Ghidini1961 and Richard Hutten Rewrite Vocabulary of the Object with Collaboration

June 17, 2025  by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry   

Hutten, a key figure in Dutch design and co-founder of the Droog collective, has brought his distinctive style to the Ghidini1961 catalogue: play as a method, irony as a language, the unexpected as a principle. Each project is a visual and conceptual short circuit, surprising but always rigorous, always curated. In Ghidini1961 he found the ideal terrain to give shape to a free but concrete vision, made of ennobled metals, sartorial details and precious finishes. The first icons tell the story – the Tip Top accessories, the Opera coffee tables, the Double O ice bucket and the Butterfly coatrack – and the many objects that have populated these ten years confirm it: chairs, stools, mirrors, umbrella stands, lamps. Some, like Butterfly and Tip Top, have recently been reinterpreted in the brilliant Candy finish, demonstrating how Hutten's design is timeless, capable of renewing itself while remaining true to itself.

“I am very satisfied with this successful collaboration”, he himself says in the text that accompanies the new collection. A shared satisfaction, which today finds a new expression in three projects presented at the Salone del Mobile in Milan.

Plomis, a bookcase inspired by flowers, transforms the lightness of the sign into structure, alternating fragmented surfaces and full volumes. The contrast between solid metal and wood creates a lively tension, which becomes rhythm and reflection, a play of shadows, an architectural presence. Modular, available in different finishes: it is a free and open project, which tells the story of Italian know-how with contemporary accents.

Hillary, an evolution of the dining chair already in the catalogue, amplifies the sartorial vocation of the original. The proportions grow, the comfort becomes enveloping, the line softer. Like a tailored jacket: elegant, reassuring, crafted to last.

Finally, Dune is a carpet that is almost a landscape. Hand-knotted in pure New Zealand wool, it evokes the undulations of the desert, the light that flows on the sand, the material that takes shape. Tactile, scenic, silently magnetic. Three new gestures that close – or perhaps relaunch – a story made of dynamic balances, vision and craft. Because in design, as in life, it is the best encounters that stand the test of time. And they still deserve many candles to blow out. Together once again.

[Ghidini1961] Ghidini1961 was founded in 2016 as the design arm of Ghidini Giuseppe Bosco, the brand has garnered international acclaim for its distinctive collections that blend traditional craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics. Specializing in metal die casting and with a focus on the use of fine materials, impeccable detail and timeless elegance, Ghidini1961 continues to set the standard for high-quality, exclusive design around the world.