Looking to the future: winners of the interzum award 2025

This year, the international jury assessed 146 submissions from 23 countries in the 13th edition of the competition - and awarded 66 of them. Twelve entries were honoured with the highest award, the “Best of the Best”. These products offer outstanding innovative achievements for current challenges - such as the shortage of living space, the increasing individualization of furnishings or the establishment of product cycles. Häfele's award-winning Dynamic Living residential module, for example, shows how sustainable thinking can become the driving force behind functional innovations: The module enables flexible use of space in a very small area thanks to movable walls, modular furnishings and integrated lighting solutions – all of this with the option to separate the buildings by type when dismantling.

The production of mattresses and upholstered furniture has reached a new level of sustainability. The Vita Group was recognized for its recyclable Advanced mattress with replaceable and recyclable layers. Spinks was honoured for Microlution™, a pocket spring core system with a two-stage spring structure that adapts individually to the shape of the body and offers both comfort and targeted support. Love Home Fabrics was also honoured - the company received the award for Moreganic Natural Latex, a latex component for mattresses and upholstery that comes from agroforestry production and is certified. Innofa impressed with Snö: Snöphyte & Snöphene, two textile cooling technologies that combine bio-based phase change materials, polyethylene yarns and graphene to create a triple cooling concept. These eco-friendly alternatives to petroleum-based foams offer both high performance and aesthetic appeal.

The “Best of the Best” award of the interzum award 2025 also goes to innovative surfaces. The ZEUS model from Italian manufacturer MIA features raw recycled MDF with a 3D diamond pattern. Its structured, geometric design creates visual depth and dynamic light effects. Alvic impressed with Zenit 3.0, a super-matt, UV-lacquered decorative panel with exceptional scratch resistance, an anti-fingerprint surface and an easy-to-regenerate coating. Using cutting-edge nanotechnology and a pore-free structure, it offers a silky touch and high durability for furniture and interiors. The ReFIGURED veneer collection from Tabu with five types of wood and 15 modern colours also comes from a high-tech production facility. The fleece-laminated sheets not only offer outstanding aesthetics, but also functional durability. The same applies to Forbo Flooring's Furniture Linoleum, which is based entirely on natural raw materials and requires no colour pigments.

There is also a lot of movement in the furniture components – literally. The Exedra2 motorised slide-in door system from Salice allows doors to disappear silently into the furniture body. The self-supporting mechanism has no visible guide rails and is flexibly suitable for numerous interior design applications. Blum received the award for Plicobox, a high-quality box system for living areas. With its innovative folding base, tool-free assembly and modern design, it combines functionality, packaging efficiency and industrial scalability. The German manufacturer OWI also offers extended design options with strong, sustainable solutions for modern furniture applications. Made from 100% softwood from sustainable forestry, OWI Fiber-Flex enables high formability and veneer combination.

The awarded products represent a new generation of solutions in which sustainability is not seen as an additional option, but as a natural requirement for design, production and use. “The award-winning products of the interzum award 2025 impressively demonstrate the strong innovative potential of our industry and how consistently sustainable thinking has now become part of it,“ says Maik Fischer, Director of interzum.