The Salone del Mobile.Milano is kicking off its new international tour in Indonesia, a rapidly evolving market and an increasingly important hub for architecture, interiors, contract design and property, bringing one of the most vibrant legacies of its recent history to South-East Asia: the SaloneSatellite Permanent Collection, a tangible demonstration of just how the event has become a platform capable of generating relationships, content, knowledge and opportunities for the entire design ecosystem.

SaloneSatellite Indonesia 2026: Event Dates and Venue

In Jakarta, as part of Indonesia Design Week, the Townhall at Indonesia Design District (IDD) PIK2 will host the SaloneSatellite Permanent Collection Exhibition 1998–2026 from September 18 to October 18, a selection of products that transforms the SaloneSatellite archive into a living atlas of connections.

Following on from Hong Kong in 2024 and the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Jakarta marks the Permanent Collection’s third international tour and heralds a new chapter in the Salone del Mobile.Milano’s global journey.

Founded and curated by Marva Griffin Wilshire, SaloneSatellite, the Salone del Mobile.Milano event devoted to designers under 35, has been one of the most finely-tuned observatories for budding talent since 1998. Its Permanent Collection now holds 415 objects. Some 55 of these will be exhibited in Jakarta, not a retrospective, but a galaxy of stories in which prototypes, products, companies, museums, awards, materials and manufacturing cultures will narrate the most delicate stage of the design process, the one in which an idea finds the right context to become a reality.

Salone del Mobile and Indonesia Design Week: A Strategic Partnership

Promoted by IDD and organised by Amantara, the hospitality and lifestyle division of the Agung Sedayu Group, Indonesia Design Week is held in the Indonesia Design District PIK2, a new hub dedicated to design, architecture and lifestyle in the northern metropolitan area of Jakarta. Within this context, SaloneSatellite will play a strategic role: to foster dialogue with designers, businesses, architects, developers, cultural professionals and creative communities in a region where design is increasingly becoming a driving force for urban, economic and cultural development. The exhibition of the Permanent Collection is also being supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Jakarta, testament to the role of Italian cultural diplomacy in forging new links between the Italian design sector and South-East Asia.

The Exhibition Concept: Recreating the Atmosphere of Milan in Jakarta

The exhibition design, by the architects Ricardo Bello Dias and Hariadna Pinate, will recreate the SaloneSatellite atmosphere and exhibition layout in Jakarta. Thus the SaloneSatellite Permanent Collection Exhibition 1998–2026 will illustrate all the facets of the Permanent Collection. It will feature icons of contemporary design, objects that started life at SaloneSatellite and have since found their way into business catalogues and the international consciousness, from Sebastian Wrong’s Spun lamp for Flos to the Chab tray-table by Nendo/Oki Sato for DePadova. It also showcases those small yet significant objects, capable of concentrating enduring design power on a miniature scale. There are projects that narrate pivotal encounters between young designers and companies, those that have made their way onto the collecting circuit, and those acquired or recognised by international museums.

SaloneSatellite Award Projects on Display in Jakarta

The selection will also include projects linked to the SaloneSatellite Award, which marked its fifteenth edition in 2026: from the Colibrì loudspeaker by the Venezuelan designer Juan Cortizo for the Quibor collection, which received a Special Mention in 2025, to the Seasons collection of silicone plates by Nao Tamura, which won a prize at the first edition of the Award in 2010 and was immediately put into production by Covo. Rounding off the exhibition are a number of products that have netted the ADI Compasso d’Oro, Italy’s most prestigious design award.

The exhibition will also trace the evolution of the profession of the designer, with designers increasingly called upon to act as authors, craftspeople, researchers and entrepreneurs.

SaloneSatellite: Indonesia
September 18 - October 18, 2026
Indonesia Design Week
Giacarta @ Townhall at Indonesia Design District (IDD) PIK2