LA POLTRONA DEL VIAGGIATORE

Event: CRE-ACTION by INTERNI magazine, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan Design Week 2025.

A large, oversized armchair that metaphorically welcomes all travelers of our time. When travelers arrive in a new place, they sit down, rest, and observe. In doing so, they enrich themselves and carry the uniqueness of the cultures they discover out into the world.
La poltrona del viaggiatore (The Traveler’s Armchair) represents this moment. It also becomes a symbol of an Italian manufacturing company opening up to the global stage, showcasing its uniqueness and beauty.
The installation is realized by Gypsum, a company that has made material research and high craftsmanship its core strengths. It has developed a high-performance concrete that is weather-resistant, washable, and pigmented throughout with natural oxides. The “blanket” of tiles draped over the armchair is made from this innovative material.
Concrete is a material very different from the nature of a blanket, but all it takes is to look with a fresh perspective — the kind of perspective travelers have.

The “blanket”: a special edition of the Moon concrete tile collection, sized 7.5 × 7.5 cm.