Milan Design Week, arguably the world’s most important, most anticipated and most respected international design and architecture festival, is back!
It may be a couple of months later than planned, but in some ways, it seems like only yesterday we were back in the fair city with the travelling circus of new product releases, art exhibitions and architectural installations that was the special edition, supersalone. Much has changed in the world over the last few years – even in the last few months – but the biggest brands, designers and studios in the A&D world have changed with it.
Here’s a rundown of what to expect... | | | A full programme at Fuorisalone | | With half of the world’s international design, fashion and architecture studios opening up their showrooms and specially-built pavilions, inviting the other half over to join the party, the week-long Fuorisalone is, perhaps, the calendar’s most unmissable event for creatives of all categories.
To make over 900 brands easier to navigate, Architonic brings you its indispensable DAAily city guide, packed with information and useful maps for getting around, available for download now or at six major city hotspots. Find out more | |  |
The Greenhouse: between Sustainability and Design, RODA’s 2022 collections at Salone del Mobile
At Salone del Mobile in Milan, RODA’s stand proposes a greenhouse setting, with large green leaves printed on sheets, a light beige flooring and a multitude of plants that transmit a feeling of freshness, well-being, and being at one with nature. Find out more | | | Get inspired at the DAAily bar | | | Even the most enthusiastic pavement pounding creativity seekers need to take a break at Milan Design Week. Serving drinks, food and thoughts, the DAAily bar provides rest as well as education. Featuring new collections from design giants like Stefan Diez and Barber Osgerby, a 30m-long curtain wall from Douglas Mandry and a Live Talk programme with top international talent such as Carlo Ratti, CMP Design and Design Emergency, once you enter, you won’t want to leave. Live Talk programme | |  | | Photo: Nava Rapacchietta | | | Zeitraum at the Alcova exhibition space | | Over on the west side of the city, Zeitraum will be introducing brand new 2022 designs at the Alcova exhibition space in Inganni. Temporarily transformed for Milan Design Week, the historic location will become home to intriguing exhibitions, installations and performances on the theme of luxury and sustainability, exploring both the current and future needs of society.
Zeitraum's new works featured at the event include the AD ALL collection of wooden accessories by Mathias Hahn and tables and armchairs by Formstelle, while four sculptural islands await visitors in the Ponds of Colour installation of well-crafted furnishings. The centrally-located Offcut Bar, meanwhile, which features chairs from Zeitraum, will become a meeting point where the exhibition's various trends, and its visitors, can come together. Find out more | | | Tie those laces and download the DAAily city guide now | | | Splitting the city into three separate design districts –Brera, Duomo and Milano Cittá – the DAAily city guide covers all the best showrooms, exhibitions and installations across the city, proving itself to be the perfect pocket companion. To keep the information even closer at hand, a digital version is also available to download now. And after experiencing everything Milan Design Week has to offer, visitors can take the weight off and let inspiration in, at the DAAily bar at Swiss Corner. Download now | |  |
Paul Smith + De Padova: EVERYDAY LIFE
Paul Smith + De Padova EVERYDAY LIFE collection sees the blending of the refined simplicity of the historic made in Italy design brand and the iconic British designer. It is a way to explore new aesthetic solutions and the creativity that crosses the boundaries of fashion. Find out more | | | Douglas Mandry's Art Curtain | | Swiss artist Douglas Mandry’s 30-metre-long Art Curtain will be exhibited as part of the inspiring and thought-provoking decor at the DAAily bar in Milan, introducing visitors to his Monuments project – a powerful document on climate change.
The project collects and prints Swiss glacier blankets with 80-year old alpine images, merging the past with the physical reality of the present, and creates photograms by melting ice blocks from the same glaciers. Read more | | | Floral installation by Lady of the Flowers, Anne Vitchen | | | Floral artistic designer Anne Vitchen creates unique displays and installations for brands, events, weddings and photoshoots for the likes of Baccarat, Dior and Chanel. At Milan Design Week 2022, the Ritz Paris’ in-house floral designer, titled ‘Lady of the Flowers’, will be handed the DAAily bar keys to let her creative mind go wild, arranging an enchanting, immersive floral installation to welcome visitors to the bar with a natural world in full bloom. Read more | |  |
Milan Design Week – News from the showroom
In connection with the reopening of Milan Flagship Store, Kasthall Design Studio presents Quilt – a hand-tufted rug with unique expression and composition with many colours, shapes and textures. Join us in the showroom for a Dezeen Design Talk on June 9. Find out more | | | | | | | | |
