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The best fashion moments at Milan Design Week 2025
In this ongoing report, Scarlett Conlon discovers the finest fashion moments at Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week 2025, from Loewe’s artist-designed teapots to a literary club from Miu Miu
By Scarlett Conlon Last updated
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In Milan, MoscaPartners presents a poetic exploration of ‘migration’
Alongside immersive work by Byoung Cho, MoscaPartners’ Milan Design Week 2025 display features an accessible exhibition path designed for visually impaired visitors
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published
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The making of PAN and Nike’s euphoric, club-inspired collaboration at Milan Design Week
Alongside a new Air Max 180 release, ‘The Suspended Hour’ display sees Berlin record label PAN imagine the unfolding of a club night, from dusk until dawn
By Craig McLean Published
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Tokujin Yoshioka’s ephemeral ice furniture is made to melt in Milan
Transparent chairs of frozen water slowly disappear during Milan Design Week 2025, in an expression of light by Japanese artist Tokujin Yoshioka
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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Could putting pen to reMarkable’s Paper Pro tablet make you more creative and less stressed?
Design Museum director Tim Marlow extols the power of ‘scribbling’, and is backed up by new research from reMarkable on the benefits of its paper tablet
By Simon Mills Published
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Cartier’s major new exhibition opens at the V&A and it’s a gem
‘Cartier’ at the V&A in London takes an epic tour through the house’s history and archives
By Hannah Silver Published
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Everything you need to know about Italy's Lake Maggiore, according to Formafantasma
From baroque gardens to panoramic views, Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin show us around this Italian escape
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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In Milan, Rooms Studio examines Georgia’s shifting social landscape
Expandable 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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Paris couturier Marc-Antoine Barrois reveals Aldebaran, a hypnotic new tuberose fragrance
Fragrance and furniture come together in a poetic installation in collaboration with artist and architect Antoine Bouillot
By Emma Moore Published
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This atmospheric New York restaurant was designed to be a ‘beautiful ruin’
At Leon’s, classic Italian fare comes with a North African accent and with a side of family history
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Step inside ‘L’Appartamento’, a grand Milan apartment dedicated to Italian design
The 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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Croismare school, Jean Prouvé’s largest demountable structure, could be yours
Jean Prouvé’s 1948 Croismare school, the largest demountable structure ever built by the self-taught architect, is up for sale
By Amy Serafin Published
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Yves Béhar designs a wash basin for Laufen that goes with the flow
Inspired by the movement of water and to be produced in a CO2-free electric kiln, ‘Volta’ has an innovative circular form
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Tectonic modernity makes for fine dining furniture from Knoll
The new ‘Muecke Wood Collection’ by architect Jonathan Muecke for Knoll brings artistry to the table
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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This bench was designed to live forever
Designer Tomek Rygalik launches Loope, a furniture company with radical circularity at its heart.
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Prada opens Sea Beyond, a new centre for ocean education in the Venetian Lagoon
Created in partnership with UNESCO-IOC and designed by Carlo Ratti, the centre marks the first educational space of its kind in Italy
By Laura May Todd Published
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‘David Hockney 25’: inside the artist’s blockbuster Paris show
‘David Hockney 25’ has opened at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Wallpaper’s Hannah Silver took a tour of the colossal, colourful show
By Hannah Silver Published
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Aesop’s ‘The Second Skin’ is a sensory sanctuary during Salone del Mobile 2025
Aesop 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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Where to eat and drink in Milan as per the city’s designers
Atelier 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 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
By Jack Moss Published
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Are ‘jump hour’ watches the most enjoyable trend to come out of Watches and Wonders?
Watches and Wonders 2025 saw new jump hour watches from Bremont, Cartier, Gerald Charles, Hautlence, Svend Andersen and others
By James Gurney Published
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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
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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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
By Hugo Macdonald Last updated
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Is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Cloud' the techno thriller for the decade of online desperation?
Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa dives into the black market world of merchandising in his latest techno thriller
By Billie Walker Published
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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
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 community
Unveiled 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 feasts
The new ‘Kenobi’ by Marco Acerbis for Turri is the kind of dining table we like to get around
By Hugo Macdonald Published