Salone del Mobile

Norman Foster co-curates retrospective of Italian modernist master Osvaldo Borsani

He may have died over 30 years ago, but the Italian modernist architect Osvaldo Borsani is definitely having a moment. In recent years his furniture has become highly collectable and also gained favour with the likes of architect Peter Marino...

Dinner, drinks and disco: Salone del Mobile’s top entertainment installations

Everyone loves to party at Salone del Mobile, there’s no doubt about it. But over the last couple of years, we have noticed that the party has definitely started to feed into the exhibitions themselves. New launches are getting paired...

Fashion brands leave their sartorial mark on Salone del Mobile 2018

There was a time when fashion brands would host cocktail parties at Salone del Mobile — create a window display, perhaps — and call it a day, but those days are long gone. ‘It feels like every fashion brand has finally woken...

Conceptual private members Club Unseen for Salone del Mobile is out of sight

The discreet, almost anonymous street presence of Club Unseen – industrial whitewashed windows and a small neon logo – didn’t prevent the pop-up club from becoming one of the most popular installations of this year’s Fuorisalone. Initially billed as ‘one...

Studiomama shakes up urban planning with a micro-city in the heart of Milan

London architect Studiomama has taken on the Mini Living challenge by empowering occupants to become designers. ‘Built by All’ proposes a creative process for encouraging an open dialogue between architect and resident so that the building can best respond to...

Dolce & Gabbana’s Metropol Theatre stages Ferruccio Laviani’s design hits for Emmemobili

There’s a long legacy of collaboration between Ferruccio Laviani and Dolce & Gabbana. The Italian furniture and lighting designer conceived the interior of the label’s Metropol Theatre in Milan in 2005, created furnishings for the brand’s Carlo Goldoni headquarters a...

Dimore creates 3 sensorial installations for Salone del Mobile

Stepping into Dimore Gallery always promises a sensorial escape and one of the unmissable highlights of Fuorisalone, as the queues snaking up the stairs of Dimore Gallery in Milan’s Brera design district attest. But for 2018 the duo – Britt Moran...

Need-to-know technology news from Salone del Mobile 2018

The biggest week in the design calender is not necessarily known for its technology offerings. This year, however, tech hunters won’t have to look hard for beautifully designed launches, installations and collaborations, as the ever-merging worlds of technology and design...

Salone del Mobile 2018: the unmissable highlights from Milan Design Week

Lasvit’s little glass monsters win the prestigious Milano Design Award at Salone del Mobile

One minute: that’s how long it takes to create a monster. ‘I don’t recall ever being fearful of monsters as a child, so my design is childishly simple: I started with a doodle,’ says Dutch designer Maarten Baas, one...

Hermès brings colour to Salone del Mobile with zellige-tiled pavilions

Hermès Maison collection launches during Salone del Mobile are always impressive and have, in recent years, become distinctly architectural under the artistic directorship of Charlotte Macaux Perelman and Alexis Fabry. There was the memorable Michele de Lucchi lighting takeover of...

Creative flow: Max Mara, Kerstin Brätsch and the United Brothers’ volcanic collaboration

What can a pair of sunglasses have to say about our relationship with crisis and anxiety? According to the artists behind Max Mara and the Safilo Group’s latest eyewear collaboration, quite a lot. This year marks the third time the...