Design Events
The best of the year's design events calendar, compiled by Wallpaper*
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Ikea reveals new furniture, teases a meatball lollipop and feeds design fans at Milan Design WeekThe Swedish brand blends gastronomy and design in an immersive showcase, ‘Food for Thought’, at Spazio Maiocchi
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published
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‘I had to build my own hotel to get a room in Milan’: Tom Dixon gets into beds with VispringThe two British brands showcase the results of their collaboration with a takeover of the Mua Mua Hotel on Milan’s Mulino Estate
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Alcova transforms a modernist villa and military hospital for Milan Design Week 2026A previously unseen Albini armchair, an immersive chapel installation and the fact that these venues are rarely open to the public make them two of the most talked-about stops of the week
By Anna Solomon Published
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Chopsticks you can eat? The humble tool is reimagined every which way at Milan Design WeekNew exhibition ‘Chopstick 箸’ is a feast for the eyes as the simple sticks are transformed into visually striking and surprising objects in the hands of innovative designers
By Kanae Hasegawa Published
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Paper logs, paper chairs and eerie sculptural forms have landed at Issey Miyake in MilanDuring Milan Design Week 2026, ‘The Paper Log: Shell and Core’, at the Issey Miyake Milan flagship store, explores the potential of paper as a three-dimensional material
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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Design adventures in glass mark 70 years of Gallotti & Radice at Milan Design Week 2026As Gallotti & Radice turns 70, it reflects on its past, present and future as a glass pioneer, and showcases new work by female designers in Milan
By Laura May Todd Published
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12 designers draw on Uzbek craft for a mesmerising Milan Design Week showUzbekistan’s intricate traditional bread stamps, local flora and suzani tapestries inspire contemporary creations by international designers, on show now in Milan
By Marwa El Mubark Published
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Ai Weiwei redefines textile art with Rubelli at Milan Design Week 2026An immersive installation in Milan weaves together history, activism and experimentation with precious threads; we speak with Ai Weiwei about his first foray into silk
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published
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Kwangho Lee creates his first woven leather works at Bottega Veneta’s Milan store‘It’s just like playing,’ says the designer of creating the Milan Design Week installation in situ, a twisting mass of leather cords, swooping around the store’s water feature like vines
By Ali Morris Published
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Lose yourself in Lina Ghotmeh’s pink maze within Milan’s Palazzo Litta courtyard‘Metamorphosis in Motion’ for MoscaPartners is a labyrinth designed to slow visitors down during a busy Milan Design Week
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Rethinking the bathroom experience with Villeroy & Boch Group’s multisensory installation in MilanBespoke Partnership
Milan Design Week will see the group bring together two of its power brands in an installation exploring the bathroom as a continuously evolving ecosystem
By Gavin Hastings Published
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DesignSingapore Council presents ‘Prototype Island’ at Milan Design Week 2026Bespoke Partnership
Fifteen works by Singapore-based designers showcase the nation’s evolving approach to solving global challenges through design and technology
By Gavin Hastings Published
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What to see at Milan Design Week 2026Your ultimate guide to the year's biggest design event
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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A first look inside Nike's vast Milan Design Week Air Lab: a celebration of the world's most ubiquitous materialNike Chief Design Officer, Martin Lotti, takes Wallpaper* on a tour of the new space at Dropcity – which will endure long after the design crowd leaves town
By Charlotte Gunn Published
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As Salone Raritas prepares to make its debut, we reflect on the momentous rise of the collectible design fairAs Salone del Mobile 2026 marks the launch of Salone Raritas, a new platform dedicated to collectible design, we look at the role of collectible and rare objects within the design ecosystem
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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6 stunning new venues to discover during Milan Design WeekFrom a swimming pool to richly-decorated palazzo, these are the most enchanting spaces joining the Fuorisalone roster
By Laura May Todd Published
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Flamingo Estate and Kohler create a brutalist monument to bathing in MilanA brutalist bathhouse and pollinator baths for local wildlife will take centre stage at a restorative courtyard installation by Flamingo Estate and Kohler at Milan Design Week 2026
By Ali Morris Published
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Stay in Jean Prouvé’s 6x6 demountable house at Fondation CAB in south-east FranceAt a new exhibition, visitors move through Prouvé’s drawings, structural elements and furniture before arriving at a 6x6 demountable house in the garden, available to book for the night
By Reeme Idris Published
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'A space where different forms of knowledge meet': Prada Frames announces fifth edition at Milan Design Week 2026The fifth edition of the Prada Frames symposium curated by Formafantasma will take place from 19-21 April 2026 at Milan's Santa Maria delle Grazie
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Our highlights of Design Shanghai 2026, Asia’s leading design showcaseAt Design Shanghai 2026 (19-22 March 2026), Wallpaper’s head of interiors is on the ground, reporting back on the standout presentations defining Asia’s contemporary design language
By Anna Solomon Published
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Small design wonders made a big impression at Matter and Shape 2026From a silver comb to a glass liqueur cup, these small objects that we spotted at the Paris design fair show how design thinking intensifies when scale contracts
By Reeme Idris Published
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A 1920s beach buggy is among our favourite finds at TEFAF 2026Don’t miss modern furniture by Gerrit Rietveld, Osvaldo Borsani and Zaha Hadid at TEFAF Maastricht 2026
By Harriet Thorpe Published
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After years of recovering the objects he designed for it, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House opens exactly as he envisioned‘Collecting Ourselves’ showcases Wright’s original interior objects for the Martin House in Buffalo, painstakingly restored after being dispersed across the US
By Anna Solomon Published
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Matter and Shape 2026 saw collectible design through a humorous lensThe third edition of the Parisian design fair featured pavilion architecture by JA Projects and displays by the likes of Herzog & de Meuron and Georg Jensen
By Brian Ng Published
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Discover a calming ‘library’ dedicated to craft at Collect design fairAt Collect 2026 in London, Tola Ojuolape’s Collectors’ Lounge is a flexible, tactile space for exploration, conversation and co-working, imagined as an homage to the traditional library
By Anna Solomon Published
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Art meets furniture in UniFor’s new Milanese installationAs part of Milano MuseoCity, UniFor sets Francesco Somaini’s 1970s sculptures in dialogue with Aldo Rossi's furniture designs, exploring their respective urban visions (on view until 15 March 2026)
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Contemporary craft meets Armani/Casa’s domestic universe for Nomad’s St. Moritz showcaseThe annual art and design fair, Nomad, partnered with Giorgio Armani / Unveiled to showcase craft, materiality and form within the reimagined setting of Villa Beaulieu
By Anna Solomon Published


