NINE INTERIORS TRENDS FROM MILAN DESIGN WEEK

The return of wingback furniture, a celebration of florals, high-end high street homeware and more — here’s what the design crowd will be coveting this year

The star of the Soft Parade collection by Job Smeets for Mouromtsev Design Editions is a seat in the shape of red flames called On Fire. Does all this red signify danger or cosy, womblike comfort? Both, according to the Belgian artist. “Fire, historically a threat, an untamed element, becomes here a place of rest,” he says.