For its 37th consecutive participation at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Pedrali did not simply present new products. It presented a position. The company’s exhibition space, designed with Milan’s DWA Design Studio, embodied Pedrali’s “Gentle Habitat” philosophy, which emphasizes that spaces should enhance well-being rather than just provide shelter.
The installation itself functioned as a manifesto before any individual piece was considered. A poplar wood structure, undulating canvas-covered walls, soft harmonious lighting, and a fluid theatrical layout created an atmosphere that was simultaneously enveloping and airy, familiar and considered. Natural materials, neutral tones accented with light brushstrokes of color, and the deliberate integration of nature both symbolically and through direct presence gave the space the quality Pedrali was arguing for in its furnishings: a gentleness that is architectural in its ambition rather than purely decorative. Within this context, indoor and outdoor settings, residential and contract inspirations, and spaces designed for both relaxation and productivity coexisted within a single coherent design language.
The collaboration with Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, the founders of Formafantasma, produced Estratto, a collection of monomaterial aluminum side tables and consoles that is among the most conceptually rigorous pieces in the 2026 presentation. The collection takes aluminum extrusion, a craft deeply embedded in the industrial district where Pedrali is based, as both its material and its narrative. The process itself is central to the design logic: extrusion is continuous and potentially infinite, and Estratto explores that characteristic as an expressive possibility rather than simply a manufacturing method. The base of each piece consists of three concave aluminum extrusions joined together, with the internal cavity deliberately left empty, the negative space becoming part of the visual and structural language of the object. The tabletops, available in square, rectangular, and round versions, are distinguished by edges folded slightly downward, a detail that gives each surface a precision that reads as refined rather than industrial. The collection is available in glossy lacquered or anodized colors, transforming a technical and industrial material into something with genuine decorative presence without compromising its material integrity. Aluminum’s recycled, recyclable, and highly durable nature gives Estratto an environmental logic that aligns with the broader Gentle Habitat philosophy without being reduced to it.
The collaboration with AMDL CIRCLE, the multidisciplinary studio founded by architect Michele De Lucchi, marks the first collection produced following the partnership the two established in 2023 for Pedrali’s 60th anniversary. Fibra is a daybed collection defined by linear design and strong materiality, its most distinctive feature being the solid teak legs, which read visually as large wooden pegs inserted into a perimeter structure of extruded aluminum. The combination of teak and aluminum produces a tension between the weight and warmth of the wood against the precision and lightness of the aluminum extrusion that gives the collection its character. Comfort is as central to Fibra as materiality. The daybed can transform from a single to a double version through the addition of a teak slatted platform at the center, and a concealed reclining backrest allows the user to move from a more upright position to a fully extended surface for relaxation. The upholstery fabrics are technical and high-performance for outdoor use while maintaining the appearance, weave, and tactile quality of indoor textiles, resolving one of the persistent compromises of outdoor upholstered furniture without drawing attention to the resolution.
Among the additional new introductions, Libre, designed by Eugeni Quitllet, is an ergonomic polypropylene seating collection with compact dimensions designed to function across a broad range of contract and residential contexts. Nuova Guinea, a natural evolution of the Guinea collection by Cazzaniga Mandelli Pagliarulo, introduces a removable woven seat and backrest that gives the existing design a new material dimension. Philía Mesh by Odo Fioravanti is an outdoor chair that revisits 1960s formal references through a tubular steel frame supporting expanded metal sheet elements for the seat and backrest, combining visual lightness with a distinctive surface texture. The Opale family by Patrick Jouin is expanded with a new chair and armrest stool, while the Coney stool by Mandelli Pagliarulo brings an essential monomaterial curved steel tube structure to the collection. New versions of the Blume Sideboard by Sebastian Herkner complete the presentation, maintaining the characteristic flower-shaped extruded aluminum profile that defines the Blume family.
Taken together, the 2026 presentation confirms Pedrali’s position as a brand whose design ambitions consistently exceed the purely commercial. The Gentle Habitat is a coherent vision rather than a seasonal concept, and the collaborations with Formafantasma and AMDL CIRCLE in particular demonstrate a seriousness about design discourse that places the company in conversation with the most considered voices in contemporary Italian furniture.
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