Over the years, Italian furniture company Edra has been a recurring partner of its country’s National Olympic Committee’s (CONI), creating and furnishing spaces for Casa Italia, the Italian central hub for athletes and guests. A showcase of national excellence, the hub has been conceived with Edra’s furniture at the Summer Games in Rio (2016), Tokyo (2021) and Paris (2024), and the Winter Games in Pyeongchang (2018). For the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games, Edra once again sets up Casa Italia, within various locations, including Triennale Milano, and with the theme of ‘Muse’.
Casa Italia at Triennale Milano for Milano Cortina Winter Games 2026
Edra’s vision for Casa Italia develops over three spaces: museum Triennale Milano; art gallery and auction house Galleria Farsetti Arte in Cortina d’Ampezzo; and sports and wellness centre Aquagranda Livigno), each expressing an interpretation of this year’s theme through elegant, rigorously made and creatively designed pieces.
For the occasion, Edra has created a new edition of Estudio Campana’s ‘Grinza’ chair. The ‘Grinza White’ is hand-crafted in white eco-fur. ‘The lightweight, soft, pure-white material evokes the softness of snow and translates it into a warm, enveloping sense of comfort,’ says Edra in a note introducing the new design.
The spaces created by Edra also include the ‘Pack’ sofa by Francesco Binfaré, featuring a polar bear perched on an iceberg, while a bunch of Masanori Umeda’s ‘Gestuen’ floral chairs take over Triennale Milano like a bouquet of design.
‘In sport we recognise the strong values that have always inspired our company: passion in first place, but also the daily discipline of doing our work, and the will to believe in it,’ says Edra president, Monica Mazzei. ‘This year, again, Edra is alongside CONI bearing witness, with its collection, to an Italian excellence born of the desire to always push further, in a healthy global competition.’
