Design Atlas
The international design calendar has grown into an ever denser weave. Alongside the great established landmarks, new platforms are emerging across both consolidated capitals and rising contexts. Today, this system may be read through...
Grande Lume: light and materiality on a grand scale
A large magma-colored table takes center stage. In the Marazzi showroom on Via Borgogna in Milan, what first captures attention – before the large slabs that define the spatial flow – is a piece...
Living light
The philosophy of the new NEMO Lighting showroom, inaugurated for Milan Design Week 2026, overturns the perspective: light is no longer a technical object to be displayed, but a living architectural element that shapes...
A tale of rituals, design, and obsessions
Beyond being a designer, Giulio Iacchetti is a passionate collector. His curiosity drives him to gather the various iterations of an object he loves, marveling each time at how, given the same design brief,...
iF 2026: from Berlin, awards and visions of the future
Among the fixtures that help define design’s international agenda, the iF DESIGN AWARD NIGHT stands out as a moment where recognition meets reflection. The 2026 edition, held on the evening of April 27th in...
The Design Festival in the Isola District
Fuorisalone was a success – and what made it so was the synergy among Milan’s districts, which staged a wide-ranging and diverse program of events, exhibitions, installations, and initiatives, in a true celebration of...
Technology, in its purest form
Can technology become poetic and rarefied? The answer is “yes” if we look at the installation Gaggenau created for the Fuorisalone. The German brand has reaffirmed its presence in the splendid setting of Villa...
B&B Italia returns to Salone: essential, unmistakable
There is something deliberately restrained about B&B Italia’s return to the Salone del Mobile. After years away, the brand steps back in without fanfare, yet with a presence that asserts itself through clarity rather...
Responsive nature: Molteni&C’s new sensitive landscape
At Milan Design Week 2026, Molteni&C presents, at its Via Senato 14 space, a poetic and immersive experience featuring the Outdoor Collection 2026, curated by Vincent Van Duysen. With Responsive Nature, the site-specific installation...
Technogym’s Unica: 40 years of home wellness
It sounds like one of those American stories where groundbreaking inventions are born in a home garage. Except this takes place in Italy, in Cesena. It’s 1983, and Nerio Alessandri builds his first prototype...
