Studio Yellowdot Tattile 3D printed furniture translates Barilla ARTISIA pasta shapes into a daybed, rocking chair, and chaise at Milan Design Week 2026.

For Salone del Mobile 2026, Barilla's luxury division ARTISIA commissioned two studios to translate pasta geometry into furniture. Hong Kong and Istanbul-based Studio Yellowdot partnered with Barcelona robotics fabricator LAMÁQUINA to create Tattile, a three-piece seating collection whose forms are drawn directly from pasta profiles. The word "Tattile" is Italian for tactile, a nod to the haptic quality that defines both pasta's ribbed surface and the furniture's corrugated aesthetic.

Each piece in the Studio Yellowdot Tattile 3D printed furniture collection is fabricated using large-format additive manufacturing in wood-composite filament. LAMÁQUINA, a Barcelona studio specializing in robotic fabrication research, handled production of the three pieces: a daybed, a rocking chair, and a chaise lounge. Each form mimics the ridges, spirals, and curves of Barilla's signature pasta shapes, using additive manufacturing to translate culinary geometry into seating at furniture scale. The material choice, a wood-composite filament, adds warmth and surface texture that echoes pasta's rough, porous character.

Studio Yellowdot Tattile 3D Printed Furniture at Milan Design Week

The Studio Yellowdot Tattile 3D printed furniture collection is on view through April 26, 2026, at Via Melzo 34 in Milan's Porta Venezia district as part of Edible Reveries, ARTISIA's broader installation presented during Fuorisalone. The Edible Reveries program explores how pasta geometry, a culturally loaded form, carries new meaning when translated to furniture scale. The project traces how food culture, material science, and robotic fabrication converge into objects that hold the memory of their source. The full installation is documented at Voxel Matters.