Every year at Milan Design Week, there are a few materials that pop up everywhere, from tech wallpapers to special steel finishes. This year, Savian by BioFluff Plant fur makes a reliable bid to be this material. Founded in 2021 and incubated at The House of StartupsLVMH’s innovation hub in Paris, the company set out to answer a relevant question: why wasn’t there a really good alternative to fur? Not an ethical compromise, not a plastic substitute, but something that could hold its own while being free of cruelty, toxins and microplastics.
Savian is a fabric made from plant fibers, mainly flax, nettle and hemp, sourced directly from European farmers and processed through enzymatic processing. The result is the volume and feel of fur without the petroleum base of most fake alternatives. Savian’s carbon footprint is at least 75% below plastic faux fur and 95% below animal fur. It is industrially compostable in 12 weeks, landfill biodegradable within a few years and recyclable in textile-to-textile systems.
Alice Stool © LoopLoop Studio
Bou Bag in BioFluff’s Savian © Ganni
Fur Tatami by BioFluff in RedDuo Gallery © RedDuo Studio
Galapagos Chair © Hayvenhurst
Alice Stool © LoopLoop Studio
Galapagos Chair © Hayvenhurst
RedDuo Gallery © RedDuo Studio
Zeppelin © Mati Sipiora
Alice Stool © LoopLoop Studio
Savian © BioFluff
Zeppelin © Mati Sipiora
Savian by BioFluff – Fur of plant origin:
The material characteristics of Savian
What distinguishes the material is that the plant fiber is never spun into yarn. Its natural structure is preserved and processed into a substrate that gives it the almost sculptural quality that fur and shearling bring. Pile ranges from 0.2cm in short Cavallino to 8cm in full Fluff, with styles ranging from classic straight fur to curly shearling. Coloring is done with water-based paints, without chemicals entering the production process. The material first expanded into the fashion realm, debuting with Stella McCartney in Pre-Fall 2024. Ganni followed with a version of the Bou bag, but fur’s breakthrough came in AW26 through collaborations with Collina Strada, Martine Rose, Louis Vuitton and more.
At Milan Design Week 2026, BioFluff’s Savian appeared in four separate presentations, each using it in a context that broadens the material’s frame of reference.
At Alcova, Studio WalkWalk presents “Alice Scabo“, a piece that Savian uses in combination with Hydro’s recycled aluminum extrusion. The purpose of the product is to show that sustainability can be playful, joyful and also seductive, imagining a future where circular design is less serious than it is now.
Zeppelin, Dead Sipiora
Dead Sipioraof “ZeppelinThe chair was featured in The Collector’s Room, a curatorial project by our publisher Teo Sandiglianoan intimate exhibition context that framed individual pieces as objects of attention rather than fleeting discoveries. The chair uses Savian in Pony Dalmatian, a speckled, short-pile texture that reads between a fun challenge with a vibrant print and a childish charm.
Galapagos Chair, Hayvenhurst
At Masterly Milano 2026, Hayvenhurst presented the “Galapagos chair“, lined with Savian’s Wolfy Rustic. The exhibition took place at Palazzo Francesco Turati and operated on the register of craftsmanship and high quality, making it a natural context for a material positioned as a luxury alternative rather than a compromise of sustainability.
RedDuo Gallery, RedDuo Studio
Finally, RedDuo The Studio brought Savian to the Porta Genova space, which was transformed into a temporary gallery for the design week, a sensory sequence of environments where materials, light and objects were arranged as a narrative path. The material appears repeatedly throughout the space, along with Bitossi ceramics, marble surfaces, Belgian rugs and works curated by Edoardo Monti. This is just a continuation of their previous collaboration. RedDuo was the first interiors partner to use Savian, with the ‘Layer after Layer’ booth at Barcelona Design Week 2024.
The general line in these four presentations is that they do not focus on selling Savian as a viability history. The material is in each case placed within a wider aesthetic or conversation, where it is expected to hold its own on terms other than its environmental credentials. Animal fur’s insistence on luxury isn’t just about warmth or texture. It’s a certain language of richness, exceptional, that plastic faux fur has failed to replace. BioFluff’s Savian could manage to establish this logic, as material on its own terms.
