Three Foscarini projects selected for the ADI Design Index 2025

After the many selections that over the years have led to two Compasso d’Oro awards — for Mite by Marc Sadler (2001) and for the editorial project Inventario (2014) — the ADI Permanent Design Observatory once again confirms its interest in Foscarini, including no fewer than three projects in the ADI Design Index 2025: the PLI suspension lamp by Felicia Arvid; the cultural project HABITUS, born from the collaboration with Andrea Anastasio and the creative team of Amal; and the monograph published by Corraini Edizioni on the occasion of the company’s fortieth anniversary.

Three different paths — a product, a research project, and an editorial work — together narrate Foscarini’s multifaceted identity, defined by innovation, creative freedom, and critical reflection.

Presented to the press on 15 October, the ADI Design Index 2025 is featured in a printed yearbook, a dedicated website, and a series of exhibitions.

PLI
The poetry of design simplicity

Designed by the young Danish designer Felicia Arvid, PLI is a suspension lamp where light itself becomes a structural element. An essential, poetic gesture: a thin sheet crossed by light that turns into folds and three-dimensional drapery. PLI combines formal delicacy with technological exploration, marking Arvid’s first foray into lighting design and confirming Foscarini’s ability to discover and support new creative talents.

HABITUS
The freedom of research

Presented during Milan Design Week 2024, HABITUS is a research project that moves within the open space between idea and product.
A path where Foscarini chose to engage freely with creativity, exploring new directions in the world of light — free from the limits naturally imposed by serial production.Born from the collaboration with artist and designer Andrea Anastasio and with Arun Jothi and Natalie Frost, the creatives of Amal, an atelier operating between India and Rome specialized in embroidery and haute couture detailing, HABITUS investigates the encounter between light, embroidery, and high craftsmanship.
Beads, sequins, and laser-cut PET ribbons become living materials that dialogue with light, generating shimmering, unpredictable textures that are never the same twice.None of these works was conceived with industrial application in mind, but rather as an open exploration — a space for reflection and imagination.
Because sometimes, it is precisely through research freed from constraints that new directions emerge.
For a company, taking the time to reflect, weave connections, and venture into apparently distant creative worlds is not only a privilege but a courageous choice — as Carlo Urbinati has stated.

Monograph.
“Some Think It’s Just About Shedding Light. Foscarini 1983/2023”

Published by Corraini Edizioni with graphic design by Artemio Croatto / Designwork, the volume celebrates the first forty years of the company — a story built from the very beginning on research, innovation, and creative freedom. Structured in six thematic sections, the book features a critical selection of lamps, a complete catalogue of Foscarini’s entire production, and contributions from scholars, economists, critics, and designers. Together, they outline the profile of a brand that has managed to unite tradition and experimentation, industry and craftsmanship, culture and enterprise. An editorial work that captures Foscarini’s essence: independent, eclectic, and driven by innovation.