Best of Design 2025: From AI to Anni Albers, a Year in Review
The year 2025 in design saw major milestones: the centenary of Marcel Breuer's Wassily Chair (1925), the reopening of Anni Albers' textile patterns by Dedar, and the opening of V&A East Storehouse in London. Formafantasma won a Wallpaper Design Award for their exhibition 'La Casa Dentro'. Alice Rawsthorn's book 'Il design come attitudine' was published in Italian. New spaces opened: Isola Space in Dubai and Roma Spazio Design in Rome. Abreham Brioschi emerged as a notable young designer. Time magazine named 'Architects of AI' as Person of the Year 2025, recognizing figures like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman. Two exhibitions stood out: 'La Repubblica della Longevità' at Triennale Milano and 'Prison Times' at Dropcity. Microalgae were highlighted as a sustainable material, studied at LUMA Arles. The V&A East Storehouse, designed by Diller Scofidio+Renfro, features the Weston Collections Hall and services like Order an Object and Object Encounters.
Key facts
- Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer turns 100 in 2025.
- Anni Albers' patterns reissued by Dedar from Josef & Anni Albers Foundation archives.
- V&A East Storehouse opened in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
- Formafantasma won Wallpaper Design Award for 'La Casa Dentro'.
- Alice Rawsthorn's 'Il design come attitudine' published in Italian by Johan&Levi.
- Isola Space opened in Dubai at The Lana Promenade, designed by Elif Resitoglu.
- Roma Spazio Design opened in Rome, featuring a former bank vault as a material library.
- Abreham Brioschi, Ethiopian-born Italian designer, presented collections Burgui and Danakil.
- Time magazine named 'Architects of AI' as Person of the Year 2025.
- Microalgae studied as sustainable material at LUMA Atelier in Arles.
- Exhibition 'La Repubblica della Longevità' at Triennale Milano curated by Nic Palmarini and Marco Sammicheli.
- Exhibition 'Prison Times' at Dropcity during Milan Design Week.
- V&A East Storehouse includes David Bowie Centre and Weston Collections Hall.
- Order an Object service allows online catalog consultation and object viewing.
- Object Encounters offers daily group discovery sessions.
Entities
Artists
- Marcel Breuer
- Alessandro Mendini
- Anni Albers
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Carlo Scarpa
- Abreham Brioschi
- Formafantasma
- Nic Palmarini
- Marco Sammicheli
- Alice Rawsthorn
- Paola Antonelli
- Elif Resitoglu
- Massimo Adario
- Carla Arrabito
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Lisa Su
- Elon Musk
- Jensen Huang
- Sam Altman
- Demis Hassabis
- Dario Amodei
- Fei-Fei Li
- David Bowie
Institutions
- Triennale Milano
- Dropcity
- LUMA Arles
- LUMA Atelier
- ecoLogicStudio
- Apoteca del Design
- Vitra Design Museum
- MUCIV
- Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber
- Olivetti shop
- ADI Design Museum
- Josef & Anni Albers Foundation
- Dedar
- Zentrum Paul Klee
- Johan&Levi
- New York Times
- Design Emergency
- V&A East Storehouse
- Diller Scofidio+Renfro
- David Bowie Centre
- Weston Collections Hall
- Isola Space
- Dorchester Collection
- Dubai Design District
- Roma Spazio Design
- Frattali Arredamenti
- Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti
- Nodus
- Time
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Weil am Rhein
- Germany
- Rome
- Venice
- Berna
- Switzerland
- London
- United Kingdom
- Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
- The Lana Promenade
- Piazza Cavour
- Lago di Garda
- Etiopia
- Omo Valley
- Camargue
- Arles
- France
- Torino
- Losanna