13 Belgian Creatives Featured at the 2023 SaloneSatellite

Belgium Is Design, a group of the country’s 13 emerging creatives, is among the up-and-coming talent show­cased at this year’s Salone­Satellite in Milan, the Salone del Mobile program laser-focused on the under-35 set. Among the highlights: Marianne De Cock uses lacquered larch for her jaunty Fold stool; Ahokpe + Chatelin encourages circularity with Ku do azò, a hammock made with secondhand sweater yarn; curves delineate Fersasos founder Pauline Vercammen’s Shell light; and childhood games inspired a tapestry by Manuel Leromain. Narcissus by Studio Matta is a polished-steel mirror integrating a shelf and vase. Notadesk’s laid-back lounge chair pairs an ash frame with a recycled-cotton sling seat. Playful Piédestal 1 by Tim Somers mixes wood species, and textile artist Emma Terweduwe contributes Gradient, a reversible felted rug that’s endearingly wonky. We love, too, how the mirrored top of Joe Sterck’s Speculum table separates from its base to become a stand-alone art piece.