ONLY THE BEST OF DESIGN: BRANDS, PRODUCTS & TRENDS
Editorial
Welcome to the fifth edition of the Casum Awards, to discover the products that represent excellence in design. A total of 64 awards for the best products presented in 2023 at Salone del Mobile.Milano, FuoriSalone and Cersaie and chosen by Casum, as always in an independent and authorially curated way. Very different products, but all characterized by a strong dose of personality and a rigorous approach to design.
Among the product categories of this edition – furniture, bathroom, kitchen, lighting, accessories, textiles, finishes
and coverings – there are absolute novelties standing out and re-editions that are back on the scene, by designers ranging from Patricia Urquiola and Christian Haas to Nanda Vigo and Ignazio Gardella. Furthermore, from architecture studios, such as Foster + Partners and Norm Architects, to interior ones, such as Fabio Fantolino and Marcante-Testa, to those specialized in product design, such as Konstantin Grcic and Zanellato/Bortotto.
A visual journey through the best of the current design panorama, among products, brands and designers.
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ON THE COVER
Yuzu armchair designed by Claesson Kovisto Rune for Arflex, at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023.
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Casum Awards 2023
The key concept for Casum is selection. Independent and authorially curated selection of brands, products and trends, since its foundation in 2015. Casum Awards were born in 2017 precisely to complete this mission, selecting every year the best of the best among design products, by worldwide brands and designers. The winning products are chosen at Casum's unquestionable judgement among the novelties, new re-editions or important updates presented at Salone del
Mobile.Milano, FuoriSalone and Cersaie each year. The winners are products with the best design: the basic criteria are personality and formal rigour, to which are added relationship with the past, use of materials and innovation. The result is a balanced and qualitative vision. These products are real condensations of different design approaches and visual imageries, but all together they tell the story of the current design panorama, forming an annual longlist for future icons.
The winners
Brand Product – Designer
41zero42 Mou
41zero42 Two
6:AM Glassworks Sistema – 6:AM Glassworks and Nm3
A-n-d Vector – Lukas Peet
Acerbis Due Più – Nanda Vigo
Acerbis Free System – Claudio Salocchi
Agape Ventiquaranta – LucidiPevere
Alias Robot – Mario Botta
Antoniolupi Street
Arflex Yuzu – Claesson Kovisto Rune
Arper Ralik – Ichiro Iwasaki
Artifort Track – Norm Architects
Baxter Judd
Bebo Objects Puff – New Order Arkitektur
Besana Grand Hotel – Studiopepe
Besana Marwoolus Carpet – Marco Guazzini
Billiani Raquette – Cristina Celestino
Bolzan Bend – Zanellato/Bortotto
Bross Baia – Marco Zito
Carpet Edition CoDeco – Marcante-Testa
Cassina Moncloud – Patricia Urquiola
Cc-tapis Panoplie – Patricia Urquiola
ClassiCon Forma – Christian Haas
Dante Negro Type – Stormo Studio
Davide Groppi Vis à Vis – Michele Groppi
De Castelli Ripple – Marco Pisati
Decoratori Bassanesi Windy – Nendo
Diabla Tuba – Samuel Wilkinson
Dnd Dune – Elena Salmistraro
Dooor folding door system
Grandinetti Miss – Giuseppe Trivellini
Gypsum Blocco – Marco Merendi and Diego Vencato
Kitchen but the best
Casum View Kitchen 2025
The visual directory of the world's top 50+ design brands specialized in Kitchen products.
First edition online in 2024
Brand Product – Designer
Gypsum X and X – Marco Merendi and Diego Vencato
Ichendorf Amaranta – Mario Trimarchi
Karakter Scarpa – Afra and Tobia Scarpa
Kartell Teresa – Ferruccio Laviani
Kartell Undique Mas – Patricia Urquiola
Kristalia Bottega – Kensaku Oshiro
La Manufacture Moos – Sebastian Herkner
LaCividina Dorothea – Andrea Steidl
Lea Ceramiche Pigmenti – Ferruccio Laviani
Lithotech Vivo
Luceplan Millimetro – Daniel Rybakken
Magis South – Konstantin Grcic
Marco Ripa Chiodo – Roberto Cicchinè
Matteo Brioni SkinClay
Mattiazzi Oto – Studio Œ
Mm Lampadari Layla – Serena Confalonieri
Nube Block – Fabio Fantolino
Nube Bold – Fabio Fantolino
Nyta May
Ondarreta Ginger – Sebastian Herkner
Sōdai Silkroad
Tacchini Sempronia – Tobia Scarpa
Tato Pagoda – Ignazio Gardella
The.Artceram Brera – Meneghello Paolelli
UniFor X – Foster + Partners
Verdi Tatami – Carlos Vera Dieppa
Vergés Nela – Emiliana Design Studio
Vergés Tura – Estudi Manel Molina
Vero 45 – Cara \ Davide
Zanotta Bol – Zaven
Zilio A&C Joli – Note
Zucchetti Octo – David Lopez Quincoces
Acerbis
Acerbis
MODULAR SOFA – RE-EDITION
Free System
DESIGN Claudio SalocchiDRAWER UNIT – RE-EDITION
Arflex
ARMCHAIR
Yuzu DESIGN
Claesson Kovisto RuneArper
MODULAR SOFA AND COFFEE TABLE SYSTEM
at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023
Artifort
MODULAR
DESIGN
Norm Architects
OUTDOOR TABLE
Bebo Objects
Billiani
ARMCHAIR, SOFA AND COFFEE TABLE
DESIGN
Raquette Cristina CelestinoBolzan
Cassina
MODULAR SOFA
Moncloud DESIGN Patricia UrquiolaDante Negro
OUTDOOR GAZEBO AND FURNITURE
Type
DESIGN
Stormo Studio
De Castelli
CABINET
Ripple DESIGN
Presented at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023. Image: De Castelli
Marco PisatiDiabla
OUTDOOR CHAIR
Tuba DESIGN Samuel WilkinsonKarakter
CHAIR AND ARMCHAIR – RE-EDITION
Scarpa
DESIGN
Karakter in its showroom at FuoriSalone 2023
Afra and Tobia ScarpaKartell
COFFEE TABLES
Undique Mas DESIGN
Patricia UrquiolaKristalia
La Manufacture
Marco Ripa
LOW TABLES, TABLE, STOOL AND HOOKS – NEW FLUO FINISH
Chiodo
DESIGN
Roberto CicchinèMattiazzi
STORAGE FURNITURE Block
DESIGN
Presented at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023. Image: Nube
Tacchini
CHAIR – RE-EDITION
Sempronia DESIGN Tobia ScarpaVergés
Vergés at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023
CHAIR Nela DESIGN Emiliana Design StudioVergés
CHAIR AND STOOL
Vergés at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023
Tura DESIGN Estudi Manel MolinaLOW TABLES, STOOL AND BOOKCASE – NEW COFFEE TABLE
45
DESIGN
Vero at Convey at FuoriSalone 2023
Zanotta
TABLES
Zilio A&C
CHAIR Joli
Agape
Antoniolupi
WASHBASIN
BATHROOM
The.Artceram
WASHBASINS
The.Artceram at Cersaie 2023
Brera DESIGN Meneghello PaolelliZucchetti
TAPS Octo DESIGN
Zucchetti at FuoriSalone 2023
David Lopez QuincocesLithotech
SINTERED STONE WORKTOP
LIGHTING + FURNITURE
6:AM Glassworks
LAMPS, SCREEN AND TABLE
Sistema
DESIGN
6:AM Glassworks and Nm3
6:AM Glassworks at Convey at FuoriSalone 2023
A-n-d
ClassiCon
Davide Groppi
Kartell
TABLE LAMP Teresa DESIGN
Luceplan
Mm Lampadari
LAMPS – RE-EDITION
Ichendorf at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023
Carpet Edition
Verdi
CUSTOM RUG – RE-EDITION
Carlos
DESIGN
Dieppa
TatamiFINISHES
Dooor
DOORS – NEW FLUORESCENT FINISH
Dooor at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023
41zero42
CERAMIC TILES
Mou
Presented at Cersaie 2023. Image: 41zero42
41zero42
CERAMIC SLABS
Besana
Cc-tapis
WALL AND FLOOR COVERING Panoplie DESIGN Patricia UrquiolaDecoratori Bassanesi
CERAMIC TILES
Windy
Decoratori Bassanesi at Cersaie 2023
Grandinetti
TERRAZZO TILES
Miss DESIGNGypsum
Gypsum
Lea Ceramiche
CERAMIC SLABS – NEW SEGNI DECORATIONS