Milan Design Weeks
April 2026

Avant Toi presents "La Sfida" project, an immersive experience at La Tenda Milano. The initiative consists of an exclusive workshop dedicated to silk painting, led by Avant Toi Creative Director Mirko Ghignone, who invites participants to engage directly with color, gesture, and material. This experience interprets La Sfida as a creative act balancing unpredictability and experimentation: stepping out of your comfort zone, embracing the unexpected, and letting the process guide the outcome.

An Italian luxury knitwear and apparel brand, Avant Toi has been exploring the boundaries between craftsmanship and artistic research for over thirty years. Founded in the Italian manufacturing tradition, the brand stands out for its radical approach to color and material, through manual painting techniques applied to textiles, each piece is transformed into a one-of-a-kind expression of a creative gesture that transcends the aesthetic dimension to become an experience.

During the workshop, each participant will create a unique silk scarf, transforming the gesture into a personal expression: not just an object, but the tangible trace of a lived experience.

Within the "The Challenge" chapter of the 6OLD program, promoted by La Tenda Milano from April 21 to 26, Avant Toi introduces an intimate and participatory dimension, placing gesture, manual skill, and the direct relationship with the material back at the center. It's an invitation to experience design as a shared experience, where creativity becomes action.

La Tenda Boutique
Via Solferino 10
20121 Milan

Press Office: Parini Associati

In the week that Milan dedicates to Design and international creativity, 10 Corso Como transforms its spaces to host a series of collective showcases spanning fashion, design, and jewelry, shaping a fluid and immersive journey.

Moncler takes over the Gallery to present its new summer collection, while the Project Room hosts Fluid Re-Collection by Linde Freya Tangelder in collaboration with Cassina. In the Pop-Up, Visionnaire presents a capsule design NM3, and the Mezzanine features an installation by Imperfettolab. In the store, Kinraden unveils its new Stilos collection alongside a selection of high jewelry with an architectural design. In the secret garden, Garage Italia Customs presents its partnership with Mariaflora for Palazzo Avino, while the 'Spiaggina' branded by Garage Italia Customs bearing 10 Corso Como iconic motif drives around the city.

10 Corso Como
Corso Como 10
20154 Milan

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

Visionnaire unveils a new collection developed in collaboration with the NM3 collective, under the creative direction of Eleonore Cavalli. In this collection, matter is never decorative but essential. Each piece seems to exist outside of time, and precisely for this reason, feels deeply contemporary. The result is a collection of objects that do not dominate space, but intensify it, making it deeper, more intimate, more meaningful.

10 Corso Como
Corso Como 10
20154 Milan

Contact: marketing.visionnaire@ipe.it
www.visionnaire-home.com

Hermès presents its new home collections.

La Pelota
Via Palermo 10
20121 Milan

Contact: www.hermes.com

This year, during Milan Design Week, Ingo Maurer is presenting a new version of the classic YaYaHo lighting fixture. With geometric elements, familiar materials such as Japanese paper, and technical updates, the Ingo Maurer team is casting a modern light on the iconic low-voltage system from 1984.
Opening Event: Tuesday, April 21, 17:00 –23:00

YaYaHo Space
Via Varese 13
Milan

“Honey, have you eaten?” is the simple, universal question that gives rise to Casa, the new artistic project by Giotto Calendoli, created in collaboration with Eataly Milano Smeraldo. This is not a “hosted” artwork, but a journey built hand in hand: Eataly provides the raw material, food, gastronomic culture, and the stories that live on our tables, while Giotto transforms it into a home of memories, traditions, and shared gestures.

The installation, developed both within the store and on the building’s façade, interprets the Materiae theme proposed by Interni for FuoriSalone 2026, dedicated to the design and cultural value of materials. The Latin term materiae encompasses a plurality of meanings, materials, disciplines, subjects, and reflects the complexity of contemporary projects and their natural inclination toward hybridization.

“Honey, have you eaten?” is an everyday phrase that becomes a verbal caress, spanning generations and transforming into a collective declaration of care and intimacy, revealing a strong alignment of values between Giotto and Eataly: the idea of Italianità as everyday care, the beauty of rituals passed down, and food as a language that connects generations.

Casa is not just an artistic project, but an invitation to recognize what makes us a community: sharing, hospitality, and time devoted to others. The project narrates, without nostalgia or rhetoric, the passage of time, the habits we inherit, and the words that hold a sense of shared belonging.

In this context, food becomes a visual language, a symbolic material, and a narrative tool. Eataly Icons spaghetti participate in the story, transformed into a limited-edition design object by Giotto Calendoli: a container of stories, thoughts, and emotions.

Eataly Miliano Smeraldo
Piazza XXV Aprile 10
20121 Milan

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

With Light Our Fire, Studio Azzurro transforms the façade of the Urban Up | Unipol – De Castillia 23 building into a luminous organism, pulsing with energy and matter in constant metamorphosis. After water and air, earth emerges as the protagonist: a silent origin and a bridge toward fire, the primordial element and creative force. Architecture becomes a living screen, capable of visually narrating the dance of an energy that destroys in order to regenerate. In this context, food becomes a visual language, a symbolic material, and a narrative tool. Eataly Icons spaghetti participate in the story, transformed into a limited-edition design object by Giotto Calendoli: a container of stories, thoughts, and emotions.

Invited by Urban Up | Unipol to interpret the theme Materiae, proposed by Interni for the 2026 edition of its highly anticipated exhibition-event, Studio Azzurro creates a visual journey that begins in the burning core of the Earth.

Light Our Fire thus invites a collective reflection on energy, the future, and the care of our planet, while at the same time encouraging an intimate awareness: to preserve the inner fire that moves us every day, between memory and the momentum toward what is yet to come.

Via De Castillia 23
20124 Milan

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

Google Industrial Design initiated a collaboration with Ecal/University of Art and Design Lausanne to develop a concept for a mobile-focused product inspired by a daily ritual.

Ecal's Master Product Design students were invited to envision innovative hardware engaging with contemporary usage. Through compelling storytelling, these conceptual projects consider the human dimension of mobile technology: how it shapes everyday gestures and how our relationships with devices might evolve in the future.

The result of a close dialogue between education and industry, this collaboration with Google reflects Ecal's experimental approach, where critical thinking and emerging technologies come together to sketch desirable futures. Building on last year's success, the 2026 edition expands in scale and ambition, showcasing both established and emerging brands among a high-end curated selection, supported by a community of design enthusiasts. A curated showcase of design brands and studios, selected for their aesthetic vision and product originality.

Deoron Milan Design Week 2026 welcomes both established brands and emerging designers. What matters is not status, but the ability of objects to coexist beautifully. Furniture, technology, lifestyle, food, and wellness are all part of the same ecosystem, where form, function, and intention meet. The aim is to create a shared space in which different visions come together, united by beauty and purpose.

Spazio Orso 16
Via dell'Orso 16
20121 Milan

Contact: ecal@ecal.ch
www.ecal.ch

Arpa, together with the Broadview Materials brands Fenix, Formica, Homapal, and Getacore, presents a preview of ArchiThoughts–ArchiTouch, the third chapter of the exhibition curated by Federica Sala and hosted at Fenix Scenario. The exhibition brings together six international architecture studios, Marion Mailaender, Parasite 2.0, RedDuo Studio, Storagemilano, Studio GGSV, and Zimmer, within an installation designed by the architecture studio (AB)Normal.

The exhibition marks a significant moment in the Arpa brand’s journey. Since its origins, Arpa specialises in the creation of high-pressure laminate surfaces Made in Italy, distinguished by the design quality and the attention to the depth and refinement of its finishes. Over time, Arpa has developed a material culture capable of combining aesthetic research, technical innovation, and design sensitivity, offering surfaces conceived to interpret architectural and interior design spaces in a contemporary way.

As a preview of the exhibition, the projects Open Volume by RedDuo Studio, an interior design studio founded in Milan by Fabiola di Virgilio and Andrea Rosso, and Lauze by Zimmer, an architecture studio founded in Milan in 2019 by Federico Panella. The aim is to create a shared space in which different visions come together, united by beauty and purpose.

Spazio Orso 16
Via dell'Orso 16
20121 Milan

Contact: ecal@ecal.ch
www.ecal.ch

Design is always a dialogue between what already exists and what is yet to come. Rooted in the Future reflects this continuous movement: a future that grows from solid foundations. The Magis showroom is the setting for an installation that brings together past, present and future, showicasing iconic pieces alongside new creations. This narrative takes on an even deeper meaning this year, as Magis celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Magis Showroom
Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi 77
20121 Milan

Contact: mkt@magisdesign.com
www.magisdesign.com

Alessandro Bini, a company specializing in furnishing fabrics, presents the 2026 collection, Trame di Vita, in the evocative exhibition Mondi/26: a sensory journey through art and textile innovation, curated by the architecture and design firm Palomba Serafini Associati, within the spaces of the Protestant Christian Church. An immersive journey that tells short stories and allows visitors to immerse themselves in the evocative power of textiles as works of art, exploring their materials, colors, designs, textures, and softness.

Protestant Chiesa Cristiana
Via Marco de' Marchi 9
20121 Milan

Press Office: PNP Communication
pnp@pnpcommunication.com

Arts & Crafts & Design is a new collaborative showcase uniting four key players in Milan's craft and design scene: Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d'Arte, with Living Corriere della Sera, the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity & Craftsmanship, Creative Academy, and Serapian. The event takes place at Casa degli Artisti, a space that aligns with the quartet's shared values of creativity, experimentation, and dialogue.

Casa degli Artisti
Via Tommaso da Cazzaniga, Corso Garibaldi 89/A
20121 Milan

For Duravit, the collaboration with Patricia Urquiola stands for an approach that broadens the brand's creative spectrum and puts a fresh perspective on the bathroom as a distinct setting in its own right. It is in this spirit that the immersive installation Balcoon-Scapes is presented at Milan Design Week 2026 as an artistic project that commutes central elements of the Balcoon bathroom range into an abstract, sculptural landscape.

The installation, developed by Urquiola exclusively for Duravit, is on show at the Gran Meliá Palazzo Cordusio in the heart of Milan. It is staged as a free, experimental examination of form, materiality, and spatial effects. Balloon-Scapes invites visitors to experience design as a dialogue between object, space, and perception, consciously detached from the functional context of the bathroom.

In parallel with the installation, Duravit presents its expertise in premium bathroom design in the Milan showroom, at Via San Gregorio 49/51. Visitors experience a meticulously curated interior world featuring iconic ranges by Philippe Starck, Cecilie Manz, and Studio F. A. Porsche, as well as technological highlights from the SensoWash portfolio. Duravit will also be presenting an exclusive preview of the new items in the 2026 Balcoon collection, demonstrating the ongoing development of the range's design. A shuttle service will run between the installation and the showroom at 30-minute intervals from 21 to 24 April, enabling a seamless experience combining art installation and product presentation.

Gran Meliá Palazzo Cordusio
Piazza Cordusio 2
20123 Milan

Best of Belgium is a curated design platform by Fedustria that showcases the creativity, craftsmanship, and diversity of Belgian furniture and object design. Through a carefully selected collection of iconic pieces, innovations, and emerging talents, it offers an inspiring overview of Belgian design for an international audience. Presented in a refined, gallery-like setting, each object highlights the quality, materials, and story behind the brand. By connecting physical design with digital storytelling through QR codes, Best of Belgium invites visitors to discover the people, traditions, and vision that define Belgian design today.

The Best of Belgium catwalk features AP Collection, Jori, Soho, Per/Use, Joli, Jati Kebon, Sempre, Heerenhuis, EcoBirdy, The Pots Company, BIC, Mazu, Betaco, Zee, Paul Rogers, and Wünder.

Robertaebasta
Via Fiori Chiari 16
20121 Milan

Contact: info@belgofurn.com

Blooming Imperfection – Relationships in Progress transforms the Portanuova district into an urban laboratory of reflection and dialogue. The project invites visitors to explore human relationships and to see incompleteness and mistakes as essential parts of the creative process and building authentic bonds.

Andrea Olivari’s installations, starting from a triptych depicting three human organs, interact with the urban environment and are enhanced by audio narratives from Gabriele Agostinelli. QR codes allow visitors to create personalized digital versions of the artworks, bridging physical and digital experiences. The route also includes photo corners in Via Capelli, Piazza Gae Aulenti, and Piazza Luigi Einaudi, as well as daily talks with guests such as Alessandro Cattelan, Umberto Galimberti, and Chiara Piotto.

The Flower Bar in Piazza Alvar Aalto completes the experience with miniature floral installations, a temporary Casaburi restaurant, and a free flower bag bookable via Portanuova Milano. Furniture by Alea enhances the emotional and natural atmosphere of the project. Blooming Imperfection encourages visitors to embrace vulnerability as a resource and to see relationships as ongoing processes, transforming fragility into opportunities for dialogue and mutual care.

The values behind Blooming Imperfection – Relationships in Progress are explored further through a series of talks organized in collaboration with Chora Media. Every day, in the agora created between Andrea Olivari’s installations in Piazza Gae Aulenti (between IBM and Pandenus), experts discuss contemporary behavioral and relational dynamics, tackling topics such as mental wellbeing, emotional fragility, and interpersonal communication.

Piazza Gae Aulenti 12
20154 Milan

Contact: info@portanuova.com
www.portanuova.com

Exhibiting outstanding design works by Chinese college students and teachers selected from the 9th CDCE China competition, covering visual communication design, product design, environmental design, and more. Representatives from Chinese universities, government institutions, and design industries will join.

Milano LUISS Hub for makers and students
Via Massimo D'Azeglio 3
20121 Milan

Contact: vincentaap2021@163.com
milan-aap.org.cn

An urban dialogue between form and architecture. Florim presents a project celebrating its presence in the historic heart of Milan. The city’s gentleness, understood as balance, restraint, and urban continuity, becomes a design language in which the surface turns into an expressive medium. To bring this narrative to life, Florim has chosen two internationally renowned design studios: Nicola Gallizia and Matteo Thun.

Florim Flagship Store
Foro Buonaparte 14
20121 Milan

Contact: www.florim.com

The DesignSingapore Council presents Prototype Island, a new exhibition reimagining Singapore as a living, evolving prototype nation, optimising and future-proofing through the power of design. Prototype Island turns ideas into real-world innovations, reflecting Singapore’s vision of creativity and its transformation into a forward-thinking city. Singaporean designer Hunn Wai leads as Curator, joined by Eian Siew and with Maria Cristina Didero as Global Perspectives Advisor.

Foro Buonaparte 54
20121 Milan

Contact: dsg@camronglobal.com
www.designsingapore.org

French Design Award showcases its winning projects in the Brera district. The annual exhibition celebrates outstanding creativity and recognizes designers whose work pushes boundaries across disciplines, from product and interior design to architecture and emerging concepts.

By bringing our award-winning projects to Brera, the French Design Award aims to share exceptional talent with the international design community and contribute to the dynamic dialogue that defines Milan each year. Visitors will have the opportunity to discover inspiring projects, meet visionary designers, and experience firsthand the ideas shaping tomorrow’s design landscape.

Ponte Vetero 23
Via Ponte Vetero 23
20121 Milan

Contact: info@french-design-award.com
frenchdesignaward.com

Le Design Défilé introduces a new way of looking at design. Conceived as a scenographic journey by Jakob+MacFarlane, this collective project invites furniture to be seen not as a static object, but as a creation in motion, closely connected to the body, gesture, and time. A singular vision of French design, balancing contemporary precision with a deep-rooted culture of craftsmanship, and oriented toward a sustainable future.

Led by the French Living in Motion collective, bringing together Le French Design and l’Ameublement français, the event presents a rigorously curated selection of 53 French creations, reflecting the diversity of design languages, uses, and savoir-faire.

The scenography, conceived by the architecture studio Jakob+MacFarlane, lies at the core of the project. Inspired by the world of fashion, it takes the form of a wooden runway, deliberately graphic and precisely lit, extending across both interior and exterior spaces. Built from locally sourced wood and entirely recycled after the event, the runway structures the experience and guides the visitor’s gaze.

The first space brings together 15 indoor and outdoor furniture pieces by designers such as Andrée Putman, Constance Guisset Studio, Elliott Barnes, OUD Architecture, Studio Fritsch+Durisotti, among others. The second space highlights 13 French houses, both heritage and contemporary, Alki, Clen x Manade, Duvivier Canapés, Fermob, Franck Genser, Gautier, Lafuma Mobilier, Ligne Roset, Maison Sarah Lavoine, Mercœur Édition, Objekto, Philippe Hurel, Sokoa, each presenting three emblematic pieces representative of its identity.

Statuto 11
Via Statuto 11
20121 Milan

Contact: www.ledesigndefile.com

La Tenda Milano presents a new chapter of its 6OLD program, dedicated to the theme of The Challenge, exploring design as a process that pushes beyond the limits of matter and perception. Taking center stage in the window display is Karbony with Ultralight, a project that interprets the concept of challenge through subtraction. An approach that recalls Michelangelo’s idea of creation as a process that happens “by means of removal.”

Carbon fiber, a technical and structural material, is reduced to its essence until it becomes a sign in space: fine interwoven threads form suspended structures that appear to defy gravity. Light passes through the material, transforming it into shadow and drawing. The window becomes a visual pause within the rhythm of the city, while the installation extends into the outdoor space on Via Solferino, where suspended elements amplify the dialogue between lightness, space, and perception.

With Ultralight, La Tenda Milano frames the contemporary challenge as a tension toward overcoming the limits of matter and perception, through the design act of subtraction. Behind Blooming Imperfection – Relationships in Progress are explored further through a series of talks organized in collaboration with Chora Media. Every day, in the agora created between Andrea Olivari’s installations in Piazza Gae Aulenti (between IBM and Pandenus), experts discuss contemporary behavioral and relational dynamics, tackling topics such as mental wellbeing, emotional fragility, and interpersonal communication.

La Tenda
Via Solferino 10
20121 Milan

Contact: federicorosada@latendamilano.com
www.latendamilano.com

Solferino 28 presents Città delle Idee. An installation by MCA - Mario Cucinella Architects for Corriere della Sera, Living and Abitare. Presented during the Milan Design Week, the project imagines a city that gradually dematerializes, opening spaces for creativity, exchange and new visions. Created with 3D-printed modules that subtract material, eliminating waste and encouraging the use of new printing materials, the installation reflects on environmental challenges and on new ways of designing more sustainable, human-centered cities.

Corriere della Sera, Living, Abitare
Via Solferino 26
20121 Milan

Contact: Solferino28design@rcs.it
eventi.corriere.it/solferino28-design/

A wallcovering project that introduces an intimate, unconstrained elegance into contemporary interiors. Glamora presents a preview of a new collection developed on a three-dimensional textile wallcovering in pure pleated linen. The material’s irregular crinkling lends the wall a vertical rhythm that interacts with light throughout the day. The decorative subjects, measured, rarefied signs, evoke a suspended and nostalgic domestic imagery. Muted, powdery tones welcome the soft light of evening, creating quiet and intimate atmospheres.

Solferino 27 | Glamora Showroom Milano
Via Solferino 27
20121 Milan

Contact: contact@glamora.it
www.glamora.it

Solferino Lab brings together in a single place dedicated to designers the showrooms of some of the most interesting brands in contemporary furniture: Fima Carlo Frattini (taps), Megius (shower enclosures, Turkish baths and saunas) and Galassia (for sanitary ceramics).

Solferino Lab
Via Solferino 36
20121 Milan

Contact: showroom@solferinolab.it
www.solferinolab.it

Molteni&C strengthens its presence in Brera by presenting the 2026 Indoor collection, curated by Creative Director Vincent Van Duysen, within the historic boutique on Via Solferino at the corner of Via Pontaccio. Among the pieces on display is the Julian modular sofa system, designed by Van Duysen himself. The 2026 Outdoor Collection will be unveiled through Responsive Nature, an exclusive installation at Via Senato 14.

Molteni&C Boutique
Via Solferino angolo Via Pontaccio
20121 Milan

Contact: info@apuntostadio.com
www.molteni.it/store/milano-boutique/en/

Rosenthal presents a special exhibition dedicated to the conscious act of giving. Under the title Moments to Give, the company will be showing selected new products and iconic objects.

In an age of constant acceleration, Rosenthal sees gift-giving as a conscious decision. Moments to Give understands design not as a consumer good, but as a gesture of attention, closeness, and responsibility. The objects on display represent moments of gratitude, appreciation, connection, or reflection. They are things that shape relationships, create memories, and endure beyond the moment.

The exhibition invites visitors to create their own personal moments to give. It creates a space that encourages pause and promotes mindfulness towards one's own relationships. Rosenthal shows how design can help express and strengthen appreciation, gratitude, and connection. The new products thus become means of communication, small gestures that create closeness and carry meaning.

Michela Cattai's Gallery Art + Design
Via Brera 4
20121 Milan

Contact: fuorisalone@rosenthal.de
rosenthal.de

When Apricots Blossom, commissioned by Gayane Umerova, chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), is an immersive exhibition inspired by a poem by Uzbek writer Hamid Olimjon, reflecting on themes of hope, renewal, and resilience. Through installations, newly commissioned design works, and public programmes, visitors are invited to discover the cultural heritage of the Aral Sea region and Karakalpakstan. Once home to one of the world’s largest inland lakes, the region has experienced dramatic environmental change over the past decades, yet its communities continue to preserve and adapt their cultural practices.

Curated by architect Kulapat Yantrasast, the exhibition unfolds as a journey through three essential elements of daily life in the region: textiles, food, and shelter. From vibrant textile installations and a contemporary interpretation of a traditional yurt to specially designed bread trays created in collaboration with Uzbek artisans, the works highlight how craft traditions carry knowledge, identity, and memory across generations.

Twelve international designers have contributed new works for the exhibition, including Bethan Laura Wood, Bobir Klichev, Didi NG Wing Yin, Fernando Laposse, Marcin Rusak, Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Sanne Visser, and Sevara Haydarova Donazzan, alongside design studios Glithero, Studio CoPain, and Raw-Edges. Working closely with artisans in Uzbekistan, the designers explore traditional materials such as wood, silk, ceramic, felt, and reed, creating contemporary interpretations rooted in local craft knowledge.

Palazzo Citterio
Via Brera 12
20121 Milan

Contact: www.acdf.uz/milan2026

Grand Seiko's exhibition reflects its brand’s philosophy, The Nature of Time, inspired by nature and brought to life by craftspeople known as takumi. For the occasion, the brand invites three Japanese artists to reinterpret this concept through their unique artistic visions: Shindo explores shimmering layers of light to evoke the flow of time, Kawahara handcrafts washi paper with a warm, tactile gesture, and Abe uses direction and computer graphics to create visually striking narratives.

The exhibition offers an interpretation of the essence of time and nature in perfect harmony with Grand Seiko’s vision, inviting visitors to experience an immersive aesthetic and sensory journey.

Galleria d’Arte Moderna “Il Castello”
Via Brera 16
20121 Milan

Within the evocative Loggia of the Pinacoteca di Brera, American Express presents "Serotonin - the chemistry of happiness”, an immersive installation by artist Sara Ricciardi. Open to the public, the work explores the universal bond between beauty and happiness.

The artist has translated the scientific concept of the 'happiness hormone' serotonin, into a visual, and sensory experience. Visitors are invited into an immersive environment where inflatable forms gently expand and contract, breathing and pulsing like a heart. “Serotonin: the chemistry of happiness” is a space designed to reflect how beauty can influence emotional and physical responses. Through rhythm and repetition, each pulse contributes to a cohesive experience centered on the ongoing pursuit of happiness.

Pinacoteca di Brera
Via Brera 28
20121 Milan

Contact: ufficiostampaitalia@aexp.com
www.americanexpress.com

On the occasion of the exhibition-event Interni Materiae, Annabel Karim Kassar recreates an authorial vision of the mysterious lost garden at the end of the world described in classical legends.

The Garden of the Hesperides, created for Rubner Haus and ABS Group, is in fact the architectural representation of a legend defined by the presence of a portico and iconic figures hand-painted by the designer, inspired by the Eden-like setting that hosts her work.

The place becomes the privileged stage for an ancient legend: that of a lost garden at the end of the world where golden apples grow, capable of granting eternal life. The fruits are guarded by the mysterious nymphs known as the Hesperides, while the Edenic serenity of the place is threatened by a hundred-headed serpent. Annabel Karim Kassar provides an architectural visualization of the tale by using a long portico built with wooden beams, which occupies the main avenue of the Garden and guides visitors toward a sundial representing the passage of time. Around the portico are the Hesperides, in the form of icons set into pedestals arranged in two large circles, respecting the strict logic of a Roman garden, and painted from life by the designer herself.

At the heart of Annabel Karim Kassar’s installation is the portico built with wooden beams and laminated panels, whose components can be reused after disassembly. The decorated flooring provides durability and is accessible to wheelchairs. The icons of the Hesperides, painted from life by the designer, are housed in custom steel display cases. The portico is illuminated by battery-powered lights, while external spotlights enhance the intensity of the work.

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

Contact: cecilia.desantis@consulenti.mondadori.it
www.internimagazine.it

glo presents an installation by Numero Cromatico. Inspired by the theme “Be the Project,” the work explores the relationship between light, architecture and participation, creating a contemporary immersive experience. At the center, a large interactive portal, an orange circle, symbol of connection and belonging, welcomes visitors into a dynamic space where technology and creativity merge. The audience becomes an active part of the project, contributing to its evolution.

This is where the glo Hilo and glo Hilo Plus devices come in, perfectly connecting with the project proposed by Numero Cromatico. Designed to offer a modular, unique and adaptable user experience, they reflect the spirit of the installation.

Palazzo Moscova
Via Moscova 18
20121 Milan

Contact: www.myglo.com

Curated by Demna, Gucci Memoria is a symbolic retelling of the House’s 105-year history. Reflecting its many facets and incarnations, it is presented in Milan’s storied Chiostri di San Simpliciano.

Chiostri di San Simpliciano
Piazza Paolo VI 6
20121 Milan

Contact: www.gucci.com

Laufen space Milano becomes a curated platform where research, precision and longevity converge. The company presents an evolution of its portfolio and the expansion of its material vocabulary through the integration of Vitreon steel within the brand’s premium furniture systems articulating a cohesive material language rooted in structural clarity and technical excellence. When Time Becomes Material, is the site-specific installation curated by Konstantin Grcic and presents PAR, the new bathroom concept marking the second collaboration between the German designer and the Swiss company. Centered on design as a discipline capable of simplifying everyday dynamics and enhancing the quality of lived time, the installation invites visitors to engage with a series of questions that shift the experience onto a more emotional and intimate level. The bathroom is presented as an architecture of time: a space where past, present and future converge in daily practice. The company also presents the new chapter in the collaboration between LALaufenUFEN and Kartell. For this new project, the creative direction has been entrusted to Ferruccio Laviani. This new phase is driven by the introduction of Vitreon steel, Laufen's innovative enamelled material that expands design possibilities, particularly in the use of colour, a defining element of the Kartell • Laufen universe.

Laufen space Milano
Via Manzoni 23
20121 Milan

Contact: monica.garcia@laufen.ch
www.laufen.com

Gessi opens a new exclusive space at Via Manzoni 17, entirely dedicated to Gessi Haute Culture. Here, the brand's culture finds its highest expression through its most tailored approach to enhancing quality of life in the most intimate space of living. Meanwhile, the prestigious Casa Gessi Milano becomes the stage for the unveiling of a world premiere, revealed through a sensory journey that introduces a new longevity ritual.

Casa Gessi Milano
Via Manzoni 16/A
20121 Milan

Contact: gessimilano@gessi.it
www.gessi.com

door transforms the 18th-century Palazzo Crivelli into a Garden of Wonders. The event will center on an exhibition curated by Michele De Lucchi and AMDL Circle, featuring the large installation "L'Anello Mancante," a sculpture-space accessible to the public in the garden, exhibited for the first time in Milan. The experience is completed by the Outdoor Library, a living archive of outdoor design curated by Studio Francesca Santambrogio, and a program of activities that animates the space daily, including performances, such as The Voice of Objects in collaboration with the Scuola del Piccolo Teatro di Milano, and evening jazz and swing concerts.

Palazzo Crivelli
Via Pontaccio 12
20121 Milan

“Inspired in Barcelona: Materia Prima” is an installation that invites visitors on a sensory journey exploring the origins of creativity through two essential ingredients of Mediterranean culture: bread and olive oil. The exhibition uses these fundamental elements of gastronomy as metaphors for the creative process and for the search for balance that lies at the heart of design practice.

“Inspired in Barcelona: Materia Prima” is curated by the architecture studio Queralt Suau, with the participation of designer Andreu Carulla. It is organised by Barcelona Creativity & Design Foundation and promoted by Barcelona City Council’s Department of Culture and Creative Industries through Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHub), and by the Government of Catalonia through ACCIÓ - Catalonia Trade & Investment.

Chiesa del Carmine | Salone Scalabrini
Via del Carmine 10
20121 Milan

Contact: inspiredinbarcelona@bcd.es
www.inspiredinbarcelona.com

Iris Ceramica Group interprets the Fuorisalone theme “Be the Project” by bringing the Person, who with their human dimension becomes a creator of uniqueness, to centre stage.

In the ICG Gallery, the new Diesel with Iris Ceramica surfaces on show in the main window offer a highly characterised representation of the project, and for the occasion, set the scene for “The Backstage Talk”: a Live Conversation on the topic of the event.

Beyond the showroom, where new Sapienstone products are also on show, the concept also translates into a special initiative in partnership with the associations involved in the charity project Quarto Fuoco®, run by Fondazione Iris Ceramica Group ETS, and Chef Davide Oldani.

ICG Gallery Milano
Via Santa Margherita 4
20121 Milan

Contact: comunicazione@icgmail.com
www.irisceramicagroup.com

Reference Library is an exhibition conceived by Apartamento in collaboration with Jil Sander. It brings together sixty books from around the world, each chosen by someone whose perspective is admirable: writers, designers, artists, architects, filmmakers, thinkers, creators. Together they form a collection of personal references, books that have inspired, obsessed, and accompanied. Presented together, they become something greater than each individual title: a portrait of curiosity, of influence, of the invisible threads that connect a reader to an idea and an idea to the world.

The exhibition features an installation designed by the Milan-based architecture studio studioutte. Chrome-plated reading lamps are arranged in rows, each illuminated by a warm beam of light for reading, their reflections mirrored back by a mirrored wall. A space designed for the pleasure of observing up close, of moving from one title to another without haste, with nowhere else to be.
Upon registration, with 60 slots available every hour, visitors are invited into the library and given a pair of white gloves. A small ritual that changes the way an object is handled, the care devoted to it. The books are there to be picked up, opened and read. They remain on display, but the gloves stay with the reader: a small, silent reminder of time well spent.

Jil Sander Showroom
Via Beltrami 5
20121 Milan

Loro Piana introduces Studies. Studies approaches interior design through focused case studies, each examining a specific object, function, or use. Chapter I: On the Plaid is devoted to the plaid as a central element of the interior vocabulary.

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

Contact: pressoffice@loropiana.com
it.loropiana.com

The Luxury Collection and Margherita Maccapani Missoni unveil a bespoke partnership with a pop-up store in the Living dehors of Casa Brera, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Milan, overlooking Piazzetta Bossi. This immersive showcase blends contemporary creativity with Italian heritage. Curated artisan items, signature Maccapani pieces, and an exclusive, co-branded collection tell the story of Casa Brera's timeless elegance and The Luxury Collection's celebrated Italian portfolio.

Casa Brera, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Piazzetta M Bossi 2
20121 Milan

Contact: sara.migliore@marriott.com
www.casabrera.com

Marsotto presents a project focused on marble developed in collaboration with artist-designer Jaime Hayon. The limited-edition series includes a majestic statue, masks with zoomorphic features, tables, lamps, and accessories exploring the expressive possibilities of the material through the author’s signature design. The exhibition unfolds between the Marsotto showroom in Largo Treves and the space in front of the Accademia di Brera.

Marsotto Milano Showroom
Largo Claudio Treves 2
20121 Milan

Contact: info@marsotto.com
www.marsotto.com

On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, Pianca presents D.A.M.A. (Design, Art, Music, Architecture), a new format of invitation-only cultural events that will enliven the Pianca&Partners showroom, in Via Porta Tenaglia 7N3, bringing together diverse contemporary disciplines and languages. Inside the showroom, Pianca also presents its new living room collection, an expression of an advanced vision of contemporary living. This collection is enriched with new design collaborations, including the synergy with ADP Altherr Désile Park, who have designed a new chair, and new products developed with international designers such as Calvi Brambilla, Philippe Tabet, Cristina Celestino, and Pier Luigi Frighetto.

Via Porta Tenaglia 7N3
20121 Milan

Press Office: PNP Communication
pnp@pnpcommunication.com

Feel the Aura by Ploom is an immersive installation inviting an adult audience to embark on a sensory journey where light, warmth, and aromas become living matter, reacting to the visitor’s presence and movements.

At the heart of the exhibition is the new Glacier White device, an icon of essential, intuitive design that becomes an integral part of the experience: not just a device, but a companion that transforms a break into a personal, sensory ritual.

Inspired by the theme “Be the Project,” the installation puts people at the center and highlights their unique way of perceiving space. Every gesture, every step, every pause sparks an interaction that transforms the environment and reveals a personal trace, an aura shaped through design, atmosphere, and emotion.

The journey begins with the Feel the Aura Exhibition, a space where dynamic lights, reactive surfaces, and visual cues guide visitors into a contemplative dimension designed to slow things down and help them rediscover their own rhythm.

The experience continues with a series of artistic installations, Study of Light, Study of Flavor, Study of Creation, and Study of Form, each created by selected talents interpreting, through their own expressive language, the relationship between perception, movement, and matter.

Brera Site
Via delle Erbe 2A
20121 Milan

Contact: jt.media.relations@jt.com
www.ploom.it

In the elegant setting of Via Borgonuovo 1, Provasi presents Casa Provasi, an exhibition celebrating home as a place of identity where fragments of life are preserved, reaffirming the value of a renewed classicism that finds its most authentic expression in its artisanal roots.

Provasi
Via Borgonuovo 1
20121 Milan

Contact: info@provasi.com
www.provasi.com

Bringing together six projects by a rising generation of Swiss designers in dialogue with international partners, the collective exhibition unfolds within the singular architecture of Spaziovento. In a space suspended between research, material reality, and speculation, each work reveals how collaboration propels design practices toward greater openness, responsibility and innovation.

Spaziovento
Via Pinamonte da Vimercate 4
20121 Milan

Contact: sharedmatter@mayconcepts.com
www.design.swiss