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THE EDIDA WINNERS 2025
We are thrilled to announce the full list of winners for the 23rd annual EDIDA awards! The EDIDA 2025 winners were selected by the 25 Editors-in-Chief of the ELLE Decoration International network. For the first time, with Perrier-Jouët as our official partner. And the winners are...
Photography by GIORGIO POSSENTI, Styling by ELENA MORA, Text by ELISA MENCARELLI, Artwork by MASSIMO COLONNA
Since its launch in 2003, the EDIDA awards—often referred to as “Oscars of Design” have brought together leading international designers and brands to celebrate excellence within the industry. And this year is no exception.
Discover the innovative and visionary winners of the ELLE DECO International Design Awards 2025 across 15 different categories.
The winners were photographed at the prestigious PAC Pavilion of Contemporary Art in Milan, a renowned exhibition space designed by Ignazio Gardella, known for its versatile layout and contemporary art exhibitions.
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR /
FAYE TOOGOOD
Multi-talented designer Faye Toogood is one of the most celebrated creative talents in British design. With a constant drive to challenge herself, she explores and experiments with unconventional ideas that become designs for interiors, furniture and accessories, as well as highly original clothes and sculptural pieces. Her constantly evolving language is truly fascinating, while at the same time maintaining her unmistakable style consisting of soft, enveloping, primitive shapes, natural colours and raw surfaces. Studio Toogood, founded in London in 2008, is known for its multidisciplinary approach, characterised by unprecedented fusions that give rise to projects that transcend the boundaries of design into all-encompassing creativity. Unstructured lines and unusual tailoring are the recurring theme in many of her most recent collections, including the Cosmic furniture range for Tacchini, which plays on the overlaying of cosy elements, the Squash range of chairs and accessories for Poltrona Frau, characterised by their super-bold silhouette, and the Rude range of rugs for cc-tapis, in which the layering of shapes, textures and colours places a central role. “One thing all my works have in common is a passion for shapes and materials, but always using different approaches to achieve different results”. fayetoogood.com
YOUNG DESIGN TALENT OF THE YEAR /
ANDRÉS REISINGER
An imaginative encounter between the real world and the digital, comprising elements of scenographic architecture, dreamlike environments and otherworldly landscapes; a seemingly impossible world, but one that Andrés Reisinger nevertheless succeeds in bringing to life in his work. Indeed, this is what makes the Argentine designer, who spends his time between Madrid and Barcelona, so fascinating. On the one hand, ordinary objects that have been modified by distorted shapes, fluorescent colours and oversize dimensions are repositioned in a hyperreal universe; on the other, digitally-designed pieces are brought to life and transformed into sets, 3D installations and actual functional furniture. The 2019 Hortensia Chair, an armchair covered in powder-pink petals that was created as an NFT piece and put into production in 2021 by Moooi, going on to become a huge social media hit, is an example of this. Last year saw us admire his mosaic mural, inspired by the work of surrealist René Magritte, at Nilufar Lancetti, while his poetic installation Take Over Jeddah saw the buildings of the city’s old town draped in pink (in homage to Christo and Jeanne-Claude, perhaps?). “I try to elicit sensations that, despite the digital context, trigger the memory of a physical and tactile experience”. reisinger.studio
INTERIOR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR /
PIERRE YOVANOVITCH
Having previously studied economics, the self-taught designer began his creative career working on men’s collections for fashion designer Pierre Cardin. In 2001, he decided to indulge his passion for design by opening his own agence in Paris, putting his name to projects with great personality ranging from residential buildings to institutional headquarters, with many hotels, restaurants, mansions and stage sets in between. What attracts us about his language is its extraordinary sensitivity, a far cry from any trends or any form of ostentation, which we see reflected in interiors that have a strong sense of identity. Every element here, from selected collectors’ pieces to bespoke furniture, plays its part in creating a harmoniously unique whole. Unprecedented stylish solutions characterised by meticulous detail, soft lines, bursts of colour and natural materials such as wood, stone and marble, in an intense dialogue with international works of art and design that nods to the culturally sophisticated approach of the creative talent. He launched the Pierre Yovanovitch Mobilier furniture brand in 2021 and subsequently opened galleries in New York and Paris, thus further demonstrating his skill in the world of interior design. pierreyovanovitch.com
BATHROOM /
FORMATION 02 SMART TOILET BY SAMUEL ROSS FOR KOHLER
A project all about contrasts, from innovation to tradition, future to prehistory, Formation 02 represents a new milestone in the world of intelligent, smart and multifunctional toilets. Designed by British creative talent Samuel Ross and produced for the US brand Kohler, it combines a seemingly rudimentary design with sophisticated technology and vibrant colour. “Our aim was to completely rethink the toilet and create a sculptural piece that would really stand out in the bathroom environment”. Inspired by the speed and power of water and using ultra-modern moulding techniques, the ceramic and composite resin piece is characterised by its unprecedented brutalist aesthetic, its hi-tech functionality and its unusual Haptic Orange colour—a hallmark of the British designer’s work. https://www.kohler.com
BEDDING /
SPHERICAL BED BY KAARE KLINT FOR CARL HANSEN & SØN
The Spherical Bed is now entering production for the first time, having been introduced by the Danish master in 1938. The extraordinarily contemporary bed, initially intended to be a single but now available as a double, really made an impression as a masterpiece of design and production, inspired by the proportions of the human body and developed with a meticulous geometric layout in mind. The very soul of the piece, as the name suggests, is the (imaginary) sphere that ‘cuts’ the contours of the headboard, footboard, and sides of the structure into the wood itself. The decision to use wood from a single tree trunk is another detail that only further reinforces the modernity of the piece, giving it a uniform appearance and further highlighting the elegant grain of the material. carlhansen.com
Sculptures: Fausto Melotti, I Sette Savi, 1960 (1981), marble, 225 x 55 x 31 cm (each element)
FABRICS /
AME BY TERUHIRO YANAGIHARA FOR KVADRAT
Ame, meaning ‘rain’ in Japanese, is the Danish brand’s first product made entirely of recycled polyester sourced from textile waste. A contemporary choice that beautifully showcases the Japanese culture, its design is in fact inspired by Sashiko, a traditional mending technique involving the use of visible stitches resembling raindrops. What’s more, the collection is available in a range of brown and earthy shades (the result of Teruhiro Yanagihara’s colour research) that evokes the art of Kasane no Irome (‘Colours of the layers’). This practice, which dates back to the Heian period, saw members of the imperial court combining several layers of coloured fabric to reflect the different shades of the changing seasons. kvadrat.dk
FLOOR COVERING /
JARDINS DU MONDE BY TATIANA DE NICOLAY FOR JAIPUR RUGS
The Parisian artist drew inspiration from the museum and garden of philanthropist Albert Kahn, home to a wide variety of botanical species, to create this range of fascinating rugs, handmade and hand-woven by the skilled Indian craftsmen of Jaipur Rugs, in soothing tones and featuring motifs inspired by natural landscapes from around the world, from Japanese Zen gardens to green English meadows and even French floral gardens, not forgetting forests, mazes, waterways and pagodas. The Snake Song (pictured) is decorated with Ficus and Bermuda palms, pepper plants and herbs found in the undergrowth, all combined into one fantastic jungle in which you can almost hear the tropical snakes hissing. jaipurrugs.com
FUNITURE /
STRIA TABLE BY ANDREA MANCUSO FOR NILUFAR
A generously sized table uniquely inspired by nature and featuring an unusually organic design: introducing Stria, part of the Pentimenti collection by designer Andrea Mancuso, offering a new take on the ‘terrazzo’ technique traditionally applied to Venetian Seminato floors. The result? A strong material component and a distinctly contemporary feel courtesy of linear fragments of marble that, arranged in a mosaic, create sculptural tabletops and legs that evoke the natural stratifications of rock formations. nilufar.com
KITCHEN /
MANTLE BY PATRICIA URQUIOLA FOR SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE
This free-standing modular piece incorporates the South Korean brand's advanced technological expertise into an unusual decorative piece with an artisan feel. A piece with real punch that can adapt to the various demands of contemporary living and fit right into various domestic settings. Mantle, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a container-cum-storage unit incorporating deliberately raw lines and intended to be a versatile fixture incorporating appliances and functional spaces in an original piece. The doors, clad in Cimento tiles made from a natural material, give the design a decidedly sculptural feel. signaturekitchensuite.com
LIGHTING /
LIGHTMASS^ BY RAW-EDGES
The British duo have created a poetic lighting collection that explores the concepts of form, volume and translucence through a series of table, floor and pendant lamps with an ethereal charm, in which the LED source (a spotlight placed on the floor, the ceiling or a shelf) illuminates the evanescent structure to create the appearance that it is floating in mid-air. Large in size but light in weight, this range not only has a certain stage presence to it but is also highly sustainable, with the reflective ‘skeleton’, for example, printed in 3D using a mixture of bioplastics and biopolymers. light-mass.com
SEATING /
ERNEST BY JEAN-MARIE MASSAUD FOR POLIFORM
Aesthetics and comfort are what this original modular seating system is all about. A design incorporating comfortable shapes and soft, destructured volumes, allowing various elements to be manipulated to create different compositions with great expressive power. Each individual module comprises three separate parts that assemble to form the back and the seat, resulting in a decidedly innovative marriage of ergonomics and design, all wrapped up in a modular sofa that not only cuts an unusual figure but makes it its strong point. poliform.it
Sculptures: Fausto Melotti, I Sette Savi, 1960 (1981), marble, 225 x 55 x 31 cm (each element)
TABLEWEAR /
PEZZENTE BY GIO PONTI FOR VENINI
It was in 1946, ahead of the 8th Milan Triennale in 1947, that the master of Italian design first turned his attentions to tableware. The resulting Pezzente collection of bottles and glasses was made using a novel technique that involved the hot application of coloured glass ‘patches’ to the transparent surface of the glass, creating a patchwork effect that made every piece of this eclectic table service striking and unique. 80 years later, Venini is bringing Ponti’s previously unrealised project to life in a tribute to the artist’s craftsmanship and creativity. venini.com
WALL COVERING /
EGYPTOMANIA BY LOUIS BARTHÉLEMY FOR BALINEUM
The French artist has created a collection of hand-painted ceramic tiles with an unusual, playful, tongue-in-cheek element to them. The relief designs pay homage to the history of Ancient Egypt by capturing the energy, vibrancy and charm of this ancient civilisation. The author conjures up fantastical scenes of strapping men, naturalist motifs and animals roaming freely, drawing inspiration from historical images that he reinterprets here in a distinctly contemporary language, with stylised subjects standing out against multicoloured backgrounds. balineum.co.uk
OUTDOOR /
EOLIE BY GORDON GUILLAUMIER FOR RODA
A system that offers a new way of outdoor living using low-lying modules of carefully calculated proportions that form islands to make for the ultimate in relaxation, with a tangible connection to nature to boot. The Eolie collection of sun loungers, tables, and awnings creates a real oasis of comfort with maximum modularity thanks to its combination of wide iroko wood slats, which support soft cushioning and integrated side tables. The collection is characterised not only by its simple, elegant design but by the range of colours its upholstery fabric comes in and its visible grain structure. rodaonline.com
Sculptures: Fausto Melotti, I Sette Savi, 1960 (1981), marble, 225 x 55 x 31 cm (each element)
SUSTAINABLE ACHIEVEMENT /
‘100R’ BY HYDRO
In a bid to accelerate its commitment to sustainability, Norwegian firm Hydro, specialising in extruded aluminium processing and already a world leader in the development of renewable energy, has opened a new testing division. This research, which came to our attention at Milan Design Week 2024, gave rise to the ‘100R’ project, the first extruded aluminium produced on an industrial scale, made entirely from post-consumer waste and with low carbon emissions. The brand commissioned seven international designers, including Inga Sempé, Max Lamb and Philippe Malouin, to design furniture and accessories incorporating unusual shapes and colours, using this new material designed with maximum sustainability in mind, in an attempt to communicate the research behind this new alloy. A collection, some of which is currently being marketed, that combines recycled aluminium with shades achieved using the eco-anodising process. Proof, then, that a commitment to being eco-friendly can even generate endless potential in the creative sphere. hydro.com
