Samsonite captures attention in the May 2025 design list due to its newly engineered and incredibly eco-conscious luggage collections. The ESSENS™ Circular and PROXIS™ Circular lines rely on recycled polymers and luggage components, as well as bio-circular materials derived from used cooking oil. Elsewhere, Alessi’s Il Tornitore Matto Project is a show-stopper. Running during Milan Design Week, the exhibition displayed a series of imaginative and design-forward funerary urn collections.
The May 2025 design round-up also calls attention to the new Artist-in-Residence at the historic Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland. Vancouver-based artist Alex Morrison will foocus on the distinctive pagoda-style rooftops and woork to merge these architectural sensibilities with the Glenfiddich’s brand identity — a venture that will likely translate in some intricated textiles, wallpaper or packaging.
