Furniture company Haworth has launched a collaboration with color company Pantone and designer Patricia Urquiola for a limited-edition collection of the Haworth Cardigan Lounge chair, and a special exhibition titled “Dualities Discovered” at Milan Design Week 2025, running April 8-13. The showcase will highlight how Haworth’s sustainable fabrics, customized with Pantone’s latest color collection, “Dualities,” can change furniture pieces and redefine environments.
The exhibition is part of Elle Decor Alchemica, an annual project by Elle Decor Italia conceived by Urquiola. Within this exhibition, Urquiola created a serpentine sculpture, depicting a snake consuming itself—an ancient symbol known as the Ouroboros. Representing infinity, renewal, and transformation, it mirrors the exhibition's focus on sustainability.
“With this Uroboro, we wanted to explore the idea of continuous transformation—a space that evolves, renews itself and plays with the symbolism of the serpent biting its own tail," Urquiola said in a statement. "Together with Haworth, we developed knitted modules made entirely from recycled PET, shaping a soft object that’s both sustainable and expressive. The colors, created with Pantone, give life to a shifting skin, like a snake in the act of changing form.”
The materials in the collection are designed for continual reuse. The sculpture’s interplay of color, form, and texture reflects how both nature and design adapt and evolve in response to a changing world.
The Haworth x Pantone Collection
Underpinning the exhibition and the collection is Pantone’s latest color release, Dualities, which "highlights the balance between opposing forces and the cyclical nature of both design and life." The Dualities color palette reimagines pastels, with shades ranging from electric citrus tones to soft, smoky hues, infusing energy with neon-like brights or creating a serene atmosphere through delicate yellows, minty greens, and faded pinks.
The colors taken from Pantone’s Dualities collection are part of Pantone’s Fashion, Home + Interiors product line which was used as part of the artistic exhibition as well as the Haworth Cardigan Lounge chair. The team referenced and color-matched with Pantone color guides. The colors chosen for the partnership include:
- Pantone 15-3615 TCX Lavender Oil
- Pantone 14-0225 TCX Spring Leaf
- Pantone 14- 1242 TCX Melon Ice
- Pantone 12-2900 TCX Sweet Taffy
- Pantone 12-0549 TCX Citrus Essence
Haworth Cardigan Lounge Chair
The special edition version of the Haworth Cardigan Lounge chair has a wire frame wrapped in a specially developed knit fabric designed to match Pantone’s color references. This unique textile provides softness and structure. Made from recycled aluminium and polyester, the chair is free from toxins and fully recyclable, reinforcing a forward-thinking approach to materials. Its design expresses duality, where materials harmonize and multiple hues intertwine to create a singular, unified color. The fabric “hugs” the frame, much like the chair itself embraces the sitter, reinforcing themes of connection and comfort. The Haworth Cardigan Lounge chair reimagines lounge seating for today's flexible workspaces.
The exhibition and collection will be featured in the Elle Decor Italia Exhibition from April 7 to 13 at Palazzo Bovara.