Inspiration is everywhere: A gorgeous marble slab sitting across a coffee counter, an artistic light hanging inside a boutique hotel, a colourful rug that brightens up an otherwise formal private members’ club. Some rooms offer a glimpse of the life we’d like to live in, and it becomes a goal to replicate those beautiful spatial moments and the same feeling of wonder in our very own homes.
Finding insight and inspiration is easier with the arrival of Vogue Living Singapore—Vogue Singapore’s new dedicated design and lifestyle platform. Launching this October as a special in-book edition themed ‘Fashion’s New Habitat,’ the brand celebrates its arrival with the inaugural Vogue Living Conversations on 16 October at Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, National Gallery Singapore.
Taking the stage are the people who create—and curate—those design moments. Among them are architects rethinking how we’ll live in denser cities, as well as interior designers behind breathtaking homes and hotels. Joining them are names from fashion and culture whose work blurs the line between what we wear and where we live.
Our partners have dressed the day to match, from the stage to the foyer. Here are 10 design details to look out for.
1. Molteni&C: A lounge with legendary design pieces
Few names carry as much weight in Italian design as Molteni&C. Founded in 1934 in Giussano, in the furniture-making heartland of Brianza, the family-run house has spent more than nine decades pairing Italian craftsmanship with the vision of an international roster of designers. It holds the exclusive rights to reissue the furniture of Gio Ponti, bringing pieces by the master of Italian modernism back into production. Today, it works with names such as creative director Vincent Van Duysen, Christophe Delcourt, Herzog & de Meuron and Tobia Scarpa.
You’ll find that heritage in the foyer, where Molteni&C has furnished a lounge for guests to relax in during the breaks. Take a seat, and you’ll feel the thoughtful details and supreme comfort that have made Molteni&C a favourite among architects and interior designers around the world. Before you know it, you may find yourself imagining one of its pieces in your own living room.
2. Sol Luminaire: Lighting that sets the mood
Lighting the stage is Sol Luminaire’s Perforated Boba, a brutalist reimagining of the brand’s AEON® Boba series. Each rounded light is cased in perforated steel and aluminium, finished in white or champagne, so its glow filters softly through the metal. Industrial in material yet warm in effect, it’s the kind of contrast that turns a lamp into a statement.
3. Flexform: Iconic works by Antonio Citterio
On the Vogue Living Conversations stage, Flexform brings together two designs by Antonio Citterio. The Soft Dream sofa (2010) is as inviting as its name suggests, with deep, goose down-filled cushions set on a slim, cowhide-upholstered frame and slender cast-metal feet.
Beside it, the Guscio armchair (2012) takes its name from the Italian for “shell”—its sculpted, cocoon-like form designed to embrace the body. More than a decade after they were crafted, both still look entirely relevant in today’s interior settings.
4. KKPL: The art of display
KKPL brings the boutique experience home. At the centre of its foyer booth, the Halo Display Tower rotates 180 degrees at the touch of a remote, its lit glass shelves catching every angle of the pieces they hold. The Illume Glass Cabinet and Wardrobe Island carry the idea further with glowing showcases, leather accents and bespoke jewellery compartments, while the Vellum Jewellery Organiser can be tailored down to the last compartment. This is ‘Fashion’s New Habitat’ in its most literal form.
5. Audio-Technica: The pleasure of sound
Set apart from the buzz of the foyer, Audio-Technica’s listening station is built around Hotaru—an all-in-one turntable with an integrated amplifier and speakers. Its name is Japanese for firefly, and it earns it, with light that moves in time with the music, so a record becomes something you watch as much as hear. Inspired by the warmth of analogue sound and the connection it creates, it’s a piece best experienced in person.
6. Common Man Coffee Roasters × La Marzocco: Coffee as a soulful ritual
Behind the bar, Common Man Coffee Roasters will be pulling all-day complimentary coffee on a La Marzocco Linea Mini. Hand-assembled in Florence, where the brand has made espresso machines since 1927, it distills the silhouette of the iconic Linea Classic into a form fit for the home. It may well have you reconsidering your kitchen counter.
The menu caters to every kind of coffee drinker. Espresso, long black, flat white, latte, cappuccino and mocha are all served hot or iced, while cold brew comes black or as a honey oat latte for something more refreshing. For anyone skipping caffeine, there’s chocolate too.
7. ABITO: The intersection of fashion, furniture and women’s lives
Running alongside the conversations, ABITO traces more than a century of fashion and furniture, and what they reveal about the changing place of women in society. Curated by Ludovica Serafini and Roberto Palomba of Palomba Serafini Associati, the exhibition was first shown at Salone del Mobile in Milan last April 2026. It now comes to the Imagination Gallery at National Gallery Singapore, presented by Vogue Singapore with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Italy in Singapore.
The show is arranged across 10 exhibits, each devoted to a decade, spanning the 1890s to the 2010s. Early corsetry sits beside furniture designed to keep the body upright, while a Versace look from 2004 is paired with Philippe Starck’s Louis Ghost chair. Seen together, they show how what women wore and the rooms they lived in have always moved in step, making it a fitting prelude to ‘Fashion’s New Habitat.’
Entry is complimentary for the public, and the exhibition runs until 17 October at the Imagination Gallery within National Gallery Singapore, so make your way over during the breaks. Read more about ABITO here
8. The Vogue Living tote: A sea of Klein blue
Expect to see a great deal of Klein blue, the signature colour of the launch, running through everything from the photo wall to the florals. The shade takes its name from Yves Klein, the French artist who, in the late 1950s, worked with a Paris paint supplier to create an ultramarine so intense it almost seems to glow. He registered the formula in 1960 as International Klein Blue and made it the subject of his celebrated monochrome canvases. More than six decades on, it remains a favourite among artists and designers, and it now colours the latest canvas Vogue Tote Bag.
VIP ticket holders will receive the bag, and the first 200 guests to arrive will get one too, so it pays to be early.
9. National Gallery Singapore: Architecture as the backdrop
National Gallery Singapore occupies two of the country’s most important buildings—the former Supreme Court and City Hall—which are both national monuments. The City Hall in particular has witnessed some of Singapore’s defining moments, from the Japanese surrender in 1945 to the swearing-in of the nation’s first government in 1959. When the two buildings were transformed into the Gallery, which opened in 2015, they were joined by a sweeping contemporary roof, while their original courtrooms and chambers were carefully preserved.
Vogue Living Conversations will take place within the Gallery’s Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium. The building’s balance between honouring the past and adapting it to how we live today runs through many of the day’s conversations, so the venue is, in many ways, a case study for the ideas discussed on stage. If you have time to spare, its museum tours offer a closer look at the architecture and history within its walls.
10. Coesa: The art of soft furnishing
Curtains are rarely the first thing we notice in a room, yet they shape how it feels from morning to night. Singapore-based Coesa, founded by Jason Teo and Faith Goh, has built its name. Formerly known as End Curtain, the studio takes its name from the Portuguese for “cohesive”, and its tailored curtains, blinds and soft furnishings are developed closely with each client to suit the way they live.
What sets Coesa apart is its attention to detail. It works with sustainable fabrics in cotton, linen and recycled fibres, and its ripple fold curtains are shaped in-house for crisp, even folds. For anyone who has ever struggled to get a room’s light and mood just right, it’s a name worth knowing.
VIP ticket holders will receive a special gift from Coesa: a limited-edition fabric pouch crafted from an embroidered chenille-blend textile from the studio’s Signature collection, originally curated for its tailored curtains and upholstery. Finished in an intricate geometric pattern in terracotta, it offers a closer look at the materials behind Coesa’s work and brings a piece of its textile craft into everyday life.
How to attend Vogue Living Conversations
Tickets are available on Eventbrite. A Standard ticket (S$40) covers all conversations and comes with a complimentary copy of Vogue Singapore’s October issue. The VIP ticket (S$220) comes with additional benefits including priority reserved seating, a guided tour of ABITO exhibition, and a limited-edition Vogue Singapore tote. Registration is required in advance, and tickets and tours are subject to availability.
Vogue Living Conversations is presented in partnership with Molteni&C, Vogue Living Design Partner; Sol Luminaire, Exclusive Lighting Partner; Flexform | Rosso Italia, Furniture Partner; Audio-Technica, Exclusive Audio Partner; KKPL, Interior Fittings Partner; COESA, Furnishing Partner; St. Regis, VIP Hospitality Partner; The Viva Group, Glam Partner; Common Man Coffee Roasters, Official Coffee Roaster; and LG Electronics, Technology Partner.
The event is supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Embassy in Singapore, alongside the Singapore debut of ABITO, an exhibition curated by Palomba Serafini Associati, running from 3 to 17 October 2026.
