Art, architecture and travel in 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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Conie Vallese and Super Yaya’s beribboned bronze furniture is dressed to impress
Tucked away on the top floor of Villa Bagatti during Milan Design Week 2025, artist Conie Vallese and fashion designer Rym Beydoun of Super Yaya unveiled bronze furniture pieces, softened with hand-dyed ribbons in pastel hues
By Ali Morris Published
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Eight designers to know from Rossana Orlandi Gallery’s Milan Design Week 2025 exhibition
Wallpaper’s highlights from the mega-exhibition at Rossana Orlandi Gallery include some of the most compelling names in design today
By Anna Solomon Published
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Geoffrey Bawa’s furniture designs are revived – a tropical modernist treat
Bangalore studio Phantom Hands cultivates the furniture legacy of Sri Lankan tropical modernist pioneer Geoffrey Bawa
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Inside the Shakti Design Residency, taking Indian craftsmanship to Alcova 2025
The new initiative pairs emerging talents with some of India’s most prestigious ateliers, resulting in intricately crafted designs, as seen at Alcova 2025 in Milan
By Henrietta Thompson Published
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Faye Toogood comes up roses at Milan Design Week 2025
Japanese ceramics specialist Noritake’s design collection blossoms with a bold floral series by Faye Toogood
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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6:AM create a spellbinding Murano glass showcase in Milan’s abandoned public shower stalls
With its first solo exhibition, ‘Two-Fold Silence’, 6:AM unveils an enchanting Murano glass installation beneath Piscina Cozzi
By Ali Morris Published
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Bentley’s new home collections bring the ‘potency’ of its cars to Milan Design Week
New furniture, accessories and picnic pieces from Bentley Home take cues from the bold lines and smooth curves of Bentley Motors
By Anna Solomon Published
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Asus chose Milan Design Week as the springboard for its new high-end Zenbooks
Milan Design Week 2025 saw Asus collaborate with Studio INI to shape an installation honouring the slimline new Zenbook Ceraluminum Signature Edition laptop series
By Craig McLean Published
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StoneX partners with Wallpaper* for material alchemy at Milan Design Week and beyond
The natural stone purveyor teams up with Wallpaper* for a three-year partnership of material adventures, starting with an exhibition at Triennale di Milano
By Simon Mills Published
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Dimoremilano and Loro Piana channel 1970s cinema in decadent Milan display
At Milan Design Week 2025, Dimorestudio has directed and staged an immersive, film-inspired installation to present new furniture and decor for Loro Piana
By Dan Howarth Published
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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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Anni Albers' weaving magic offers a delightful 2-in-1 modernist showcase in Milan
A Milan Design Week showcase of Anni Albers’ weaving work, brought to life by Dedar with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, brings visitors to modernist icon, the BBPR-designed Torre Velasca
By Ellie Stathaki 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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David Rockwell’s Milan Design Week presentation is a love letter to cork
Rockwell 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 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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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 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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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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SaloneSatellite celebrates craft across continents at Milan Design Week
The 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 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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Acqua di Parma says a sun-kissed ‘Buongiorno’ to Milan Design Week 2025
At its Milan store, Acqua di Parma is co-distillating exuberant ceramics and olfactory pleasure in an installation that honours its latest fragrance
By Simon Mills Published
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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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A bit of all white: Hermès unveils its latest home collections in Milan
Taking up residence once again at La Pelota, Hermès asks Milan Design Week 2025 visitors to consider objects as emotions
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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This Milan Design Week installation invites you to tread barefoot inside a palazzo
At Palazzo Litta, Moscapartners and Byoung Cho launch a contemplative installation on the theme of migration
By Ellie Stathaki Published