Milan Design Weeks
April 2018

Boffi Solferino extends its showroom space and opens a third entrance on Largo Treves. An opportunity to discover the Group's 2018 collections and novelties by Boffi, De Padova and MA/U Studio during the Milan Design Week.

For all the latest products from Boffi, De Padova and MA/U Studio:
Boffi Solferino, De Padova Store + SALONE DEL MOBILE - Fiera Milano, Rho - Pavilion 20 Booth C11-D12

Boffi Solferino
via Solferino 11
Milan

Press Contact: Bice Marceca
boffimarket@boffi.com
www.boffi-solferino.com

In partnership with the 3D printing company Formlabs, ECAL Master Product Design students present a range of innovative everyday life objects, produced through a print farm within the exhibition and sold directly on site. Projects from ECAL faculty and alumni will also be available.

Press preview - 
April 16 from 4pm to 6pm

Spazio Orso 16

via dell'Orso 16
Milan

Etro Home presents the new Etro Home Interiors line and the new Accessory collection

via Pontaccio 17 ang. Vicolo Fiori
Milan

Kartell by Laufen @ Milano design week - A path of research and experimentation in a gallery setting, to explore the innovative and functional vision of Kartell by Laufen.

Design by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba

Cocktail party - April 17 from 7pm to 9pm

Kartell by Laufen flagship store
via Pontaccio 10
Milan

Milaura invites you to celebrate the launch of milaura x Jupe by Jackie home collection

Cocktail - April 18 from 5.30pm to 10.30pm

Milaura
corso Garibaldi 35
Milan

P : +39 02 89 09 39 05
www.milaura.com

BLOWING IN THE WIND

Artist's environment by RACHEL HAYES

Cocktail by invitation only - April 17 from 7pm to 10pm

Missoni Showroom
via Solferino 9
Milan

Molteni&C presents Teorema design Ron design Ron Gilad. Teorema winner of theWallpaper design Award 2018 in the Best Twist Action category, is evolving towards new forms of home furnishings.

Cocktail - April 20 from 7pm to 9pm

via Solferino angolo via Pontaccio
Milan

During Milan Design Week, the windows of Momonì boutique hosts the lighting installations by Paola Croci. Glass and its magic become the protagonists in the name of creativity and a new aesthetic code.

Cocktail Party - April 20 from 6pm

Boutique Momonì
corso Como 3
Milan

In collaboration with Limonta, a historic Lombard textile company, Moroso investigates the textile theme.
 
In the main hall of the showroom is presented the work of Bethan Laura Wood, a textile and furniture project inspired by a personal journey in the great Mexican culture of the '70s.
On the second floor of the showroom, TAPESTRY, a gallery of tapestries by Tord Boontje, Gabriella Giandelli, Front and Alessandro Paderni, celebrates the return to a forgotten typology.

Press Preview - April 17 at 5.45pm
Opening Night - April 17 from 7pm to 9pm

Moroso Showroom
via Pontaccio 8/10
Milan

"TRANSITIONS by Panasonic Design" celebrates Panasonic's 100-year anniversary with a landmark installation and a series of panel discussions exploring the future of design.

The immersive installation "Air Inventions" is visually designing the invisible air in a huge "water-drop pavilion" in the courtyard of the Pinacoteca de Brera, home of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. The installation showcases Panasonic's latest air-conditioning technology, allowing visitors to experience the cleanest, purest air in Milan.

Pinacoteca di Brera
via Brera 28
Milan

Presentation of N01 chair by Nendo + Fritz Hansen and collaborations within furniture, lighting and accessories.

Press Event by invitation only - April 18 from 4pm to 6.30pm

Republic of Fritz Hansen Store Milano
piazza San Simpliciano
Milan

Galleria Robertaebasta presents “Le Trasparenze di Carlo Moretti”.

Plus celebration of Gaetano Pesce.

Opening - Aprile 19 at 6pm

via Fiori Chiari 2
Milan

A reinterpretation of Mari's Sedia 1, curated by A. Häberli

Enzo Mari published in 1974 Autoprogettazione, a milestone in contemporary design history. In the book, he called for the democratization of design and for people to make their own furniture. In line with the original idea of the project Sedia 1, delivery comes complete with a set of pre-cut pinewood boards, nails, and instructions on how to build the chair. The exhibition reinterprets Mari’s Sedia 1, curated by Alfredo Häberli - Swiss designer and mentor at the Institute and Master Studio.

Press preview - April 18 from 9am to 11am

via Alessandro Volta 13
Milan

The exhibition event curated by Stefano Boeri Architetti transports Architecture and Interior Design to Mars. The result is an immersive environment in which products from leading companies colonize the “space” of The Mall together with daily meetings with Stefano Boeri Architetti and other significant figures from the worlds of architecture and science on the subject of living the future.

For the full events program click here


Press preview - April 16 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Opening - April 17 from 5.30pm to 7.30pm

The Mall
Piazza Lina Bo Bardi 1
Milan

Sunbrella® presents ‘Le Roi’, the latest installation by designer Marc Ange.

Sunbrella® has once again collaborated with designer and artist Marc Ange to present Le Roi, a monumental installation featuring exclusive designs located in the garden space of Wallpaper* Handmade.

Press Preview - 17 April from 10am to 12pm

Wallpaper* Handmade
Mediateca Santa Teresa
via della Moscova 28
Milan

Press Contact: Juliana Pestana
juliana@alexandrapr.com

As part of Milan Design Week 2018, Associative Design will showcase ‘The Best of Portugal’ in Brera Design District, a key area in Milan for the promotion of design. Originated by the Portuguese Association of Wood and Furniture Industries (AIMMP), Associative Design promotes Portuguese brands and products globally

Cocktail by invitation only - April 17/18 from 9pm till late with music, Portuguese food and drink, prepared by Michelin star chef Hélio Loureiro.

piazza S. Marco 4
Milan

“URBANLIFE”, the Carrefour Express concept, on the occasion of this year’s Fuori Salone, has consolidated its collaboration with the IED, with the aim of supporting young artists through an important event.

The synergy between Carrefour and the IED is focused on rethinking the Express market located in Via Bezzecca to bring it as close as possible to meeting consumer needs, to the extent that they think of it as ‘home’.

During Design Week, Urban Life will install a corner dedicated to the storytelling of this project called “Carrefour Neighbors”. The installation will be completed by the concept Casa IED, which will concentrate on the living are and kitchen, proposing new ways of consuming and sharing food.

corso Garibaldi 49
Milan

The exhibition «Typecasting. An Assembly of Iconic, Forgotten and New Vitra Characters» is an expansive panorama of projects, products and design studies by Vitra. Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the history, present and future of the Swiss furniture company, which views itself as a cultural-commercial project.

In this installation, the perspective of curator Robert Stadler reveals new connections, narrative threads and possible interpretations of «Project Vitra». The installation also puts a focus on contemporary changes in society and their effect on established furniture typologies. A number of designers have been invited to give form to their ideas on this topic.

The Vitra Design Museum will be represented in its own section at La Pelota to reveal new and upcoming projects.

Guided tour with the curator Robert Stadler - April 17-18-19 from 9.30 am to 10am

La Pelota
via Palermo 10
Milan

MINDCRAFT is an exhibition concept showcasing some of Denmark's most talented craftspeople and designers. The curated exhibitions demonstrate the qualities, potentials and versatility of new Danish craft and design. The MINDCRAFT exhibitions are organized by the Danish Arts Foundation and the Agency for Culture and Palaces.

The chosen focus of MINDCRAFT18 is on the essence of the work with design and craft. In this year’s exhibition, the objects on display take centre stage, with an emphasis on the hands-on engagement with the material and the visual, aesthetic and sensuous qualities of the objects. The Danish Arts Foundation appointed Ditte Hammerstrøm curator of MINDCRAFT18.

Press preview - April 16 from 3pm to 7pm

San Simpliciano
piazza Paolo VI 6
Milan

Ookonn - Lifestyle and travel gear brand OOKONN previews its unique round rolling luggage.

Paper bustier by Giovanna Grimoldi - Far beyond sartorial fashion, the paper bustier by Barbara Grimoldi appear as ironic simulacra of lingérie.


Cactus by Nobel Truong - The cactus collection by Nobel Truong, features a series of acrylic sculptures styled after various cactus species.

10 Corso Como
corso Como 10
Milan

Project born from the cooperation of four italian companies connected by the fil rouge of quality and research: Nodus, Exto, Matì and Tao.

Nodus, at its tenth collection of high-quality rugs designed by some of the greatest contemporary designers (such as Nendo and Marten Baas, amongst the others); Exto, a reality which is debuting in the furniture world connecting international creativity to project themes, interpreting the Made in Italy as a perfect mix between taste, technique and a deep knowledge of tradition; Matì, giving birth to a furniture collection with the artisanal Made in Italy craftsmanship and the genuine quality of precious raw materials at the core of its character; Tao, an Italian brand leader in the production of systems and technical blinds for interiors, tensioning structures and outdoor furniture. Minimalism and formal rigor are the expression of a know-how that uses its own registered patents, high quality materials and exclusive textile collections.

Private Cocktail - April 16 from 6pm to 11pm

Chiostro Grande di San Simpliciano
via Cavalieri del Santo Sepolcro 3
Milan

- corso Garibaldi
> ang. via Marsala 13: 120% & Officinarkitettura® > N°2: GranitiFiandre S.p.a. - Divisione Ariostea > N°9: Pedini > N°22: leBebé > N°34: G.T.Design > N°35: Men and Interior Design - Negotiating Space > N°42: Casa Gifu III > N°46: Fattobene Pop-Up Store > N°49: URBANLIFE the Carrefour Express concept with IED > N°64: StoneLab Design > N°70: Herman Miller Milan > N°71: Biciclette Ritrovate > N°77: Magis > N°99: Palomar > N°104: From Lighting > N°116: DAF Art Design Food Exhibition > N°117: Kirkby Design > N°127: Studio Apeiron

- c.so Como > N°1: Campomaggi is de-sign

- via G. Rosales > N°5: Installation “Chess” curated by Konstantin Grcic for Magis

- p.zza Lina Bo Bardi > N°1: space&interiors

- via Maroncelli
> N°2: Alpinoò > N°3: SEM (Spotti Edizioni Milano) > N°7: Calico Wallpaper and Lindsey Adelman Studio, Matter Made > N°12: LinBrasil > N°13: Etel

- via Massimo D'Azeglio> N°3: Digital Creativity: innovation, design and culture

- foro Bonaparte
> ang. via Quintino Sella: Veneta Cucine > N°14: Cedit > N°14/N1: Florim > N°20: Rigotondo kindergarten > N°22: Design Tessile Sistema Casa > N°44/a: Slow Wood > N°48: Galleria Clivio > N°50: Vescom > N°52: Henrytimi > N°67: Fondazione Luciana Matalon > N°74: Dnd

- via A. Volta > N°13: Share a Chair, curated by Alfredo Häberli

- via Varese > N°14: BassamFellows

- v.le Pasubio > N°6: Vitrum Design

- via Lovanio
> N°5: Showroom Vergari > N°6: Lee Broom

- p.zza XXV Aprile
snc: Carrera Studio > N°1: Dino X Blauer Usa

- Piazza Paolo VI snc: Kasthall showroom

- p.zz Lega Lombarda snc: antoniolupi

- via Tito Speri > N°1: Best Packaging 2018

- v.le F. Crispi > N°5/b: Understate

Info Points
Largo Treves / Largo la Foppa
Milan

General Inquiries: P : +39 02 36 63 81 50
info@breradesigndistrict.it

A textile celebration

NODUS present its 10th collection of handmade rugs, designed by DWA Studio, Maarten Baas, Alessandra Baldereschi, Marco Carini, Faberhama, Laureline Galliot, Nendo and Kiki Van Eijck.

Opening Cocktail - April 16 from 6pm to 11pm

Chiostro Grande di San Simpliciano
via Cavalieri del Santo Sepolcro 3
Milan

- via Pontaccio
> N°3: Record è Cucine > N°6: Ceramica Cielo > N°8: CRISTINA Rubinetterie > N°10: Kartell by Laufen > N°18: Franke/Faber/Mamoli > N°19: Bolzan, Londonart > N°21: Kiton

- via Brera
> N°2: Nube > N°2/a: Campomarzio70 > N°4: Ak47 Design & Pratic Spa > N°9: Cea Milano > N°11: Michela Cattai Studio > N°13/15: Talenti > N°16: FENIX by Arpa Industriale > N°28: Interni House In Motion @ Orto Botanico di Brera, Bottega Ghianda, Mt Masking Tape, Transitions by Panasonic Design > N°30: Appartamento Lago, HI LITE Next

- p.zza San Simpliciano > N°7: Hedwig Bollhagen

- via Melone > N°2: Ceramiche Refin & Lightson

- via San Marco
> N°1: Dome Milano Interior > N°2/3: Streeteat Food Court > N°11: Vauth-Sagel > N°12: Foster > N°22: Cambi Auction > N°38: Devon&Devon

- p.zza San Marco
> N°1: Zampediverse > N°2: Dot - Design Outdoor Taste > N°3: Richard Ginori

- via Marco Formentini
> N°1: Luisa Beccaria & Victoria Episcopo > N°4/6: Robertaebasta, Fabrika Srl + Marmo Arredo, I segni del tempo > N°7: Atelier Bianca D'Aniello > N°9: Bottega Ghianda > N°14: Bulthaup, Elite

- via Fiori Oscuri
> N°3: Newform Showroom > N°4: The Research Of Beauty By Roberto Semprini @ Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere

- via Fiori Chiari
> ang. via Formentini: Sease Concept Store > N°1: Brooks Brothers Flatiron Shop > N°3: Carlo Moretti @ robertaebasta > N°18: Dedar > N°24: Whyci Milano, A.G. Spalding & Bros > N°28: Foscarini

- via Piero Manzoni > N°6: Officina Nicolazzi

- via San Carpoforo
> N°1: Tappeti Contemporanei > N°4: TendaArredo Atelier > N°9: Timothy Oulton

- via San Tomaso > N°6: Casa Lago

- via Del Carmine > N°9: Meet Lab

- via Madonnina
> N°4: Galleria Africa Curio > N°17: MMairo Marble & Design, Reflex

- via Verdi
> N°6: Cookware Couture, True mesa - Collection organized by Giuliano Malimpensa

- via Dante > N°2: ARCStudio Perlini

Info Points
Largo Treves / Largo la Foppa
Milan

General Inquiries: P : +39 02 36 63 81 50
info@breradesigndistrict.it

EXTO, a debut of excellence

NODUS is an absolute première for the world of design handcrafted furniture. The debut collection is signed by Baron, Cappello, Crasset, Damiani, Faccin, Guisset and Lanzavecchia+Wai.

Opening Cocktail - April 16 from 6pm to 11pm

Chiostro Grande di San Simpliciano
via Cavalieri del Santo Sepolcro 3
Milan

- via Solferino
>ang. via Pontaccio: Molteni&C|Dada >ang. via Castelfidardo 2: Manus+Machina > N°1: Manuel Ritz & Vesta > N°3: Studio Solferino, Sweet Overdose By Ludmilla Radchenko > N°11: German Italian Fusion, Meandros, Boffi, DiamArt > N°14: Ceramic Univers – Gruppo Romani > N°15: Eurolampart, Mantellassi 1926 > N°18: Ceramica Flaminia, Tom Tailor, Kristina Ti > N°19: The Order of Colors, 120% & Officinarkitettura® > N°24: Bianco67 Italian Marble Design, MetroQuality > N°27: Peridigital > N°37: Decortex Firenze, Designs Of The Time > N°42: Cement Design Showroom

- via Cavalieri del Santo Sepolcro > N°3: The Secret Place of Design (Nodus, Exto, Matм and Tao)

- via Milazzo > N°8: Dieffebi Showroom

- via Marsala
> N°4: Mann Singh for HOF India > N°7: Design Your Tile > N°8: Temporary Local Library by RWA_Ruffo Wolf Architetti > N°11: Adele-C

- via Goito
> N°3: Insula delle Rose > N°7: HEAD – Genève

- via Palermo
> N°1: Society Limonta, Edizioni Design, Swan, Forbo & Philippe Starck, Manganese | Het | beMajida.com, Really: circular by design, Lund University School Of Industrial Design, Wall&decò at Raw > N°5: Manfredi Style > N°8: Fantin, Made in Ratio > N°10: Vitra > N°11: Byton > N°16: Maisons du Monde Experience

- via Laura Solera Mantegazza > N°7: Wall&Decò

- via Tommaso da Cazzaniga snc: Secret Oasis Garden

- via Statuto
> N°2: Land Rover > N°8: Hem Brera Atelier > N°11: Statuto11, Transformations > N°12: Agape12 > N°13: Extendo > N°16: Jung > N°18: Fornace Brioni > N°21: Italgraniti Flagship Store

- via San Fermo > N°7: Marinoni Peltro & Studio Lido

- via della Moscova
> N°25: Masiero > N°28: Sunbrella® presents "Le Roi" by Marc Ange > N°39: Gigacer > N°40/1: Furnital

- via Lanza > N°4: Fiemme Store Milano

- via Bonaventura Cavalieri > N°6: Tree of gods Yakusugi, UDM

- via Ciovasso
> N°1: Bottega Lapel > N°6: Misoka > N°17: Kamoi Kakoshi Co.

- via Dell'Orso > N°14: Materials - evolution and roots

- largo Treves
> N°2: Ento > N°5: Alexander Lamont @ Nobilis

- via Fatebenefratelli
> N°9: BSpaceBeUnique, Vmaison Showroom, Rubelli-Donghia showroom and Tram Corallo > N°13: Zimmer e Rohde > N°23: OAK

- p.zza Castello > N°5: Nagami

- via Giuseppe Sacchi
> N°7: Preciosa > N°9: Azzurra

- via Broletto
> N°43: Woodie Milano

- via del Lauro > N°10: Galleria Nuages

- via Clerici > N°5: Hay

- via Marco Polo > N°13: Ceramic Univers – Gruppo Romani

- via Balzan > N°4: Swedish Design Moves

- via Ponte Vetero > N°23: Schönbuch

Info Points
Largo Treves / Largo la Foppa
Milan

General Inquiries: P : +39 02 36 63 81 50
info@breradesigndistrict.it

On the occasion of the 90-year anniversary of Domus magazine, the Fondazione Sozzani will present a selection of pieces by Gio Ponti, drawn from the Domus Archives.

The exhibition recounts the architect's multifaceted production and approach to the arts, expressed through the pages of the magazine he oversaw as editor-in-chief for over 40 years from 1928 to 1979, with an interruption from 1941 to 1947.

The exhibition includes photographic images, Domus magazine covers and a selection of objects that together cover 50 years of his work. A series of images highlights the architect's alphabet: the combination and comparison between objects, drawings, and architectural elements show his design approach, in particular the expressive potential of the materials that he embraces in every sector, from craftsmanship to architecture.

Monday April 16th, 2018 at 7.00 pm, to celebrate Milan's 2018 Salone del Mobile, the Fondazione Sozzani presents “con-tatto”, a word pun between contact and touch – with a discussion about Transversal Design as expressed in a wide range of design fields. Present will be Flaviano Celaschi, Professor of Industrial Design at University of Bologna, Walter De Silva, Designer and Founder of WDS-Conceptdesign and Luciano Galimberti, President ADI, Industrial Design Association. Decio G.R. Carugati, Design Historian and Critic, will act as moderator.

Press Preview - April 14 from 3pm to 6pm
Opening - April 14 from 6pm to 8pm
Talking - April 16 at 7pm

Galleria Carla Sozzani
corso Como 10
Milan

Gufram restless energy and joie de vivre could not find a better way to explode during the 2018 Milano Design Week.
Truly embedded in the historical pieces that the company has always presented in its trilling and colorful catalogues since the tumultuous and fascinating times of Italian Radical Design, this year Gufram makes everybody dance at Disco Gufram, its own visionary disco. Yes, please come and enjoy this ultimate extravaganza by Charley Vezza – owner, soul of Gufram and a master himself in enjoying life – and check how a symbolic place as the discotheque, a space so intertwined with our pop culture since the mid 1960’s, can be re-thought, re-shaped by contemporary objects, to combine past and present.

Press preview - April 17 from 10am to 12pm

Mediateca Santa Teresa
via della Moscova 28
Milan

Zanotta:achillecastiglioni100th

In the year of the 100th birthday of Achille Castiglioni, Zanotta pays homage to the Maestro and recalls the relationship between the designer and the company with a showcase dedicated to some iconic products: Mezzadro, Sella, Cumano in the unusual colors and the special editions 2018 of Albero and Servomuto.
Inside the showroom the exhibition Zanotta:Stories on spaces and ways of contemporary living.


Cocktail party: April 16 from 7pm to 9.30pm

Zanotta Showroom
p.zza XXV Aprile 16
Milan

HEMMA. Stories of home

Thanks to the initiative set up by the Swedish government in 2017 called Swedish Design Moves, Sweden has been steadily moving towards the global diffusion of its lifestyle and vision of spaces relating to sociality. On the initiative of Visit Sweden, the Swedish Design Moves project will bring to Milan, in a unique location in the heart of Brera Design District, a selection of Swedish companies and designers who look at the future while trying to improve the lifestyles of the individual and of the community by a functional and aesthetic approach to space and furnishings.

The interpreter for contemporary Sweden will be Joyn Studio (founded by Lisa Grape, Helena Eliason and Ida Wanler), a small interior architecture studio with one great ambition: to put people in the right mood.


Press Preview - 16 April from 9am to 5pm
Cocktail party - April 17 from 6pm to 10pm

Balzan 4
via Balzan 4
Milan

MATERIALISM

Materialism – Nathalie Du Pasquier and George Sowden, Furniture, Carpets, Ceramics and Drawings.

Press Preview and Cocktail - April 16 from 6pm to 10pm

Post Design Gallery
largo Treves 5
Milan

A crescendo story that emphasizes the key objects of the refined imagination of Paola C. : from the icons of the past to the novelties of 2018 designed by a+b, Böjte—Bottari and Chiara Andreatti.

Exhibition design by Böjte—Bottari.


Press Preview / Cocktail - April 16 from 5pm to 10pm

Showroom PAOLA C.
via Solferino 11
Milan

Purpose and Completeness

Agape presents a variety of proposals aimed at completion of the product range with previews by Benedini Associati, Patricia Urquiola, Neri & Hu, Marcio Kogan, Lucidi Pevere and Studio Pepe.

Press Preview - April 16 from 10am to 6pm

Agape12
via Statuto 12
Milan

The producer of textile editions presents its collections of furnishing fabrics, trimmings and wallpaper. Also: the new Hermès Homefabrics collection.

Showroom Dedar
via Fiori Chiari 18
Milan

TREE STORIES

New collection of lamps, tables and stools made for Dilmos by Richard Woods, the famous British artist who works in the field of art, architecture and design, using the printed blocks printing technique, which represents the typical expression of the Author's language.




Opening - April 17 from 6pm

Dilmos
piazza San Marco 1 (entrance at via Solferino)
Milan

A secret garden, designed by the studio Pierattelli Architetture, will arise in Piazza Gae Aulenti, symbol of Milan that looks to the future.
This enchanted garden populated by tall trees, hundreds of plants and blooming flowers, is lined with mirrors that create a fascinating interplay of reflections.
Hidden Garden is a space in which to recover the relationship between man and nature.

With Vitra, Flos, Porcelanosa, Gruppo Giardini.

Piazza Gae Aulenti
Milan

The Pop Up Store opens on the occasion of the Milan Design Week and will remain open until May 5th 2018

Press preview - April 16 from 11am to 6pm

c.so Garibaldi 46
Milan

The installation created by SOS-School of Sustainability under the supervision of Mario Cucinella Architects with ENI Gas e Luc and Centrica Hive Limited e transforms the Botanical Garden into a Green City where visitors are invited to enter through an interactive, poetic urban smart grid.

The installation is part of the exhibition-event HOUSE IN MOTION (16-28 April), organized by the magazine Interni, bringing together a series of architecture and design installations at Università degli Studi di Milano, Orto Botanico di Brera, and the Audi City Lab (Corso Venezia 11).

Orto Botanico di Brera
via Brera 28
Milan

Transformations

The evolving space Statuto 11 welcomes a series of reflections on the concept of Transformation following the timeless notes of the Mangiarotti Collection.

Statuto 11
via Statuto 11
Milan

International brand of multi-functional kitchen and space systems.

Ex Chiesa di San Carpoforo
via Formentini 14
Milan

Campomaggi is [de]sign - Fashion as glass sculpture by Daniela Poletti



Party / cocktail in the presence of the artist - April 17 from 6pm to 11pm

Campomaggi Flagship Store
corso Como 1
Milan

NEVER STOP LOOKING BEYOND

During Fuorisalone, NEVER STOP LOOKING BEYOND will become an experiential storytelling through activities that are based on innovation and quality. During the week, CASA LAGO will be open to celebrate the Italian genius of which Leonardo is an icon. Italianism exhibition "Come si dice Pattern in Italiano?", Bruno Munari Project Room and some of Leonardo Da Vinci's inventions, will be the main players.

Opening Party - April 17 from 8pm to 10pm

Casa Lago
via San Tomaso 6
Milan

5 architecture firms and 5 handles for Dnd

A project curated by Giulio Iacchetti on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Dnd. To involve architects who had never – or seldom – focused on product design, inviting them to create a handle: this was the challenge suggested to five architecture firms with an Italian background very active on an international level. Stefano Boeri Architetti, Alfonso Femia, Maurizio Varratta, Cino Zucchi, 967Arch designed five new products that reflect five different ways of thinking about a single design theme. Set-up by Francesco Librizzi.

Cocktail party - Presentation of the projects by Stefano Boeri Architetti, Alfonso Femia, Maurizio Varratta, Cino Zucchi, 967Arch - April 18 from 7.30pm to 10pm

Showroom Lualdi
Foro Buonaparte 74
Milan

The historic piazza S. Marco in Brera will transform into a lively urban garden focused on outdoor living, design & lifestyle thanks to the dOT event.

A selection of prestigious brands of furniture, pavings, conservatories, vases and champagne, together with a dynamic, artistic installation, will make dOT an oasis of health, liveliness and charme.

The mood of the 2018 edition will be ‘Water and the Mediterranean’, that will be represented by a signature Spa and a wide selection of plants typical of the Mediterranean landscape.

Sagrato e piazza della Chiesa di San Marco e chiostro
piazza San Marco 2
Milan

The Swiss bed manufacturer exhibits the winning creations of the international competition, the Elite Design Award 2018, with the theme: « Haute Couture Bed ».

The competition had, as purpose, to rethink beds and their environment as objects designed for current lifestyles, while retaining the essence of authentic traditional craftsmanship.

Cocktail by invitation only - April 18 from 6pm  to  9pm

Elite Gallery Milano
via Marco Formentini 14
Milan

In the occasion of the Milan Design Week 2018, Antonia Jannone Gallery presents One Two Five – Steven Holl, an unprecedented exhibition curated by Marco Sammicheli. Drawings, projects’ sketches, watercolors, limited edition furniture and sculptures designed by the American Architects will be presented.

Opening - April 18 from 6pm

Galleria Antonia Jannone
corso Garibaldi 125
Milan

Ettore Mocchetti invite to discover AD CHOICE - SEVEN FOR THE FUTURE.

AD promotes the creativity of seven young designers

Cocktail dinner by invitation only - April 18 from 7.30pm to 10pm

Palazzina Appiani
v.le Repubblica Cisalpina
Milan

Andrea Branzi - IMPRESSIONS

A sheet oh cellulose paste (extracted by birch and poplar trunks), ivory color, lightly foamy, but delicate and stiff as cardboard, can be pressed and become a building material, with bas-relieves of decorative figures and signs.
This is the origin of objects that look like a stone architecture, the solemnity and mystery of a primitive wall, while they are actually just empty boxes, paradokes of our skill to play with the identity of the world, transforming paer in marble, marble in plastic, wood in metal.
This is actually the role of Art, Poetry, Philosophy, so apparently useless and fragile, but able to resist as the only witnesses of lost Empires and Civilizations .
A world of empty boxes is maybe better of the stone monuments, destined to become ruins, swept away by their solid body.
The space invaded by pare crystals, as confused thoughts, is increasingly emptied up to fully make the mind free from the past, and go back to a germinal condition to set new theorems and temporary projects.

Andrea Branzi 2018


Opening - April 17 at 6.30 pm

Galleria Clio Calvi Rudy Volpi
via Pontaccio 17
Milan

CARLO MOLLINO, SIGNORA LB, Fotografie e Polaroid, 1940-1960

Galleria Rossella Colombari will dedicate an entire section to Carlo Mollino's photographic production: a collection of polaroids and photographs, dating from the second half of the 1940's through the end of the 1960's. A didactic itinerary composed of photographs which have never been exhibited before and which narrate the Turinese architect's multifaceted activity. In this context, Mollino's photographs will be cradled by furniture pieces of his peers: architects such as Gio Ponti, Franco Albini and Ico Parisi.

This ambience, in a call to the cult of Mollino and his love of the female figure, is inspired by women's magazines of the period, the first Domus and Casabella magazines, which promoted the progressive and innovative mindset of the great Italian architects.

This narrative atmosphere is completed by the ceramic work of the artist Bruno Gambone and the eclectic frame of the contemporary designer Niccolò Spirito.

Opening Maroncelli District - April 18 from 6pm to 9pm

Galleria Rossella Colombari
via Maroncelli 10
Milan

HAY, Sonos and WeWork have come together for the 2018 Milan Design Week to present a shared vision for the future of design, collaboration and living spaces. Driven by innovation, passion and the unlimited possibilities that evolve from the desire to create better experiences for everyday life - HAY, Sonos and WeWork have imagined an entire universe that will explore the best in design, sound, living and work.

Palazzo Clerici
via Clerici 5
Milan

Bang & Olufsen will showcase Sound as Interior, launching a new product designed by Scandinavian designer Cecilie Manz.

Press Preview - April 16 from 5pm to 7pm
Cocktail party by invitation only - April 18 from 7pm to 9pm

c.so Garibaldi 2
Milan

During Fuorisalone, NEVER STOP LOOKING BEYOND will become an experiential storytelling through activities that are based on innovation and quality. In the Appartamento Lago Brera it will be set up "How do you say Pattern in Italian?", the exhibition curated by Italianism. 40 patterns created by young talents, among which the Illustrator Riccardo Guasco, the Data Artist Giorgia Lupi, the photographer Adriano Attus, the Street Artist Gue Iosonopipo and the Art Director Francesca Pignataro, will dress the space that will also live in meetings and events.

Cocktail - April 17 to 20 from 6pm to 8pm

Appartamento Lago
via Brera 30
Milan

New collection disegned by Mario Bellini, Michele De Lucchi, Naoto Fukasawa, Jean Nouvel and Tobia Scarpa.

Cocktail by invitation only - April 17 from 7pm to 9pm

Palazzo di Brera
Sala delle Adunanze
via Brera 28
Milan

Once again, on the occasion of the cosmopolitan Milan Design Week 2018, Seletti and Studio Job join forces to enrich their brand BLOW with a new product. BLOW is a family of objects with a total "pop" design mood funded last year as a real design brand by the will of Stefano Seletti, Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel: a project that points to that idea of democratic design that has always distinguished Seletti.
On show at the Salone del Mobile in Rho Fiera and at the Seletti Flagship Store in Corso Garibaldi, the new lamp Cora with its unique “street style” and a hit of “cartoon” mood.

Cora is the epitome of the old street lamps, the gas lights which could be found in the streets at the beginning of the 20th century. Studio Job reinterprets the aesthetics of these memorable street furniture to make it suitable for the contemporary homes.

Seletti Flagship Store
c.so Garibaldi 117
Milan

IN MY HEAD

The IN MY HEAD exhibition invites the audience into a 250-square metre wonderland entirely dedicated to HEAD – Genève, providing insight into the world of the people who work and study at the Geneva School of Art and Design through an immersive maze of rooms. The heart of the exhibition features the personal perspectives of twenty students from the Department of Interior Architecture. These are displayed in individual spaces and expressed through installations. What does HEAD mean to them? What experiences, dreams and aspirations do they seek to share?

Students of the Bachelor in Interior Architecture taking part in the exhibition:
Marine Evrard, Morgane Roth, Kishan Asensio, Oriane Rajaonarivo, Laure Christinat, Thalia De Monte, Sara Cooper, Mark Viray, Saara Karvonen, Gabrielle Marois, Sophie Berardo, Cloé Gyssler, Manon Le Pezennec, Victor Duterme, Marie Torrione, Roxana Cucu, Dylan Peruffo, Clara Souche, Deborah Zancanaro, Mounira Mokhtar


Press Preview - April 17 from 4pm to 6pm

Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea
via Goito 7
Milan

Six days of meetings with the protagonists who are redesigning our cities, our homes, our lifestyles. A laboratory of ideas open to all.

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Various Locations

Milan

‘PLAY TO THE GALLERY’ – JUNG

The installation is the result of a collaboration with Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture under the supervision of Prof. Ulrich Nether and Ricarda Jacobi. The design team comprises Sarah Gmelin, Marielle Kanne, Mona Makebrandt and Marisa Spieker.

Cocktail - April 17 from 7pm to 11pm

via Statuto 16
Milan

In VIA PALERMO 1, Lund University School of Industrial Design presents new ways of refrigeration, totally new music instruments, fresh toilet innovations, dark lighting, sheet metal thunder, Indonesian coconut research, concepts for Tretorn and other disruptions.

Cocktail party - April 18 from 12.30pm to 4pm

Spazio Molteni/Liverani
via Palermo 1
Milan

"Linnut": Magis - Iittala - Oiva Toikka

On the occasion of the Salone del Mobile, Magis presents the Linnut collection (design Oiva Toikka) developed in collaboration with Iittala. Starting from the famous Birds collection, the blown glass birds designed by Oiva Toikka for Iittala since the '70s, five LED light sculptures made of rotational molded polycarbonate have been developed.

Magis Showroom
c.so Garibaldi 77
Milan

For the first time, Maisons du Monde, the French furniture and home decoration brand, enters the city with a temporary showroom that will last for the whole Design Week.

Press preview - April 18 from 10.30am to 8pm
Party by invitation only - April 20 from 7pm to 11pm

In Style Showroom
via Palermo 16
Milan

Melissa + None presents the brilliant side of us

Press Preview - April 16 from 10am to 6pm
Party - April 20 from 6pm to 10pm

Erastudio Apartment-Gallery
via Palermo 5
Milan

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