Gubi Summer 2025: timeless reissues and forward-thinking design
From reissued masterpieces to sculptural lighting and bold innovations, the Gubi Summer 2025 collection explores themes of evolution, memory, and vision.
Each piece tells its own story: the refined geometry of Carlo De Carli's Tavolo a Dischi, the organic precision of the new Bistra rattan series, and the evolution of Komplot Design’s GUBI 3D chair—now reimagined for a world increasingly attuned to materiality and sustainability.
The Tria Armchair stands out as one of Carlo De Carli’s final masterpieces—an emblem of Milanese design conceived in collaboration with Vittorio Bonacina.
Crafted from natural rattan, this lounge chair is defined by its curved armrests: three rattan canes converge into one elegant form, creating a rhythmic interplay of curves and proportions that evokes both lightness and strength.
Every detail is carefully considered. Each cane is selected to ensure consistency in color and diameter, hand-bent with expert craftsmanship, and finished with a semi-gloss chestnut lacquer.
Removable foam cushions add comfort, making the armchair a versatile fit for a wide range of interiors.
Another design by De Carli, the Tavolo a Dischi, returns in all its sculptural presence.
Originally conceived in 1963 for Sormani, the table features concentric disks layered around a central core—an architectural tribute to the eternal balance between form and function.
A single glance reveals its architectural essence. Made from stacked wooden discs of varying diameters, the Disks Table—Tavolo a Dischi—was De Carli’s personal response to Eero Saarinen’s beloved Tulip Table. Inspired by a dinner conversation with pioneering furniture maker Luigi Sormani, De Carli envisioned a design with a similar silhouette, reinterpreted through a distinctly wooden, modular rhythm.
The steam-bent, fiber-woven bistro chair has been an iconic form since the early 20th century.
With the Bistra collection, GUBI and AMDL Circle bring this Parisian classic into the present, transforming it into a design that feels strikingly contemporary while honoring its artisanal heritage.
Reduced to three essential elements—a backrest, armrests, and a double-forked base—the Bistra chair by AMDL Circle evokes the purity of natural growth.
Each steam-curved component recalls a sprouting sapling, its form inspired by organic structures found in nature. The result is a chair that appears to have grown from the ground, rather than been built.
Extending the Bistra's organic growth theme, AMDL Circle also designed Reales Pattern, a bespoke 100% cotton upholstery fabric. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s verdant fresco in Milan’s Castello Sforzesco, its hand-drawn black lines echo the spontaneity of a sketch. This visual language creates a poetic continuity between the rattan framework and the fabric, reinforcing the chair’s handcrafted character.
A new special edition of GUBI’s Tynell 9602 floor lamp, also known as the Chinese Hat, is born from the encounter between Paavo Tynell’s design and Henry Moore’s figurative art.
Created for Garro Éditions, this edition features a natural linen shade printed with Moore’s Haringey Circus Horses drawing (1956). The horses animate the fabric, playing with light and shadow in a dynamic interplay.
A polished brass base and rattan-wrapped stem complete the lamp’s silhouette, achieving a perfect balance between art and function.
It is a tribute to poetic detail and craftsmanship—an object that feels both iconic and intimate.
The GUBI 3D chair by Komplot Design has been reimagined with sustainable, next-generation materials.
Alongside the classic 3D veneer version, the new collection introduces models in recycled plastic, also suitable for outdoor use.
The range now includes dining chairs, armchairs, bar stools, and counter stools, offered with painted or stainless steel bases. This updated collection celebrates the organic, sculptural lines that defined the original GUBI 3D, now enhanced to meet the aesthetic and ecological values of today.
With the Summer 2025 collection, GUBI invites us to explore a world where natural materials are transformed with intention and innovation.
An invitation to experience design as a living, evolving journey.
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