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The Surface Guide to Milan Design Week 2025
Our editorial recommendations from Salone del Mobile to Alcova and Milan institutions Rossana...
Dimore Studio Flirts With Darkness
At Milan Design Week, founders Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci recreated the cosmos inside a...
Saudi Arabia Makes It Clear They’re Taking Design Seriously
In a wide-reaching show at Milan Design Week, the oil-rich country conveyed design’s role in the...
The Product Debuts We Loved at Milan Design Week
From alpine-inspired curtains by Ramdane Touhami to Sfrido Estate’s ensemble of marble offcut...
Volker Haug Toasts a Collaboration With Flack Studio at Milan Design Week
On April 17, the Australian lighting design studio debuted a new line designed with fellow...
In Milan, Baranzate Ateliers Returns With Revved-Up Appeal
Taking over two warehouses at a disused Linate loading dock, the Zaventem Ateliers offshoot proves...
Designer of the Day: Studio Yellowdot
Through their industrial design partnership that reaches from Hong Kong to Istanbul, Bodin Hon and...
At Loro Piana, a Joyful Tribute to Cini Boeri
One of Milan Design Week’s most highly anticipated installations puts the late Italian...
Designer of the Day: Ilaria Bianchi
An accomplished furniture designer, journalist, and professor based in Milan, the creative polymath
Designer of the Day: Abreham Brioschi
Long inspired by the outdoors owing to his family’s home near Lake Garda, the 25-year-old rising...
In Milan, Numen/For Use Dares You to Let Loose and Dream
Design week attendees are welcome to climb in and explore the European artist collective’s giant...
Artemest Looks Back in Time to Milan’s Romantic Allure
An essential stop at Milan Design Week, the design marketplace’s second L’Appartamento...
Designer of the Day: Amos Goldreich
Amos Goldreich has dedicated his architecture career to building socially minded spaces that enrich
The Surface Guide to Milan Design Week
Our editor’s recommendations to enjoying the weeklong whirlwind of showroom tours, product...
Hideki Yoshimoto Looks Beyond the Horizon
The Lexus Design Award’s first-ever recipient returns to Milan Design Week a decade later to show
Marimekko Taps Sabine Finkenauer for Vibrant Home Goods
The German-born artist’s colorful oil pastels and geometric arrangements both compliment and...
An Intricate Chandelier Inspired by Birds in Flight
Walking the line between glamour and minimalism, Ross Gardam’s Volant chandelier is the pinnacle...
Lindsey Adelman Is Getting Even More Experimental
After teasing her new studio-in-a-studio LaLAB during Milan Design Week, the sculptural lighting...
Meet the World’s First AI-Powered Designer
At Milan Design Week, Studio Snoop debuted Tilly Talbot—what the Australian firm is billing as...
A Fog-Collecting Jacket Scoops the Lexus Design Award
Intended to foster design ideas that improve the human condition, this year’s accolade goes to a...
Designer of the Day: Dennis Cheung
As the founder of Hong Kong’s Studio RYTE, Dennis Cheung approaches a variety of design projects...
Tatami Mats Secretly Stole the Show at Salone
The Japanese design collective Honoka showed how discarded tatami mats can be recycled into sleek...
A Family-Style Dinner for Farrah Sit’s New Tortuga Forma Tableware
On April 19, Tortuga Forma celebrated designer Farrah Sit’s upcoming Kaolin Collection of...
Shigeru Ban to the Design Industry: Do Better
At this past week’s Salone del Mobile, the Pritzker Prize–winning architect walked a rapt crowd
In Milan, Prada Frames Unpacks Materials in Flux
Across a multi-day symposium at the Teatro Filodrammatici di Milano, a program of speakers curated...
With Scent, Architecture, and Memory, Dozie Kanu Expands His Universe
Byredo founder Ben Gorham has always strived to capture memories through scent. At Milan Design...
Designer of the Day: Ruby Barber
A florist by trade, Studio Mary Lennox founder Ruby Barber has finessed a singular botanical...
Designer of the Day: Osanna Visconti
Osanna Visconti grew up in Rome surrounded by exquisite artworks by Lucio Fontana, Mario Ceroli,...
In Milan, Artemest Makes the Showhouse Cool Again
Six pre-eminent interior designers reimagine an exquisite 1930s apartment in the heart of Milan...
Designer of the Day: Caroline Chao
Caroline Chao believes in the ability of carefully designed objects to foster self-reflection...
Our Favorite Product Debuts From Milan Design Week
From India Mahdavi’s mouse-eared Thonet chair to Faye Toogood’s elegant reinterpretations of...
Designer of the Day: Kate Greenberg
From latex-clad benches and glowing light fixtures that resemble radiators, Kate Greenberg’s...
At Campo Base, a Rare Chance of Fuorisalone Intimacy
Six esteemed Italian studios come together to form a group of interventions conceived to foster...
Add These Installations To Your Milan Design Week Itinerary
For one week in April, all eyes are on Milan as the city undergoes an overnight transformation into
In Milan, Alcova’s Freethinking Spirit Captivates
The roving showcase champions unorthodox ideas in unexpected locations, cementing it as one of...
Designer of the Day: Kiki Goti
The maximalist homewares dreamed up by Kiki Goti reflect both her formal training in architecture...
Moooi Has a Vision for Fusing the Physical and Digital
After eight years of prototypes, Moooi and IDEO unveil Piro, a dancing robotic scent diffuser whose
Designer of the Day: PROWL Studio
Founded by Oakland-based innovators Baillie Mishler and Lauryn Menard, PROWL Studio has its sights...
Designer of the Day: Giopato & Coombes
Seeking to break free from the Italian design establishment, Cristiana Giopato and Christopher...
Designer of the Day: Sara Ferron Cima
Sara Ferron Cima co-founded Bloc Studios on the premise of transforming raw natural stones from...
Toogood Reinterprets Classic Carhartt WIP Shapes
The British powerhouse effortlessly injects sculptural panache into the popular workwear label’s...
Designer of the Day: Kickie Chudikova
Kickie Chudikova is captivated by the timeless beauty of raw materials and firmly believes that...
At Milan Design Week, a Symbiosis Between Design and Fashion
Despite the annual event’s more compact footprint, sartorial influence reverberated widely. Our...
Luca Nichetto’s Love Letter to Murano Glass
The prolific designer harks back to his Venetian roots with a group show that puts the material’s
Designer of the Day: Morghen Studio
Melding heritage craftsmanship with an experimental approach distinctly of the moment, Rodolfo...
At a Secluded Milan Palazzina, Sunnei Stirs Up a Crowd
On September 8, Milan Design Week attendees flocked to an idyllic palazzina for an evening of...
Here’s What Wowed at Supersalone
Our editor rounds up 15 standout products from this year’s fair, which headlined Milan Design...
Designer of the Day: Marcin Rusak
Whether suspending flowers in resin or crafting Art Nouveau–style furnishings out of metallic...
Salone del Mobile Debuts an All-In-One Digital Platform
The Milan furniture fair launches an all-encompassing digital experience that offers brand...
Designer of the Day: Khaled El Mays
After studying architecture at Pratt, Khaled El Mays returned to his native Beirut to focus on...
After 10 Years, Ventura Projects Draws to a Close
The beloved program, which presented mind-bending installations during Milan Design Week, will...
The Female Designers Who Trounced Milan
Seven unstoppable women debut show-stealing collections at Milan Design Week.
Dancing the Night Away at 1stdibs and Gufram’s Bar Alto in Milan
On April 10, 1stdibs and Gufram took over Milan's Eden Skyhouse for a night of disco, dancing, and...
Arthur Mamou-Mani and Karin Gustafsson on COS’s Milan Design Week Pavilion
On a sunny day in Milan, as visitors wandered to and fro throughout Palazzo Isimbardi, we chat with
Scenes From Guillermo Santomá’s Revved-Up Milan Debut With RIMOWA
On April 8, Milan Design Week attendees flocked to Spazio Maiocchi to celebrate Spanish artist...
Designer of the Day: Nick and Rachel Cope
Already known for their dazzling collections that effortlessly elevate wallpaper to high art, the...
Add These Installations to Your Milan Design Week Itinerary
Salone del Mobile attendees have much to see across the fair’s endless expanse of halls, but...
Your Future Bathroom Will Express Itself
At Milan Design Week, Kohler reveals a new paradigm of powder room trends that are anything but...
How Juventus Put On This Year’s Best Milan Design Week Exhibition
PlusDesign Gallery organized a deep dive into joints, from prototypes to mass-produced products,...
Konstantin Grcic Designs His First Sunshade
Spanish brand Kettal enters the realm of “micro-architecture” with the help of the German...
Google Suggests the Future of Hardware and Technology Is “Softwear”
An intimate presentation at Milan Design Week seeks to promote the idea of home technology as...
“What’s So Great About The Diner?”
On the eve of Milan Design Week, opening night at The Diner was all about people, food, and fun.
Jonathan Olivares Conceptualizes Color In a New Textile Collection for Kvadrat
The designer’s brilliant Twill Weave line launches next week during Salone del Mobile.
Milan Design Week 2018 Preview: 14 Things Our Editors Can’t Wait to See
From Kvadrat’s experiments with upcycled textiles to Gufram’s disco fever, we pinpoint this...
Our Editor-in-Chief’s Guide to Actually Enjoying Milan Design Week
This year’s top places to stay, eat, drink, and shop—along with the galleries to visit and...
The Design World’s Most Influential Person (You’ve Probably Never Heard Of)
Rossana Orlandi’s Milan space is a bastion of groundbreaking contemporary design.
