Some collaborations are born of an encounter, a shared intuition, a common way of looking at material, detail, and the long passage of time. The one uniting Rinck and Zuretti Design belongs to this very family. Presented for the first time at the Monaco Yacht Show 2024, the Rinck x Zuretti outdoor collection unfolds in a territory where the two Maisons naturally meet: that of maritime luxury, technical exactitude, and the art of living in motion.
Zuretti Design is a reference in the world of yachting. Rinck has been collaborating with the Maison for some fifteen years, through projects in which interior architecture, bespoke furniture, and exceptional craftsmanship must continually engage with specific constraints. In the world of yachts, nothing is ever merely decorative. Every line, every assembly, every material must find its rightful place within an environment shaped by use, climate, space, and movement.
From this long-standing relationship came the desire to imagine an outdoor furniture collection. Not an editor’s collection in the classical sense, but a collaboration founded on a genuine encounter, shared values, and the same exacting vision of work well done. Rinck contributed through design development, technical development, and manufacturing, in the service of a design conceived by Zuretti and brought to its highest level of execution.
The ambition was clear: to create furniture capable of inhabiting the outdoors with the same degree of refinement as an interior. Furniture conceived for the world of yachting, yet able to find its place naturally on a terrace, in a garden, by the sea, or at the heart of a contemporary residential setting. Furniture made to withstand, of course, but above all to endure with elegance.
The collection draws inspiration from the fluid forms of wind, water, and sand. Its lines are curved, enveloping, organic. Nothing angular, nothing demonstrative: the silhouettes seem to glide, soften, and adapt to their environment. The structure asserts a graphic presence, while the seats invite comfort. Its vocabulary is one of discreet, almost silent luxury, where balance matters more than effect.
Yet this apparent softness conceals great complexity. Zuretti’s teams pushed Rinck towards curved designs requiring particularly demanding technical expertise. Translating these lines into real, robust, comfortable, and perfectly finished pieces was a true feat. In the workshops, the drawing gradually became volume, intentions became assemblies, and curves became mastered constraints.
The result is an ensemble composed of a two-seater sofa, lounge armchairs, a coffee table, and side tables. Each piece was conceived with comfort and coherence in mind, but also with a logic of hyper-personalisation. Satin-finished brown chestnut wood gives the structures depth. Polished chrome inserts and feet underline the lines with precision. Natural-toned textiles by K3 – Kenzo Takada bring a tactile and refined dimension. Patagonia marble, with its earthy veins and mineral bursts, gives the tables an almost landscape-like presence.
This mineral version is echoed by a variation in decorative lacquer with a frosted effect, a finish developed by Rinck’s research department. Here again, the material is not simply a covering: it becomes a surface of light, a play of reflections, a sense of depth. Between stone and lacquer, wood and textile, curve and tension, the collection builds a subtle dialogue between nature and craftsmanship.
For Matthieu Zuretti, the choice of Rinck was an obvious one, rooted in the Maison’s ability to combine artisanal excellence, creativity, and technical mastery. “Working with Rinck made it possible to guarantee the level of quality and attention to detail we were seeking for this collection,” he explains. He also highlights the strength of the workshops: their ability to combine traditional savoir-faire with innovation, and to bring together multiple skills — cabinetmaking, metalwork, upholstery — in the service of a single project.
This integrated approach is essential. It ensures that design is never separated from fabrication, nor aesthetics from constraint. It allows for the adjustments, research, and necessary exchanges that enable each piece to find its rightful balance. In the case of this collection, the aim was not simply to produce outdoor furniture, but to transpose outdoors the codes of exceptional interior furniture: comfort, proportion, material, detail, and finish.
This is precisely where the collection finds its full meaning within the Rinck universe. It extends a broader reflection on extraordinary places of living: yachts, ships, seaside residences, reception areas, and spaces of relaxation where interior and exterior no longer stand in opposition, but respond to one another. On a yacht deck as in a living room open to the horizon, furniture becomes a way of inhabiting the landscape.
Matthieu Zuretti speaks of a desire to “merge interior comfort with the robustness and practicality required for outdoor use.” This phrase alone sums up the ambition of the project. Outdoor furniture is no longer considered secondary, destined merely to accompany fine weather. It becomes a territory of expression in its own right, demanding as much attention as the most precious pieces of an interior.
Through this collection, Rinck and Zuretti share a common vision: that of a luxury that gives in neither to trend nor to ease. A luxury founded on respect for material, precision of gesture, technical intelligence, and the ability to create enduring pieces. A luxury that embraces constraint, because constraint compels one to go further.
