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Milan Design Week is just around the corner: the 64th Salone del Mobile will take place from April 21 to 26, 2026, at Rho Fiera, featuring more than 1,900 exhibitors and the return of the biennial exhibitions EuroCucina/FTK and the International Bathroom Exhibition. Meanwhile—starting Monday, April 20—the streets of Milan will come alive with the rich Fuorisalone program, offering hundreds of exhibitions, installations, workshops, and events of all kinds across the city’s main design districts: 5Vie, Brera, Porta Venezia, Tortona, Durini, and Isola.
A Matter of Salone is the theme of the 64th Salone del Mobile: a reflection on the meaning of designing today that celebrates material as the origin of the creative process. Along the same lines, Fuorisalone 2026 follows the theme Being a Project, an invitation to rediscover design as a dynamic and responsible process, capable of placing human beings back at the center as agents of change.
Here are THE PLAN’s recommendations for the must-see events during Milan’s design week, when the city once again becomes the global hub of the design industry.
WHERE: Triennale Milano, Viale Alemagna 6
WHEN: until October 4
WHERE: Biblioteca Umanistica dell’Incoronata, Corso Garibaldi 116
WHEN: April 21-26
The installation La fabbrica dell'ombra (The Factory of Shade) at the Biblioteca Umanistica dell’Incoronata, designed by 967arch, celebrates the identity and history of Fim Umbrellas: its craftsmanship, materials, and technical gestures that have defined its outdoor design approach for over 50 years. Conceived as a contemporary factory in the heart of Milan, the installation narrates the hybridization between craftsmanship and industrial production—one of the hallmarks of Made in Italy. At its core is the Sala degli Archi, where Fim presents its production chain as a design act.
“La fabbrica dell'ombra narrates the paradox of producing on immaterial. intangible, and at times poetic good. Designing shade, in fact means intervening in light, transforming it into absence through a physical device. Shade thus becomes function, aesthetics, and environmental comfort: on element capable of combining technique and sensitivity, performance and perception. lt is the symbolic narrative of a production deeply rooted in the materiai culture of our territory, grounded in craftsmanship and evolving into contemporary serial production. without losing its connection to constructive knowledge and to the identity of places”.
967arch, art director of Fim
WHERE: SuperStudio Village, Zumtobel showroom (Via Bernina 7) and Poltrona Frau showroom (Via Alessando Manzoni, 30)
WHEN: April 21-26
Zumtobel presents three major novelties this year: the new lighting collection The Editions, a lighting project for SuperStudio Village, and a collaboration with Poltrona Frau that further strengthens the company’s connection with art and design.
The Editions collection will be unveiled on Monday, April 20 at 5:00 PM at the Zumtobel showroom, during a talk titled All Lights On, featuring Atelier of Light, the group’s internal division specializing in high-end custom projects. The talk will be opened by Jürg Zumtobel, son of the founder Walter, who was the first, in the 1990s, to establish a collaboration with Studio Sottsass. Various international guests will be present at the event, including architect Alexander Sadao Franz, Senior Associate at Herzog & de Meuron in Basel.
Zumtobel solutions also illuminate the new SuperStudio Village in Bovisa, where continuous-row Tecton LED systems and Vivo II spotlights have been installed, designed to ensure uniform and flexible lighting, where light becomes an integral part of the space. Finally, the Vivo II Recessed projectors, which ensure a unique and immersive experience, enhance the installation of the Archibald Delicate Balance Limited Edition armchair, created by Poltrona Frau in collaboration with street artist Shepard Fairey, which will be exhibited inside the Poltrona Frau flagship store on Via Manzoni 30.
WHERE: Palazzo Citterio - Via Brera 12
WHEN: April 20–26
The immersive exhibition When Apricots Blossom, hosted at Palazzo Citterio, invites visitors to discover the cultural heritage of the Aral Sea region and Karakalpakstan, offering a journey through three essential elements of everyday life in the region: textiles, food and living. Inspired by a poem by Uzbek writer Hamid Olimjon, the exhibition revolves around themes such as hope, renewal and resilience, highlighting how craft traditions transmit knowledge, identity and memory across generations.
Promoted and conceived by Gayane Umerova, President of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), the exhibition is curated by architect Kulapat Yantrasast and features new works by twelve international designers, created in close collaboration with artisans in Uzbekistan: Bethan Laura Wood, Bobir Klichev, Didi NG Wing Yin, Fernando Laposse, Marcin Rusak, Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Sanne Visser, Sevara Haydarova Donazzan and Kulapat Yantrasast, together with the design studios Glithero, Studio CoPain and Raw-Edges.
WHERE: former Military Hospital of Baggio (Via Simone Saint Bon 7) and Villa Pestarini (Via Mogadiscio 2/4)
WHEN: April 20–26
For its eleventh edition, the itinerant design platform Alcova, curated by Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, returns to two sites that are highly representative of Milan’s urban identity. In 2026, Alcova will open previously inaccessible spaces within the former Military Hospital of Baggio, in the Primaticcio district, and will also be present at the private residence Villa Pestarini, designed by Franco Albini, a master of mid-20th-century Rationalism, which will be opened to the public for the first time.
Across the two venues, located a few hundred meters from each other, Alcova will host over 120 international exhibitors, including galleries, companies, independent designers and design schools.
WHERE: Fondazione Istituto dei Ciechi, Via Vivaio 7 – Porta Venezia Design District
WHEN: April 20–26
Anima Mundi. A Visionary Impulse is an interactive and immersive installation that invites visitors to experience a visual and sound journey. The work is inspired by the Technological Renaissance concept by Geely, one of the leading automotive brands distributed in Italy by Jameel Motors. Designed by the studio Dotdotdot, the installation is set up inside the historic Sala Barozzi, a hidden gem within the Istituto dei Ciechi in Milan.
Here, a 1901 pipe organ generates a diffused musical composition that interacts with a contemporary digital interface. The installation interprets nature as a living network of relationships, in which human beings are a harmonious part rather than a dominant one: a sensory ecosystem that constantly evolves according to light, humidity and atmospheric pressure, as well as the presence of visitors themselves.
WHERE: Jil Sander Showroom, Via Beltrami 5
WHEN: April 20–24
WHERE: Via Plinio 37 – Porta Venezia Design District
WHEN: April 20–25
Dos Mil Quatre-Cents Setanta Grams is a collective exhibition bringing together 12 pieces of furniture and lighting conceived by 18 young Catalan designers. As each object weighs 2,470 grams, the exhibition encompasses a total of 29 kilograms of emerging Catalan design. Curated by Eva Castany, Pau Geis, Nicole Rambla, Irene Segarra and Marina Vera, the exhibition is presented in the Porta Venezia district, within the Ventana exhibition program.
The exhibition brings together design objects that include a wide range of specializations—from ceramics to textiles, from stainless steel to glass—and of approaches—from independent practices to collaborations with leading companies in the sector. The designers taking part in the initiative are: Eduard Barniol; Bruno Blay and Jordi Font; Laia Canales and Maria Riera; Pere Canales, Clàudia Ros and Aitana Soliva; Joan Carreras; Eva Castany; Roger Cos; Luis C. Nikuradse and Andreu Jaumot; Isabel Miret and Marina Vera; Sergi Peguera; Irene Segarra; Marta Torrent.
WHERE: Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta 24
WHEN: April 21-26
The central installation of MoscaPartners Variations 2026, the annual collective exhibition hosted at Palazzo Litta on Corso Magenta and curated by Caterina Mosca and Valerio Castelli, bears the signature of Lina Ghotmeh. Titled Metamorphosis in Motion, the work marks the French-Lebanese architect’s first outdoor site-specific intervention in Italy.
Following her design approach—what she calls “Archaeology of the Future”—Ghotmeh reflects on metamorphosis as a generative transformation, proposing a playful, labyrinth-like path that contrasts with the austere architecture of the Courtyard of Honor. Visitors are invited to become an integral part of this dynamic scenography, transforming one of Fuorisalone’s symbolic locations from a static monumental backdrop into a living spatial ecosystem.
WHERE: University of Milan – Cortile d’Onore, Via Festa del Perdono 7
WHEN: April 20–30
The research path conducted by Secco Sistemi on the theme of metals and their transformation into architectural elements takes shape in the installation Le stanze del metallo (Rooms of Metal), which will be on view in the Cortile d’Onore of the University of Milan within the framework of Interni Materiae. Designed by Alessandro Pandolfo, creative director of Secco Sistemi, Le stanze del metallo is an immersive journey that celebrates the encounter between architecture and metal, between technology and perception.
Sheets of Corten steel, burnished stainless steel, brass and galvanized steel give form to four environments, set within self-supporting cylindrical volumes, each of which transforms metal from a simple cladding into a living material. Sounds and scents complete this multisensory path.
WHERE: The Rose Garden of BAM - Oasis for Insects and Butterflies
WHEN: from April 20 
WHERE: Durini Design District and Superstudio Più, Via Tortona 27
WHEN: April 20–26
The dialogue between industry, architecture and design is at the core of the two new installations created by PolyPiù in two of the main hubs of Milan Design Week: the streets of the Durini Design District and the spaces of Superstudio Più on Via Tortona.
Luminous Skin is a light path that unfolds through ten luminous towers, 4.60 m high, designed by Studio AMS and distributed along the streets of the Durini district (Via Durini, Piazza San Babila, Corso Europa, Corso Monforte and Via San Damiano). Light takes shape through PolyPiù polycarbonate, creating engaging atmospheres and giving identity to the urban space. For the realization of Luminous Skin, the LightPiù Luxe product from the LightPiù range was used.
Moving to the spaces of Superstudio Più, within the Tortona Design District, visitors will be able to discover PolyPiù Cathedral, a site-specific work built on multiple levels rising upwards. Created by PolyPiù and Studio Marco Piva, this volumetric and opalescent architecture transforms polycarbonate into pure structural material, thanks to the PanelPiù 500/40 5-wall opal product from the PanelPiù range, a modular interlocking cellular polycarbonate system.
WHERE: Via Statuto 8 - Brera Design District
WHEN: April 21-26
Architextures. Nexion Texture Atelier, in the heart of the Brera Design District, is an immersive environment dedicated to exploring Nexion’s range of surface textures, a brand specialized in high-end ceramic surfaces. Through careful research on materials and their interaction with light and color, the brand creates high-end surfaces capable of enhancing and elevating architectural spaces.
The exhibition path unfolds through two complementary perspectives: Macro Experience and Micro Experience. The Macro Experience is entrusted, at the entrance of the temporary showroom, to the expressive strength of the Riga and Ombre collections, and to 3D textured surfaces. In a second room, the Micro Experience takes shape, with samples of new creations presented in preview within display cases, revealing the brand’s future aesthetic direction.
WHERE: Cino Zucchi Architetti, Via Revere 8
WHEN: April 20 – May 8 (from April 27, booking is required)
Architecture meets art and fashion design in the spaces of the CZA | Cino Zucchi Architetti studio on Via Revere 8. Cino Zucchi’s atelier hosts the solo exhibition by artist Faye Moorhouse, titled The Exquisite Zoo. The space will be populated by a heterogeneous fauna, where existing creatures are placed alongside dreamlike, fantastical monsters. Through paintings and ceramic sculptures, visitors are transported into Moorhouse’s surreal universe.
In parallel—once again in line with the theme of cross-contamination that characterizes the studio—CZA presents CZ x OOF Wear: between Outerwear and Architecture, a project developed with the clothing brand OOF Wear: a concept for a unisex, seasonless jacket that emerges from the dialogue between architecture and fashion design, applying architectural principles to a garment.
WHERE: Palazzo Arese Borromeo, Cesano Maderno (MB)
WHEN: until May 10
During Milan Design Week, by moving to Cesano Maderno, it is possible to visit the exhibition 0–99. Design per Gioco (0–99. Design for Play), which explores board games as cultural products in their evolution over time. Promoted by the Municipality of Cesano Maderno, the exhibition is curated by game designer Cristian Confalonieri, co-founder of Studiolabo and Fuorisalone.it. The concept and co-curation are by Alessia Interlandi, founder of in.circle, a consultancy firm specialized in strategic communication and the organization of exhibitions and curatorial projects.
The exhibition 0–99. Design per Gioco aims to recount the creative, design and artisanal process behind the making of a board game, and explores the work of several authors, starting with Alex Randolph, a key figure in the history of the sector. The exhibition path, unfolding through the rooms of Palazzo Arese Borromeo, presents faithful reproductions of ancient games—from the Royal Game of Ur to Go, from Chess to Domino, up to Tombola—and then moves on to classic games—the great titles of the 20th century, such as Cluedo, Connect Four and Monopoly—with oversized versions, including a 90 m² Risiko, as well as limited-edition and collectible pieces.
In addition to the bookshop, the exhibition includes an actual game library, where visitors can try out various board games.
WHERE: QU Temporary Showroom, Via Cernaia 7
WHEN: April 20–25
The installation GLOW – Light in Transparency, the result of the collaboration between the company QU and art director Aldo Parisotto of Parisotto+Formenton Architetti, conveys QU’s design approach to light, conceived as an expressive element capable of transforming spaces and generating emotions. Within the work, transparency becomes a design material: the exhibition path, which presents a new version of the Brillo Castello chandelier and an installation DressMe by 23 Bassi, concludes in the garden, where the new Kimado lantern, designed by Philip Adiutori, is presented.
WHERE: Castello Sforzesco in Milan
WHEN: until June 28
This year, on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Gianfranco Frattini (May 15, 1926 – April 6, 2004), the Studio/Archivio Gianfranco Frattini—curated by his children Emanuela and Marco Frattini—promotes a program of events retracing the work of the Paduan architect and designer, among the most important figures of the second half of the twentieth century. Opening this series of initiatives is the exhibition Gianfranco Frattini 1926–2026, on display at Castello Sforzesco in Milan until June 28, 2026, within the Museum of Furniture and Wooden Sculptures, part of the Civic Museums complex.
These spaces of high symbolic value host special editions of furniture designed by Frattini, created for the centenary by some of the companies that shared his design journey, such as Artemide, Cassina, CB2, Gubi, Poltrona Frau, Tacchini and Torri Lana. The exhibition project is by Emanuela Frattini Magnusson and Pietro Todeschini, with co-curation by Fiorella Mattio, curator in charge of the Castello Sforzesco Museums.
WHERE: ON House Milano (Via Passione 8) and Interni Design Factory Milano (Via Turati 6/8)
WHEN: April 20-26
Teckell presents Nivola, a driving simulator capable of combining high technical performance and aesthetic value in a single experience, aiming to redefine the boundaries of the luxury gaming sector. Nivola is designed by Adriano Design, founded by Gabriele and Davide Adriano, in collaboration with Gianfranco Barban, CEO and Creative Director of Teckell. During Milan Design Week, at the two locations ON House and Interni Design Factory, it will also be possible to take part in a test drive by booking an appointment via email at experience@teckell.com.
Characterized by a shell with dynamic and sculptural lines inspired by toy cars, Nivola is designed with a curvature that enhances lightness and movement. The product is made with high-quality materials such as wood and aluminum, combined with leather seats with ribbed or semi-padded finishes; the front grille and mirrored wheels complete the design. Nivola is available in three editions: Heritage, the version in curved multilayer Canaletto walnut wood; Aero, the aluminum line; and Racing, a painted aluminum variant that pays tribute to the world of vintage racing. Each model can be customized through bespoke configurations, seating, steering systems and optional upgrades, maintaining a limited and tailored production, combined with cutting-edge technological systems that are 100% made in Italy.
At ON House, Teckell will also display the T1.1 Black billiard table, the 90° minuto II foosball table and the multifunctional cabinet with darts and mirror Gualtiero, while at Interni Design Factory visitors will be able to see the Cristallino for Pirelli foosball table and the Teckell Ciclotte.
WHERW: Fabbrica Sassetti (Fondazione Kenta), Via Filippo Sassetti 31
WHEN: April 20-26
The new collection by Francesca Mueller is titled Geometry of Waste, in which the textile designer explores the untapped potential of stock yarns (deadstock) in the creation of unique pieces. Her work is exhibited within the group show No Space for Waste at Fabbrica Sassetti, dedicated to circular design and curated by Isola Design District.
As the name suggests, Geometry of Waste is based on a geometric grid of patterns and color rules that triggers a reversal of the traditional production process: while usually the material is modified to adapt to the design—often involving high-impact dyeing processes—in this case it is the design that adapts to the material. Entirely made using available surplus yarns, the project aims to transform unsold yarns into a scalable and producible system, and represents a tribute to the tradition of flatweave rugs.
WHERE: “Made in MiC” Pavilion, Salone del Mobile
WHEN: April 20–21
Inspired by torch-like lamps that historically illuminated the façades of Italian aristocratic palaces, Brera is a lighting system designed by MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects in collaboration with Grande Brera, Artemide, and Silvia Perego. Presented during MADE IN MiC – the Ministry of Culture’s first participation in the Salone del Mobile fair – he initiative aims to promote Made in Italy by bringing together a selection of nationally significant cultural institutions.
The lamp’s form merges the archetype of the lantern with that of a natural element, evoking the lightness and movement of leaves—telling a story of encounter between architecture, memory, and nature.
WHERE: Eataly Milano Smeraldo, Piazza XXV Aprile
WHEN: April 20 – May 4
On Tuesday, April 21 at 7:00 PM, Eataly Milano Smeraldo will host a show cooking led by artist Giotto Calendoli, who will prepare his personal interpretation of spaghetti al pomodoro using a limited-edition Eataly pasta he designed. The event marks the opening of Casa, an artistic project visible both inside the store and on the building’s façade, created by Eataly in collaboration with Calendoli as part of the exhibition-event Interni Materiae.
The project stems from a simple yet universal question -“Love, have you eaten?” - transformed into a narrative intertwining food, art, and community, becoming a collective statement of care and intimacy.
WHERE: Via San Clemente 1
WHEN: April 20–24
Cerasa presents Flowin’ – Water & Stones, a project inspired by the history of Milan - specifically the transport of Candoglia marble along the Navigli canals for the construction of the Duomo. This ancient flow, now invisible yet still embedded in the city’s collective memory, is reinterpreted to create a link between past and future, between the city and the exhibition space.
The central theme is the dialogue between water and stone: water represents flow and transformation, while stone symbolizes matter and construction, shaping a vision of design as a continuously evolving process.
WHERE: Via Statuto 11
WHEN: April 20–26
In the heart of Brera, Le Design Défilé proposes a new way of observing design. Created by the Jakob+MacFarlane studio, the project invites visitors to consider furniture not as a static object but as a moving creation, deeply connected to the body, gesture, and time. Inspired by haute couture, the scenography features a wooden runway made from local timber, fully recyclable at the end of the event.
Promoted by the French Living in Motion collective, the exhibition presents 53 French creations showcasing a rich diversity of languages, uses, and savoir-faire.
WHERE: Via Manzoni 16A and 17
WHEN: April 20–26
For the first time, Casa Gessi Haute Culture will open its doors at Via Manzoni 17 in Milan - a new permanent space celebrating the brand’s vision and showcasing its most refined creations. At Via Manzoni 16/A, Casa Gessi Milano will unveil a major new development through an immersive journey designed to awaken the senses and redefine the relationship between body, space, and time.
Completing the experience is the Gessi Kitchen universe, which will introduce new multifunctional solutions aimed at enhancing quality of life within the most convivial dimension of living.
WHERE: Solferino 28 - Brera Design District
WHEN: April 20–26
Within the spaces of Solferino 28, as part of the Città delle Idee project—promoted by CairoRCS and designed by Mario Cucinella—Isa presents the innovative multifunctional refrigerated cabinet Genesis. Developed in collaboration with designer Sergio Brioschi, the product emerges from the meeting between the company’s industrial culture and the language of contemporary design.
Conceived as an elegant storage unit with integrated refrigeration technology, Genesis is designed to fit naturally into a variety of settings: from hotel suites to executive offices, from business environments to residential interiors.
WHERE: Filzi 25
WHEN: April 18–21
For the first time, the contemporary art fair Paris Internationale arrives in Milan, choosing the Filzi25 construction site - part of the redevelopment of Palazzo Galbani by Park - as its venue.This choice reflects the studio’s exploration of temporary uses for transforming urban spaces. In this context, art becomes a driving force for change: it sparks collective interest, opens usually inaccessible places, and fosters new forms of interaction.
A key example is The Meanwhile Café, a temporary ground-floor café that transforms a transitional space into a social hub, initiating a broader project that continues with The Meanwhile Club, a site-specific installation at Park Hub.
WHERE: Via Solferino 16
WHEN: April 21–25
Teatro della Vita, a full-scale installation conceived by designers Nathalie Du Pasquier and George Sowden, transforms the Kerakoll Brera Studio on Via Solferino into a dynamic, sensory urban space. To narrate the 1,500 new colors of the Kerakoll Colors project, the showroom has been entirely reimagined, drawing inspiration from the buildings of the imaginary city featured in Proposition pour une petite ville, created by the duo in 1984 and now part of the Centre Pompidou collection in Paris.
Perspectives, volumes, geometries, and glimpses intertwine and gradually reveal themselves, offering a visual reflection on the role of color as a key element in architecture and urban space. Du Pasquier and Sowden reinterpret the city as a true theater - a place of relationships, encounters, and perceptions—where color and decorated surfaces become expressive and narrative tools of architecture.
WHERE: Pavilion 9 – Stand Raritas 15A/15B, Fiera Milano Rho
WHEN: April 21–26
In occasione della prima edizione di Salone Raritas, Bianco67 presenta “Secunda Natura. Nothing here is just a wall”, un progetto sviluppato da Parasite 2.0 e dedicato al design da collezione e all’alta manifattura. Il lavoro riflette sul tema dello spreco, da cui scaturisce una ricerca condivisa sui cicli produttivi e sul valore della materia, con particolare attenzione al travertino di recupero e al ruolo delle tecnologie contemporanee nella sua trasformazione. Gli scarti lapidei diventano risorsa progettuale, riattivati attraverso processi avanzati e reinterpretati come elementi strutturali e narrativi.
The project, an evolution of the XC Objects series, presents a hybrid system that blends object and architecture - comprising wall-mounted units, vertical mirrored elements, and a coffee table - designed as an open, modular configuration. Through the use of six-axis robotics and steel connectors, the stone is machined with precision, while the surfaces and hues of the travertine create a layered material narrative.
WHERE: Piazza San Babila
WHEN: April 21–26
In Piazza San Babila, visitors can experience Beacon, a luminous installation by designer Lee Broom created in collaboration with BROKIS. Following its debut in London in 2025, the work arrives in Milan as the first stop on an international tour. Composed of vertical elements in illuminated glass, Beacon appears as a site-specific “urban chandelier” designed to engage with the surrounding space and remain accessible to all. Produced in the Czech Republic, the installation is made from recycled glass using innovative fusion technologies developed to recover and enhance glass waste fragments.
WHERE: Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta 24
WHEN: April 20–26
MoscaPartners Variations, hosted in the Courtyard of Palazzo Litta, will feature Sunflower, an exhibition project conceived by Giulio Iacchetti that highlights the intersection of research and design in the sunshade sector. At its center is SunDrive, the new outdoor awning designed by Iacchetti - art director of MV Line - reinterpreted through a sculptural performance evoking the movement of flowers toward light.
As a true architectural element, SunDrive embodies the theme of transformation – the core of Design Week 2026 – responding dynamically to light, wind, and spatial needs, turning solar protection into a lightweight, adaptive structure that actively contributes to living comfort.
WHERE: Area between Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Piazza San Babila
WHEN: April 20–26
A wooden micro-architecture reinterprets the form of a camera lens, transforming it into a physical space to inhabit. Camera is more than an installation- it is a perceptual device inviting visitors to slow down, pause, and observe.
Inside, the noise of the city fades, giving way to a quiet, intimate dimension where perception becomes more attentive and aware. Designed by Progetto CMR for Modesign, it frames a unique view of the Duomo like a telescope, turning it into a living image shaped by light, time, and presence.
Throughout the week, live podcasts, workshops, and activities will engage young people and third-sector organizations, offering a platform to narrate the city through multiple perspectives. Finsa, the main partner, together with AGC, Hisense, iGuzzini, Schüco, Thema, Theatro, and Verde Profilo, contributed their expertise and technology to create an immersive, innovative experience designed to surprise visitors.
WHERE: Via Giuseppe Mengoni 4
WHEN: April 20–26
The common thread of Matlight Milano’s new proposals for MDW is alabaster, featured in three new table lamps: Arcadia 70 - available in Solo and Duo versions - and a new variant of Funghetto and Fungotto, also presented in a satin nickel finish.
With its sculptural design, the Arcadia 70 lamp stands out for its cylindrical volume (or two stacked volumes in the Duo version). The new satin nickel versions of Funghetto and Fungotto diffuse light subtly, creating a refined contrast between the warmth of satin brass and the depth of brushed bronze. When lit, transparencies and veining emerge elegantly, revealing unique textures that make each piece one of a kind.
WHERE: Palazzo Giureconsulti, Piazza dei Mercanti 2
WHEN: April 21–26
Masterly – The Dutch in Milano celebrates its tenth edition at Palazzo Giureconsulti, confirming its role as an international platform for Dutch design. Curated by Nicole Uniquole, the exhibition brings together over 100 participants - including designers, companies, and schools - across 25 rooms.
The 2026 edition focuses on collective projects and shared visions, presenting design as a strategic tool to reflect on themes that go beyond the product itself, alongside more expressive and experimental works exploring contemporary craftsmanship, material ethics, and innovations such as biomaterials and recycled plastics.
WHERE: Fabbrica del Vapore – Cathedral, Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 4, Milano
WHEN: April 21-26
The exhibition ISIA Research – New Design for a New World will take place in the south nave of the Cathedral at Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan. Promoted by the National Conference of Presidents and Directors of ISIA (Higher Institutes for Artistic Industries) and organized by the ISIA of Faenza, Florence and Rome together with the Pordenone branch, the event represents a unique opportunity to explore the ISIA educational model, public institutions of higher artistic education (AFAM) of the Ministry of University and Research.
Through projects, models and prototypes, the exhibition addresses highly topical themes: sustainability and transitions, the social dimension, future design and meta-design. The exhibition path guides visitors through an immersive, dynamic and multisensory environment that recounts the unique reality of ISIA, characterized by an approach that combines research and teaching, experimentation and social responsibility.
The exhibition will be inaugurated on Tuesday, April 21 at 4:30 pm with a performative event by the Percussion Ensemble of the AFAM Course (Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees) of the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado – Fondazione Milano Scuole Civiche.
WHERE: Febal Casa Brera, Via Fatebenefratelli, 18, Milano
WHEN: April 20-26
From the collaboration between Zaha Hadid Architects and Febal Casa comes Onda, a kitchen collection inspired by the natural fluidity of water and the soft ripples of the Adriatic Sea. The sideboard and kitchen island that make up the collection are defined by organic forms achieved through meticulous craftsmanship. Available in the variants Metal Onda, Metal Bronzo Onda, Metal Champagne Onda and Metal Iridio Onda, the two pieces of furniture display a character that is both rigorous and light, appearing as if shaped by wind and water.
"What we love about this project – says Patrik Schumacher, Principal at ZHA – is realizing the dream which designers and artists had for a long time: to recreate the subtle beauty of nature".
WHERE: Fiemme Store Milano, Via Giovanni Lanza 4 - Brera Design District
WHEN: April 20-25
Fifteen national and international designers engage in dialogue with an equal number of Trentino wood companies in the project NODI. Culture, Enterprise and Design of Trentino Wood, aimed at enhancing the production excellence of Trentino wood worldwide. After the exhibition at the ADI Design Museum, NODI arrives at the Milan showroom of Fiemme Tremila in the Brera Design District on the occasion of Milan Design Week 2026, with an installation designed by David Dolcini. The products on display represent the result of a year of research and experimentation on wood as a design material, within a project promoted by the Autonomous Province of Trento and coordinated by Trentino Sviluppo in collaboration with Trentino Marketing, curated by Paolo Baldessari and Aldo Colonetti.
Fifteen projects will be on display at Fuorisalone, each created by a designer together with a Trentino company: Arteam and Alessandra Fumagalli Romario with the Scandola lamp family; Barozzi Dimension and Raffaella Mangiarotti with the 45GRADI collection, including table, bench and stool; Ciresa and Lorenzo Palmeri with the Voce acoustic diffuser; Corazzolla Arredamenti and Nicolò Spinelli with the Madeleine cabinet; Falegnameria Bosetti and Monica Graffeo with the Restel chest-bench coat rack; Falegnameria Faustini and Matteo Ragni with the Radura toy-storage stool; Falegnameria Pojer and Ludovico Spataro with the Scaglia bench; Falegnameria Scaiarol and Lorenzo Damiani with the mobile micro-architecture Street Bed Unit; Falegnameria Segata and Patrizia Bertolini with the L’Alex coat rack; Falegnameria Zeni and Donata Paruccini with the Entrée entrance unit; Fiemme Tremila and Giulio Iacchetti with the Vertigo slatted cladding; Silvelox Group and JoeVelluto with the garage portal Il cielo in un garage; TM Arredamenti and Michela Baldessari with the BEPO stool; Xlam Dolomiti with Alex Terzariol and Maria Elisabetta Ripamonti with the modular seat Kirizuna.
Alongside the fifteen projects, there is also a special intervention by Mario Botta with his work Icosaedro, which will remain on display in Piazza Compasso d’Oro, at the entrance of the ADI Design Museum, during Milan Design Week.
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Cover Image: Lina Ghotmeh, "Metamorphosis in Motion". Courtesy of MoscaPartners
