June 25, 2026

Words:  Stephen Treffinger

Photography: Louis De Belle With Set Up by Laura Tocchet

These Designs Stretch Beyond The Grid

As an organizing concept, the grid might suggest something rigid and inflexible, but in the hands of Fabiola di Virgilio and Andrea Rosso, the twosome behind Italian practice RedDuo Studio, it becomes inviting and open-ended. At Matter and Shape design fair in Paris, the pair unveiled new pieces that riff on elements of a grid. Glowtile, a modular ceramic lighting system produced by Italy’s Leucos, comes in two formats (square and rectangular) and three colors (chalk blue, oyster white, and mineral gray) that can be endlessly combined into linear sequences or irregular compositions for the wall or ceiling. The Furry Network, a rug collection conceived for Belgian company JOV, was first designed for di Virgilio and Andrea Rosso’s own home and studio. Presenting a matrix of long-pile mohair, New Zealand wool, and other fine fibers, it’s now ready to take on the wider market in an all-new palette of dusty blue, stone gray, milky white, and butter yellow. leucos.com, jov-design.com

  • A close-up of a grid of rectangular tiles in shades of gray and blue, each featuring a single egg placed in a circular indentation at the center.
    Photography by Louis De Belle With Set Up by Laura Tocchet.
  • A red metal chair is draped with a thick, textured covering resembling irregular stone or cobblestone patterns in gray, beige, and light blue tones.
    The Furry Network.
  • Two adults standing side by side in front of a wall made of glass blocks, looking at the camera with neutral expressions.
    Andrea Rosso, Fabiola Di Virgilio.
  • A textured rug with square patches in gray, beige, and cream tones, featuring three rectangular objects with dome-shaped buttons on top arranged in a line.
  • Four rectangular blocks, three with raised spheres and one plain, are arranged on a textured surface beside a separate small gray cube with a recessed circle on top.
    Glowtile.
  • A small, square white lamp with a round bulb in the center sits on a metallic, ribbed surface with a power cord extending from its side.

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