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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
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Valextra’s collaboration with Zaven is a ‘travelling sculpture’ with its own suitcase
Revealed 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
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Elegance personified, the 'Riley' sofa is a handsome beast
A new sofa by Hannes Peer for Minotti has us swooning, not slouching
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At Milan Design Week, 'Material Alchemists' marks the Wallpaper* Class of '25
Our own exhibition brings together 20 emerging designers from around the world giving matter form with magic
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Ikea’s new Stockholm collection is a venture into affordable luxury
At Milan Design Week, we meet with Ikea designer Paulin Machado to hear about the inspiration behind the new collection and to discuss the future of design in a disconnected world
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Objects of Common Interest make light of marble in Milan showcase
At Alcova, Objects of Common Interest reimagines Greek marble offcuts as totemic sculptures within Milan's abandoned glasshouses
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Inside Materia 2.0: new material library for Milan is a treasure trove of inspiration for the design community
Unveiled during Milan Design Week 2025, Materia 2.0 carries more than 1,200 material samples from all over Italy
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At Milan Design Week 2025, Turri launches a circular dining table fit for ceremonial feasts
The new ‘Kenobi’ by Marco Acerbis for Turri is the kind of dining table we like to get around
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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
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All hail Jil Sander’s first foray into furniture
At Milan Design Week, the venerated fashion designer unveils a respectful take on a tubular furniture classic for Thonet
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Paola Lenti unveils future-facing ‘Alma’ outdoor seating
At Milan Design Week 2025, Argentine designer Francisco Gomez Paz and Italian brand Paola Lenti unveil ‘Alma’ – a lightweight, technically advanced outdoor seating system
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These vibrant vases are made from discarded flip flops
Serena Confalonieri’s Jambo collection, in collaboration with Ocean Soles, debuts at Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week
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Milan Design Week: Afra and Tobia Scarpa’s monastic marvel of a chair returns to life
Molteni & C’s reissue of the ‘Monk’ chair has us worshipping at the altar of its designers, Afra and Tobia Scarpa
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Emerging galleries to discover during Milan Design Week
Wallpaper’s Milan editor has the inside track on the younger design galleries coming to town
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Milan Design Week: these porcelain lights mimic paper lanterns
An exclusive first look at Lee Broom's ‘Cascade’ lighting for Lladró, launching at Euroluce during Salone del Mobile 2025
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Buccellati brings the forest and Furry Animals to Milan Design Week
The jewellery and silverware maison falls back on tradition for its Milan showcase, presenting its now-emblematic collection of intricately crafted creatures
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25 artists reimagine the teapot at Milan Design Week 2025
Come to Loewe’s cross-cultural tea party: pots of fun in Milan as artists, designers and architects celebrate the universal comfort of tea
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The Wallpaper* Design Issue comes with our Salone del Mobile must-sees
The May 2025 issue of Wallpaper* is on sale now, taking in Milan Design Week, the Venice Biennale, and a very stylish tea party
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Where next for Salone del Mobile? Maria Porro on the future of the world’s biggest furniture fair
Ahead of Salone del Mobile 2025 in Milan, we sit down with its president to talk design, data and forging the event’s future in a fast-changing world
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Promemoria’s new furniture takes you from London to Lake Como, with love
Ahead of its Milan Design Week 2025 debut, we try out Promemoria’s new furniture collection by David Collins Studio, at founder Romeo Sozzi’s Lake Como villa
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What to see at Milan Design Week 2025
A guide to some of the events the Wallpaper* team is checking out at Milan Design Week (7–13 April) – from public installations and major launches to standout venues and must-see exhibitions
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Milan Design Week: Philippe Malouin's ‘Great’ sofa for Hem more than lives up to its name
Three years in development, the Canadian designer’s new sofa for Hem is an elegantly modern, comfortable beast
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Salone exclusive: Enzo Mari’s ‘Boomerang’ desk flies back into production
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna brings a lesser-known, marvellous Mari creation back to life as part of its Salone del Mobile 2025 collection to be unveiled in April
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Artist Lachlan Turczan and Google's 'Making the Invisible Visible' at Milan Design Week 2025
All that is solid melts into air at Garage 21 in Milan as Google showcases a cutting-edge light installation alongside a display of its hardware evolution and process
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Salone Del Mobile 2025: Paolo Sorrentino, Robert Wilson, Sou Fujimoto and Pierre-Yves Rochon amongst this year's contributors
The countdown to Salone Del Mobile 2025 has begun. President, Maria Porro, announced first plans for the fair including some key names
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Year in review: top 10 design stories of 2024
Wallpaper* magazine's 10 most-read design stories of 2024 whisk us from fun Ikea pieces to the man who designed the Paris Olympics, and 50 years of the Rubik's Cube
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The future of Salone del Mobile: new report quantifies impact of the world's biggest furniture fair
For the first time, Salone del Mobile reports on its size and impact. ‘Milan Design (Eco) System’ puts Salone into numbers, allowing its future and challenges to be addressed
