Stepping through Villa Héritage: luxury, tradition and innovation at Salone del Mobile 2025

Whenever furniture, objects, textiles and building materials are designed and used to create spaces for the present, we are always looking in two directions: into the future and into the past. Design is always rooted in contexts – shaped by cultures, eras, traditions and innovations. The 63rd Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 will address this dynamic with an exhibition focusing in particular on luxury.

For the new exhibition space ‘A Luxury Way’, located in pavilions 13 and 15, French architect Pierre-Yves Rochon was asked to design an installation that emphasises the importance of time and experience in interior design – inspired by tradition but reinterpreted in a contemporary way.

Rochon is, in many ways, a master of this art. For 45 years, he has been striving for true, absolute luxury with his interior design studio, creating prestigious interiors for hotel chains such as Four Seasons, Ritz, Fairmont and Waldorf Astoria, as well as restaurants for Michelin-starred chefs such as Joël Robuchon and Alain Ducasse. In Milan, he has now been given the task of honouring the heritage of the past and projecting it into the future.

Specifically, he designed the Villa Héritage, a square installation of several rooms that invites visitors to pause and reflect while expressing a discreet, quiet beauty. Each room is a chapter in a story in which design and art intertwine: a white cinematic room, a winter garden, a red salon and a library. At the centre lies an inner courtyard dedicated to music, staged with a piano.

The message: luxury is not just aesthetics, but a multi-sensory experience consisting of harmony, culture and timeless charm. ‘Legacy is not a constraint; it is a source of freedom,’ says Pierre-Yves Rochon. ‘Understanding and mastering the legacy of our craft gives us the tools to reinvent and push the boundaries of design. Villa Héritage celebrates this dynamic between history and contemporary creativity and engages all the senses, forging an experience in which light, texture and sound come together to create emotion.’ Rochon's Villa Héritage: a tribute to the ideas that have shaped and continue to shape our culture.

Pierre-Yves Rochon, Villa Héritage
8th - 13th April 2025
Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Fiera Milano, Rho, A Luxury Way Pavilions 13-15

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