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On the occasion of Milan Design Week and Fuorisalone 2026, from April 20 to 26, 2026, Superstudio presents the 26th edition of Superstudio Design. With new urban routes crossing three areas of the city - Tortona, Barona, and Bovisa - and three distinct venues - Superstudio Più, Superstudio Maxi, and the new Superstudio Village - the format unfolds across a total surface area of 30,000 square meters and is structured into three thematic sections: SuperNova, SuperCity, and SuperPlayground. Each thematic core presents its own curatorial identity, within a narrative that weaves together design and art, enhanced by a broad and significant artistic presence.
The 2026 edition brings together a total of 70 projects, 91 brands, and 88 designers from 19 countries - including Austria, Canada, Korea, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey - and four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, confirming its global and multicultural dimension.
With independent pavilions, museum-style installations, and new visions of contemporary design, Superstudio Più offers, in the Tortona district, a cultural program that pays particular attention to the boundary between design and contemporary art. Under the artistic direction of Gisella Borioli and curated by the urban poet Ivan Tresoldi, Circle – Circle of the Arts comes to life: a program of open studios, live painting, performances, and talks that animate the Roof throughout the week, transforming it into an open-air creative square.
For the occasion, Samsung Electronics presents “Design is an Act of Love,” an exhibition that explores the human side of technology through a dialogue between experimental concepts, prototypes, and recent products. Hosted within the Samsung Design Open Lab, the exhibition offers insight into the creative process that transforms human-centered design into more intimate, emotional, and meaningful technological experiences in everyday life. Visitors will be guided through an immersive and ever-evolving journey that illustrates how Samsung is redefining the relationship between technology and daily life.
At MyOwnGallery, From Object to Vision is presented, an exhibition by artist-designer Franco Perrotti, accompanied by the monumental outdoor installation Dissuader, curated by Fortunato D’Amico. In the spaces of the FLA – FlavioLucchiniArt Museum, visitors can also explore MIRRORS, an exhibition featuring a selection of designer mirrors created between the 1980s and 1990s - unique pieces or limited editions from private collections - by leading figures such as Ettore Sottsass, Michele De Lucchi, Philippe Starck, Alessandro Mendini, Nathalie Du Pasquier, George Sowden, Paolo Portoghesi, and Massimo Iosa Ghini, in dialogue with sculptures by Flavio Lucchini.
In the studio above the museum, the exhibition Skyscrapers will bring into dialogue Lucchini’s digital paintings and the architectural photography of Giangiacomo Rocco di Torrepadula, inviting a visual reflection on the contemporary city between futuristic vision and a desire for freedom.
Also noteworthy is Cathedral, a site-specific work presented by PolyPiù that transforms polycarbonate into a stepped structure enhanced by light, defining a rigorous space based on the balance between translucent mass and usable void. Completing the artistic itinerary, Sogimi Holding, in collaboration with Galleria Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, presents an original dialogue between the sculptures of Jacopo Mandich and the audiovisual practice of Eric Oder, conceived as a continuous flow between material and immaterial dimensions.
Curated by Giulio Cappellini, SuperCity presents the vision of an ideal, multicultural city projected toward the future, where architecture, design, art, and photography merge into a coherent and unified narrative. In the main hall of Superstudio Maxi, a highly impactful scenographic setup comes to life: selected brands and designers are showcased in a deliberately open space, free of walls or physical partitions. Domestic and outdoor environments emerge like a kind of three-dimensional comic, through graphic signs and visual suggestions that define their identity without interrupting the spatial continuity.
SuperCity features 15 projects - both collective and individual - that together trace a true urban map of contemporary design. Alongside this core, the When Design Becomes Art path explores the boundary between function and art, transforming everyday objects and materials into installations with strong expressive value.
The group exhibition Portraits – photography | design brings into dialogue some of the most iconic products of leading Italian brands with the gaze of photographer Walter Gumiero, who, through dreamlike atmospheres, gives objects a new narrative dimension. Among the protagonists: Riva 1920 with Renzo Piano, B&B Italia with Gaetano Pesce, Cappellini with Jasper Morrison, Living Divani with Piero Lissoni, Molteni with Gio’ Ponti, Flexform with Antonio Citterio, Moroso with Patricia Urquiola, Kartell with Ferruccio Laviani, Porro with Front, Desalto with Francesco Rota, and Baxter with Paola Navone.
Third-year Interior Design students from Istituto Marangoni Milano Design, in collaboration with Cappellini, contribute to animating SuperCity with the project Design Awakens, which explores the future of interior spaces as dynamic and adaptable ecosystems.
With the installation 230 VOLT-i by Giulio Iacchetti, Vimar also explores the expressive potential of the three-module plate, reinterpreted as masks and faces by 37 internationally renowned designers.
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A major new feature of the 2026 edition is the opening of the new Superstudio Village, a space regenerated from a disused factory and now transformed into an event venue. At its core is the immersive installation Keep Your Bubble by Slovak visual artist Lousy Auber - a soft architecture made from repurposed hot air balloon fabrics that invites the public to physically enter the space and reflect on themes of transformation and reuse, as well as the relationship between personal and collective dimensions.
Located in the Bovisa district, Superstudio Village makes its debut with SuperPlayground, a program designed for young designers, emerging studios, and creative collectives. Through an international open call, SuperPlayground presents 33 projects selected from over 200 applications from more than 30 countries, featuring designers such as Abele Malpiedi, Abreham, Acmé, Ahmad Hamad, Atelier Stilum with Iplex Design, Ayça Yılmaz Design, Badih Ghanem Architecture & Design, Chris Ruhe, Claudia Martinelli, Federica Ciotola, Francesca Fossati, Giorgio Bena, Holcim Italia supporting designer Nadia Vallino, IJK Studio, Jan Meusburger, Jondal, LMStudio, Mara Bragagnolo, Michele Bussini, Monia Giannini, Pepita Design, Po-Wei Chen, Riccardo Cenedella, Riccardo Toldo, Rowena Liangru Lu, Studio Lecker, Tamiati, Testatonda, Uneven Objects, Yaf Studio, Yet:Fab, Yield Studio, Zade Design Crafts Studio, along with other protagonists of the new international design scene.
To facilitate visitor flow across the Superstudio Design venues, access to the entire circuit is streamlined through a single digital pass. In addition, for moving between the Tortona, Barona, and Bovisa districts - with a focus on accessibility and sustainability - Lime mobility services offer an ideal and practical way to fully experience the program.
Cover image: Marcel Wanders - Samsung
All images courtesy of Superstudio Design
