• Salone Del Mobile.Milano
• Fuorisalone
• Brera Design District
• Isola Design Festival
• 5vie ? Unlimited Design Orchestra
• Design Variations 2024 By Mosca Partners
• Tortona

Milan Design Week is back this year with an array of exciting events, exhibitions, and showrooms to cater to everyone; from April 15th to April 21st, 2024. Milan Design Week is more than a trade fair and is often an exchange of ideas and designs, happening in the very city that revels in the art of living. Check out the experiences that shouldn’t be missed in this grand culmination of art, design, and architecture.

Salone Del Mobile.Milano

Venue: Rho Fiera fairground

Date: 16 ? 21 April 2024

Salone Del Mobile. Milano is the annual international furniture fair and is the most sought-after meeting ground for product designers, interior designers, and the design industry. It is one of the major Milan Design Week Highlights and this year?s theme revolves around Where Design Evolves, with innovation and the evolution of designs as its pivotal concepts. This year?s fair features EuroCucina?a biennial exhibition dedicated to kitchens and bathrooms. This year?s tradeshow takes it to the next level by incorporating interactive architecture to create human-centric pathways, leading to an enhanced layout for the trade show. Don?t forget to check out the installation by the famous American director David Lynch on Pavilions 5 to 7.

Fuorisalone

Venue: Fuorisalone

Date: 15 ? 21 April 2024

While Salone Del Mobile is a trade fair where brands present their newest collections, it is often in exhibitions like Fuorisalone that artists, designers, and architects come together to create something grand. It is where utopian thoughts and ideas converge with reality. This year’s theme, Materia Natura, echoes this principle as it calls out for mindful practices and engages sustainability as its core principle. The installation Earthic Lab by design studio Formafantasma is perhaps a great example of the theme and challenges designers to look beyond the aesthetics into ethical building practice by turning the debris from the company?s production processes into luxurious and sustainable surfaces.

Brera Design District

Venue: Brera Design District

Date: 15 ? 21 April 2024

Brera Design District is all set to conduct the 15th edition of Brera Design Week with over 160 events. The event highlights the district’s vital role in the year-round promotion of global design culture, emphasizing fashion, art, and lifestyle. Brera Design Week features its signature Interni Project, the famous magazine celebrating its 70th year of publication with exclusive experiences curated for Milan Design Week. United under the banner of CrossVision, the Interni Project features installations with the theme of this year being crossover thinking, shedding light on Italian creativity confronted with international culture while respecting the universal principles of sustainability and a touch of magic.

Isola Design Festival

Venue: Isola Design District

Date: 15 ? 21 April 2024

Isola Design Festival is certainly one of the most trendy neighbourhoods of the design week. Its eighth edition features over 320 designers, studios, and manufacturers across 40 locations and three main hubs. This year?s theme is, ‘The future is currently unavailable’ and invites designers to investigate how innovative design and craftsmanship can influence the Earth’s future. Make sure to visit the Lampo Milano, redeveloped out of historic railyard and includes co-working spaces, exhibitions, and pop-up stalls. It also hosts several exhibitions including Isola Design Gallery which presents collectible design items, and “Is One Life Enough?” featuring circular design products made of sustainable materials.

5vie ? Unlimited Design Orchestra

Venue: Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta 24

Date: 15 ? 21 April 2024, 10:00 -19:30

The eleventh instalment of 5VIE Design Week in Milan celebrates the convergence of designers, collectable design, and innovative combinations of art and design. Drawing inspiration from musical elements, the event aims to underscore the intrinsic human and humanistic dimensions of design. The Tired Man, an 8-meter-high artwork by Gaetano Pesce, is located in the central 5Vie district, aiming to reflect on the perceived lack of innovation and creative energy of the “stronger sex.” The event features thirty recent and historic works by the artist, engaging visitors in a dialogue about the relationship between design and material.

Design Variations 2024 By Mosca Partners

Venue: Garage, Viale Gorizia 14

Date: 15 ? 21 April 2024

Design Variations, a project by MoscaPartners, has chosen the Darsena docklands for its fourth edition. The installation aims to promote ethical and responsible temporary exhibitions and trade fairs. Park Associati has designed a modular setup using recoverable, reusable, and bio-based materials, such as hemp cement bricks. The interior features decorative panels with geometric graphics and vibrant colour contrasts, showcasing quality, durability, and circular economy. The title “Touching Materials” for the 2024 edition signifies the importance of feeling materials with touch, intellect, and heart, allowing for the exploration of innovative concepts and innovative proposals.

Tortona

Venue: Tortona District

Date: 15 ? 21 April 2024

Tortona Rocks, Base Milano, and Tortona Design Week are three distinct entities that showcase the transformative history and creativity of the Tortona district. Base Milano’s experimental platform laboratory, We Will Design, is dedicated to conviviality and promotes projects by designers, scholars, and artists from various institutions. Tortona Rocks feature unique exhibits such as 1st (Visconti pavilion), Aqua (Studipepe for Archiproducts Milano), Hong Chul Wonderland, Crystal Beat II, and AG&P greenscape. Tortona Design Week, on the theme Walk of Design, showcases exclusive brands and a journey between art and innovation. The district also hosts the TDW Hub, a company meeting and exchange area. The event aims to bring together the best design and innovation in the Tortona district.

What is great about Milan Design Week is that there is something in it to impress everyone and nobody leaves after a week without a cloud of satisfaction over their faces. Make sure to visit all these must-see installations and exhibits in Milan to get a full taste of them.

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