants as other-then-human beings in three thematic levels:

- the protection of endangered plant species through protected areas,
- the commodification of plant species for human purposes through forest monocultures,
- and the creation of artificial environments through greenhouse complexes.

Through these examples, the project shows what the next step in human interference in natural processes could look like if intensive reshaping of nature continues.

Adam is an object maker and spatial designer. He focuses primarily on design-research in his projects and most often communicates his work through installations, workshops, or objects in combination with other media. In the course of his work, he has had the opportunity to be part of Milan Design Week, Dutch Design Week or Brussel Design September and to collaborate with interesting actors such as the Czech Centre New York, the Franz Kafka Society, the Czech National Museum, and the Beautiful Work project.

Alvaro Catalán de Ocón  /
"Frafra Tapestries"

Designers: Alvaro Catalán de Ocón, Baba Tree Artisans
Website: catalandeocon.com
IG: @alvarocatalandeocon / @acdo.es

The Frafra Tapestries project captures the architectural heritage of Frafra family compounds in Ghana, blending traditional artistry with contemporary expression. Local artisans, primarily women, weave with elephant grass, a sustainable natural fiber, to create tapestries that reflect the compound layouts through interconnected circles, squares, curves, and lines. These designs cast contemplative silhouettes, standing as both art pieces and cultural documentation. By preserving these layouts in bicolor designs, the project emphasizes sustainability, community, and cultural preservation. It also highlights the crucial role of women’s participation and solidarity in rural communities, transforming cultural heritage into tangible, modern works that honor tradition while celebrating the artisans’ skills and contributions.

Alvaro Catalán de Ocón, a prominent Spanish designer, is known for his socially and environmentally responsible creations. Trained in Milan and London, he founded his Madrid studio, emphasizing sustainability and craftsmanship. His notable works include the PET Lamp collection, blending plastic bottles with artisan techniques, and the Plastic Rivers rugs from recycled PET. His designs, featured in institutions like the Center Pompidou and Victoria & Albert Museum, merge global traditional crafts with industrial methods. Co-founder of ACdO/, Catalán de Ocón advocates for collaboration and cultural respect, earning awards such as the Spanish National Design Award.

AnanasAnanas  /
"1,033 Tangerines"

Designers: Elena Petrossian & Verónica González
Website: AnanasAnanas.com
IG: @ananas____ananas / @elena_petrossian / @veronylon

Eating goes beyond a cultural and political act, it is a necessity beyond whim. However, we do little to assimilate certain ethical understandings about our relationship with food. Through this installation, a tangible reflection is made about the respect for raw materials, natural resources and their future. Ananas Ananas addresses issues around the food production chain, specifically the amount of water going to waste with our residues left unwanted. By illustrating the similarities and the ways we use and abuse resources, we are asking ourselves if we’re taking what we want or what we need.

It takes 17,572.84 gallons of water, represented by the amount of water in the pool, to produce 200 pounds of tangerines or approximately 1,033 pieces. The tangerines are installed on rotating stainless steel vessels for guests to eat during the duration of Alcova. The studio is committed to communicating the importance of eating with the seasons and supporting local and sustainable farming systems.

The designers work explores the transformation of stainless steel sheets in different formats. These motorized rotating vessels are their first large scale reinterpretation of one of the studio’s tableware objects. By bending with the help of gravity and force the material shapes itself, allowing the piece to take an innate alteration.

Ananas Ananas is a food-art studio founded by Verónica González and Elena Petrossian. Their work focuses on creating edible installations,dining experiences and experimental tableware objects that encourage their audience to interact with food in a multi-sensory and experimental way. These experiences are intentionally temporary, meant to be enjoyed mindfully and to facilitate intimately present moments.
The art studio is deeply committed to rethinking food production systems and highlighting real, meaningful actions against food waste. The duo seeks to connect and immerse the audience on an individual and collective level in the food they eat.
Since 2019, they produce works in exhibitions, openings and spaces for artistic and commercial purposes.

Based in Los Angeles and Baja California, Working worldwide.

Arrived aliens  /
"Traces"

Designers: Arrived aliens, Apollo Plants, Kristina Aksentova, Billet Joyce
Collaborators: Nine fourteen
Website: arrivedaliens.com
IG: @arrived.aliens / @apollo.plants / @billet.joyce / @aksentova_art / @ninefrtn

Inspired by Florida’s subtropical landscape, the exhibition explores nature as an agent in the artistic process. The objects, shaped by natural forms and textures emphasize the presence of the moment — the event and the sensation. Form and materiality are fluid, unfolding in a dynamic, evolving sequence of natural traces.

Featuring works by Arrived Aliens, Apollo Plants, Kristina Aksentova, and Joyce Billet, alongside Nine Fourteen vintage gallery, the exhibition invites us to experience the layered connections between materiality, memory, and the living essence of place.

Since relocating to Miami in 2022 Katerina Oleinikova and Denis Gomes, co-founded Arrived Aliens, an interior design studio focused on incorporating local environmental and cultural elements into bespoke designs. Our studio started with a shared approach to design — connecting projects conceptually with their site-specific context and searching for a unique language that evolves from meaning to form, texture, and color. We find inspiration in subtropical nature, reinterpreting found objects into custom furniture and ceramics, creating spaces and objects that reflect the essence of place.

Bucktron  /
"Welocme Table"

Designer: Jon Buck
Website: bucktron.com
IG: @bucktron.studio

A unique welcoming table exploring form and process. Using sketches of the designers children as inspiration, it has developed into this character filled object.

Bucktron allows the materials and processes he uses to construct his art to suggest their own form in terms of balance and shape. He sits with an idea and considers the materials he will use to achieve the final piece. His approach is intuitive and organic, he lets the ideas come to life, encouraging happy accidents as he develops his assemblage and takes projects from 2d to 3d, arranging his work like a painting. He’s responsive to all things changing, and loves to introduce an element of the unknown.

bureau parso  /
"Aluminum Veneer series"

Designers: Teo Rhe & Sheyang Li
IG: @bureau.parso / @teo.rhe / @_sheyang_

Project explores the transformation of simple materials into valuable objects through creative and technical processes. Starting with scrap wood, we reveal its unique grain and texture through surface treatments. This texture surface is then transferred into aluminium (which is 100% recycled), an industrial material that serves as a vessel for the wood’s organic richness. This process of transmutation turns raw materials into unique pieces, challenging perceptions of their intrinsic value.

Bureau Parso is a collective studio based in Eindhoven, their collaborative work shows
the transformation of simple materials into valuable objects through creative and
technical processes.

crafting plastics! studio  /
"Feel the Matter"

Website: craftingplastics.com
IG: @crafting_plastics

Project explores the transformation of simple materials into valuable objects through creative and technical processes. Starting with scrap wood, we reveal its unique grain and texture through surface treatments. This texture surface is then transferred into aluminium (which is 100% recycled), an industrial material that serves as a vessel for the wood’s organic richness. This process of transmutation turns raw materials into unique pieces, challenging perceptions of their intrinsic value.

crafting plastics! studio is an award winning circular design and research studio based in Bratislava, Slovakia, founded by Vlasta Kubušová and Miroslav Král in 2016. The studio's practice focuses its expertise on cross-disciplinary research, development, and implementation of new generations of better ecological biocomposites into our current and future day-to-day lives. By combining science and design, cp!s revolutionizes properties, aesthetics, and values of perishable materials - from natural bioplastics to the environmentally responsive biocomposites for design and architecture.

Furn Object  /
"Sanctuary"

Designers: Anna & Sergii Baierzdorf, Sound designer Nastya Vogan
Website: furnobject.com/
IG: @furnobject / @sergii.baierzdorf / @anna.baierzdorf


This installation fosters a sensory interaction with sustainable materials, connecting human presence with dynamic, responsive elements. It creates an evolving ecosystem where scent deepens our connection to biomaterials and invites us to rethink the boundaries between the tangible and the perceptual.

Founded in 2022 by Anna and Sergii Baierzdorf, Furn Object is a Ukrainian furniture and decor brand offering handcrafted pieces that seamlessly blend individuality, creative exploration, and timeless craftsmanship.

Their mission is to invite comfort through self-expression, bringing joy, inspiration, and a feeling of freedom, encouraging you to treat yourself to something special.

While minimalism and functionality have dominated, often at the expense of authenticity and self-expression, Furn Object encourages you to search for what is truly yours.
Created with curiosity, each piece materializes emotions into playful interior items with distinctive character, inspiring self-expression and helping you recharge.

Inspired by nature, Anna and Sergii's designs balance structure, sensuality, and radical aesthetics, giving a feeling of lightness and joy. All products are uniquely handcrafted by Ukrainian artisans.

G Home  /
"The Missing Sherds"

Designer: Haoying Zhang
Website: gourdrevival.com
IG: @gourdrevival

Welcome to a place where time stands still, allowing you to catch your breath away from the uncertainties of the world.
Here, you're invited to discover inner peace amidst external chaos—to slow down and connect with the quiet strength within you.
This space isn't untouched by life's turbulence; rather, it's where you can acknowledge your journey, recognize your wounds, and find renewed joy and purpose. It's the transitional stage between what you're ready to let go of and who you aspire to become—a place to breathe deeply, reconnect with yourself, and pursue your dreams. The furniture in this room draws inspiration from nature, embodying joy, ease, and inner strength to support you on your path ahead.

The Echo screen, marked with openings resembling bullet holes, stands as a testament to resilience, showing that scars become part of our experience and help us build a better future. The Valun chair brings the monumental presence of nature indoors, grounding you and enveloping you in unexpected softness. The Liquid Rack, inspired by water, is both massive and light, introducing a sense of flow and calm to the space, supporting emotional release and cleansing. Lastly, the Barvinok table, inspired by the periwinkle flower, heralds a season of bloom, capturing nature's lightness and bringing it into your space.

G Home is a design studio centered on gourds—the first domesticated plant to serve human utility. We view gourds as a lens through which to explore the material world, seeing them as a globally significant material carrying unique cultural identities and natural wisdom. Our designs are rooted in contemporary needs yet aim to reflect diverse traditions of craftsmanship in meaningful ways. By honoring this ancient material, we create functional objects that transcend time and place, inviting reflections on sustainability, cultural memory, and the enduring connection between nature and human ingenuity.

GIOPAGANI  /
"Chase Eternity"

Designer: Giovanni Pagani
Website: giopagani.com
IG: @giopaganiofficial

GIOPAGANI’s aesthetic concept embodies a dialogue between memory and material, where design transcends function to become an emotional narrative. It draws from the fluidity of organic modernism and the timeless elegance of Italian style, merging with the artisanal mastery of selected Italian craftsmen.
Inside Alcova’s scenery Giovanni Pagani transforms the space into a sensory landscape — a monochromatic canvas where colors is neutralized and reimagined as an atmospheric presence. A subtle stage shaping the perception of the objects it surrounds, leaving the scene to the product that becomes the main character of its own storytelling.
“Chase Eternity” becomes a bold invitation for the audience to challenge its boundaries not settling for the standard but always looking for something more, something unique and personal, a story that that will outlast vogues and styles.

Giovanni Pagani is an Italian architect and designer who founded his brand in 2015. His work is based on the exploration of form and material to create iconic and distinctive objects and furniture. Pagani blends tradition and contemporaneity in a vision that celebrates craftsmanship and history, creating unique objects that tell stories and reflect the personality of their owners. His aesthetic is characterized by a discreet and refined elegance that recalls the work of great design Masters such as Jean-Michel Frank, Pierre Jeanneret, Carlo Scarpa and Luigi Caccia Dominioni. GIOPAGANI gallery located in the heart of Milan is a space that celebrates the imperfect, the memory and the authenticity of materials, reflecting the soul of Gio's design.

IED Istituto Europeo di Design  /
"How to look at objects nowadays?"

Designers: Jonathan Bocca, Carolina Balcázar
Website: www.ied.edu/
IG: @ied_official / @jonathanbocca / @_balqui

How to look at objects nowadays? How many interactions do they suggest? What values do they embody?

IED Istituto Europeo di Design presents a selection of projects by students and alumni showcasing possible and different ways of relating to domestic objects. Each project has a lot to unfold: from sustainable and conscious approaches in production, extending the life cycle of materials, to new sensorial experiences opening up to new realities.
A space that opens a conversation about the limits of physical objects and the interaction between them and spaces.

IED Istituto Europeo di Design is the largest Higher Education Network in the creative field to have maintained a global outlook and a deeply Italian cultural matrix, since 1966.
Although its educational experience has changed over time, it continues to be based on a simple and effective model: combining theory with practice and knowledge brought into the classroom by professionals from the world of work. IED teaches its students to be one step ahead, in the present. It is an inclusive, transdisciplinary school that uses design as a universal language for change.

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Juntos Projects  /
"Hard Wood"

Designers: María Daniela Huiza and Abraham Bendheim
Website: juntosprojects.com
IG: @juntosprojects

Juntos Projects presents “Hard Wood,” a collection inspired by the provenance of raw materials, where works are set in an immersive environment that evokes an abstract coastal landscape and mirrors the shifting sands of the Biscayne Bay.

Hardwood serves as the primary material for both the pieces and the installation. A trio of colorful stools and a bench feature angled and curved surfaces designed to complement the body. Each piece rests gently atop a landscape of sawdust collected from the wood shop where they were crafted, while mirrored panels overhead multiply the works within the space.


The Arc bench features soft valleys and peaks that create an elongated profile, with striking chevron legs for added stability. The Arc stool abbreviates the form with a carefully designed curve, offering a comfortable surface for resting. Color enhances the natural beauty of the wood through meticulously calibrated stains that create a vibrant watercolor effect, allowing the grain to shine through. Each piece in the collection articulates a clear visual vocabulary that welcomes collective enjoyment.

The collection showcases a body of work with a clear visual vocabulary that invites collective enjoyment. The Arc bench features repeating valleys and peaks that span between striking chevron legs. The Arc stool abbreviates this form with a single carefully designed curve, offering a comfortable surface to rest. To finish, meticulously calibrated color stains enhance the natural beauty of the wood, creating a vibrant watercolor effect that allows the grain to shine through.

Juntos Projects is a design studio creating contemporary furniture and objects for collective enjoyment. Their work combines art and architectural principles with a commitment to elevating premium, locally sourced materials.

Led by María Daniela Huiza and Abraham Bendheim, the studio operates out of New York City. Their work has been widely featured in publications such as, AD Pro, Dezeen, Sight Unseen, Rum, Business of Home and more. In 2024, the studio was awarded the International Contemporary Furniture Fair Editors’ Award for Best Emerging Designer and an honoree for the NYCxDesign Award for Best Emerging Product Designer.

Kevin Quale  /
"Nice Cock..."

Designer: Kevin Quale
IG: @kevinquale

“Nice Cock…” Is a presentation of gay surrealist ceramics by Kevin Quale that reimagines 17th century classic Delftware forms through a gay lens. The exhibition is set in the style of a Dutch still life painting where classic symbols like fruit and lobsters are replaced with the symbols of contemporary gay culture like poppers and chicken nuggets. Pieces, like tulipieres, candelabras, and chandeliers, are reimagined with a gay twist. Spouts become hard cocks, a chandelier blows its load to illuminate the scene, and hand painted sperm swirl around vases to form delicate flower patterns. The resulting scene is the aftermath of a debaucherous gay afterparty in a Miami hotel room and it’s a beautiful hot mess.

Kevin Quale is an NYC based artist and designer who creates ceramic pieces that mine the classic formal vernaculars of the past and reinvent them not so subtly through a contemporary gay lens.

KONQRIT by Cecilia Garcia Galofre  /
"Fusión"

Designer: Cecilia Garcia Galofre
Website: konqrit.com
IG: @konqrit / @ceciliagarciagalofre

Cecilia García Galofre presents her bathroom proposal, "Fusión", an experience where her brand of bathtubs and furniture, @konqrit, integrates with 3D projection, inviting the user-spectator to experience a sensitive and immersive space that allows for everyday moments of pause and self-care in a new light.
The pioneering Buenos Aires-based brand, launched in Argentina in 2023 and internationally established in 2024 with exhibitions at Salone del Mobile (Milano) and Maison et Objet (Paris), is celebrated for its custom-made bathtubs, enhanced by artistic and literary interventions. Thus, Konqrit becomes an embodiment of how art and literature can intertwine with design to create unique pieces that resonate deeply with those for whom they are intended.
"Fusión" proposes a total integration with the surroundings, offering the possibility to immerse oneself in the serene flow of water and color. The designer unveils the opportunity to co-create intimate moments, expanding what @konqrit pieces evoke and allowing them to blossom in the space: soft brushstrokes and colors that climb the walls, verses and stories that fill the room…
"Fusión" is an intensifier of feeling; it is about merging and sighing.


Cecilia García Galofre is a textile designer who holds an MBA. After working for ten years in the fashion industry, she decided to take a path with deeper personal meaning, creating spaces that embody wellness and beauty. She transformed bathrooms into spaces that invite you to feel. "I wanted to immerse myself in a unique space that conveyed a special feeling and resonated with my being. The lack of options like this in the market led me to create Konqrit, exploring a path that acknowledges human sensitivity and understands the desire for solutions that harmonize with our essence." defines Garcia Galofre.

Laura Casañas Maya  /
"Passementerie Series"

Designer: Laura Casañas Maya
Website: lauracasanas.com
IG: @melinda_loopy

Passementerie is an increasingly rare form of textile craft. It is abroad term that encompasses a variety of trimmings including tassels, fringes, gimp, cords and pom-poms among others. The Passementerie Series celebrates this decorative craft, transforming its visual language from flexible ornamentation into functional, solid forms.
The objective for this series is to challenge the established hierarchical structure of ornament as a design element by reimagining and reframing the relationship between passementerie and furniture.

Although passementerie is ubiquitous, whether a trimming on the edge of a sofa or tassels on the tie-backs of curtains, it mainly exists as an accent or ornament. This body of work moves beyond this dynamic to engage the unique textures, forms, and techniques of passementerie in the fundamental structure of the design.

Laura Casañas Maya (b. 1993) was born in Cali, Colombia. She received a BFA in furniture design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2017. Laura’s practice spans several mediums, including metal, wood, textiles, and ceramics.

Her current work is informed by the intricate and storied craft of passementerie, which she deftly channels through her utilization of its visual idioms, materials, and techniques. Through a nuanced exploration of the theme of nostalgia, she reimagines and subverts the established hierarchical structure of passementerie as a design element.

LcD Textile Edition  /
"Metallic Ocean"

Designer: Luc Druez
Website: lcd-textile-edition.com
IG: @metalmesh / @arttextile / @coppermesh / @belgiumdesign / @memoryformfabric / @textiledesign

Semi precious metal mesh memory formed: the ocean entered the room.

For 30 years, LcD Textile Edition & Luc Druez propose textile art works & metal meshes for interior designers hand made in Belgium.

Leo Lague  /
"Silver Dreams"

Designer: Leo Lague
Website: leolague.com
IG: @leolague

A design collection beyond functionality explores perceptions of time and its fluid essence. Each piece reinterprets memory as an artistic expression through materials born from experimentation, offering an immersive experience in the duality of ancient and modern, sacred and secular.

The installation also embodies Leo Lague's commitment to transcending design conventions, creating objects at the boundary between function and sculptural art. "Silver Dreams" invites viewers on a sensory journey where imagination materializes, prompting a shift in the relationship between object and space, material and the intangible.

With reflective surfaces such as silver leaves, the pieces presented at Alcova Miami serve as an invitation to self-observation — how we project ourselves to the world around us and the distorted perceptions between societal expectations and the inner self.

Leo Lague is a young designer from South Brazil who grew up during a time marked by the shift from analog to digital — a transition that shaped his unique worldview. Influenced early on by his family’s artistic background, Lague engaged in scenography and experimental projects in Porto Alegre. He found his primary form of expression in furniture design, creating works that explore intersections between history, mythology, and science. His pieces blend the artisanal with the industrial, and the contemporary with the traditional, evoking a suspended sense of time.

Lexus In Design  /
"Lexus In Design Capsule Collection"

Designer: Germane Barnes, Michael Bennett (Studio Kër), Crafting Plastics! Studio, Suchi Reddy, and Tara Sakhi (T SAKHI)
Website: Lexus.com
IG: @discoverlexus / @studioker / @germane.barnes / @crafting_plastics / @reddymadedesign / @tsakhistudio

Lexus in Design presents a limited edition capsule collection of 26 collectible design objects created in collaboration with a group of visionary designers including Germane Barnes, Michael Bennett (Studio Kër), Crafting Plastics, Suchi Reddy, and Tara Sakhi (T SAKHI). Each designer is crafting a series of bespoke objects, inspired by a core pillar of Lexus’ brand ethos–personalization, sustainability, materiality, technology, and performance. Objects featured throughout the collection, such as candle vessels and scent diffusers, incorporate a new custom Lexus in Design scent developed in collaboration with clean fragrance brand, dilo.

The Lexus in Design Capsule Collection coincides with 'Liminal Cycles', an immersive and multi-sensory installation developed in collaboration with Crafting Plastics. 'Liminal Cycles' will be on view at the ICA Miami sculpture garden during Miami Art & Design Week 2024 and explores concepts of software-enabled personalization, reactive technology and sustainable materials through four large-scale and sensory-responsive sculptures inspired by the Lexus LF-ZC electric concept car. Expanding on the concepts explored in 'Liminal Cycles', the Lexus in Design Capsule Collection balances innovation with heritage, ephemeral with collectible, and technology with human interaction, to transport viewers on a journey of personalization and luxury.

Lexus is a global luxury automotive brand with an unwavering commitment to bold, uncompromising design, exceptional craftsmanship, sustainability and personal luxury. This year, Lexus will once again partner with ICA Miami to present a large-scale installation, titled 'Liminal Cycles' during Miami Art & Design Week. 2024 marks the first year Lexus has collaborated with multiple designers to create procurable new commissions to accompany the installation. Lexus has also collaborated with dilo, the Philadelphia-based clean fragrance startup renowned for its balanced and innovative scents. The resulting Lexus in Design custom scent is featured in both 'Liminal Cycles' and the collectible design objects.

lucas muñoz muñoz  /
"Factotum"

Designer: lucas muñoz muñoz
Collaborator: Joan Vellvé Rafecas
Website: lucasmunoz.com
IG: @lucasmunozm / @joanvellve / @astiarraga

A site specific installation, designed, crafted and developed for Alcova by lucas muñoz muñoz and his team, is the central Plaza space this year. Following on his sound systems body of work exploration, the space is presided by an exclusive unit that has been locally manufactured and developed for Miami. Full high fidelity tunes and noise beam out of this multi channel device, be ready to dance!

In addition to this, a collection of seating and lounging elements, to be crafted on site during the event days, continues with muñoz´s experimentation with industrial and found elements. Widely explored by the Spanish designer in previous collections like O.F.I.S (Objects From Interstitial Space) or the numerous site specific objects developed on the streets - of China, Korea, Thailand, Netherlands or Spain- he skillfully crafted by transforming locally reclaimed trash into furniture elements.

Lucas' collaboration with Alcova brings in a material and territorial awareness that continues with his studio ethos of Working with Available Sources (W.A.S). A handcrafted experimental and radical approach that they previously applied in interior spaces and objects and that has been worldwide awarded for its conscious use of material, transitional character and its push for sustainability.

Lucas Muñoz Muñoz (1983) works in the field of art and design. He has demonstrated a capacity to revisit these fields of work through a creative commitment that takes what is in situ, puts in value local craft and materials, brings in ex situ knowledge, addresses consumption and pollution and includes the context, with its social and cultural layers, as a departure point. A globally awarded body of work, recognised by Dezeen Award and FRAME magazine as best of the year respectively for sustainability and best use of material, and the Seoul Design Award for Sustainable Life, within others.

made by ASTRONAUTS  /
"HYBRIS ASTERN"

Designer: Danae Dasyra & Joe Bradford
Collaborator: SERAPIS
Website: madebyastronauts.com
IG: @madebyastronauts / @serapismarinetime / @danaedasyra

HYBRIS ASTERN
a showcase of the collaboration between ASTRONAUTS and SERAPIS.
The two Athens based collectives meet, bringing together their respective specialisms in metal and textile to create limited edition furniture and ornaments. Drawing references from their common ground in the maritime, waterborne mythologies, aquatic creatures and seafaring vessels.

Launching, is a pair of chairs, that borrow the names “Scylla & Charybdis” from ancient Greek mythical sea monsters. ASTRONAUTS have pushed their exploration into hydroforming, introducing complexity in form and highlighting the process capability to produce rigid unibody structures from thin steel sheet. Finished with custom translucent powder coat, revealing the heat blemish from the welding process. The pieces are upholstered with bespoke colour ways of SERAPIS “Rust” design in jacquard woven cotton fabric.

Using their signature photographic narrative, SERAPIS inkjet print images on silk for a wall hanging alluding to fishing nets, draped on hydroformed mirror polished stainless steel hooks. For SERAPIS’ interpretation of a beaded curtain, they knot silk pieces that were discarded from their garments production, reflecting their attentiveness towards using recovered material and recycled fibres.

The installation is complemented by a curated selection of ASTRONAUTS pieces, including sea anemones inspired vases and their new “Sao” mobile sculpture, made from aluminium and stainless steel.

Made by ASTRONAUTS is a creative studio specialising in limited edition objects; founded by Danae Dasyra & Joe Bradford.

For ASTRONAUTS making is central, with materials or processes dictating, and design being merely a response.

The artists subvert conventional industrial manufacturing techniques as they self fabricate their work in house, at their Athens-based workshop. Enabled by proximity to the objects’ evolution, they work sculpturally, thus reaching their distinctive aesthetic.

Reflecting on the experience of encounter, the duo aims to create a moment of surprise. Inviting one to find strange beauty in the atypical, imagine narratives of the pieces' origins and function. Ultimately, challenging imposed perceptions of aesthetics and objects in search for freedom.

Make_Good_ and The Center for Subtropical Affairs  /
"Outside/In"

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Make_Good_Design + The Center for Subtropical Affairs presents the installation Outside/In, an immersive, living experience at Alcova, Miami. Outside/In features Modular Self-Watering Planters, rare and ancient plant-life, generative plant-powered Epiphytic Audio and a site-specific experience horticultural design that combine to create a dynamic, re-generative environment.

Outside/In supports The Miami Tropical Botanic Garden, located in Miami's little Haiti neighborhood, featuring some the last 3 remaining acres of contiguous green space in the center of the Miami. This magical urban garden features a natural spring and lake and a singular horticultural and landscape design experience, where native Everglades species, rare tropical and global plant-life meet spatial and object design, art and science.

Make_Good_ is a design studio based out of LA and New York. Make_Good_ believes in making the world less bad through sustainable planetary design. It focuses on the intersection between built and digital environments so humans and all species can listen closely and support each other, their communities and worlds.

The Center for Subtropical Affairs and The Miami Tropical Botanic Garden, located just a few blocks from Alcova in little Haiti, is the last 3 acres of green space within the urban core of Miami. It features rare and unique species and a community based focus urban garden adaptation. The garden currently actively pursuing support to keep its doors open to help support Miami and its community focused horticultural practice.

Marco Zelli  /
"NEFERTITI"

Designers: Marco Zelli
Website: www.marcozelli.com
IG: @_marcozelli_

Nefertiti was first presented for the first time in 2022 at the Assabone space on the occasion of the Salone del Mobile di Milano. This design is the result of a dialectic between various strategies and references that initially gave the work the title "When Donald met Jimmy, then Aldo came over". The name-dropping, chosen to enshrine a sophisticated semiotic game, was then replaced by the more synthetic "Nefertiti".

Nefertiti is conceived as a flexible modular element that can be assembled in various ways (array, totem, walls, shelf, etc.) or used as a freestanding object. Magnetic devices are in fact positioned on the top, back and bottom of the lighting element. A steel plate in the same colour as the lamp also allows an appliqué solution.

The interplay between rigorous geometry and playful colour, the unsettling reflection of the lamp and its space on the 45 degree mirrored panel make Nefertiti a mysterious object open to multiple interpretations.

Despite its bold appearance, Nefertiti is made of folded/bonded aluminium, which gives the design a great lightness and an exceptional sharpness to a geometry that would otherwise be impossible to achieve.

Marco Zelli is an architect and designer based in Zurich, Switzerland.
His work explores the dialectic between the permanent and the transitory, deploying different registers, from the ironic to the operational, and approaching different scales of the project, from architecture to design. He has worked in some of the most prestigious offices in Portugal, Japan and Switzerland, and in 2020 he established his own practice. He collaborates with several institutions such as the Trienal de Lisboa, the Swiss Architecture Museum and the Mies Van der Rohe Foundation. Currently he teaches at the ETH.

Objects of Common Interest  /
"Reflections of now"



This project draws inspiration from childhood memories shaped by close family, viewed through a kaleidoscopic lens. The multifaceted mirror panels and octagonal shape of the pavilion echo the way these memories evolve over time, reflecting our journeys through life. Just as memories can often be blurry, so too is the effect created by a kaleidoscope—an arrangement of crystals and colors that transforms with each shift in perspective. When someone else looks through the same kaleidoscope, they perceive an entirely different view, even though they are gazing at the same crystals.

As we adjust the position of the kaleidoscope, our perspective shifts, revealing new interpretations of familiar shapes and hues. This project employs semi-transparent, colored objects resembling prismatic gems to capture how these memories exist in our minds—pieces that embody both clarity and blur, much like the kaleidoscopic experience.
Drawing inspiration from the crystal designs of the 1960s, this collection reflects a fascination with prismatic forms and textures. Each piece, infused with a unique interplay of light and color, pays tribute to craftsmanship that transcends generations. Ultimately, this collection serves as an exploration of memory, with each object acting as a layered reflection of the clear and hazy moments that connect us to our past.

Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis are a duo behind the studio Objects of Common Interest, working within the realm of art and design and architecture, blending projects in scale from objects and installations to interactive immersive environments and interior spaces. They are also founding partners of the sibling studio LOT office for architecture. Objects of common interest were formed with the focus on creating still life installations and experiential environments and objects, demonstrating a fixation with materiality, concept, and tangible spatial experiences. The work roots from an amalgamation of thinking and making between two diverse poles, Greece, and New York.

Panorammma  /
"Panorammma"

Designer: Maika Palazuelos, Ana Reza, Guillermo Conde, Jeremi Mrozinski
Website: panorammma.com
IG: @panorammma_
Sponsor: Primo

PANORAMMMA’S POETICS OSCILLATE BETWEEN DISCIPLINES, WHILE FOCUSING ON A CRUCIAL POINT OF CONTEMPORARY SENSIBILITY: THE EXPANDING PATHOLOGY OF THE CONCRETE, THE ALIENATION OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE SPACE THAT ABSTRACTION OCCUPIES IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE. PANORAMMMA’S DESIGNS DELVE INTO THESE THEMES BY EXPLORING PAST VISIONS OF THE FUTURE AND CREATING THE MYTH OF MEMORY. BUILDING ON OUR PAST AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES THROUGH NEW VISUAL NARRATIVES.

PANORAMMMA DOES NOT SEEK TO CREATE OBJECTS THAT EXIST APART FROM EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE AS MUSEUM PIECES, BUT OBJECTS TO BE LIVED AND USED.

THESE OBJECTS REQUIRE A CCOMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE VIEWER SO THAT AS A USER THEY FACILITATE THE FULFILMENT OF THEIR OBJECTIVE TASKS. ACTIVATING THEM BY SITTING ON THEM, EATING WITH THEM, DRINKING FROM THEM, TURNING THEM ON, TURNING THEM OFF, CARESSING THEM, SLEEPING WITH THEM, WAKING UP TO THEM. ALLOWING THESE OBJECTS TO INTIMATELY AFFECT OUR BEHAVIOURS AND TO BE AFFECTED BY THEM.

PANORAMMMA PURSUES THE CREATION OF OBJECTS THAT GENERATE FISSURES FROM WHICH FANTASY SPILLS INTO OUR REALITY AND INFORMS AN IMAGINATIVE PLAY; A SCENOGRAPHY FROM PARALLEL FICTION. PSEUDO PROPS.

PANORAMMMA CREATES ACTORS THROUGH WHOSE PRESENCE AND PERFORMATIVE ABILITY CAN CREATE OF OUR DOMESTIC SPACES UNUSUAL SCENARIOS. TESTIMONIES OF A REFUSAL TO LIVE ORDINARILY.

PANORAMMMA IS A FURNITURE DESIGN LABORATORY BASED IN MEXICO CITY THAT SEEKS TO REDEFINE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION WITH MATERIALS AND FORMS. AT PANORAMMMA, FUNCTIONALITY BECOMES A PREMISE FOR VISUAL NARRATIVES AND A MEANS TO CONCEIVE NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR LIVING IMMERSED IN AN AESTHETIC PROPOSAL.

Parasite 2.0 x Bianco67  /
"XC Objects"

Websites: bianco67.com/
parasiteparasite.com/
IG: @bianco.67 / @parasiteparasite

XC Object is a project born from the collaboration between Parasite 2.0 and Bianco67. It is through the combination of Bianco67’s extensive experience in working with marble, stones, and granite, and Parasite 2.0’s design approach, that the project takes shape.

At its core is the desire to reinterpret waste materials from these processes and integrate them into new value-driven contexts. XC Objects uses stone processing waste as its primary material but places it within a more complex and open ecosystem. By developing a dry-joint system, materials of different types and sizes can be assembled and disassembled, allowing them to return to their original form.

A material that, as waste, has lost its original functional value, retains its intrinsic worth thanks to its interaction with the connection element, opening up new cultural and production possibilities.

XC Object is a project by Parasite 2.0 and Bianco67

Bianco67 was born from the evolution of a family business with over fifty years of experience in marble processing. Founded in the 1960s by the Bernardo family, the company today stands out for its ability to combine technological development with craftsmanship. Bianco67 is a new Italian entity capable of transforming marble into any concept, preserving the intrinsic qualities of this precious natural stone.

Parasite 2.0 is a design and research agency based in Milan. Founded in 2010 by Stefano Colombo, Eugenio Cosentino and Luca Marullo, they investigate the status of human habitats, acting within a hybrid of architecture, design, and scenography.
Parasite 2.0 has worked and collaborated with various cultural organizations and companies and they taught in national and international schools.

Pepe Valenti  /
"El Mar Collection"

Designer: Pepe Valenti
Website: pepevalenti.com
IG: @pepe_valenti

“When looking out across the sea towards the horizon, I see a magical phenomenon where an infinite number of sparkling reflections are created by the sunlight hitting the water’s surface. The movement of the waves creates an aesthetic harmony of darting light reflection which becomes a moment I am mesmerized by”

El mar is a series of mirrors that mimic this dance of light on water through the shapes themselves, but also through the actual fluctuations of light within the space around it, creating an immersive moment within an urban environment.

These mirrors are made from stainless steel and coated with reflective chrome/bras/copper. Each piece is unique and carefully crafted by hand intuitively into its shape using heat. Reflections are distorted by the curvature of the shapes, just like the water of the ocean.

Pepe Valenti is a Barcelona-born artist known for his sculptural and installation works, currently based in the Netherlands. He studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven and has built a name for himself in the intersection between art and collectible design. His work is known for its meticulous craftsmanship and a hands-on approach that emphasizes the relationship between materiality and aesthetics. Valenti often experiments with natural materials in an intuitive way, creating refined pieces that balance raw inspiration with polished finishes, such as his notable work El Mar Installation.

Puglia Contemporary Land  /
"Puglia Contemporary Land"

Designer: Vero International, Enza Fasano Ceramiche,Terraterra (Judith Hopf, Zoe Williams, Daniele Milvio), Le Costantine, Agostino Iacurci
Fratelli Colì, Antonio Marras, Paper Factor, Da A, Amura, Nassi, Affreschi & Affreschi, Pimar
Website: www.viaggiareinpuglia.it/it/homepage
IG: @weareinpuglia

Puglia Contemporary Land is a project promoted by Puglia Region and Pugliapromozione, Regional Tourism Board, and curated by Cristiano Seganfreddo to showcase the contemporary richness of a territory where the past constantly engages with the present, creating an intricate blend of tradition and innovation. This initiative, presented at Alvoca Miami, captures the complexity of the Apulian landscape, exploring the intersections of design, artisanal craftsmanship, material research, and art.

Puglia is a land of deep roots, where artisanal culture merges with artistic expression and material experimentation, giving rise to unique works. Local artists, designers, and artisans reinterpret traditions through innovative techniques and materials, contributing to a creative renaissance deeply anchored in the region’s identity.

In this context, Puglia Contemporary Land, also the first issue of an internationally distributed magazine, serves as a dynamic platform where the valorization of local resources meets international engagement, building a bridge between Puglian cultural roots and the global scene. Each piece exhibited bears witness to a territory in constant evolution—a mosaic that unites stories, knowledge, and visions, transforming tradition into a form of contemporary art and giving voice to a vibrant and inimitable cultural identity.


Puglia Contemporary Land is an immersive journey curated by Cristiano Seganfreddo for the Puglia Region and the Regional Tourism Board, showcasing the excellence of Puglian craftsmanship and cutting-edge design, intersecting with art and experimentation.
This presentation includes contemporary furniture companies such as Amura, Vero International, and Da a; ceramics by Fratelli Colì with Antonio Marras, and Enza Fasano with the Terraterra project (featuring Zoe Williams, Judith Hope, and Daniele Milvio). Also highlighted are the social textile project by Le Costantine with a tapestry by Agostino Iacurci, frescoes by Fabio Novembre for Affreschi Affreschi, reinvented paper by Paper Factor, lamps by Nassi Lamps, and stone and olive wood transformed into design pieces by Pimar.

RAWORKSHOP  /
"Rubberworks"

Designer: Rich Aybar
Website: RAWORKSHOP.ORG
IG: @r.a.workshop

A series of rubber wares for daily domestic use.

Sculptor and furniture designer Richard Aybar, the creative force behind RA Workshop, was born in NYC and spent the majority of his childhood in Dominican Republic. He started his practice in 2019 and is currently based in NYC. Throughout his work, he masterfully engages with rubber, wood, metal and other materials. This engagement with materiality is a cornerstone of his work, as he expertly navigates the delicate balance between natural and synthetic elements. His profound understanding of the tactile qualities and historical context of his chosen materials lends a unique depth to his creations.

Rest Energy  /
"Bottom of the Bucket"

Designer: Caleb Engstrom
Website: restenergy.us
IG: @rrestenergyy

Rest Energy's new tableware series, Bottom of the Bucket, features handmade porcelain plates and a small serving tray, each cast from the textured bottoms of mixing buckets and trash cans in our LA studio.

The series reflects the act of scrapping the bottom of the bucket-- capturing the raw, desperate essence of using every last bit of what you have. By transforming objects that typically hold waste into vehicles for nourishment, we, as a studio, again embrace tension and new ideas through contrast and opposition.

Rest Energy is the Los Angeles-based design practice of Caleb Engstrom.

He has exhibited across the United States and internationally, including at The Wolford House - Los Angeles, Superhouse Gallery - New York, THEMA - Paris FR, Collectible - New York, and SP-ARTE at the São Paulo Biennial Pavilion - Brazil. Caleb also leads a fabrication practice, Rest Fabrication, which has worked with top names in art, design, and architecture including Yoko Ono, Frida Escobedo, and Leong Leong.

He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine and lives in South Pasadena, CA

Room—file  /
"Upward Pull"

Designers: Jirah Joshua, Brian Lam, and Mike Serra
IG: @room_file / @jrah / @brnlam / @serrastuff

A pop-up showroom, featuring designers Jirah Joshua, Brian Lam, and Mike Serra, curated by Room––File.

Jirah’s vision for + approach to design is intuitive and conceptual. Jirah uses the two main influences in his work— Ceremony
and Set Design, to heighten the experience of the home or public space.

His work is a sharp balance of raw vision and technical training.

Sema Topaloglu  /
"The Nonconformist Tropical Garden"

Designer: Sema Topaloglu
Website: sematopaloglu.com/
IG: @ssematopaloglu / @sematopaloglustudio

The difficulty in categorizing Topaloglu’s work stems from her nonconformist ethos. While her studio is based in a city that geographically bridges East and West, she resists being defined by any specific local style. Instead, she draws inspiration from her own emotions and experiences, often exploring themes of play, passion, and love. Her fascination with these ideas is particularly evident in her experiments with glass, where she seeks to redefine its artistic and functional possibilities.

Thus, The Nonconformist Tropical Garden comes to life—a garden of glass that shifts between kaleidoscopic vibrancy and dreamlike serenity. It features lush, blooming forms: grass-like flowers, intricate shapes, and vivid colors that evoke everything from delicate candies to carnivorous plants. These tangible dreamscapes will be unveiled at Alcova Miami 2024, housed within one of the River Inn’s bedrooms. Expanding on the original concept from Milan Design Week, the installation grows beyond the bed, much like climbing vines, to envelop
the entire room. It transforms everyday objects—the side table, hanger, toothbrush, soap dispenser, and breakfast nook—into elements of an indoor tropical oasis, where visitors can bask in its warming atmosphere. Through this setting, Topaloglu celebrates her deep connection to nature, plants, animals, and the essence of life
itself, channeling a sense of flowing energy that unites all creatures. It is the skillful fusion of diverse materials that animates Topaloglu’s theatrical compositions. In her work, nature
takes on new forms as glass blends with bronze and brass to create cabinets, coffee tables, and lamps. Each piece in the collection retains the dreamlike quality of the installation, while being adapted for domestic spaces. “The Nonconformist Tropical Garden is an invitation to wander through the labyrinth of my imagination. Here,
nature and color intertwine with my passion for fashion and jewelry, in a perennial exploration of the limitless possibilities of glass. Following an always instinctive approach, this material becomes my canvas for the unexpected” — states Sema Topaloglu.

Sema Topaloglu Studio is the interior design, design and architecture practice led by designer and architect Sema Topaloglu that produces contemporary interiors, architecture and furniture in Istanbul, Turkey. Have been recognized as a “Name to Watch” in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2010. Sema Topaloglu Studio practice is known today f o r dedication to materials, craftsmanship and t h e unique aesthetic vision.

Biography
Sema Topaloglu studied landscape architecture in Ankara, Turkey. Later moving to Belgium she widened her field of experience through various creative workshops and experiences at interior design studios and ateliers in Brussels. Returning to Turkey and establishing a base in the rich historical district Beyoglu in downtown Istanbul. She actively merged her design approach with the historical craft culture of the city. Through her high adrenaline personality and enthusiasm, she continusously demonstrates a passion for natural objects, spaces, and close relationship with material and craft. Sema Topaloglu Studio is known for the original designs of interiors, sculptures and furniture featuring Sema Topaloglu’s personal vocabulary of geometric patterns and shapes. The practices approach to design as a complete work of art, is in parts art installation, design interior and handcrafted environment.

Sheyang Li  /
"Elemental Patchwork"

Designer: Sheyang Li
Website: www.instagram.com/_sheyang_/
IG: @_sheyang_

The Elemental Patchwork is an exploration of balance and transformation, embodied through an intricate mixture of metals cast at extreme temperatures. Each metals, though unique in origin and composition, merges with others to form a seemingly chaotic yet intentional whole. In this series, I draw on the tension between control and surrender, I aim to capture the quiet faith required to trust in the process of becoming. Those pieces symbolizes the belief that all parts, no matter how contrasting or challenging, ultimately converge into a harmonious unity.

Each piece is made of aluminium, bronze, brass, copper, and steel. Casted and hand-sculpted unique piece.


As a designer moving between object design and sculpture, Sheyang focuses on research and the development of his own production processes. He finds joy in the unexpected, guiding the material just enough to shape it according to his vision, while allowing room for unpredictability in the outcome. This approach lets the material's natural formation emerge within the object.

SoMad  /
"Mother Tree"

Designer: David Aliperti
Collaborators: Photo & video credits: photos Soraya Zaman @sorayatzaman / Sara Arno @sarnosaurus
video: editing @late__beth
Curation: Chris Rodriguez @chrisrodriguez.pdf
Website: somad.nyc/community/davidaliperti
IG: @princemonkey / @somad.nyc

Mother Tree is a project that aspires to question the preset values that we hold in the realms of art and design today. Diminutive in scale and high in intricacies, the sculptures are assembled entirely by hand without the aid of any tools or materials other than dyed foam clay. The works can best be described as meditative, intuitive and laborious, each sculpture taking up to months from start to finish.

The intention is to transport the viewer into imagined worlds different from our own, creating landscapes that are emotional and abstract, conjuring relationships between the viewer and the object that are personal and introspective while free from expectations.

Each piece speaks of the indomitable spirit and resilience of nature, of a perennial power for reinvention and reconfiguration – all virtues that are central for the perseverance of minority groups, for marginalized entities and outcasts. The works exhibited are part of the series Mother Tree, made in conjunction with SoMad, a New York based femme and queer led art space.

David Aliperti was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His work speaks of imagined worlds, ecosystems, and the intersectionality between nature, science and spirituality.

David has worked for and collaborated with brands ranging from Louis Vuitton to Collina Strada and Oscar de la Renta. He is known for his eye for color that is second to none, as well as for works that are whimsical, poetic and incisive.

SOMETHING LAST  /
"SOMETHING LAST"

Designers: Cindy Hsu Zell, Devin Wilde, Mary Ratcliffe Studio, Studio/ Jialun Xiong, Vy Voi Studio, and Xiaoyan Wei
Website: somethinglast-alcova.com/
IG: @jialunxiong / @cindyhsuzell / @devinwilde / @maryratcliffestudio / @vyvoistudio / @weiweixiaoyan

The absence of color in Something Last removes distractions, guiding visitors into an exploration of emotional depth that transcends hue. Each carefully composed sequence of visual repetitions—hypnotic geometric shapes and rhythmic parallel lines found in furnishings, lighting fixtures, tabletops, vases, and wall hangings—builds a visual language that feels both current and timeless.

While Something Last emphasizes purity and simplicity, it introduces a quiet, meditative atmosphere that gently invites viewers to slow down and fully immerse themselves in the subdued, powerful dialogue of the design’s fundamental elements. In this serene space, each subtle detail is elevated, creating an experience that encourages contemplation beyond the exhibition, leaving a lasting sense of tranquility and introspection.

Something Last is a meditative design exhibition that invites visitors to engage with the timeless essence of visual expression through the works of Cindy Hsu Zell, Devin Wilde, Mary Ratcliffe Studio, Jialun Xiong, Vy Voi Studio, and Xiaoyan Wei. Curated by Studio/JIALUN XIONG, this show offers a momentary respite from Miami’s extravagance through subtle, enduring pieces that strip down to the most essential components: shape, dot, line, light, and shadow.

Stamuli  /
"Short Stay"

Website: stamuli.com/
IG: @stamuliab / @barbatibertolissi

What shapes our sense of belonging, even in the most fleeting of settings? Stamuli, the Stockholm-based studio founded by Emanuele Stamuli, turns this question into a poetic meditation on transient spaces, using the evocative setting of one of the historic mansions of the Miami River Inn as its stage.

The installation reimagines the quintessential motel room—familiar to the point of anonymity, vibrantly colored yet stripped down to its bare essentials. But beneath its functional surface lies a quiet intimacy. A fresh bloom rests on a pile of books; a vase glows under the warm light of a floor lamp. These scattered objects evoke the presence of an unseen occupant, where every piece, however ordinary, carries a personal narrative and emotional weight. In this space, belonging isn’t tied to luxury but to the acceptance of impermanence. It’s a reminder that comfort can come from the smallest details and that depth can be found in the objects we choose to keep close. Against the backdrop of the River Inn’s lush greenery and architecture, Stamuli creates a sanctuary where the boundaries between place, memory, and identity dissolve, inviting visitors to reflect on the ephemeral nature of home.

Stamuli is a multidisciplinary architecture studio led by an international team of experienced design professionals with a broad creative and technical skillset. Specializing in architecture, interiors, and furniture for the high-end retail and fashion sectors, our rationalistic approach to design combined with our passion for detail and sustainability is what sets us apart from the crowd.

We are design experts with a deep interest and knowledge in materiality, color and geometry. Our craft is our core. We challenge the context to create spaces and objects that resonate as unique, memorable experiences in the physical world.

We design, and we make it happen.

Studio HAOS  /
"Room for Reverie"

Designers: Sophie Gelinet & Cedric Gepner
Website: studiohaos.com
IG: @studiohaos

Room for Reverie is a tranquil space filled with traces of an inhabitant who feels present yet unseen. Every item, thoughtfully placed, suggests that someone has just stepped out, leaving behind an aura of intimacy. The room seems suspended, open to new visitors but subtly tied to the one who occupied it before. It invites you to slip into a different life for a moment, a place where boundaries between guest and resident gently blur, welcoming you into the everyday comforts and mysteries of someone else’s world.

Founded in 2017 by Sophie Gelinet and Cedric Gepner, Studio HAOS has pursued an elegance defined by the ability to evoke emotion through restraint and deliberately limited means. Originally from Paris, the duo relocated to Lisbon to establish a large-scale workshop where design, prototyping, and production happen side by side. In this space, they experiment with ways to elevate humble materials, crafting thoughtful pieces that forge a path distinct from both mechanization and opulent craftsmanship.

Studio LoopLoop  /
"Dye dye my Darling"

Designers: Odin Visser & Charles Gateau
Website: www.studiolooploop.nl/
IG: @studiolooploop

"Dye dye my darling" is a collection of unique, mono-material pieces surfacing from LoopLoop’s latest material research. A set of vases, a coffee table, and a set of mirrors made from plant-dyed anodized aluminium showcase delicate colours and patterns obtained through their experimental techniques. An additional research mini-lab at the exhibition showcases their live experiments with local plant material, while providing a sneak peek into the studio’s bespoke processes.

Founded in 2022 by Odin Visser and Charles Gateau, Studio LoopLoop is a research-based design studio focused on sustainable and innovative production techniques. Their interest in re-imagining production tools results in an ongoing development of their own para-industrial systems in Looploop’s workshop in Rotterdam, NL. They use these systems to craft bespoke sustainable materials and objects.

Studio TOOJ  /
"Between Realms: The Known and The Untold"

Designers: Johan Wilén, Ashley Chong
Collaborators: MycoWorks
Website: studio-tooj.com
IG: @tooj_sthlm / @mycoworks

Studio TOOJ invites you to explore the dualities at the heart of our design philosophy, where the timeless meets the future. Our functional art pieces, crafted by skilled carpenters and stonemasons, celebrate the beauty of traditional materials. Alongside, we introduce our collaboration with Reishi™ by MycoWorks—a noble material fully grown from mycelium, the mysterious roots of fungi. We also present a centrepiece that made waves at Alcova Milano—a 3D-printed sand console table that challenges perceptions of form and substance. It is a showcase that speaks to the future of sustainable craftsmanship. Each piece in this collection resonates between the known and the untold, tradition and reinvention, capturing a Scandinavian aesthetic that is elegant yet disruptive, familiar yet forward-thinking.


We are Studio TOOJ (@tooj_sthlm), a Swedish design studio founded in Stockholm by creative couple duo Johan Wilén (@johanwilen) and Ashley Chong (@by_t.woon). Reinterpreting the norms of Scandinavian design, we wander between art and design, bringing a different take on simplicity that is both functional and beautifully crafted. Our debut at Alcova during Milan Design Week 2024 received an overwhelming response, affirming our unique creative vision and craftsmanship. Since then, our work has been celebrated in AD, Elle Decor, Dezeen, and more.

Studio Victor Miklos Andersen x Studio Villiam Miklos Andersen  /
"Zealand"

Designers: Victor Miklos Andersen. Villiam Miklos Andersen. Antonio Davanzo. Aske Hvitved. Bloko_748
Website: villiammiklosandersen.com
IG: @victormiklos / @villiammiklosandersen / @bloko_748 / @askeaskeaskeaskeaske / @t_on_c

Villiam Miklos Andersen and Victor Miklos Andersen grew up on Asnæs, a rugged headland on Zealand, Denmark, where steep cliffs meet dense forests and open meadows. This unique coastal landscape, shaped by both natural forces and human history, has profoundly influenced their creative practices. Zealand, their collaborative project at Alcova Miami 2024, draws directly from this environment, reflecting the brothers’ exploration of identity, nature, and the future of design.

Victor Miklos Andersen is an eclectic designer and artist known for his experimental approach to materials and technology, working across production, education, and exhibitions. His projects span digital platforms, physical objects, and performances, with notable shows like Laguna Antropica at the Venice Art Biennale (2024) and Bloko in Copenhagen (2023). His collaborations with Antonio Davanzo (Blok 748) and Leo Orta (OrtaMiklos) have shaped his multifaceted practice. Victor's works are featured in the Centre Pompidou's collection. Villiam Miklos Andersen, based between Frankfurt and Føllenslev, examines how modern male-dominated work environments impact personal lives, queering themes of sensitivity, care, and romance. Recent exhibitions include Caffè Crema (Overgaden) and The Pawn Shop (documenta fifteen).

Theo Galliakis  /
"Amphora"

Designer: Theo Galliakis
Website: theogalliakis.com/
IG: @theogalliakis

Amphora draws inspiration from ancient Greek amphoras, vessels that were used for transporting and storing wine and water. Among them were a few gold Amphoras (gold as a symbol of kingship and connection between humans and gods), offered as gifts to deities in order to ask for favours or to show admiration.
In today’s world of excess, my “pretend-to-be-gold” Amphoras serve as offerings to the contemporary Pantheon.

Made from inox, steel, aluminium and copper.

Born and raised in Crete, Theo Galliakis finished his Master’s degree in Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2018 with honours. Five years later, he obtained a second Master’s degree in Geo-Design, Design Academy Eindhoven.

Based currently in both Greece and France, Theo Galliakis has worked for renowned offices like Kengo Kuma and Associates and Kizi Studio and his work spans a broad range of scales and typologies.

Galliakis’ work manifests the “simple expression of complex thought,” as Donald Judd once said, and his approach emphasizes spirituality and material transformation.

Tokio. /
"High - tech reflections"

Designer: Asobi
Website: www.tokiotokio.com
IG: @tokio_furniture_and_lighting

The Mori bookshelf, named after the Japanese word for forest, draws inspiration from the serene and almost pattern-like presence of trees. Its design harmonises the natural beauty of exposed carbon fibre (legs) with the clean lines and functionality of the metal shelves that modern living spaces demand. The bookshelf is a celebration of minimalism, calmness and style, but now with a fully reflective twist.
There are no standard models, every piece is tailor-made and unique. Mori is more than just a piece of furniture; it's a reflection of our inspiration from Japan, where art and things like katanas, origami, haiku … last forever.
Installation will also feature Carbon Light with its carbon fibre structure making the pendant lamp extremely light and again holding the vision of Tokio.: timelessness. Finished in reflective high glossy chrome to subtly reflect its surroundings.
Mori and Carbon Light both share another thing: modularity in design. There are no limits to what can be created with these Tokio. systems: a small intimate corner for your memories or a vast centrepiece for all to admire … and everything in between.

Tokio. products are designed with Japanese inspired refinement, simplicity, detail and high-end technology, then made with the precision of skilled craftsmen. All these considerations ensure the timeless look and are the first choice of business, academic, scientific and artistic professionals alike.

Founded in 2011 by Gorazd Malačič, Tokio. is not concerned with making populist design objects, rather prides itself on being a contemporary ultimate design output. The result is a futuristic take on smart home objects that are seen as of the moment in today’s contemporary design landscape and sit easily even with styles of eras gone by.

Vintola Studio  /
"Retro Waves"

Designer: Ola Szewczul
Website: vintolastudio.com
IG: @vintolastudio / @olaszewczul

Retro Waves is a project that revives vintage chairs through hand-tufting, using a color palette inspired by the sunny vibrance of Miami. Each chair in this collection gains a modern, artistic expression with dynamic patterns that evoke organic shapes and landscapes, reminiscent of tropical coastlines and the energetic spirit of this iconic city.

The pastel shades of blue, turquoise, green, and yellow capture the essence of Miami, where the vivid colors of the sea and palms blend with retro architecture. The textured, three-dimensional surface adds depth and invites touch, making the chairs both visually appealing and incredibly comfortable.

“Retro Waves” is a tribute to vintage style with a touch of contemporary, vacation-inspired flair. These chairs, serving as both decorative and functional pieces, are perfect for modern interiors, bringing in a unique character inspired by the sun, beaches, and colors of Miami. This collection is crafted for those who appreciate functional art and a distinctive design infused with summer vibes.

Vintola Studio, founded by Ola Szewczul, is a creative space that blends the allure of vintage furniture with the craftsmanship of newly designed pieces, all handmade in Poland. The studio offers a carefully curated selection of restored vintage items as well as modern furniture lines, crafted with a commitment to quality and sustainability. Ola’s approach combines artistic expression with functionality, ensuring that each piece - whether vintage or newly created - embodies Vintola’s dedication to timeless design and responsible production.