With Fuorisalone, scheduled from April 20 to 26, 2026, Porta Venezia Design District returns with Design is Act, a concept inspired by the thinking of Tomás Maldonado: an invitation to consider design as action, a gesture capable of connecting thought and matter, memory and future, imagination and real impact. Following the numbers of the last edition, over 80,000 visitors, more than 350 designers involved, the district expands its urban and cultural scope, inaugurating the Città Studi Design Hub, a new center extending the district into the city’s university area and fostering direct dialogue between design, research, and education.
The debut of Città Studi Design Hub is marked by a large site-specific installation, Over and Over and Over and Over by the design brand 6:AM - Glassworks, hosted in the historic Piscina Romano. The project reflects on repetition as the invisible structure of everyday life and as a driver of the creative process, placing the craftsmanship of glass and the relationship between gesture, material, and transformation at its core.
Vanity Fair inaugurates Archivio Italia with the exhibition Insieme, conceived and curated by Sabato De Sarno at Piscine Cozzi, accompanied by an urban intervention by French artist JR, who brings the faces of the artisans featured in the project onto the building’s façade.
At Fondazione Istituto dei Ciechi, the studio Dotdotdot creates Anima Mundi for Geely Auto, a large-scale installation that explores the relationship among technology, nature, and the human dimension through sound, light, and interaction, transforming the space into a dynamic organism that responds to visitors’ presence.
At Palazzo Senato, Škoda Auto presents Ooooh, that’s EpiQ!, an immersive installation that redefines mobility as both a cultural and technological experience. Blending scenography and storytelling, the project unfolds as a narrative journey where innovation, sustainability, and visual languages intersect, offering an accessible yet contemporary take on automotive design.
At Spazio Maiocchi, IKEA presents Food for Thought, an immersive installation exploring the relationship between design, food, and conviviality through environments created in collaboration with international designers and chefs. At Via Melzo, Electrolux presents The Swedish Home, an environment inspired by Swedish domestic culture, where simplicity, well-being, and connection with nature become central elements of the design experience, accompanied by talks, workshops, and moments of conviviality. The project by Sara Ricciardi for Eccentrico transforms ceramics into a sensory language capable of activating gestures, everyday rituals, and new spatial relationships.
At the Fondazione Luigi Rovati, USM Modular Furniture, in partnership with the transdisciplinary architecture studio Snøhetta, presents Renaissance of the Real, a multisensory installation by Swiss artist and experience designer Annabelle Schneider. The project invites visitors to return to calmness and re-enter the present moment through touch, sounds, and vision. The installation explores presence, perception, and the value of physical experience in a hyper-connected world.
The district also hosts Yoox Camerino | Unveiled By Keta Bart, an immersive installation created with Viennese digital artist Keta Bart, reinterpreting the fitting room as a space for exploring personal identity through experiential design, digital art, and artificial intelligence.
Among the district’s highlights is also L’Appartamento by Artemest, hosted at Palazzo Donizetti, where international designers and interior designers reinterpret the rooms of a Milanese residence through a selection of furniture, lighting, and objects crafted by Italian master artisans, offering a contemporary reading of the country’s manufacturing heritage.
Fuorisalone 2026
Porta Venezia Design Week
April 20 – 26, 2026
Milan - Italy
