Pour yourself a fresh cup of coffee – Knoll’s latest lineup is one you’ll want to savor slowly. Unveiled as the Knoll Pavilion at Milan Design Week 2025, the heritage brand’s newest suite of collaborations brings together a who’s who of design visionaries, each offering their own take on craft, comfort, and form. Featuring sculptural seating, finely crafted wood pieces, reimagined icons, and playful, lounge-worthy designs, each piece stands on its own, yet together they showcase Knoll’s ongoing commitment to championing the brightest minds and reinventing familiar furniture typologies.
Biboni Sofa by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of Johnston Marklee
Looking for that just right balance of relaxed yet engaged? Enter the Biboni Sofa by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of Johnston Marklee. It brings sculptural softness to seating, its rounded folds shaped into an enveloping, almost anthropomorphic form. Designed with an architectural mindset, every detail enhances its relationship to the surrounding space – best experienced floating in the round, as part of a constellation of elements. “It wants to be a good friend,” says Johnston. “We like that it can be giving in that way.” Balancing structure and comfort, Biboni is at once formal and informal, soft yet supportive.
Biboni Sofa by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of Johnston Marklee
Biboni Sofa by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of Johnston Marklee, D’Urso Occasional Tables by Joseph D’Urso
Muecke Wood Collection by Jonathan Muecke
Architect and sculptor Jonathan Muecke doesn’t hide wood joinery the way others might feel compelled to. Instead, he celebrates it, boldly showcasing end grain and structural connections as defining features in the Muecke Wood Collection. Muecke focuses on the materiality of the pieces and the spatial relationship they have with the room. “I don’t think about chairs and tables as objects,” he says. “I think about a chair in terms of material – as a marker of human scale, a physical record in relational space.”
Perron Bun Lounge Chair by Willo Perron
With its plush, oversized cushion seemingly floating above a slim sculptural base, the Perron Bun Lounge Chair by Willo Perron blurs the line between lounge chair, sofa, and bed. Its playful, cloud-like form offers an ultra-relaxed take on seating, balancing softness and lightness with a performative edge. Designed for sinking in, stretching out, or curling up, it’s comfort at its most inviting – and a little unexpected. “I come from pop culture and music, and my work is always a little bit performative,” says Perron.
Perron Bun Lounge Chair and Ottoman by Willo Perron
D’Urso Occasional Table by Joseph D’Urso
A celebrated minimalist, Joseph D’Urso first designed the D’Urso Occasional Table for Knoll in 1980, and now it’s reissued in three sizes. Its sleek silhouette pairs industrial materials with thoughtful function, from polished steel finishes to discreet casters. With a lower open shelf that acts as a second tabletop, clearing the top surface of clutter, it’s a small piece of architecture that seamlessly balances form and utility.
D’Urso Occasional Tables by Joseph D’Urso
The Barcelona Collection by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Lastly, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Collection, originally introduced in 1929, gets a fresh update with new fabric upholstery options and an ultra matte-black frame. The timeless elegance of the iconic chair, stool, and couch is reimagined with subtle shifts in materiality, bringing even more versatility to Mies’s famous “less is more” philosophy.
The Barcelona Collection by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Year after year, Knoll continues to build on its legacy of collaborating with design’s leading voices to create pieces that balance bold ideas, unique points of view, and timeless appeal. From sculptural seating to thoughtful reissues, each release reflects the brand’s enduring commitment to craftsmanship, innovation, and shaping the way we live with design.
To learn more about Knoll’s latest 2025 collections and the Knoll Pavilion, visit knoll.com.
Photography courtesy of Knoll.
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