Loewe Teapots

LOEWE unveils its 2025 Salone del Mobile collection; a commission of teapots by 25 internationally renowned artists, designers, and architects.

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 unique different approach to the treatment of 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 often scale and proportion are subverted through elongation or shortening, resulting in teapots that seem familiar but defy convention.

Rose Wylie’s teapot takes inspiration from British Royal Albert china tea sets, with an exaggerated lid and fluted detailing, while 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 on a diagonal. Both Lu Bin and Madoda Fani have chosen to leave their teapots unglazed, featuring a rich red surface and a porosity that allows the flavours of the tea to seep into the clay.

The full list of participating artists is as follows: 

Laia Arqueros (Spain), Sam Bakewell (UK), Lu Bin (People’s Republic of China), Chen Min (People’s Republic of China), David Chipperfield (UK), Minsuk Cho (Republic of Korea), Tommaso Corvi Mora (Italy), Madoda Fani (South Africa), Simone Fattal (Lebanon), Suna Fujita (Japan), Naoto Fukasawa (Japan), Inchin Lee (Republic of Korea), Dan McCarthy (USA), Shozo Michikawa (Japan), Akio Niisato (Japan), Walter Price (USA), Takayuki Sakiyama (Japan), Wang Shu (People´s Republic of China), Rosemarie Trockel (Germany), Patricia Urquiola (Spain), Edmund de Waal (UK), Rose Wylie (UK), Deng Xiping (People’s Republic of China), Masaomi Yasunaga (Japan) and Jane Yang-D'Haene (Republic of Korea).

The presentation will be accompanied by ‘Teapots by LOEWE’, a selection of homewares produced by LOEWE for Salone, including coasters made from woven leather, tea cosies, and a selection of 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, which take inspiration from the handcrafted ceramic tiles that adorn CASA LOEWE store facades. A special edition Earl Grey tea candle that has been specially created for Salone combines black tea and bergamot oil to create fresh citrus notes and is encased in a lusterware 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 tin-plated tea caddies, available in three sizes. The lids have been embellished with rabbits, flowers, and mice in brass and leather. The largest 400g caddie 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, is a celebration of the arrival of spring and brings together black tea leaves from India, French lemon verbena, Moroccan roses, Croatian camomile, and Italian bergamot oil from Calabria. The blend will be available to purchase exclusively from Postcard Teas via their website and in their store in London from 7 April 2025.

LOEWE’s 2025 Salone del Mobile presentation reflects 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, basketry, and a series of specially commissioned artist lamps.

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