Milan Design Weeks
April 2023

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

“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

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

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

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