Milan Design Weeks
April 2023

Doppia Firma is a project by the Michelangelo Foundation and Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte, in collaboration with Living, that promotes the union between design innovation and traditional craftsmanship.

The 2023 edition of Doppia Firma focuses on the theme of playfulness, encouraging designers and master artisans to create works that express their vision through humor, irony, allusion, and more. The resulting objects are showcased at Palazzo Litta in Milan and made using materials such as ceramics, metal, mirror, wood, and paper. The exhibition coincides with the Salone del Mobile 2023, during which is set up a site-specific work by Milanese master Gianluca Pacchioni.

Palazzo Litta
corso Magenta 24
20121 Milan

Contact: info@5vie.it
5vie.it

Following a successful exhibition at Dutch Design Week 2022, Verstrepen.studio & Timon Mattelaer reveals a new space, the Belgian Design Pavilion, which brings together object & furniture designers, in a stylized exhibition space that displays the essence of Belgian design.

Group exhibition with: An Gillis, Atelier Timon Mattelaer, Céline Lambrechts, Dries Truyers, Fractall, Hanne Cornette, Jord Lindelauf, Koen Van Guijze, Marijke Jans, Sam Kerckaert, Studio Fuhō, Studio PART, Thibeau Scarcériaux, Verstrepen.studio and Wouter Persyn.

via Cola Montano 13
20159 Milan

Press Contact: info@statiuspr.be

The seventh edition of Masterly - The Dutch in Milano, supported by the Embassy and Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Italy and curated by Nicole Uniquole, is a platform to celebrate Dutch design, artisan craftsmanship and art. The new location welcomes more than 80 participants

Palazzo Giureconsulti
piazza dei Mercanti 2
20123 Milan

www.masterly.nu

Avant Toi celebrates the strong relationship with art, color and creativity as partners of the Mudec Museum of Culture in Milan for the exhibition "Rainbow: Colors and wonders between myths, art and science", from February 17 to July 2, 2023. This collaboration expands during the Milan Design Week in April with a special exhibit curated by Avant Tol inside Mudec, in which the new 2024 Home collection and unique knitwear pieces are presented with innovative installations, together with a special work of art by Mirko Ghignone as a tribute to the exhibition. On April 20, Mirko Ghianone also holds a live action painting performance, unveiling the techniques and behind the scenes creation of the new collections. A journey that breaks the traditional definitions of fashion by developing in-depth research on art, innovation and new expressive and artistic languages. The collaboration made possible the reprinting of "The Rainbow Book", the catalogue of the historic exhibition "The Rainbow Show", which took place in 1975 in San Francisco.

Mudec
via Tortona 56 - Milano Spazio Delle Culture "Khaled Al Asaad'
20144 Milan

www.avant-toi.it

The Korean fashion brand Re;Code, the Japanese design unit Dekasegi and 9 groups of designers from East Asia (Japan, Korea and China), promoting sustainability in their respective fields, come together in an exhibition on the theme of “Upcycle”, dreaming of a future under the slogan of "create meaningful changes together”.

Dropcity, tunnel 38-60
via Sammartini Giovanni Battista
20125 Milan

recollective.recode-global.com

Many fairy-tale designs by Marcantonio, Matteo Cibic, Elena Salmistraro, and Richard Hutten thanks to Scarlet Splendour.

Accompanied by the light of Michael Anastassiades, a focus on Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, the Fornasetti's outdoor collection on the terrace, the 1000 vases and crystals by Reflection Copenhaghen and Ichendorf.

The exhibition on the mysterious Italian Designer- Artist Augusto Betti and the essential design of Officina Nicolazzi complete the tale.

10 Corso Como
corso Como 10
20154 Milan

Contact: press@10corsocomo.com
www.10corsocomo.com/

Artemest presents L’Appartamento: an elegant 1930s apartment in a historic Milanese building in the heart of the vibrant 5Vie district. Six prestigious international interior design firms will confer their own unique artistic direction to a room of the apartment using exclusively furniture, décor, lighting, and art by a selection of Artemest artisans, brands and artists. Artemest reveals the world of luxury Italian craftsmanship and design through the creative vision of Anne-Sophie Pailleret, Kingston Lafferty Design, Moniomi Design, Nina Magon, Styled Habitat and T.Zed Architects.

Designers: Anne-Sophie Pailleret, Kingston Lafferty Design, Moniomi Design, Nina Magon, Styled Habitat, T.Zed Architects

L'Appartamento
via Cesare Correnti 14
20123 Milan

Contact: press@artemest.com
artemest.com/it-it

The Meta-Physical installation by Jcp Universe focuses on the confines between nature and artifice, reality and fiction. The project, devised by Oniro Lab, the creative laboratory of Oniro Group, signals the expansion of the revolutionary brand of design in the virtual world, through the construction of its first owned metaverse and the creation of furnishing products in the form of Nfts-non-fungible tokens.

Teatro Arsenale
via Cesare Correnti 11
20121 Milan

Contact: info@jcpuniverse.com
www.jcpuniverse.com

It is an installation composed of different sizes of organic shaped mirrors, tables and wall mounted lights, altogether recreating an interstellar scenery or a celestial scenography, with an immersive three-dimensional vr experience transporting the viewer from a dramatic to an alternative mystic planetary landscape celebrating the journey through virtual sensations. The collection Silent Hollows designed by Richard Yasmine is 3D printed and handcrafted using foam, fibreglass, polyurethane and tinted mirrors.

SIAM 1838 - Società d’Incoraggiamento d’Arti e Mestieri
via Santa Marta 18
20123 Milan

Contact: info@5vie.it
5vie.it

Alcova, platform for designers and companies investigating the future of living and making, founded by Joseph Grima (Space Caviar) and Valentina Ciuffi (Studio Vedèt), unveils the monumental, never-before-seen spaces of Ex-Macello di Porta Vittoria. Alcova hosts over 70 projects, bringing together institutions, new and established brands, a diverse array of design studios and a cross-section of emerging talents. The exhibition explores different and complementary directions in contemporary design practice, from research into innovative and sustainable materials to contemporary craft and sensory design.

Ex-Macello
Porta Vittoria viale Molise 62
20137 Milan

Contact: info@alcovamilano.com
alcova.xyz

Introducing the Flower Tower, an infinite column of light, a metaphor of our inner light, a luminous landmark, a celestial totem as a point of reference of a contemporary domestic landscape. Flower Tower is a piece without boundaries made by crystalline blown glass, pure at the core, and inspired to the Louis Vuitton flower logo shape.

Palazzo Serbelloni
corso Venezia 16
20122 Milan

Contact: info@biagetti.net
www.atelierbiagetti.com

Opening Cocktail & Dj Set

via Spiga 26
20121 Milan

Press Contact: Guitar
baldinini@guitar.it

Bandiera is the soft, comfortable and robust collection of tables and chair. The pieces are composed of gently curved plywood surfaces and sturdy solid wood uprights, resulting in minimal and elegant objects. The table’s gently curved edges are an invitation to share convivial moments. The chairs combine a comfortable seating with an easy possibility of stacking.
Made from stained or natural white ash, the tables and chair are designed both for domestic and public environments.

Vero store
via Felice Casati 3
20124 Milan

Contact: Big Game
contact@big-game.ch

Labò is the new cultural project promoted by the Rodolfo Ferrari Foundation within the Spa - Società Prodotti Antibiotici.
In synergy with the essence of the place, called to research in the medical field since its foundation in 1947, Labò is a laboratory that expresses itself in its true essence: an experimentation process that starts from an idea or a concept to become a product or an artwork.
The workshop is the distinctive theme of the project: the physical space in which visitors will be welcomed along the exhibition path, and the intangible space of a creative investigation that materialises in the design editions presented.
Labò was born from the will of Alisée Matta, president of Spa and of the Rodolfo Ferrari Foundation, with the aim of making expressions of science, culture and art coexist in the same historic industrial building.

Labò becomes a moment to exchange ideas, to reflect and promote research in the field of creativity, a choral event in which art, design and experimentation come together to show unprecedented results.

Cocktail by invitation only on April 16

Fondazione Rodolfo Ferrari
via Biella 6
20143 Milan

Contact: info@laboculturalproject.com

“We Will Design”, the experimental laboratory promoting by Base featuring designers from all over the world, schools, universities, international institutions and young students, using design to conjure up new tools, practices and experiences developed around the acronym of I.D.E.A. — Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility.

The Design Week at Base Milano:  

In the Ground Hall at Base's entrance: Cancel Patriarchy, a large immersive installation by the French artistic collective Claire Fontaine.

We Will Design 2023 is Temporary Home. Exhibit. Kids. Music. Public Program.

Temporary Home: five designers from France, England, Germany, the Netherlands and Greece, will turn casaBASE into an atypical residency, a home, an experimental place, a space of storytelling and interaction with the public.
Exhibit: a big research platform that gathers Italian and international projects and installations on topics and challenges of our time, curated by universities, multidisciplinary collectives, designers and young talents, together with the projectualities arising from the design residencies promoted by Base during the year.
We Will Design – Kids: a child-sized guide and a series of workshops to give to the youngest the opportunity to get closer to the world of design.
We Will Design Music:  every night of this Design Week will vibrate to the sound of We Will Design Music Festival. Inside and outside Base, with the special collaboration of Volvo Car Italia and Le Cannibale.
Public Program: three meetings to explore and experiment the concepts of accessibility, future, community, creative cities, movement, change.

Base Milano
via Bergognone 34
20144 Milan

Borsalino presents at Milan Design Week 2023 a mini-collection of limited edition hats (30 pieces), born from the collaboration with the light artist Moritz Waldemeyer. The iconic medium-brimmed silhouette of the brand, proposed in felt in colors of black and gray Sebino, was customized by Moritz Waldemeyer with a led candle that creates spectacular plays of light moving on the surface of the hat.

Photo: courtesy of Borsalino

Borsalino Boutique
Vittorio Emanuele II - via Spiga
20121 Milan

Press Contact: pressoffice@borsalino.com

Bottega Veneta And Gaetano Pesce present an immersive installation at Montenapoleone's store, utilising resin and fabric to create an unique experience for visitors to travel through. Open to the public prior registration on the brand's website.

via Montenapoleone 27/A
20121 Milan

www.bottegaveneta.com

Agape12 is a concept store with an exclusive offer of interior design for contemporary living.

Brands: Agape, Agapecasa, Cp Parquet, Effe Perfect Wellness by Effegibi, Grassi Pietre, Gypsum, Key Cucine, Zenucchi Design Code.

via Statuto 12
20121 Milan

Contact: press@agapedesign.it
agape12.it

Continuing its dialogue with the city of Milan, Giorgio Armani opens the doors of Palazzo Orsini, the company's historic headquarters, to the public for the first time at the Salone del Mobile to present the new Armani/Casa collection.
On this occasion, guests will have the opportunity to discover, in the secret garden, the new outdoor collection and, continuing along the path inside the historic building, some precious furniture displayed in the prestigious frescoed rooms on the first floor.
The atelier of the Giorgio Armani Privé haute couture collection thus gives way, in part, to the Armani/Casa design, in the sign of the continuity of a style that is as consistent in fashion as in furnishings, because the attention to materials, the artisan care in making them, the sense of a light, refined and therefore recognisable preciousness is identical.

Palazzo Orsini
via Borgonuovo 11
20121 Milan

www.armani.com

Fine yarns, passion for color and curiosity in exploring parallel universes: Battilossi celebrates the opening of the new showroom in Milan with a collection of rugs by the legendary American graphic designer Milton Glaser.

Battilossi Texture Library
via dell'Orso 16
20121 Milan

Contact: info@battilossi.com
www.battilossi.com

The Boffi Solferino showroom introduces the novelties from Boffi|DePadova by utilising an architectural language. Kitchens, bathrooms and wardrobe systems alternate with partitioning systems from ADL and the collections from De Padova, including the new outdoor proposal from the Paul Smith + De Padova Everyday Life collection.

Boffi Solferino
via Solferino 11
20121 Milan

Contact: solferino@boffitrade.com
www.boffidepadova.com/it

Coedition is a French editor of contemporary furniture, working with the best internationals designers: Patricia Urquiola, Sebastian Herkner, Rodolfo Dordoni, Anderssen&Voll, Luca Nichetto, Olivier Gagnère, Patrick Jouin, Michael Anastassiades, and others.
All collections are made in Italy, with the best craftmen of the profession.
This year, the company ill presents new products designed by Patricia Urquiola, Sebastian Herkner and Olivier Gagnère.

via Marsala 13
20121 Milan

Contact: contact@coedition.fr
www.coedition.fr

Dedar presents the new collection of fabrics and wallcoverings in the showroom, where visitors are invited to discover all the novelties and the new set-up.

Dedar Showroom
via Fiori Chiari 18
20121 Milan

Contact: marketing@dedar.com
www.dedar.com

Devon&Devon presentS a sneak preview of its new home and bath collections at its historic Flagship store.
Inspired by a variety of very different places, periods, and movements, all the new designs have one thing in common: a unique and timeless idea of beauty.
The architecture and design of the 1930s are revived in the Metropolitan vanity unit and Diamond taps, the perfect harmony of neoclassical forms is presented from a new perspective in the elegance of the Flair vanity unit, and a refined classic-contemporary style makes the new Loft and Savoy walk-in shower doors unmistakable.

Devon&Devon Flagship Store
via San Marco 38
20121 Milan

www.devon-devon.com

Opened in 2022, the partnership between Philippe Starck and the maison continues. After revisiting the emblematic Medallion Chair, he is now launching Monsieur Dior, a tribute to the great couturier, again at Palazzo Citterio. The creation with exceptional savoir-faire fuses the most advanced craftsmanship and industrial engineering. Starck has perfected the structure, highlighting its most iconic elements, such as the toile de Jouy pattern, in pink and white or fluorescent orange.

Palazzo Citterio
via Brera 12
20121 Milan

Convinced by this premise, Ecal presents U.F.O.G.O.: 8 wind turbine designs realised by Master Product Design students under the guidance of Camille Blin, Anthony Guex, Maxwell Ashford and Anniina Koivu.

A sustainability project grounded in reality, but not limited by what already is.

In collaboration with the Shorefast Foundation of Fogo Island (Newfoundland, Canada) et la School of Engineering and Management Heig-Vd, and in media partnership with Disegno.

Orso 16
via dell'Orso 16
20121 Milan

Contact: newsletter.press@ecal.ch
www.ecal.ch

Marsotto edizioni presents “Largo” the new collection of marble furniture designed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby.
Specifically for this event, a solo exhibition pays homage to the new family of products which are characterized by a timeless and essential style, from always the hallmark of the London based renowned design studio.

Marsotto Milano Showroom
largo Claudio Treves 2
20121 Milan

info@marsotto-edizioni.com

Manerba presents Freedom Space, a temporary installation by Federica Biasi.
Three is also the new Super Random seating system made of single and modular benches, designed by Gio Tirotto and conceived according to principles of sustainability and disassembly.

A journey among various islands of furniture: intimacy spaces created with Kokoro Meeting&Seating system armchairs and sofas, strictly functional spaces equipped with the Apollo standing desks or spaces sharing the large tops of the Amis tables.

Manerba
piazza S. Simpliciano
Milan

Contact: clientservice@manerbaspa.com
manerbaspa.com

gloTM together with Agostino Iacurci presents "Dry Days, Tropical Nights." A large installation in Largo Treves that invites the viewer to look at how our landscape could become and to build a better tomorrow all together.

Iacurci's intervention takes off from the exterior façade of the imposing Largo Treves tower to its raw interior with bright colors, palm tree silhouettes and lights reminiscent of tropical sunsets. Inspiring Augustine were two climatologists who envisioned what the peninsula might look like under current management of the Planet. What might await us are nothing but desert and tropical landscapes. Hence the work's name, borrowed from two environmental indicators that report the severity of heat.

During the week it's possible to enter for the first time the iconic palace designed by Arrighetti to live an unforgettable experience and participate in a series of activities and meetings that will amplify its immersive character.

Palazzo Treves
largo Treves 1
20121 Milan

Contact: info@discoverglo.it
www.discoverglo.com

Beauty is manifold. It manifests itself in the simplest forms as well as in the most sophisticated. The Hermès creations for the home draw their aesthetic from a form of archaism, natural vigour and purity. The set design itself seems to have eliminated all excess to show a graphic framework of iron rods and concrete. Through an interplay of textures and lines that create the void, the structure becomes radical and powerful. In the furniture presented, an armchair combining leather and wood, a chair from the 1930s revisited, a sofa with a timeless silhouette, it is also through subtraction that strength shines through, that evidence is produced.
The savoir-faire crystallises around exceptional elements: glass-blowing for the minimalist lamps, traditional upholstery for the simple and refined chair, or virtuoso hand embroidery for the carpets with graphic motifs. Organic matter is sought with the use of bronze, glass, wood and leather, enhanced in their primary aspect or put in dialogue with each other. Soft colours are a pretext for the expression of motifs that pay homage to the heritage of the house. Equestrian patterns are thus found in a cheerful porcelain breakfast service or come to life on rugs and plaids.
The essential design draws inspiration from materials, accompanied by expert craftsmanship, to create objects of today that become more beautiful with the years and stand the test of time.

La Pelota
via Palermo 10
20121 Milan

www.hermes.com/it/it/

The Urgent Legacy collective show at the House of Switzerland aims at raising awareness about the innovative power of the Swiss design scene & how it inhabits the spaces of contemporary debate. Seven exhibitions are presented by emerging design studios, brands, schools & professionals, engaging with today's most pressing needs: from local production to new materialities, from reusing waste to upcycling objects, from promoting inclusivity to tackling the climate emergency. Presented by Presence Switzerland & Pro Helvetia.

Brands: Christian Deuber, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, Embru, House of Switzerland, Lehni, Röthlisberger Kollektion, schindlersalmerón, Seledue.

Designers: Alena Halmes, Alix Arto, Emma Casella, ETH Zurich, Gradient Atelier, HEAD – Genève, Geneva University of Art and D, Institute of Contemporary Design Practices IC, Léon Félix, NOV Gallery, Paula Cermeño León, Studio Carolien Niebling, Studio Marthins, Studio Topo.

Casa degli Artisti
via Tommaso da Cazzaniga, angolo, corso Garibaldi, 89/A
20121 Milan

Contact: info@houseofswitzerland.org
www.design.swiss

Located among the paths of the Brera Botanical Garden, the installation "Walk the Talk - Moving Energy", created by Italo Rota and CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati for Eni, transforms one of the most fascinating green spaces in Milan into a large table from living game. The project, which responds to the Fuorisalone theme "Future Laboratory", stages a surprising journey dedicated to the evolution of urban mobility by representing the projects and vision of Eni Sustainable Mobility. Hundreds of boxes, including multimedia ones, trace a path that winds through the trees and plants of the Garden, creating luminescent and sound effects that change the space during the hours of the day. Developed together with the collective of game designers Blob Factory Gaming Studio, "Walk the Talk" addresses topics such as the transformation of mobility in a sustainable key, services for sharing vehicles and the production of fuels of organic origin.

Orto Botanico di Brera
via Brera 28/via Fiori Oscuri 4
20121 Milan

Contact: interni@mondadori.it
www.internimagazine.it

A synesthetic narrative, based on a vision of Studiopepe, Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara Di Pinto, to describe a capsule collection of three pieces designed for Visionnaire: the Shibari chair, the Parade lighting system and the Blanche set of two mirrors.

The immersive installation, presented in the Wunderkammer of the Visionnaire Design Gallery, focuses on the senses as tools of knowledge of the world. The surfaces are tactile, the colors reflect the nuances of skin.

Visionnaire Design Gallery
piazza Cavour 3
20121 Milan

Contact: info@visionnairemilano.com
www.visionnaire-home.com

An unexpected encounter within the walls of Casa Manzoni: La Manufacture’s contemporary design dialogues with the history of this prestigious mansion.

Immersed in a suspended atmosphere, the new products by Sebastian Herkner are unveiled together with the iconic collections by Neri&Hu, Nendo, Luca Nichetto, Patrick Norguet, Noé Duchauffour Lawrence, Ana Moussinet, Front, making its first appearance in Milan with their standard finishes.

Casa Manzoni
via Gerolamo Morone 1
20121 Milan

Contact: contact@lamanufacture-paris.fr
lamanufacture-paris.fr

Driade and La Martina coexist in harmony in the flagship store of the Argentinian brand designed by Fabio Novembre, presenting for the occasion a special collaboration that unites the world of design with that of fashion.

La Martina Flagship Store
Corso Garibaldi 1
20121 Milan

www.lamartina.com/it/

Loro Piana Interiors introduces “Apacheta”, a project by Argentinian designer and artist Cristián Mohaded through an installation inside the Cortile della Seta, at Loro Piana’s Milanese headquarters. The contrasting landscapes of Argentina inspired Mohaded’s dreamlike world, where twelve towers made in Loro Piana Interiors fabrics rise from the ground embracing the furniture created by the designer. “Apacheta” continues with two outdoor installations in Piazzetta Brera and Via Montenapoleone 27.

Loro Piana - Cortile della Seta
via della Moscova 33
20121 Milan

Contact: interiors@loropiana.com
www.loropiana.com/interiors/?lang=it

Magis presents a display devoted to Magis Home and focused on some news, first among all the chair Trave, born from the consolidated collaboration between Magis and BrogliatoTraverso Studio.

This is the first chair developed with the two designers, it represents a new way to conceive a chair structure in solid wood, through an innovative solution reducing its elements and consequently also the material used for its manufacturing to minimum.

Besides Trave, Magic also presents the new versions of two iconic products, Puppy and Air-Chair. The abstract dog, icon of the Magis Me Too collection, is now launched with a velvet effect surface, while Air-Chair (and also its version with armrests) is now made in post-consumer plastics, under the sign of that sustainability.

Magis Showroom
corso Giuseppe Garibaldi 77
20121 Milan

Contact: info@magisdesign.com
www.magisdesign.com

Manuel Ritz and Guzzini launch a retail partnership called Similing to the Dolce vita.

The windows of the Manuel Ritz flagship store in via Solferino are enlivened by two complementary installations dedicated to the collaboration between the two Made in Italy brands. In particular, a showcase is dedicated to Guzzini and displays the products of the "Dolcevita" collection, designed by Pio and Tito Toso, all made with bio-based plastic derived from plant biomass waste and residues (therefore renewable, non-fossil in origin) in shades of amethyst, emerald, turquoise and amber. The other instead have Manuel Ritz as the protagonist, with a vertical knolling installation of an outfit from the men's collection and one from the women's collection, enriched by the respective accessories.

Manuel Ritz Flagship Store
via Solferino 1
20121 Milan

Miele continues its journey on sustainability with an interactive video-installation to let the public reconsider theri daily domestic behaviour and understand how a conscious use of home appliances can impact on water and energy consumption.

Where Miele Experience Center
corso Garibaldi 99
20121 Milan

www.miele.it

Molteni&C opens the doors to its new boutique located in via Solferino on the corner of via Pontaccio. The historical exhibition space, renovated and enlarged, designed by architect and creative director Vincent Van Duysen, hosts the new 2023 collections including the elegant "Mateo" table, designed by Van Duysen. Also starring in the space is the first Molteni&C|Outdoor collection, coordinated by the creative director himself and interpreted by some of the most important contemporary designers.

Molteni&C Boutique
via Solferino angolo via Pontaccio
20121 Milan

Contact: info@apuntostadio.com
www.apuntostadio.com

The Cypriot-born designer Michael Anastassiades collaborates with Patricia Urquiola for an experimentation project on the ceramic surface, in a special setting where the surfaces dialogue with the environments in a continuous exchange of suggestions.

Casa Mutina Milano
via Cernaia 1/A
20121 Milan

Contact: info@mutina.it
www.mutina.it

Norwegian Presence is back in Brera for 2023 with an inspiring and wide-ranging selection of new designs from a hand-picked roster of Norway’s most exciting independent makers and creative studios. This year’s show moves to a beautiful new venue at Via Pietro Maroncelli 2, with a striking exhibition design by Kråkvik & D’Orazio and Bjorn van den Berg. As well as offering visitors an opportunity to discover innovative new products including furniture, ceramics and textiles, Norwegian Presence also offers a wider insight into the material-minded and collaboration-driven creative culture of Norway, and the infrastructure that supports it.

Brands: Ann Kristin Einarsen, Anna Maria Øfstedal Eng, Hydro, Ida Hagen, Jomi Evers, Live Berg + Osloleire, Martin Høgh Olsen, Noidoi, Norwegian Presence, Stine Aas + Siv Støldal, Studio Sløyd, Svingen Arkitektkontor + Wu Xian, Tobias Berg.

via Maroncelli 2
20121 Milan

Contact: asb@doga.no
www.norwegianpresence.no

Poliform presents Perceptions, a project inspired by reflections on the meaning of design and man’s relationship with nature. In the cloisters of San Simpliciano, in Brera, an evocative expanse of black lapilli serves as the exclusive setting hosting the new outdoor collection, creating a meditative space for you to stop and tune in to your senses. A proposal that transforms one of the most striking areas of the Brera Design District into a calm and beautiful place.

Milan

Contact: press@poliform.it
www.poliform.it/it/

The brands debuts the “Ritratti”, a new multifaceted project, combining art, fashion and design.

Always inspired by figurative and abstract art, the brand’s founder and creative director Carolina Castiglioni selected a range of prints previously used on a range of Plan C items that served as starting points to create a selection of sculptures.

The protagonists of the sculptures are Carolina herself, her children Margherita and Filippo, as well as one of their friends. They all already appeared on Plan C’s prints, that Carolina creates starting from pictures she personally takes during her spare time.

The colorful, eye-catching resin sculptures, that immediately link to the distinctive esthetic of the effortless chic luxury brand, are handmade by skilled artisans in Milan starting from white chalk and polymeric clay artifacts that are used to create silicone rubber molds. These are filled with resin, that is then sleekened and hand painted.

In addition, Carolina also recreated some elements of the sculptures as intarsia on mohair sweaters and as sequined embroiders on pencil skirts coming with four different color combinations matching with the artistic objects.

At the same time, the graphic elements also appear on four different carpets developed under license by French homeware brand, that worked with artisans in Morocco to craft these exquisite wool creations available upon request.

Where Galleria d'arte il Vicolo
via Maroncelli 2
20121 Milan

Itinerant exhibition, this time entitled "Pop Recycling" constitute an unmissable opportunity to confront the artist and discover something more about her world; Ludmilla is the first artist in the world who has declared and created the possibility of selling her artworks in Bitcoin, confirming how much her sensitivity towards innovation and the future are an important sign of her being and of her personal as well as professional sphere. A career studded with successes that of the most engaging Pop Art artist, which has seen, since 2007, the prices of almost 700 artworks sold and certified on the blockchain quadruple. Fifty works from the ten-year experience of the Siberian artist between 2012 and 2023, create a dialogue with the historical pieces of modern art of the renowned showroom, which for the twelfth year in a row host the art of Radchenko and her artistic research and numerous projects that have allowed her to establish herself as a Pop Artist internationally. An important milestone, which sees the launch of the special artistic keychain with the official catalog inserted digitally thanks to an avant-garde chip.

Robertaebasta - Solferino
via Solferino fronte civico 3
20121 Milan

Contact: ludmilla.popart@gmail.com
www.siberiansoupfullart.com

The Korean craft show Shift Craft introduces 20 Korean craft artists and their potential in succession and application of tradition through 10 different categories. Over 60 pieces of artworks that translated traditional techniques in modern takes, including ceramics, metalwork, woodwork, mother-of-pearl, and woodburning, finds variation in the boundaries of modern design and proposes a new aesthetic value.

Hosted by: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Korea
Organized by: Korea Craft & Design Foundation
Director: Byungjun Koo
Curator: Donghoon Lee
Coordinator: Jisu Yun (KR), Eun Kim (IT)
Project Consultant: Jihye Choi
Space Design: Bcho Architects
Contractor (Italy): Milestone Contract di Tocisi Frances
Artists: Kwangcho Yoon Kwangwoo Kim Heechan Kim Boram Choi Hyunseok Sim Junmyeong Kim Kwangho Lee Hyemi Lee Kapsun Hwang Sungyoul Park Sukyoung Kang Junghoon Jung Bohyung Koh Suhui Kim Yoonkwan Kim Shinryeong Kim Yeongjo Kim Soco Bang Sungho Cho Jaeha Lee

Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
viale Pasubio 5
20121 Milan

Contact: http://www.kcdfmilan.kr
milan@kcdf.kr

The project “Surfaces with a View” opens Fenix Scenario to the community, transforming the Foro Buonaparte showroom in a theater that expands beyond its walls. The windows become stages designed with materials with refined color combinations, creating an area of interaction and inclusion. On the occasion of Fenix's 10th anniversary, the future of the surfaces and materials proposed by the company is showcased, illustrating future ways of conceiving spaces that combine retail, art and entertainment. Design by Zanellato/Bortotto jointly with Musa.

Brands: Arpa Industriale, Fenix®, Formica Group, Getacore®, Homapal®

Fenix® Scenario
via Quintino Sella 1
20121 Milan

Contact: fenixscenario@fenixforinteriors.com
www.fenixforinteriors.com

“Trame” is the interactive-perceptive exercise. Stark experiments with a dynamic and participatory installation portraying the landscape of the encounter between living beings. Our hands guide the effects in the surrounding space, but at the same time gestures of other entities can intervene and change in turn what surrounds us. The work thus envelops us like a canvas in which the relationships between effects are dynamically woven, inviting us to rely on a holistic and perceptive understanding of the experience of co-defining space.

Acquario Civico
viale Gadio 2
20121 Milan

Contact: info@stark1200.com
www.stark1200.com

Signature Kitchen Suite, the high-end built-in appliance brand of the LG Electronics group, presents True to Food Lab, an immersive journey through some of the most interesting innovations in digital agriculture that are rewriting the future of the agri-food supply chain in a more sustainable way for people and the environment.

With its "True to Food" philosophy, the brand promotes a more conscious consumption of food and at the same time acts as a spokesperson for production realities that are proponents of innovation, tradition and quality. This year Signature Kitchen Suite has collaborated with Cnr Ibe (National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biomeconomy), to identify five projects corresponding to new technologies that are already in use or being tested by Italian and European agricultural producers.

Signature Kitchen Suite
via Alessandro Manzoni 47
20121 Milan

www.signaturekitchensuite.it

Promoted by Materially in collaboration with TotalTool, Vivarium explores the theme of bio-based materials, posing them as fundamental ingredients to the discovery and progress of Design for the new generations.
The set-up, designed by Giulio Ceppi, mainly hosts materials, but also prototypes and experimental products. A collection that introduces research and materials that are fundamental in the creation of new learning tools, and innovative educational approaches aimed for children, and young designers of a very near future, organized in four macro-categories.

The talks involves educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and designers and are directed to the students of the various departments of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, as well as to those who follows via streaming.

Brands: Arkimia, Bambooder, Bella Mademoiselle, Conceria Nuvolari Società Benefit Srl, DumoLab, Grete, Materially, Mogu, Nieddittas, Oltremateria, Orange fiber, Piva , Silk Lab, Zanuso Legno

Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera
via Brera 28
20121 Milan

Contact: info@materially.eu
www.materially.eu/it/vivarium

A symbolic and monumental reading of the shirt object interpreted by Matteo Cibic. A captivating tale of "Know-how", a mastery guarded and handed down by the Xacus company for generations, which is expressed in the details and flavor of each shirt.
The artwork made with a luxury metal finishing by Materica is exhibited inside the Xacus flagship store, a space of contemporary elegance designed by the architect Matias Sagaria.

Xacus Brera Store
via Solferino 8
20121 Milan

www.xacus.com

Budapest Select, the brand that brings together the very finest of Hungarian design under one umbrella presents a major exhibition project commissioned by the Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency and curated by the talented young designer Gáspár Bonta. The exhibition sets out to provide a cross-section of contemporary design in Hungary, a country that is increasingly coming to the fore among the most interesting on the international creative scene.

Thirty-seven designers whose collections tell stories from afar, in which tradition plays a key role in the production process, one characterised by significant traces of craftsmanship, contamination with art and a marked sense of belonging to both a territory and a community. The exhibition path is split into six conceptual chapters: Earth, Wind, Fire, Tale, Writing and Abstraction.

Alcova, Il Mattatoio M15b
viale Molise 62
20137 Milan

Press Contact: Elena Pardini
elena@elenapardini.it
hfda.hu

One Block Down and Cassina have once again joined to develop a unique interpretation of the iconic Leggera chair, originally designed by Gio Ponti in 1951 for Cassina.

This partnership brings together two industry leaders to showcase the beauty of contemporary craftsmanship and industrialization while celebrating an icon of Italian design innovated thanks to Cassina's experimental research and One Block Down's disruptive and creative approach. This limited edition of the Leggera replaces the chair’s traditional wooden structure with hydroformed stainless steel that is left raw with visible welding to highlight its essential form and materials. The result is a new contemporary version of ‘the right chair’ par excellence.

To honour the collaboration, One Block Down has developed a disruptive installation on the sixth floor of the car park of Rinascente in Milan. The 30 pieces of the limited edition will be available online at oneblockdown.it from May 3 at 9 am CET.

Autorimessa laRinascente
via Agnello 13
20121 Milan

Contact: contact@oneblockdown.it
it.oneblockdown.it

With its' archetypical and minimal design, combined with superior sitting comfort, the Castor Lobby Sofa System for Japanese brand Karimoku New Standard is a modular tool. It allows to build countless combinations for lounges, lobbies, socializing and waiting areas in commercial and public spaces. From integrated table surfaces, optional armrests and alternating seats facing opposite directions to sofas of infinite length, almost everything is possible.
The soft appearance of the cushions is matched with the calm, straight structure in solid Japanese oak that looks as good from the back as from the front. The frame comes in a natural finish and for the upholstery, there is a wide selection of fabrics available.

Karimoku Commons Pop Up Showroom
via Privata Assab 1 (MM2 Cimiano)
20132 Milan

Contact: Big Game
contact@big-game.ch

In a project that connects the culture of design with the city’s social and architectural heritage, Design Variations 2023 selects and hosts companies and creative minds from all over the world.

At Palazzo Visconti, one of the most elaborate examples of Milanese Rococo, featuring richly decorated rooms and magnificent frescoes, the other Milanese location chosen by MoscaPartners, Design Variations 2023 presents the exhibition "Material Variations", which explores the use of natural, durable, and reusable materials in design. The baroque interiors act as a backdrop for a variety of projects that trigger a profound exchange between the works on show and the identity of the place that hosts them.

Brands: Assopiuma, CoReVe Consorzio Recupero Vetro, Erre Erre Diffusion.

Palazzo Visconti
via Cino Del Duca 8
20122 Milan

Contact: info@moscapartners.it
www.moscapartners.it

Design Variations 2023, the event curated by MoscaPartners, presents Breath, the site-specific work on the façade of the Circolo Filologico Milanese, designed by studio Zaven. The work is characterised by an extreme formal purity and it is created using a special silicone membrane. These graphic figures are intended as an opportunity to ponder on how design is no longer focused solely on the aesthetic research of products, but rather on how design is a tool for a multidisciplinary approach, the backbone of the economic and social system and the bearer of innovation.

Circolo Filologico Milanese
via Clerici 10
20121 Milan

Contact: info@moscapartners.it
www.moscapartners.it

Design Variations 2023 presents the exhibition "Reforming Future" at Istituto Marchiondi Spagliardi, which opens for the first time to the audience of Milan design week.

The Istituto Marchiondi Spagliardi, built in the 1950s in Baggio and long used as a juvenile reform school, is a rare example of Italian Brutalist architecture designed by the architect Vittoriano Viganò. With this event the building, that was closed in the 1970s and soon fell into a state of abandonment, will once again be accessible to the international architecture and design public thanks to the collaboration between MoscaPartners and Milan City Coucil. The event consists in guided tours of the Istituto Marchiondi’s architectural structure, organized in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano and the GAe Engineering company. Reforming Future, strongly desired by Valerio Castelli, is now a part of Design Variations 2023 and showcases the projects created during the master’s course led by Michele De Lucchi and Andrea Branzi at the Politecnico di Milano School of Design. The exhibition focuses on the explorative nature of the course led by the two architects in collaboration with Francesca Balena Arista, Marco De Santi, and Mario Greco,

Istituto Marchiondi Spagliardi
via Noale 1
20152 Milan

Contact: info@moscapartners.it
www.moscapartners.it

Dolce & Gabbana supports young creatives at Salone del Mobile 2023 in Milan with the "GenD – Generation Designers" project that encourages designers to engage with traditional Italian manufacturing techniques. The project curated by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana presents ten designers in the field of design and furniture from around the world in an exhibition curated by Federica Sala.

Antonio Aricò, Sayar & Garibeh, Rio Kobayashi, Atelier Malak, Lucia Massari, Bradley Bowers, Ahryun Lee, Sara Ricciardi, and Christ Wolston are the nine designers invited to interpret classic Italian manufacturing methods.

Dolce & Gabbana Boutique
via Broggi 23
20129 Milan

Registration: www.dolcegabbana.com/home

Dooor's wave also embraces Archiproducts Milano. With the installation Terra. Inspired by Earth, Studiopepe intends to establish a solid bond with the Earth by envisioning curvilinear furniture as well as genuine and experimental materials, terracotta shades, sand and clay. Dooor folding doors creating passages in between the rooms blend into the environment with natural hues and textured claddings that recall wool, silk, velvet and help conjure an emotional and multisensory experience.

Water partner: Acqua Alma

via Tortona 31
20144 Milan

Contact: info@dooor.it
dooor.it

Cassina celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Cassina "iMaestri" collection with the exhibition "Echoes: 50 years of iMaestri", curated by Art Director Patricia Urquiola with Federica Sala.

In a modern and industrial setting inside this historical building in the Cordusio area of Milan, the unique method that Cassina has established over the years to edit the great classics, through the promotion of authenticity and design culture, is recounted. A celebration of the past with a new vision for the future that anticipates the book Echoes, edited by Ivan Mietton and published by Rizzoli, to be released this autumn.

This anniversary represents an opportunity for Cassina to illustrate in a current-day perspective the intense research carried out that, over the last 50 years, has led the company to industrially develop the furniture designed by the great architects of the Modern Movement.

Palazzo Broggi
via Giuseppe Broggi 19
20129 Milan


Etro Home Interiors presents "Diving into patterns", the first collection designed by Marco De Vincenzo.

Etro Showroom
via Spartaco 6
20135 Milan

Euroluce, the International Lighting Exhibition now in its 31st edition, is the biennal trade fair that, between technology and poetry, architecture and design, is a source of inspiration par excellence, with the design dimension at its heart.

The City of Lights is the concept and the common thread running through the exhibition.

The heart of the biennial is Aurore, a large plaza and arena for immersive and reflective experiences and the venue for a number of talks. Five are the main exhibitions, multidisciplinary projects that, confident of the results of formal and technological product experimentation by the very top design companies here present, seek and reach out to dialogue with other fields of creativity, such as the world of architecture, interior architecture and displays, installations, painting, sculpture and photography.

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Fabiana Filippi hosts Secret Garden, an installation by Matteo Nasini. The artist explores the expressive qualities of textiles and its ability to give life to dreamlike forms and imagery, out of time and space.

Opening Cocktail
April 14 from 18:00 to 21:00

via della Spiga 7
20121 Milan

Fendi Casa unveils its new collection, including the Blown modular sofa by Controvento and the Ottavia chair by Christina Celestino.

Fendi Casa
piazza della Scala
20121 Milan

An out-of-the-ordinary exhibition demonstrating how fantasy can work endlessly on a single subject, and how beauty can take the most varied forms through different techniques and materials:1000 VASESpresents uniquepiecesmade by hundreds of independent designers from over 60 countries, in an extraordinary journey around the world united by the design of a small yet fundamental object.
The collection of a large number of vases allows the quantity and diversity of works to speak for themselves, through a simple and harmonious scenography that enhances their originality. Tribal, minimal, pop, sculptural, elementary, complicated, sophisticated, purist, fun, sinuous, geometric, and irregular forms coexisting side-by-side, thus highlighting the originality of each object.
50 artists from across the globe have been invited to apply their interpretation of the blue color to their one-of-a-kind vases, created especially for this occasion.
All works are exclusively available for sale during the exhibition.

corso Como 10
20154 Milan

Contact: libreria@fondazionesozzani.org
www.fondazionesozzani.org

The conquest of space exhibition is curated by Matilde Cassani, Gabriele Neri and Luca Poncellini. The installation coordinated by Chiara Corbani and Valentina Cerra develops and applies, in the spaces of Fondazione Vico Magistretti, the project proposed by Vico for MoMA New York: all the stories and insights are suspended from the ceiling, ready to be lowered to the floor by the visitors.

Fondazione studio museo Vico Magistretti
via Bellini 1
20122 Milan

Contact: fondazione@vicomagistretti.it
www.vicomagistretti.it

Fornasetti presents "The Syntax of Making" exhibition, showcasing three new collections of furniture and home accessories, that respect the Atelier’s heritage while taking into account the needs of modern life. The new designs are complemented by original decors from the historical archive. Visitors to the Milan Design Week can exceptionally experience a fragment of the Atelier’s life by observing a live painting of the new collections.

Fornasetti Store
corso Venezia 21A (angolo via Senato)
20121 Milan

Contact: press@fornasetti.com
www.fornasetti.com/it/it/

In the deconsecrated church of San Vittore e 40 Martiri, Galerie Philia presents the exhibition Desacralised with over twenty international designers (from Morghen Studio to Pietro Franceschini, from Rick Owens to Pierre de Valck, from Elsa Foulon to Studio Kare) who have each given their own interpretation of the concept of desacralisation, drawing inspiration from objects that were once religious and are now merely functional. The only request: white works only.

Chiesa sconsacrata di San Vittore e Quaranta Martiri
viale Lucania 18
20139 Milan

Gufram moves away from the typical colourful look of its collections to explore the extremes of the colour spectrum, presenting some of its most iconic pieces in black and white. The Gufram in Black and White project is supported by the Juventus Football Club, historic ambassador of these colours in the sport world.

Gufram's project for the Design Week continues at Capsule Plaza - the group exhibition debuting at Spazio Maiocchi, where the brand presents its new solution for a total living, The Sculpted Series, designed by long standing collaborator Snarkitecture, the New York-based design practice founded by Daniel Arsham and Alex Mustonen.

Radical and monumental, the new Sculpted Series, is a family of five domestic sculptures available only in black or white including a bookshelf, a bar cabinet, an armchair, a coffee table and low table.

Spazio Maiocchi
via Achille Maiocchi 7
20129 Milan

www.gufram.it

A multidisciplinary project organised by students to raise awareness of the issues of urban renewal and regeneration, as well as to reflect on the changing urban landscape and the historical memory of places.

Ecocentrico is an informative space intended to host visual, sound and material labs and workshops run by the students: a large geodesic yurt hosts visual installations, the contents of which may be photographic, audio, video and multimedia, while a second yurt is built over the course of the week during workshops open to the public. Furthermore a small exhibition is hosted, the result of the “Studi visuali urbani” (Urban Visual Studies) workshop that the selected students will attending during the months leading up to Milan Design Week. The result of their experiences during the workshops and laboratories is an invitation to reflect on the changing urban landscape and the historical memory of places. I

Alcova - ex Macello di Porta Vittoria
viale Molise 62
20137 Milan

Contact: p.r@ied.it
www.ied.it

Press Contact : Studio Torricelli
studio@maddalenatorricelli.com

A rainbow created by 540 miniature velvet jackets that seem suspended in the air.
On the occasion of the Interni 2023 event at the State University of Milan Labo.Art interprets the Re-evolution theme with sobriety and elegance through the metaphor of the evolution of simple organisms.
The caterpillar that becomes a butterfly, which wants to evoke the transition from simplicity to complexity.
Ludovica Diligu, designer and founder of the Labo.Art brand, has chosen for this installation a vast chromatic scale that seeks to follow and emulate the natural wonder of the rainbow.

Architect and project: Ludovica Diligu

Università Statale di Milano
via Festa del Perdono 7
20122 Milan

www.laboart.com

The brand's artistic director, Jonathan Anderson, launches a new project entitled Chairs. A work handcrafted on chair skeletons, starting with the Maison's fabrics.

Palazzo Isimbardi
corso Monforte 35
20122 Milan

Louis Vuitton opens its Nomadic Pavilion by Marc Fornes to the public in the arcaded courtyard of Palazzo Serbelloni. A structure resembling a spaceship, animated by events throughout Design Week. These include the presentation of the book Skin, a performance by the Atelier Oï studio and a talk with the designers of the Objets Nomades collection (in the photo the new Binda armchair by Raw Edges), in the rooms of the neoclassical building.

Palazzo Serbelloni
corso Venezia 16
20121 Milan

Marsèll and Pin–Up Magazine joined forces to present Cfgny: Emporium, an exhibition by the New York based art collective CFGNY.

Curated by Pin–Up Magazine editorial and creative director Felix Burrichter, Cfgny:: Emporium acts as a survey show, combining aspects of previous Cfgny: exhibitions and remixing them into a new multi-level experience. Ranging from garments and design objects to architectural installations, ceramic sculpture, and video, the exhibition “showcases many of the different material languages that we have developed over the years,” explain the four members of Cfgny.

The artists describe their work as “vaguely Asian,” a reference to the feeling of “shared alienation” that comes with being Asian in America. Cfgny: Emporium will extend over three floors and will include several new artworks specially commissioned for the exhibition.

Marsèll Showroom
via Paullo 12a
20135 Milan

Contact: hello@barbatibertolissi.contact
www.marsell.it

NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti takes part in the event created by Alcova, within the Ex Macello di Porta Vittoria Area with the exhibition “L’Allievo. A dialogue between generations of Naba designers”.

The exhibition displays the human and design relations established between students and lecturers within the Academy, in a continuous sequence of multidisciplinary experiences generating research and projects: learning by thinking, learning by doing and teaching by learning. An exchange between individuals that is the foundation of learning. A collective gaze over the today’s world of design, born from the dialogue between the iconic products of some of the leading figures in the world of contemporary design, all lecturers at Naba, and the design outputs of the students and alumni of the Academy’s Design Area, through the different project phases.

Alcova - ex Macello di Porta Vittoria
viale Molise 62
20137 Milan

Contact: events@naba.it
www.naba.it/it

Nilufar Gallery presents “The Bright Side of Design”, an exhibition that unfolds in the spaces of Nilufar Depot and Nilufar Gallery Via della Spiga. Nina Yashar, founder of Nilufar Gallery, presents her reflection and observations, shedding light on parallel and congruent paths to explore state-of-the-art collectible design: showcased is a seamlessly blended dialogue between a thorough research on old masters and the discovery of contemporary creators, giving the centre stage to a plethora of inanimate life companions. With its deep knowledge and impactful presence, Nilufar Gallery invites us to partake in a journey that puts the spotlight on all that great design has and continues to create.

Where Nilufar Depot
viale Vincenzo Lancetti 34
20158 Milan

Niwar is rooted in Indian textiles and craft skills that Phantom Hands’ upholstery artisans offer. Inspired by the thick cotton tapes (called Niwar) that are commonly used in India for making daybeds and chairs, Niwar becomes the signature element of the collection. All the pieces are upholstered, with cotton tape wrapped around the outer frame, enclosing soft linen upholstery within it. The handspun and vat dyed linen fabrics and matching cotton tape are custom produced for this collection by Bangalore based textile maker Zanav.

Niwar collection includes a three seater sofa, a single seater sofa with ottoman and a lounge chair with ottoman, they are available in four fabric colour options and two wood finishes.

INODA+SVEJE Gallery
via Ciovasso 11
20121 Milan

Contact: Big Game
contact@big-game.ch

Free Access
On monday from 6 pm talk about sustainability and upcycling in fashion and design, later cocktail party.

Guffanti Concept Showroom
via Filippo Corridoni 37
20122 Milan

www.notshycashmere.com/fr/

An experimental take on vintage design.
Discover the work of Textile Designer Ilaria Bellomo and Tattoo Artist Mindshapes - Davide Ciarletta - and their collection of vintage pieces reimagined with their distinctive styles.

Cocktail Party
April 20, 2023
Dj Set by
Bochum Welt

Cascina Nascosta - Parco Sempione
viale Emilio Alemagna 14
20121 Milan

Press Office: 5.20
paolaruffo@5punto20.com

It may be only one year old, but the DAAily bar has already established itself as one of the most influential (and downright fun) places to be during Milan Design Week. Taking place once again at the Piazza Cavour’s Swiss Corner on the edge of Brera, the emphasis this time round is on connections, with DJ- filled parties that bring you together with architects, designers and a host of other creative professionals from the industry globally.

via Palestro 2
20121 Milan

www.milan.daaily.com

Capsule Plaza unveils a new extension of the space, a striking former garage across the street, renovated by architect Paolo Caracini and Laboratorio Permanente.

The exhibition's diverse lineup includes installations by Dozie Kanu for Byredo Bal d’Afrique, Snarkitecture for Gufram, Sabine Marcelis for La Prairie, Armature Globale for On, Formafantasma for Tacchini, and Panter & Tourron for XL Extralight.

Spazio Maiocchi
via Achille Maiocchi 3/5/7/10
20129 Milan

Contact: studio@capsule.global

Moooi explores design, lifestyle, and technology more extensively. They are embracing physical and digital realities and creating technologically advanced experiences that are also deeply personal. They partner with EveryHuman™ to present a bespoke interior fragrance experience powered by AI. Together with LG, Moooi further explores the seamless integration of tech into homes and lives. Besides focusing on tech, Moooi showcases new product designs by Ideo, Nika Zupanc and Andres Reisinger, as well as new lifestyle collections and exciting new collaborations.

Photo: Knitty Lounge Chair by Nika Zupanc

Salone dei Tessuti
via San Gregorio 29
20124 Milan

Contact: press@moooi.com
www.moooi.com/eu/

Meet Digital Culture Center in Milan and the National Museum of Digital Art in collaboration with Filmmaster Events, present Everything (2021), an immersive installation by Turkish studio Nohlab, for the first time in Italy.

Studio Nohlab, founded in 2011 by Candas Sisman and Deniz Kader, has presented their work in major international festivals such as Ars Electronica, Japan Media Arts Festival, and Noor International Festival of Contemporary Art in Riyadh. The authors have also created interactive projects for famous international brands.

Meet Digital Culture Center
viale Vittorio Veneto 2
20124 Milan

Contact: press@meetcenter.it
www.meetcenter.it/

The 2023 edition of Prada Frames Milano is dedicated to the theme "Materials in Flux". Prada thus chooses to promote a reflection whose ethical and aesthetic implications, from the unprecedented creative potential to the low-impact production perspectives opened up by the use of innovative recycled materials, have long been central to its research.
The symposium's work is based on the studies of the British anthropologist Tim Ingold, for whom matter is a living, interconnected and ever-changing entity, and aims to explore the concept of waste, delve into the dynamics governing waste infrastructures and their valorisation systems, and analyse the complex relationship between matter and ecosystems.

Around these topics, a rich programme of encounters: six sessions over three days, from 17 to 19 April, will bring together scholars and professionals from different fields of research, such as, among others, Tim Ingold, Elizabeth Povinelli, Beatriz Colomina, Mark Wigley, Sophie Chao, Veena Sahajwalla and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Filodrammatici Theatre
piazza Paolo Ferrari 6
20121 Milan

Registration : prada-frames.com

The brand founded by Stefano Giovannoni presents its new collections, including two important collaborations with Philippe Starck and Estudio Campana. Qeeboo collaborates with Brazilian designers Estudio Campana on the creation of a chair. The “Bacana” chair is the first Campana’s project industrially developed using 100% recyclable polypropylene, known for its durability and resistance. Among the new collections, Stefano Giovannoni introduces Koibuch, a versatile, free standing bookcase. Conceived as a wall of sectioned and pierced stones, the bookcase’s holes are configured as a series of interconnected irregular spaces that can be used to place books, plants o r other objects on.

Photo: Helpyourselfs is a collection of table and side table created by Qeeboo in collaboration with renowned creator Philippe Starck.

Flagship Store Qeeboo
via Crocefisso 27
20123 Milan

Contact: Press Office Ready2Fly
www.qeeboo.com

The boutique in via della Spiga has a concept with a patchwork as a tribute to American style. Elegant flowers and antique prints were created in the Bar and the backyard.

via della Spiga 5
20121 Milan

Roguiltlessplastic, conceived in 2019, founded and curated by Rossana Orlandi and Nicoletta Orlandi Brugnoni, is a project-manifesto that through design, art, planning, technological–scientific research, industry and communication, introduces and disseminates various cultures and concepts dedicated to proposing solutions that promote new lifestyles and responsible choices. It consists, among others, of three main events that are presented at each Milano Design Week. One of the most important of these is the Ro Plastic Prize.

The Ro Plastic Prize is the International Award that targets an increasingly broad public and challenges the worldwide communities of designers, innovators, entrepreneurs, startuppers, changemakers, creators, scientists, researchers, developers, schools, universities, industry and communication experts who are passionate about making an extraordinary impact to propose innovative projects in the field of re-Waste.

Spazio Rossana Orlandi
via Matteo Bandello 14/16
20123 Milan

Contact: press@rossanaorlandi.com
www.guiltlessplastic.com/it/premio-ro-plastica-2023/

S.Project collects design products and decorative and technical interior design solutions. S.Project selects and valorises manufacturers’ proposals, providing a 360-degree perspective on interior architecture and responding to the latest market demands.

S.Project’s distinctive feature is its multisectoral focus, a multidimensional space with a heterogeneous selection of goods, with products ranging from interior to outdoor furnishing, from wellness products to fabrics, from lighting to acoustic solutions, from coverings to finishes. It is the ideal moment for showcasing manufacturing excellence, new concepts and innovative solutions to professionals within the sector and national and international buyers.

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61st edition of the acknowledged international benchmark event for the furnishing and design sectors. A forum for ideas, creativity, technology, innovation and culture, illustrating the new modes of home living.

Trade only. Open to the general public only on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 April. Open to students on 21, 22 and 23 April

Exhibitions:
- Salone Internazionale del Mobile
- International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition
- Workplace 3.0
- S.Project
- EuroCucina / FTK - Technology For the Kitchen
- International Bathroom Exhibition
- Euroluce
- SaloneSatellite

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Founded by Marva Griffin in 1998, SaloneSatellite is the Salone del Mobile.Milano event dedicated to designers under 35, which aims to facilitate the relationship between business and young designers preparing to enter the profession, post-study, and the market. Design Schools – Universities / Building The (Im)Possible Process, Progress, Practice is the lead theme for this edition. In particular, the design schools and universities have been asked to respond to the question Design: Where Are You Going?, through the installation and the presentation of the work of the student graduates-to-be.

This year, the SaloneSatellite will pay tribute to Euroluce with the special “Sate...Light. 1998-2022 SaloneSatellite Young Designers” exhibition: set up symbolically on the boundary between the two areas, which will be highlighted by luminous projections, showcasing most of the lamps by designers who have taken part in the various editions over the years that have gone into production thanks to collaborations with companies who put their faith in the promising young talents.

Lastly, as of 2010, the SaloneSatellite Award has been assigned to the three best projects presented at each edition.

Milan Fairgrounds, Rho (Milan) Entrance gates: Porta Est, Porta Sud, Porta Ovest

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Contact: salonesatellite@salonemilano.it

As part of the exhibition-event Interni Design Re-Evolution at the University of Milan, Sanlorenzo presents La Macchina Impossibile (The Impossible Machine), an installation by Piero Lissoni that interprets the shipyard's incessant research into technologically innovative solutions to reduce the environmental impact of yachting.

The Impossible Machine is an imposing metal sculpture: a complex machine, highly technological but defined in detail by skilful manual work just like a yacht. Positioned in the centre of the 18th century courtyard, the entire structure rests on a backlit platform that enhances a mechanism made of propellers and notched wheels.

These move thanks to the new hydrogen system, which Sanlorenzo is developing for the propulsion of its yachts in collaboration with Siemens Energy, based on the use of combined green methanol reformer/fuel cell modules. This technology will be used to power the hotellerie functions on yachts between 24 and 73 metres in length, starting in 2024 on the new 50Steel.

The installation is immersed in a light water vapour, the only emission, with zero environmental impact, released by the turbine driven by the fuel cell system.

Università degli Studi di Milano
via Festa Del Perdono 7
20122 Milan

Press Contact: R+W
valeria.portinari@r-w.it

THEMOIRè, in collaboration with Perimetro, presents: Your Roots

The current climate emergency, resulting in deforestation and global warming, requires us to take action to protect the ecosystem and allow the earth to breathe new life. To commemorate World Earth Day, THEMOIRè and Perimetro present YOUR ROOTS, a photography project that celebrates the tree as an emblem of nature: the tree that has roots in the deep layers of the earth growing upwards towards the sky, creating clean air and possibilities for the future...

Cascina Cuccagna
via Privata Cuccagna 2
20135 Milan

the-moire.com

Superdesign is a Gisella Borioli's project, and this year returns with the artistic direction of Giulio Cappellini, guided by three pillars: Inspiration, Innovation, Imagination. Superdesign is an authorial format, looking towards the future. It is focused on research, extraordinary daily life, freedom of choice, on the mix of classic and avant-garde, industry and craftsmanship, tradition and future, simplicity and wonder, with the knowledge that everything has already been done, that the whole world contributes to the evolution of the habitat around us, that rules and barriers have fallen. Big international brands along with single talents to whom network and technology offer limitless possibilities, are increasingly designing our tomorrow. Superdesign looks ahead again for the 2023 edition, to the design after Design. One art direction only, a common contemporary language, innovation and thinking “next”.

via Tortona 27
20144 Milan

Press Office: Elena Pardini
elena@elenapardini.it
www.superdesignshow.com

Prototype Research Series are native limited editions. Unique limited-edition, made with fabrics and/or treatments resulting from research and experimentation that is not yet at an industrial scale.

Series 07 unveils a special thermochromic technology. The fabric, coated with reactive ink, reveals a vast spectrum of chromatic points, spanning diverse and unexpected degrees of iridescence.

The unreleased garment piece will be presented at Milan Design Week with a dedicated installation.

Stone Island
via Savona 54
20144 Milan

www.stoneisland.com/it

A Casa Ovunque '23, MetaVero. MetaVerso is the event of Sfera MediaGroup (childhood division of Rcs MediaGroup), and The Playful Living (the platform of creativity and design co-ProgettAzioni that puts people at the center), which, between physical and digital, looks at new hybrid and connected spaces, dedicated to hospitality.

For the second year, Sfera MediaGroup, with the magazine Style Piccoli, and The Playful Living give life to a visual and experiential story that develops through six dedicated hybrid environments designed for real people: Little Loft, Family Home, Hibryd Space, the Open Square, Food & Drink Concept Store, and Smart Mobility.

via Savona 35
20144 Milan

info@theplayfulliving.com

Tortona Rocks launches the first edition of Altrove, a project that will take place annually, outlining new, unexpected, urban geographies. Transcending the district limits of the Fuorisalone, which sees the exhibition initiatives located in defined areas, the territorial digression has the purpose of fueling an original dialogue between design and Milan, leaving the usual exhibition layouts and making everyday places protagonists to experience new influences, visual and conceptual.

The urban incursion will be in the Giambellino district this year.

Created in collaboration with MilanoSecrets, the acclaimed carnet d’adresse that allows you to discover Milan through unusual addresses, the initiative features a mapping of sites, from the anthropological laboratory of food to the bookshop, from the pharmacy to the historic winery and other contexts.

Photo: Bernard Iachella

Opificio 31
via Tortona 31
20144 Milan

www.tortona.rocks

An immersive, technological space designed for everyone to experience the power of sharing and the opportunity to become networked.

4 technological elements in the space, 4 symbolic charging stations meet participants to connect them to the 4 pillars of Plenitude + Be Charge: sustainability, innovation, future and mobility.

Interacting individually with the elements, generative art creates a visual mood in which to see energy flow and a sonic connection to the environment through different soundscapes created for each element. Driving change means becoming a network and sharing a common vision and direction. The installation shows a change in the immersive environment visually and sonically only when participants decide to interact with all elements simultaneously.

Technology is the tool to create connections and synergy between people, community and environment by following its mission: to be the best ally in the challenge of energy transition.

Opificio 31
via Tortona 31
20144 Milan

the German Design Council celebrates the finalists of the international competition that involves universities from all over the world. Young design talents are called on to present their innovative projects and offer stimuli for new design configurations. Indeed, the competition involved design students, graduates with innovative and trendy works in the categories of Interior Design, Lifestyle, Eco Design or Materials and Textiles.

one&twenty is the name of the exhibition where 21 selected projects will be presented, one of which will receive the special mention "Best of Best" and the remaining twenty which will receive the title "Winner". The innovative products and solutions proposed by the finalists clearly show that the design of the future combines aesthetics with sustainable utility.

Opificio 31 // Officina 3
via Tortona 31
20144 Milan

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Iqos launches its collaboration with the designer and architect Fabio Novembre. Thus Iqos City was born, an immersive space projected towards the city of the future. Thus, in this new creative and visionary experience, Iqos Iluma is transformed, through the creation of 4 patterns conceived by Novembre Studio, from a design object to a building, populating a virtual city that is the protagonist of the immersive graphic performance. The installation, like every year, is dedicated to the Iqos community and to all the people of the Fuorisalone, once again celebrating the transformation path between art and innovation of Philip Morris Italia.

Opificio 31//Officina 31
via Tortona 31
20144 Milan

Organized by the New York media company The Slowdown, Take It or Leave It presents an eclectic assortment of hundreds of objects that the designer and architect Paola Navone has collected or designed over time and which during the design week will be part of a free lottery. The idea of ​​the exhibition, curated by Daniel Rozensztroch, comes from a reflection on the role of objects and new productions in contemporary society, already overwhelmed by products of all kinds. The pieces selected for this upcycling initiative will range from antique metal spoons from India, to rare Alessi prototypes created by Navone to fine German porcelain.

Opificio 31 // Spazio Crea
via Tortona 31
20144 Milan

Booking: www.slowdown.tv

Prelude is the Latvian company that participates for the first time in Milan Design Week by showing its world of "personalized walls". The creators of Prelude, Armands Doķis and Edgars Puķītis, unleash all their creativity in the name of the moto “your walls can talk”, mixing the boundaries of craftsmanship and innovation to create unique pieces that can bring a special story to any environment. Each project is tailor made, born from the encounter between art and design, between tradition and advanced techniques.

Opificio 31 // Arcon
via Tortona 31
20144 Milan

info@prelude.design
www.prelude.design

Vanity Fair participates in the Design Week once again this year, with the new edition of the Vanity Fair Social Garden. An urban oasis of relaxation to discover the highlights linked to the Fuori Salone and the new products, there will be no shortage of new stories, which have always been present in the dna of the magazine. An experiential space animated by a rich schedule of activities to actively involve those present: meetings, talks, interviews, master classes and entertainment initiatives.

Partner tecnico: Acqua Alma

Spazio Bergognone
via Bergognone 26
20144 Milan

Architect, designer, sculptor and academic, Angelo Mangiarotti was an iconic figure in architecture and urban planning at the international level, and one of the few Italian masters able to export his own design philosophy abroad. One of the most complete and exhaustive retrospectives ever devoted to the Milanese architect, the exhibition covers over 60 years of his production through a wide selection of works, projects, documents and materials, many of which have never been on public display before, kindly made available by the Fondazione Angelo Mangiarotti.

La Triennale
viale Alemagna 6
20121 Milan

Contact: info@triennale.org
triennale.org

The exhibition celebrates the brand’s irreverent and rebellious 30 years of career, while illustrating its contemporary and newfound mainstream component. Since its debut in Milan in 1993, Droog has established itself as something other, rough with fascinating storytelling. Rebelling against the idea of form and function, it gave life to a new aesthetic, approach, and language, articulating the thoughts of an audience and industry that were bored with refinement and decoration.

An immersive and welcoming display, it showcases how the brand’s impertinent thinking and pioneering disobedience from traditional design has become during the years—to say, extremely appealing and a real milestone of the international history of design. From Tejo Remi’s Chest of Drawers, designed in 1991, elevating found drawers into what could be perceived as an art object, to Marijn van der Poll’s Do Hit Chair, which as in a performance, is shaped by its owner with a hammer making the object unique and also very much yours; from the embracing and artisanal-looking Knotted chair by Marcel Wanders, designed in 1996, to the more recent objects such as the 2013 Glass Lantern by Richard Hutten, who modernised and reshaped a typical Chinese paper lantern, Droog aims at making the ordinary extraordinary.

La Triennale
viale Alemagna 6
20121 Milan

Contact: info@triennale.org
triennale.org

Organized to coincide with Milano Art Week, the exhibition presents a selection of works by Lisa Ponti, an artist, editor, critic and writer for whom drawing, always on A4-size sheets, was the expressive medium of choice. In her works sign, drawing and word merge, taking on new, fairytale, dreamlike and ironic meanings. The itinerary also evokes Lisa Ponti’s critical work through texts and articles published in the magazines with which she collaborated.

Curated by Damiano Gullì and Salvatore Licitra

La Triennale
viale Alemagna 6
20121 Milan

Contact: info@triennale.org
triennale.org

To mark the 50th year of The Original Timberland® Boot, Timberland presents the first iteration of Future73 Visions in partnership with Suzanne Oude Hengel through an immersive Artificial Intelligence installation, powered by new media creative studio Ouchhh. Oude Hengel, a knit researcher, technician and designer; is one of six future makers invited by Timberland to reimagine the brand’s iconic boot through their own lens of bold innovation.

Comprising three chapters, The Future73 Visions installation opens with a mosaic of data-gathered archival imagery and advertising of the Timberland® Premium 6-Inch Boot. The second chapter consists of an AI-created pattern informed by Oude Hengel’s knitting techniques. The final chapter uses AI to combine the Timberland and Oude Hengel data to create an original work from both inputs, a visual embodiment of the Future73 project.

La Triennale - Salone d'Onore
via Alemagna 6
20121 Milan

Press Contact: Luciano Cirelli
luciano.cirelli@karlaotto.com
www.timberland.it

Presentation of the new collection of furniture and accessories created with the Luxury Living Group. The project pays homage to the iconic codes of Versace, the common thread between fashion and furniture, and interprets them in a contemporary key.

via Durini 11
20122 Milan

Workplace3.0 is an innovative exhibition area devoted to design and technology in workspace planning, that confirms its vocation as an exploration of brand-new approaches, forms and solutions to the workplace "of the future", in which the human factor and smart technologies have a vital role to play.

Milan Fairgrounds, Rho (Milan) Entrance gates: Porta Est, Porta Sud, Porta Ovest

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