STEFANO GALLIZIOLI FOR NEUTRA: SCULPTURAL FORMS TO INHABIT
A collection of upholstered pieces and seating where material experimentation meets architectural precision and sartorial elegance.
Some projects are born from a sudden intuition; others evolve slowly, taking form over time. Such is the story of the collaboration between Stefano Gallizioli and NEUTRA unveiled at Milan Design Week 2025: a graceful convergence of upholstered furnishings and seating, where sculpture meets function, and materiality finds its voice in a refined, harmonious dialogue.
It all began with a sofa— a bespoke piece designed by Gallizioli for the entrance of Emanuele Chicco Busnelli’ s offices, the soul behind the company. More than just a seat, it was conceived as a grounded presence: sculptural, solid, and quietly inviting, anchoring the space with understated gravity.
Over time, that initial gesture blossomed into Sao Miguel— a modular constellation of upholstered forms, where soft, fluid lines invite both repose and reflection. Around the central sofa, poufs and surfaces drift like gentle satellites, echoing the scattered terrain of an archipelago. Here, the sofa is no longer just an object— it becomes an inhabitable landscape, a geography of comfort and form.
Alongside Sao Miguel, a second vision emerges— one born entirely anew for NEUTRA: Ordos. Where the former speaks in soft, organic curves, Ordos finds its voice in architecture— in the quiet strength of form and volume. Inspired by the boundless Mongolian desert from which it takes its name, it evokes a horizon where earth and sky dissolve in a seamless breath of sand and stillness.
This vision unfolds in a system of upholstered elements defined by clarity and restraint— a suspended platform composed of