Salone del Mobile pushes Riyadh debut back a year.
Salone del Mobile.Milano has pushed back its first full Riyadh edition from November 2026 to 2027, president Maria Porro confirmed. The fair had staged a three-day preview event in November 2025 featuring 35 Italian brands, and Porro emphasized that the organization’s commitment to Saudi Arabia remains intact through the Salone World Tour, though no new Riyadh date has been set. Still, momentum in the Gulf hasn’t stalled entirely. Kartell is moving ahead with a Riyadh flagship this fall, joining Minotti and the soon-to-open Molteni&C in Riyadh’s KAFD district. Meanwhile, Design Doha Biennale and Dubai Design Week are both proceeding as scheduled in November, underscoring organizers’ view that the region’s design ambitions remain long-term bets worth the near-term turbulence.
YONT Studio brings road trip nostalgia to Berlin’s KaDeWe with a cassette-powered installation.
Berlin-based YONT Studio has installed “Not a Passenger” inside KaDeWe’s OMA-renovated halls, a 35-square-meter pink installation marking the launch of the “Passenger” collection, a collaboration between fashion label Namilia, Telekom Electronic Beats, and indie band Wet Leg. On view until September 27, the project takes its name and inspiration from Iggy Pop’s 1977 track “The Passenger,” flipping its theme of passive observation into an invitation for visitors to take control. At the installation’s center, six up-cycled car seats sit atop a circular platform, surrounded by four sculptural, high-gloss pink volumes made from epoxy-coated styrofoam. Two house cassette players loaded with 140 curated tapes from artists like Madonna, Björk, and Kendrick Lamar; a third functions as a mirrored dressing nook; the fourth displays the capsule collection via perfume-bottle-shaped hooks. Exposed cables and analog mechanics replace typical retail polish, designers Serdar Ayvaz and Coşan Karadeniz told designboom, giving the space “a nervous, almost bodily quality.”
Ralph Lauren hits its 2030 emissions target four years early.
Ralph Lauren hit its 2030 emissions target four years early, cutting greenhouse gas emissions 42 percent since fiscal 2020, well past its original 30 percent goal. The report makes clear that much of the progress comes from producing and selling less, not from a broad operational overhaul. The company’s direct emissions actually increased, even as its supply chain improved (by phasing out coal at factories). That improvement runs alongside a stated shift toward “fewer, higher-quality products,” which lowers emissions by default regardless of how much greener operations actually get.
Bergdorf Goodman marks 125 years with over 100 brand collaborations.
Bergdorf Goodman is marking its 125th anniversary the way it knows best: designer exclusives, elaborate windows, and in-store spectacle. The celebration, which kicked off with a New York Fashion Week party and runs through fall, spans more than 100 brand partnerships and over 850 exclusive styles, including archive revivals from Akris, rare Schiaparelli pieces, capsules from Roger Vivier, and more. Fifth Avenue’s windows are dressed in archival imagery and fall fashion against the store’s signature lavender, and a new dedicated coffee table book by Assouline, “Very Bergdorf,” chronicles the store’s history alongside filmed interviews with figures like Michael Kors and Candice Bergen.
Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods to curate a Sotheby’s contemporary sale.
Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods are the latest tastemakers tapped to curate Sotheby’s biannual Contemporary Curated auction, joining past guest curators like Oprah Winfrey and Robert Pattinson. The couple selected 10 works spanning Pop Art, the Washington Color School and contemporary figures including Warhol, Lichtenstein, Helen Frankenthaler, and Rashid Johnson, with the live sale set for October 7 at Sotheby’s New York following an October 2 exhibition opening. Many of the pieces carry personal meaning: Towns described George Condo’s I Want My Brain Back as tied to the adversity of 2020, while Woods pointed to Warhol’s Flowers as evoking family and future plans. Ed Ruscha’s Cities of the Globe nods to Los Angeles, where the couple first met.
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