Milan Design Weeks
April 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

Etro Showroom
via Spartaco 6
20135 Milan

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/

Opening Cocktail & Dj Set

via Spiga 26
20121 Milan

Press Contact: Guitar
baldinini@guitar.it

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