For Salone del Mobile 2025, LOEWE TEAPOTS, a collection of teapots specially developed by 25 artists, designers and architects, will go on view at the Palazzo Citterio in Milan from 8–13 April 2025. It will be the house’s ninth exhibition at the international furniture fair, which enables the brand to venture into creative experiments with artists, expanding on generations of design and craft knowledge.
Each artist has taken a unique approach to the teapot. Together, the works reimagine the vessel’s sculptural form, drawing on the varied and rich traditions of tea making and culture found around the world.
While many of the artists have chosen to work with mediums traditionally associated with teapots, including porcelain and ceramic, they have each taken a different approach to treating their materials.
The works on display feature a variety of glazes, finishes, and innovative textures. The teapot’s most distinctive elements, its handle and spout, form the focus of many of the works, though scale and proportion are often subverted through elongation or shortening, resulting in teapots that seem familiar but defy convention.
Rose Wylie’s teapot, with an exaggerated lid and fluted detailing, is inspired by British Royal Albert china tea sets. Frayed ribbons of clay wrap around Jane Yang-D’Haene’s elongated teapot.
Shallow perforations that enable light to pierce through cover the surface of Akio Niisato’s teapot, and ridges run across the entire surface of Takayuki Sakiyama’s, which appears to swirl upward from a continuous piece of clay.
Woven leather handles top both Simone Fattal and Shozo Michikawa’s teapots, while David Chipperfield’s glazed cobalt blue design is adorned with a copper handle.
Michikawa’s stretches horizontally, while Deng Xiping’s extends vertically, with its handle and spout positioned diagonally.
Both Lu Bin and Madoda Fani have chosen to leave their teapots unglazed. They feature a rich red surface and a porosity that allows the tea’s flavours to seep into the clay.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a selection of homewares produced by LOEWE for Salone, including coasters made from woven leather, tea cosies, and leather botanical charms featuring camomile, strawberries, bergamot flowers, and tea bags.
LOEWE will also present teapots produced in collaboration with Spanish artisans using Galician clay in either a raw finish or a choice of silver or gold glazes. These teapots take inspiration from the handcrafted ceramic tiles that adorn the CASA LOEWE store facades.
A special edition Earl Grey tea candle created for Salone del Mobile combines black tea and bergamot oil to make fresh citrus notes. It is encased in a lustreware terracotta vessel, brush-painted with iridescent pigment that incorporates real gold.
In collaboration with Kaikado, Japanese producers of tinplate ‘chazutsu’ established in Kyoto in 1875, LOEWE has created a series of tinplated tea caddies, available in three sizes. The lids have been embellished with rabbits, flowers and mice in brass and leather. The largest 400g caddy is paired with a specially designed woven leather case.
All of these items are available exclusively at Palazzo Citterio, Milan.
LOEWE’s signature tea blend Fiori e Sapori (Flowers and Flavours), created in collaboration with Postcard Teas, celebrates the arrival of spring by combining black tea leaves from India, French lemon verbena, Moroccan roses, Croatian camomile, and Italian bergamot oil from Calabria.
Starting 7 April 2025, the blend will be available to purchase exclusively from Postcard Teas via their website and in their store in London.
LOEWE’s 2025 Salone del Mobile exhibition showcases the brand’s continued investment in crafts and dedication to working with artists within and beyond its immediate output.
LOEWE’s previous commissions for the fair have included experimentation with the forms of stick chairs, weaving techniques and basketry, and a series of specially commissioned artist lamps.
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