Giorgetti’s new collection nods to the Year of the Horse

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As the Chinese New Year approaches, design is going equine. The horse, the animal of this year’s zodiac – and the values it embodies, from vitality and independence to creative momentum – has emerged as a defining symbol.

Embracing this spirit of movement and freedom, Italian furniture and design brand Giorgetti offers a charming interpretation of equine inspiration. Nuvola is a collection of horse-themed objects and furnishings designed and developed by artistic director Giancarlo Bosio, defined by the brand's signature artisanal precision.

The inspiration behind the accessories can be traced back to a 2022 exhibition at Beijing’s historic Summer Palace, where the famed bronze heads of the Chinese zodiac animals were displayed. Among them, the horse’s head – poised between art and cultural identity – stood out as a powerful image of strength and imagination. Seeking to echo this spirit, Bosio imagined Nuvola’s central motif: the Dreaming Horse.

This vision takes shape in three leather objects, each crafted with meticulous workmanship. The first is a small, versatile accessory, designed to be attached to a handbag, used as a keychain or displayed as a decorative ornament. The collection also includes a valet tray, conceived as a ritual object that receives what is set aside at the end of the day, and a vase holder, complete with a glass vase.

As Bosio explains, the Dreaming Horse ‘is not a horse thrown into the race to escape, but rather a horse that dreams, that creates inner worlds. Each piece is a fragment of this dream, a trace of that inner horse riding through a space where Giorgetti icons coexist, reinterpreted in a festive and symbolic vision.’

These are gifts in which aesthetics and function converge and where craftsmanship adopts meaning – resonating with the spirit of renewal, reflection and the welcoming of new energies ushered in by the Chinese New Year.

Anna Solomon is Wallpaper’s digital staff writer, working across all of Wallpaper.com’s core pillars. She has a special interest in interiors and curates the weekly spotlight series, The Inside Story. Before joining the team at the start of 2025, she was senior editor at Luxury London Magazine and Luxurylondon.co.uk, where she covered all things lifestyle and interviewed tastemakers such as Jimmy Choo, Michael Kors, Priya Ahluwalia, Zandra Rhodes, and Ellen von Unwerth.