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Milan Design Week 2026 took place from April 20 to 26, spanning the Salone del Mobile at Rho Fiera and the Fuorisalone events across the city of Milan. The Salone welcomed more than 316,000 visitors and around 2,900 exhibitors from 32 countries, while the citywide program featured over 1,300 events including exhibitions, installations, talks, and special openings.
The event engaged the entire urban fabric of Milan, with installations distributed across neighborhoods, courtyards, and industrial spaces, confirming the event’s role as an international platform for contemporary design.
In the bathroom design sector, THE PLAN selected some of the most significant innovations presented during this latest edition.
With new proposals designed by Piero Lissoni and Victor Vasilev, Antrax IT redefines the radiator as both an architectural and compositional element. Hashi interprets the towel warmer as a graphic structure inspired by the Japanese ideogram: two vertical collectors and irregularly spaced horizontal elements create an essential, lightweight grid, enriched with accessories such as mirrors and hooks that expand its functionality.
Alongside it, Pypeline develops a more modular and dynamic language: repeated and staggered cylindrical elements generate a system in which heat takes on an almost architectural dimension. The non-linear rhythm of the compositions transforms the industrial pipe into a moving texture capable of interacting with light and space.
Ceramica Globo presents an immersive stand that transforms the bathroom into an integrated furnishing environment. The exhibition path combines architecture, materials, and color, emphasizing ceramics as a design element capable of shaping not only sanitaryware but also surfaces and furnishing systems.
Among the innovations, the Cleanstorm system stands out for improving hygiene, silence, and aesthetics through concealed flushing technology and cleaner surfaces. Collections interact through structures such as Stripe and Stripe+, as well as series like Le Lastre and I Classici, while color takes center stage with new matte and glossy finishes.
The project is completed by collaborations with international designers and collections such as Koi and Materia. Among the novelties, Gisele - the bathroom furnishing system designed by Angeletti Ruzza -combines ceramics with other materials, reinterpreting ribbed surfaces in a contemporary way for elegant and functional interiors aligned with current design trends.
The new sauna and hammam collection designed by Patricia Urquiola for Effe interprets wellness space as a modular and introspective volume where technology and architectural language merge into a single structure. Inspired by the concept of a bastion, Baluar combines sauna and hammam in a compact system characterized by heat-treated wood cladding and zenithal lighting, creating an intimate and immersive atmosphere.
At the “Spazio Milano” showroom on Via Manzoni, Ideagroup presents Architectural forms. Human spaces, a narrative describing the group’s vision while highlighting the design process as a dynamic expression between tradition and innovation.
The protagonist is the Cubik collection designed by Riccardo Gava, which interprets architectural language through essential volumes and tactile surfaces. The system expands with new modular configurations and finishes ranging from wood veneers to marble-effect laminates and decorative glass. The proposal is completed by new bathroom accessories and the Snap shower enclosure by Disenia, characterized by a minimalist frame and strong design versatility.
INDA presents an installation designed by Studio Raum that reinterprets mid-century aesthetics in a contemporary way, creating a fluid exhibition path with an almost museum-like character.
At the center is the Acuto collection, introducing a highly modular bathroom furnishing system based on different integrated-handle configurations. In the Puro, Midi, and Dual variants, the project combines formal rigor and ergonomics while expanding compositional possibilities through 45-degree shaped fronts and a broad range of finishes.
At the center of the space, the Agorà becomes a sensory installation introducing a new range of marble washbasins alongside the Maui, Bali, and Tonga collections. The offering extends to the Lavamani system for compact spaces and the Testadura and Divo collections, as well as a real-time 3D configurator developed with Cyncly technology that digitizes the design process.
With Design Continuum, developed with Studio Elastique, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard interpret the bathroom as a sensory space in continuous evolution. The project invites visitors to rethink the bathroom beyond pure function, as a dynamic and sensory environment. The exhibition unfolds through five rooms exploring materiality, form, perception, interaction, and craftsmanship. At the center are innovations such as 3D-printed ceramics made with recycled materials and reactive surfaces. Antao 3D introduces a circular approach by transforming waste into resource, while the Atelier Collections celebrate timeless forms based on balance and proportion.
Artis Sense adds a tactile dimension that enriches spatial perception, while the Vea faucet collection transforms everyday water use into a conscious sensory gesture. Finally, Antao Earth celebrates natural materials and craftsmanship through unique surfaces. The installation demonstrates how design can generate experiences that enhance everyday wellbeing.
With its participation in Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026, Mamoli continues its journey of enhancing the archive of Italian design, expanding the Serie Maestri with new collections by Joe Colombo and Ettore Sottsass. The Joe Colombo Collection revisits iconic projects such as Visiona 1 and Total Furnishing Unit, transforming the faucet into an integrated domestic element through fluid surfaces, sculptural handles, and bold use of color. The Sottsass Collection, on the other hand, interprets the everyday gesture as a poetic act: the enamelled Y-shaped lever and cylindrical body create a radical object suspended between function and expressive language.
The narrative is completed by new finishes for the Gio Ponti Collection, enriching the 1953 design with brushed copper and polished nickel, alongside the Serie Design proposals with collections by Marc Sadler (Marc) and Storage Milano (Hexagonal), exploring materials, sustainability, and technical innovation.
With Vitreon, LAUFEN develops a new enameled steel that combines glass and steel into a resistant, hygienic, and chromatically stable material, expanding its premium washbasin range.
Tricolor combines matte and glossy finishes in Tuscany, Petrol, and Olive tones, transforming the washbasin into a sculptural element; Tendo guides the movement of water through an essential inclined form; IN & OUT frees the basin into space as an autonomous volume; Nib interprets essentiality through minimalist geometries; Characters explores color through deep and tactile surfaces; and Rivo combines steel with PVD finishes, where light becomes a design material.
With Don Chisciotte, Fratelli Frattini interprets faucet design as a narrative sign, transforming the functional object into an expressive element. The collection designed by Bellucci Mazzoni Progetti plays with essential yet non-rigid geometries, introducing subtle variations and unexpected details that alter perception. The result is a project balancing function and imagination, where the everyday gesture gains symbolic value and the bathroom becomes a more evocative and personal space.
With AXOR Incava, designed by Antonio Citterio, the shower becomes an integrated and minimalist environment where technology disappears into the wall. The system combines thermostat, hand shower, and niche in a single flush-mounted element, transforming space into an experience of quietness, light, and essential rituality. Completing the experience, AXOR Signature extends customization beyond the product itself, allowing designers and architects to intervene on finishes, dimensions, and identity-defining details.
The research reinterprets the bathroom as a theatrical space where the bathtub becomes the central element. President revisits neoclassicism in a contemporary key through a monolithic volume and sculptural decorative details. Hollywood evokes the elegance of the 1950s with sinuous forms and soft edges, while Diva synthesizes a retro and sculptural language.
GRAFF presents Pantheon, a faucet collection reinterpreting classical architecture in a contemporary way. Inspired by ancient columns and temples, it translates proportions and harmonies into sculptural volumes conceived for the bathroom environment. Smooth finishes alternate with knurled textures, creating a refined tactile contrast that enhances gesture and materiality. The modular system offers different washbasin and shower configurations with maximum design freedom.
For Milan Design Week 2026, Roca presents Mediterranean Rituals, an installation designed by Mesura exploring the bathroom as a spatial experience inspired by the Mediterranean lifestyle. The journey unfolds through continuous environments where light, materials, and proportions define the narrative. The brand’s collections interact within the space as an integrated system: from ceramic solutions to technological systems such as In-Wash® Vorea and Avant, as well as modular furniture systems Verso and collections Meridian, Ohtake, and L20.
LITHEA collections emerge from dialogue with international architects and designers, transforming stone into a material narrative inspired by Mediterranean landscapes and culture. The company continues its exploration of Italian stones as three-dimensional architectural surfaces designed for high-end residential and contract contexts. Among the products designed by Martinelli Venezia, the Cavea surface reinterprets marble quarries through marks and material stratifications, while Minimo reduces the washbasin to the essence of a pure volume carved from stone.
KEUCO presents a selection of bathroom solutions that combine design, functionality, and comfort, with a focus on contract projects and high-use environments such as hotels and public spaces. The Axess system interprets accessibility through an essential and contemporary language, combining safety and ergonomics with strong aesthetic coherence designed to ensure long-term quality and reliability.
Ritmonio presents ElemenTap, an evolution of the Elementa project that transforms modularity into an architectural principle. The mixer is no longer an isolated element but the generative core of a system that constructs space.
The Modular Vision concept transforms design into a flexible and reconfigurable process in which rods, accessories, and volumes connect according to a precise logic, generating compositions that are always different yet coherent. The system integrates water function and storage into a single structure, expanding possibilities of use and adapting to different contexts, from bathroom to living space.
Bongio presents a new narrative of Italian faucet design where materiality, atmosphere, and gesture regain central importance. The stand designed by Atelier Iraci & Partners becomes a sensory experience inspired by the landscape of Mount Etna.
Etnis, designed by Atelier Iraci & Partners, debuts by reinterpreting stone, lava, and earth through a contemporary language of tactile surfaces and essential signs, where the faucet becomes an architectural material element. Alongside it, Margot by Luca Cimarra is enriched with new stone finishes, reinforcing its understated identity conceived for high-end residential and contract projects.
At Milan Design Week 2026, Tubes presents a stand designed by Palomba Serafini Associati: an essential box of light in which the radiator becomes an architectural and sculptural element.
Terre by Sebastian Herkner debuts as the first terracotta application within the Elements collection, transforming Impruneta clay into a heating body through extrusion.
Alongside it comes GRID by Elisa Ossino, interpreting heat as a modular and graphic system based on rhythm and structure.
RONAL Bathrooms presents a vision of wellness designed for contract applications including spas, hotels, and professional spaces, developed with the expertise of GLASS 1989. The modular Chillout system combines sauna and hammam in flexible configurations with wood and porcelain stoneware surfaces defining refined and customizable environments.
The semi-recessed Infinity overflow mini-pool introduces an immersive experience combining technology and comfort in architectural form. The Walk-in easy 2.0 shower expands design freedom through an open and modular system based on metallic profiles and combinable glass panels. Finally, the Signature collection concludes the experience with a coherent and tactile language, creating a continuous and harmonious wellness atmosphere.
PAA reflects on the bathroom as a suspended space where water becomes an opportunity to slow down and relax. Bathtubs are no longer simple containers but wellness experiences, as expressed through the brand’s vision that transforms pause into a true design and sensory gesture. The new Pointe and Alba collections designed by Karim Rashid interpret this concept through choreographic fluidity and sculptural minimalism, evoking movement and rebirth.
The Infinity collection by Massimo Farinatti introduces a dialogue between nature and architecture, combining Nordic rigor and Italian aesthetics in essential and durable forms. Completing the narrative, the Silkstone material amplifies the tactile and sensory dimension, reinforcing the company’s artisanal and technological identity.
A simple gesture reduced to its essence: Aquaelite debuts at Salone del Mobile 2026 with Pocket, the compact shower head designed by Bruna Rapisarda. The project eliminates the superfluous and concentrates the experience on water and light through a discreet form that integrates into the bathroom space without dominating it. A silent object that transforms the shower into an essential and contemporary experience.
Domino by Vismaravetro evolves by expanding its language through openness, surface, and detail, strengthening dialogue with contemporary architecture. The sliding version introduces movement as an extension of the system, featuring an integrated track and full-height handle. New glass partitions organize transparency through thin profiles and lightweight surfaces that preserve visual continuity. The gold mineral decoration integrated into the glass introduces a tactile surface that alters light perception. The towel rail integrates seamlessly into the system as a coherent element extending the architectural language of the composition.
Musina and Posso, designed by NICHETTO®, reinterpret Venetian well-heads in a contemporary key, transforming a lagoon archetype into sculptural marble washbasins. Both collections adopt the octagonal geometry as a distinctive feature, with craftsmanship highlighting the natural material and unique stone veining. Musina combines a circular interior with a sculpted exterior, while Posso develops softer and more concave volumes.
Nihil and Lume, both designed by Davide Vercelli, interpret faucet design as a central element of the bathroom project, balancing technical rigor and sensory experience. Nihil enhances stainless steel in its purest form through essential shapes, reduced diameters, and a sustainable production process without additional finishes.
Lume adopts a more theatrical approach: a shower system in hand-blown borosilicate glass integrating water and light to create immersive environments. Modular and customizable, it offers different configurations and three spray types (Rain, Energy, Laminar) for a tailored wellness experience.
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Cover image courtesy of Idea Group
