Studio Christine Kalia

A May highlight. 🤍

While in New York for Design Week presenting my work, I had the honour of being featured in the latest issue of D’SCENE and celebrating its launch at Villa Albertine. Grateful to have Mission Seating included in this conversation and to share the evening alongside an exhibition of French designers curated by Harry Nuriev.

Thank you for the opportunity, the inspiring conversations, and the wonderful community that continues to make these moments meaningful.

Next stop: Copenhagen. View the collection with .circle during 3daysofdesign, 10–13 June.

Mission Seating Bench.

Mission Seating is a series of aluminum seating pieces two chairs, bench, and armchair and a stool created from repurposed window aluminium profiles. By reimagining construction offcuts as structural components, the project transforms industrial remnants into objects of rest.

Each piece is detailed with bucklelike fastenings, a nod to the restraint systems found in spacecraft interiors. The aesthetic draws from the language of aerospace engineering modular, functional, and controlled — while the use of salvaged aluminum roots the collection firmly on Earth, highlighting the beauty of reuse.

Mission Seating explores contrasts of grounding and
suspension, waste and renewal, earthbound material and cosmic inspiration — a reflection on how design can reconcile the technical with the emotional, the sustainable with the aspirational.

This photo was taken just before the disassembly at the factory, ahead of the participation at .milano during Miami design week 2025. Part of the collection was presented in .milano Milan Design week 2026.

What a week. Leaving .milano filled with great emotions and most importantly, with the sense that our design family is growing in the most beautiful way.

Thank you to everyone who visited the rest of the Mission Seating, our second solo presentation during Alcova this time in Milano. It was truly special to meet so many of you and share these new pieces in person. We can’t wait to show you what’s next.

A heartfelt thank you to and , and their incredible team, for shaping such a thoughtful and inspirational platform alongside designers we deeply admire.

Special thanks to and for supporting local artists and cultural activations.

Also to Alexander and Fede for on site support! 🫶🏻

First five shots - Credits to the talented

Milan Design Week is approaching and we are grateful to announce that studio Christinekalia will exhibit mission seating at .milano. Come and say hi :)

Milan Design Week is approaching and we are happy to share that Studio Christinekalia will exhibit at .milano the mission seating collection. Thank you .graceee for the photo editing🫶🏻

As the season shifts, one piece remains.
The last rug from our collection.