Milan
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Milan - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Milan.
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David Rockwell’s Milan Design Week presentation is a love letter to corkRockwell Group’s Casa Cork installation showcases this under-appreciated material, which is infinitely recyclable and sequesters carbon for decades
By Anna Solomon Published
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In Milan, Rooms Studio examines Georgia’s shifting social landscapeExpandable tables that reference recent government protests and lamps held together with ‘chewing gum’ feature in the Tbilisi-based studio’s Milan Design Week 2025 installation
By Dan Howarth Published
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Milan Design Week: ‘A Beat of Water’ highlights the power of the precious natural resource‘A Beat of Water’ by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Roca zooms in on water and its power – from natural element to valuable resource, touching on sustainability and consumption
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Step inside ‘L’Appartamento’, a grand Milan apartment dedicated to Italian designThe Milan Design Week 2025 showcase of online platform Artemest enlists international designers to transform a 19th-century apartment in Palazzo Donizetti
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Tectonic modernity makes for fine dining furniture from KnollThe new ‘Muecke Wood Collection’ by architect Jonathan Muecke for Knoll brings artistry to the table
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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Aesop’s ‘The Second Skin’ is a sensory sanctuary during Salone del Mobile 2025Aesop unveils ‘The Second Skin’ in Milan, a multisensory ‘exploration of dermis and design’ that marks the arrival of the brand’s Eleos Aromatique body cleanser and lotion
By Scarlett Conlon Published
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Es Devlin on her luminous new work in Milan: ‘During the evenings, something special happens’The Poetess of Light speaks to Wallpaper* as she debuts one of the most anticipated projects of Milan Design Week – a monumental display within the historic Pinacoteca di Brera
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published
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SaloneSatellite celebrates craft across continents at Milan Design WeekThe annual showcase for under 35s, SaloneSatellite, reveals how traditional craft can influence design for today and tomorrow
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Where to eat and drink in Milan as per the city’s designersAtelier Biagetti, Cristina Celestino, DWA Design Studio, Older, Paloma Serafini Associati and Studiopepe share their favourite Milan haunts
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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Alcova 2025 makes a case for beauty in urban decay at Milan Design Week‘We don’t see Alcova as an exhibition, but as a snapshot of what design is today,’ the nomadic platform’s founders tell Wallpaper* as it takes up residence in a series of imperfect historic buildings
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published
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Valextra’s collaboration with Zaven is a ‘travelling sculpture’ with its own suitcaseRevealed at Milan Design Week 2025, Valextra’s new project with Venice-based creative agency Zaven is inspired by Bruno Munari’s ‘Travel Sculptures’ and unexpected discoveries in the Italian leather brand’s archive
By Jack Moss Published
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This Milan Design Week installation invites you to tread barefoot inside a palazzoAt Palazzo Litta, Moscapartners and Byoung Cho launch a contemplative installation on the theme of migration
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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At Milan Design Week, 'Material Alchemists' marks the Wallpaper* Class of '25Our own exhibition brings together 20 emerging designers from around the world giving matter form with magic
By Hugo Macdonald Last updated
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Objects of Common Interest make light of marble in Milan showcaseAt Alcova, Objects of Common Interest reimagines Greek marble offcuts as totemic sculptures within Milan's abandoned glasshouses
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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Inside Materia 2.0: new material library for Milan is a treasure trove of inspiration for the design communityUnveiled during Milan Design Week 2025, Materia 2.0 carries more than 1,200 material samples from all over Italy
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published
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At Milan Design Week 2025, Turri launches a circular dining table fit for ceremonial feastsThe new ‘Kenobi’ by Marco Acerbis for Turri is the kind of dining table we like to get around
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli on curating Gucci Bamboo Encounters at Fuorisalone: ‘We didn’t want to produce commodities’Celebrating one of Gucci’s foundational materials, ‘Bamboo Encounters’ sees Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli of 2050+ bring together seven international artists and designers to explore bamboo through a series of ‘research projects’ at Milan’s Chiostri di San Simpliciano
By Jack Moss Published
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These sculptural bathrooms are all whispered elegance carved in stone: Salvatori’s new showcaseAt Milan Design Week 2025, natural stone specialist Salvatori’s new collections simultaneously defy and enhance the material's properties
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published
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Paola Lenti unveils future-facing ‘Alma’ outdoor seatingAt Milan Design Week 2025, Argentine designer Francisco Gomez Paz and Italian brand Paola Lenti unveil ‘Alma’ – a lightweight, technically advanced outdoor seating system
By Ali Morris Published
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These vibrant vases are made from discarded flip flopsSerena Confalonieri’s Jambo collection, in collaboration with Ocean Soles, debuts at Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Milan Design Week: Afra and Tobia Scarpa’s monastic marvel of a chair returns to lifeMolteni & C’s reissue of the ‘Monk’ chair has us worshipping at the altar of its designers, Afra and Tobia Scarpa
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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Sunnei’s shape-shifting concept store and café takes up residence in the brand’s Milan HQ‘It allows visitors to shop just steps away from the people who designed the pieces,’ say Sunnei founders Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo of the store, which features a Tommaso Vergano and Anastasia Posca-curated café – perfect for a Milan Design Week pitstop
By Laura May Todd Published
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Emerging galleries to discover during Milan Design WeekWallpaper’s Milan editor has the inside track on the younger design galleries coming to town
By Laura May Todd Published
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Milan Design Week: these porcelain lights mimic paper lanternsAn exclusive first look at Lee Broom's ‘Cascade’ lighting for Lladró, launching at Euroluce during Salone del Mobile 2025
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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Buccellati brings the forest and Furry Animals to Milan Design WeekThe jewellery and silverware maison falls back on tradition for its Milan showcase, presenting its now-emblematic collection of intricately crafted creatures
By Laura May Todd Published
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25 artists reimagine the teapot at Milan Design Week 2025Come to Loewe’s cross-cultural tea party: pots of fun in Milan as artists, designers and architects celebrate the universal comfort of tea
By Hannah Silver Published
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The Wallpaper* Design Issue comes with our Salone del Mobile must-seesThe May 2025 issue of Wallpaper* is on sale now, taking in Milan Design Week, the Venice Biennale, and a very stylish tea party
By Bill Prince Published






