For more than fifty years, Antonio Citterio and Flexform have shaped a shared body of work. The 2026 collection builds on this history, and considers what furniture becomes when it is truly lived with.
In partnership with Flexform
Since the early 1970s, Antonio Citterio and Flexform have collaborated on some of the most recognisable furniture pieces in contemporary Italian design, and Citterio is clear about what has sustained it. “What sets my relationship with Flexform apart is the ongoing dialogue,” he says. “We talk about products, we talk about needs, we talk about ideas, about what a new piece might contribute to the collection. And I think that’s really the secret.”
The 2026 collection, first presented at Milan Design Week as part of The Private Lives of Objects, is the latest expression of that exchange. Across Citterio’s new contributions, which include the Quincy and Everett sofas, Marquis tables, Justine and Avalon armchairs and the Clarence storage system, the collection spans a considered range of forms and functions. At the centre is the Quincy sofa, a modular design conceived around the act of gathering. Its silhouette moves between rounded corners and straighter sections, with a continuous shell framing down-filled seat cushions, and a generous chaise longue allows the configuration to respond to different spaces and ways of living. “Quincy takes shape around the idea of bringing people together,” Citterio says. “The enveloping elements that make up this kind of sectional sofa are a defining characteristic of its design.”
The same thinking runs through the collection’s materials, which Citterio describes as “the most recognisable feature”. Clarence pairs a cowhide-clad wood structure with veneered fronts, while the Marquis tables work in oak, wenge and Italian walnut. Each piece carries the considered restraint that has defined the collaboration across half a century, presenting furniture that earns its place in a home gradually, through use.
The wider collection also includes Patrick Norguet’s Louise family, Fumie Shibata’s Soreto family and Sebastian Herkner’s Tara table. For outdoor settings, Citterio introduces Everett Outdoor, alongside Monica Armani’s Margherì seating and Boutè coffee tables, and Sebastian Herkner‘s Tara Outdoor table. Here, Herkner’s Tara table pairs a substantial concrete base with a back-painted glass top, while Antonio Citterio’s Justine chairs bring a more compact, upholstered form around it.
Antonio Citterio’s relationship with Flexform stretches back more than 50 years, making him one of the defining designers in the brand’s history. He is pictured here resting on his Quincy sofa, a collaboration shaped by the close working relationship between designer and maker.
Quincy explores a softer geometry, combining sinuous curves and rounded corners with a continuous structural shell and down-filled cushions. The modular system includes a generous chaise longue, allowing the composition to shift with the way a space is used. Here, it is pictured among the Flexform Alma armchair and the Marquis side tables, both also by Citterio.
