est living's Milan Design Week 2025

WORDS David Harrison and Karen McCartney

Charting a course through palazzos, private apartments, installations, showrooms and forgotten corners of the city, design commentators Karen McCartney and David Harrison present their perspective on Milan Design Week 2025.

Hermès

La Pelota

Via Palermo, 10, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

‘What makes an object?’ Hermès presented their ethereal show at La Pelota, featuring vast white suspended volumes that showcased Hermès' creations across textiles, ceramics, glass, and timber. The exhibition was an ode to presence and absence as light leaked from sculptural openings, creating evocative blurs of colour on the ground. The scenography transformed objects by giving them the status of art pieces.

Nilufar Depot x Fosbury Architecture

Nilufar Depot

Viale Vincenzo Lancetti, 34, 20158 Milano MI, Italy

Nilufar celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Depot space with Silver Lining, a labyrinthine metal-themed exhibition curated by Nina Yashar and designed by Fosbury Architecture, chosen for their innovative and avant-garde approach. Featuring vintage and contemporary works, with a particular focus on the 1970s, the display showcased metal's versatility, blending history, innovation, and artistry into a striking sensory experience.

Christophe Delcourt

Fondazione Mudima

Via Alessandro Tadino, 26, 20124 Milano MI, Italy

Marking 30 years of his eponymous studio, Christophe Delcourt presented Time Stretched, a snapshot of past products, new designs and collection extensions interwoven with artworks from the Mudima Foundation. Shown here are the OST low chest of drawers, the YOL coffee table in walnut and Black Fusion marble, and the YUG armchair in smoked oak. In the background is Delcourt’s YOA screen in ash and perforated metal.

6:AM Glassworks

Piscina Cozzi

Tunisia, 35, 20124 Milano MI, Italy

Set within Piscina Cozzi, imposing public baths from the 1930s in Milan’s Porta Venezia district, 6:AM Glassworks delivered a highly dramatic look into the studio’s work, from finished products to prototypes and experiments exhibiting a wide variety of glass-making techniques in the process. Original glass mosaics in the basement foyer delivered an underwater theme, which was matched beautifully by 6:AM Glassworks’ modular glass ceiling fitting, Quadrato 36.

Cassina Lighting Collection

Cassina Store Milano

Via Durini, 16, 20122 Milano MI, Italy

Building on their recent forays into lighting, Cassina presented four lights: two new experimental designs and two historical pieces. Polyshape by designer Ferréol Babin is a complex sculptural form available in both table and floor variants. Designer Mario Tsai’s Tsai light is configured from blocks of tumbled cast alloy, while Ico Parisi’s Iride (1970) column-style floor lamp, shown in red, has a futuristic edge. The Dot Pattern pendant light by Charles and Ray Eames was translated from drawings created in 1947 and had never been previously produced. The Eames’ Galaxy pendant is shown in the image.

Moroso

Moroso Flagship Milano

Via Pontaccio, 8/10, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

Moroso has often reinvented seating typologies, and the brand’s installation Normal Non-Normal showed this once again. Patricia Urquiola’s new Gruuvelot sofa was the showstopper with its extreme take on seating as landscape. Freeform modular elements writhe around and through the sofa like snakes.

Rive Roshan x SOL-R&D

Alcova, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi

Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 48, 20814 Varedo MB, Italy

At Alcova’s Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Sun Catcher reactivated a historic fountain with a radiant solar arch. This poetic, site-specific work captures and reflects sunlight by day, storing energy to glow by night—playing with colour-shifting layers and mesmerising reflections. SOL-R&D is a startup specialising in aesthetic photovoltaics to harness the innovative material’s selective light reflection, while also generating solar energy.

Moroso x Zanellato/Bortotto

Moroso Flagship Milano

Via Pontaccio, 8/10, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

New for 2025 were Zanellato/Bortotto’s Clay lounge chairs created in the historic ceramic region of Nove, Italy. Each has the unexpected charm of an artwork set in a textile frame as these colourful ombre back panels are the result of glazes achieved through research and experimentation.

cc-tapis x Kwangho

cc-tapis Showroom

Piazza Santo Stefano, 10, 20122 Milano MI, Italy

Translating materiality through textile design was a recurring theme in cc-tapis’ Ways of Seeing exhibition. The Colour of Copper by Korean designer Kwangho Lee comprises four hand-knotted rugs that reinterpret copper’s natural oxidation through geometric pattern and nostalgic hues. “I’ve worked with copper for nearly two decades,” Lee says. “It’s a very sensitive material—always changing—and I like how it absorbs its surroundings, much like the human body or the way we think.”

BOCCI

Bocci Milan

Via Giuseppe Rovani, 20, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

Visual artist Omer Arbel founded Vancouver-based Bocci 20 years ago. He celebrated this milestone by inviting The Future Perfect's David Alhadeff to curate a new interior for the brand’s permanent showroom in Milan. Hanging in the lounge and dining rooms were two large-scale examples of Bocci’s new 141 series slumped glass lights. The 141 is shown in conjunction with furniture by Irish brand Orior and rugs from Christopher Farr.

Giuseppe Porcelli

Via Attilio Deffenu 7, 20133 Milano MI, Italy

In his debut furniture collection, Giuseppe Porcelli transformed a Milanese Garçonnière (a hideaway for an affair) into a homoerotic mise-en-scène. In this immersive installation, the GP 01 armchair, in gold-plated metal, bamboo, and cotton bourette anchors this space rich in theatrical dualities: masculine/ feminine, classical/modern. Other pieces include a console table, wall mirror and table lamp using materials such as faux tortoiseshell plexiglass, glossy lacquered wood and dupion silk.

Hannes Peer Architecture x Margraf

Spazio BIG Santa Marta

Via Santa Marta, 10, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

CRASH was an impactful marble installation that defied traditional perceptions of the material by exploring rupture and transformation. It was a celebration of creative collisions, which seamlessly blended art, architecture, and innovation. “Every mistake and unexpected event is not a flaw, but a vital part of the creative process,” Hannes Peer says.

Lidewij Edelkoort x El Espartano

Rossana Orlandi Galleria

Via Matteo Bandello, 14, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

Dutch critic, educator, and tastemaker Lidewij Edelkoort curated Instinct, an exhibition of rugs inspired by the drawings of animals by Japanese illustrator Miroco Machiko. The rug shown is Haughty Cat, one of the five animal-focused rugs in the collection. El Espartano is an 83-year-old Argentinian rug company that regularly collaborates with artists and creatives from around the world.

Salvatori x Yabu Pushelberg

Salvatori Showroom Milano

Via Solferino, 11, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

By pushing the technical and artistic boundaries of what a stone surface can achieve, the Nagi wall texture by Yabu Pushelberg for Salvatori is inspired by the gentle rhythm of water, as delicate ripples radiate across rectangular tiles. The resulting tactile effect unites notions of movement and stillness, reflecting the changing light throughout the day in a three-dimensional interplay of wavy lines.

studioutte

Via Volturno, 45, 20127 Milano MI, Italy

Multidisciplinary designers studioutte christened their new atelier in Milan's Isola district with a spatial exploration called ATOLLO. The monochromatic modular concept involved pale plywood panels connected by metal studs to form walls, while cubes and squares formed the furniture elements within. Exceedingly calm with soft off-white tones, the room suggested ritual and contemplation.

MycoWorks x Studio Tooj & Fanny Perrier

LABÒ

Via Biella, 6, 20143 Milano MI, Italy

Mushrooms and furniture generally don’t mix well, but as part of the French design showcase LABÒ, the biotechnology company MycoWorks invited Studio TOOJ and interior designer Fanny Perrier to design objects using the patented material Reishi—a groundbreaking material grown from mycelium. Showcasing its beauty, strength, and versatility, Studio TOOJ has designed a collection of objects that express the lovely drape commonly associated with fine leather. Meanwhile, Perrier’s six-panel screen, inspired by Jean-Michel Frank, demonstrates how Reishi can replace leather or parchment as a stretched surface.

Soft Witness

Alcova, Villa Borsani

Via Umberto I, 148, 20814 Varedo MB, Italy

Florence-based interior designer Whitney Krieger launched a number of limited-edition furniture pieces, lighting fixtures, and objects in her show at Alcova’s Villa Borsani, titled In Repose. Centre stage was the Cono chair, which melds sculptural form with sumptuous tactility. Upholstered in camel-hued baby alpaca mohair, its spiralling silhouette evokes the organic geometry of a romanesco cauliflower. It reflects Krieger’s poetic design sensibility with memory and personal relationship folded into the work.

Rossana Orlandi Gallery x Aline Asmar d’Amman

Rossana Orlandi Galleria

Via Matteo Bandello, 14, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

Architect Aline Asmar d’Amman’s Gent chair and sculptural lighting pieces embody her philosophy of material poetry, where tenderness meets strength. At Rossana Orlandi Gallery, soft upholstery contrasts with glass silhouettes and luminous forms. Each piece evokes couture craftsmanship, for which she is renowned, and draws on cultural memory and storytelling in design.

LRNCE

Cadogan Gallery

Via Bramante, 5, 20154 Milano MI, Italy

The title of LRNCE’s exhibition, Slow Roads, is a reminder that good things take time. The Marrakesh-based lifestyle brand, founded by Belgian designer Laurence Leenaert in 2013, initially dealt in leather goods but now collaborates with more than 40 Moroccan artisans to produce pieces in wood, ceramics, metal, wool, and plaster. Shown with their Mudafar rug is Ayoub Boualam (left) and Laurence Leenaert (right).

Dainelli Studio

Dainelli Studio Atelier

Via Fatebenefratelli, 4, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

Interior and product design studio Dainelli opened its atelier to the public this year to showcase its various new works in carved stone, polished brass, and form-fitting upholstery. Shown are the Bali chair, Calmapiatta coffee and side tables, Sipario bar cabinet, Frank and Wally sculptures. Artworks are by studio co-founder Leonardo Dainelli.

JOV x Laurids Gallée

Via Pontaccio 5-7, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

Appearing like layered cloud formations in the sky or an aerial view of islands in the sea, the rug collection Sussurro by Laurids Gallée for Belgian rug manufacturer JOV features tufted wool set against a silk background to provide textural and visual complexity. The colours were specially chosen for their connection to nature and the shifting tones of sunrise and sunset.

Tacchini x Toogood

Tacchini Showroom

Largo Treves, 5, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

Tacchini debuted its first Milan showroom in Milan's Brera district, unveiling serene, domestic settings styled by Charlotte de La Grandière. The launch highlighted the Butter sofa—as part of the Bread and Butter collection by Toogood—a sculptural, squashy modular piece inspired by Cornish butter, blending playful form with tactile comfort to reflect Tacchini’s soulful approach to contemporary living.

Yves Salomon Éditions x Pierre Marie

Via Santo Spirito, 7, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

Shown in the covered medieval courtyard of Via Santo Spirito 7 in the heart of Milan, Yves Salomon Éditions unveiled a whimsical 17-piece collection by artist and designer Pierre Marie. Crafted entirely in the brand’s Paris ateliers, the intricate shearling works fuse ornamental storytelling with couture-level savoir-faire, bringing Art Nouveau flair and Memphis spirit to life through meticulous intarsia techniques that honour both material heritage and artisanal excellence.

Romantic Brutalism

Viale di Porta Vercellina, 11, 20123, Milano MI, Italy

The newly launched Visteria Foundation, led by Katarzyna Jordan, champions the global visibility of Polish design, unveiling Romantic Brutalism: A Journey into Polish Craft and Design—a fascinating show curated by Federica Sala, designed by Paradowski Studio, and featuring the work of 23 designers. Showcasing contemporary interpretations of national nostalgia to highlight Poland’s rich craftsmanship and cultural evolution, the show opened in the foyer with a console by formsophy, pendant light by Marek Bimer, and graphic mural by Mikolaj Moskal and Kaja Gliwa.

Bolon x JoAnn Tan & Luca Nichetto

Viale Lombardia, 56, 20131 Milano MI, Italy

Climate-neutral Swedish flooring company Bolon unveiled Exodus, a fantastical installation created in collaboration with designers Luca Nichetto and JoAnn Tan. Set in a historic former textile house, the scenography featured ethereal woven landscapes and anthropomorphic creatures. Merging Bolon’s sustainable flooring with dreamlike storytelling, Exodus explored transformation through past and future, artfully blending innovation, heritage, and ecological imagination.

Foscarini x Dordoni Studio

Foscarini Spazio Monforte

Corso Monforte, 19, 20122 Milano MI, Italy

Etoile by Dordoni Studio distils the grandeur of Murano chandeliers into a contemporary play of volume and light. Etched glass diffusers orbit a nearly invisible Pyrex core, creating luminous balance without visible structure. This subtractive design mutes the sense of ornament while channelling a 1970s vibe. The design was led by Dordoni Studio’s Giuseppe Mauro and Mattia Cimadoro, who said that the objective was to conserve the rich allure of this type of lamp while expressing it in a contemporary language constructed through the play of volumes.

Amini Carpets

Amini Showroom

Via Borgogna, 7, 20122 Milano MI, Italy

Bruno Munari was a very inventive thinker and playful designer. In tandem with an exhibition curated by David Dolcini featuring rare Munari sculptures, drawings and furniture pieces, Amini has launched a new collection of rugs inspired by Munari’s book, Flight of Fancy, and his sculptural works, Useless Machines. The collection is divided into two parts: one based on 21 dots in monochrome, the other involves six floating rectangles in joyful colours.

Movimento Gallery

Spazio Vento

Via Pinamonte da Vimercate, 4, 20121 Milan MI, Italy

In an extension of their exhibition, Marks of Existence, at PAD London late last year, Movimento Gallery commissioned additional designers to create limited-edition objects using only two materials: Travertino Ascolano and a specific ALPI wood veneer. The beauty found in the inherent imperfection of travertine challenges our modern need for technology-led perfection, contrasting with the high gloss veneer. Moreno Vannini and the design duo CARA\DAVIDE joined the original nine designers.

Ranieri

Alcova, Former SNIA Factory

20814 Varedo, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy

Italian Lava stone company Ranieri launched Under the Volcano at a new Alcova site—the disused SNIA Factory—as a powerful fusion of art and nature in an awe-inspiring, site-specific vision of transformation. Sculptural raw lava blocks by digital artist Quayola, an immersive soundscape by Rodrigo D'Erasmo, and architectural towers by Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces united in a multisensory experience. The towers, inspired by Barragan, were clad in lava stone tiles to reveal the material’s aesthetic and functional qualities.

BOON_EDITIONS x A-N-D

Via San Vittore al Teatro, 3, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

BOON_EDITIONS and A-N-D presented a shared vision of craftsmanship, innovation, and timeless design within a labyrinthine former bank building. BOON_EDITIONS offers collectable furniture editions that merge avant-garde aesthetics with artisanal mastery. In a dialogue, Canadian company A-N-D unveiled luminous works that explore light’s poetic potential, including the Contour pendant and the Tier, featured at the back of the image.

Ryuichi Kozeki

Alcova, Villa Borsani

Via Umberto I, 148, 20814 Varedo MB, Italy

Deconstructed minimalism finds new expression in Tokyo-based designer Ryuichi Kozeki’s Frame Structured low chair. Here, minimal elements are reconfigured into an interplay that balances the spare and restrained with solidity and an enduring aesthetic. Approaching the craft of design with an architectural and spatial mindset, a central frame supports the chair; its floating, angled boards recall the works of Gerrit Rietveld.

Tim Vranken

Via Rutilia 10/9, 20141 Milano MI, Italy

With a deep appreciation for the raw beauty of wood, Belgian designer Tim Vranken has chosen to apply geometric configurations to the structure of his new furniture pieces, enhancing a sense of depth and perspective. Shown as part of STRATA, a Belgian design exhibition, Vranken builds every piece himself, generally using massive sections of solid woods like oak or walnut. In his latest work, he has combined this with the intricate swirls of burl wood veneers.

Lithea

Salone del Mobile.Milano

Hall 18, Stand B10

On the north coast of Sicily, Lithea constantly develop new and imaginative ways of working with stone. One of eight new collections presented this year, Motus Animi by Egidio Panzera is made from Grigio Billiemi with inlays in Giallo Siena, Rosso Diaspro and Calacatta. The panels are a patchwork of markings in precise circles and fine lines with sections of rough chiselling. The incredibly complex interplay of textures and tone-on-tone colour variations is mesmerising.

Linde Freya Tangelder

Via Rutilia 10/9, 20141 Milano MI, Italy

Much is said about the exploration of materials in design. Still, few designers are as hands-on as Linde Freya Tangelder, founder of the Belgian-based Dutch design studio Destroyers/ Builders. Her exhibition at the Belgian group show STRATA revealed her current fascination with lacquered cotton as an upholstery material, where she applied the lacquer herself to bring out colour variations and sheen. New pieces incorporating mould-blown glass, patinated aluminium, white bronze, and her signature deep carving of wood were also shown.

Mingardo

Galleria Mingardo

Corso di Porta Nuova, 42, 20124 Milano MI, Italy

Since its foundation in 1970, Mingardo has pushed the envelope in metal production. This year, the Italian company released eight new designs by Gregory Beson, Joffrey Dappe, Andy Hillman, Andrea Tognon, and Riccardo Villa Fabbiati. The Pina chair by Gregory Beson was inspired by the choreographer Pina Bausch. Its single arm opens up the cylindrical form in an inviting gesture.

Completedworks

Alcova, Villa Borsani

Via Umberto I, 148, 20814 Varedo MB, Italy

Completedworks debuted its first furniture collection at Alcova’s Villa Borsani with a show that transformed functional forms into sculptural statements, blurring the line between object and ornament. Led by Anna Jewsbury, the London-based jewellery brand presented polystyrene forms coated in clay and finished with a silver nitrate mirror. “I love the idea that a piece is beautiful but has a slight strangeness to it,” Jewsbury says.

Lost Profile Studio

Via Ciovasso, 6, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

Carapace is a collection of lighting products—both flame-source and electric— inspired by the dual influences of antique candle reflectors and the form of a turtle's shell. “The turtle’s shell, as nature’s armour, symbolises security, resilience, and the delicate balance between form and function,” Melbourne-based Lost Profile Studio founder Oliver Wilcox says of his show in Milan's Brera district.

Atelier de Troupe x studioutte

Foro Buonaparte, 69, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

Atelier de Troupe and studioutte’s Intermezzo blurred the line between design and cinema through curated objects, textured materials, and sculptural lighting. Light becomes a narrative tool, animating an otherworldly domain where form and feeling converge. Shown here is the ODEON sofa and PIANO stool by studioutte, and CANALE sconces by Atelier de Troupe, accompanied by curated artworks by Truls Blaasmo, which add historical weight.

Saint Laurent x Charlotte Perriand

Padiglione Visconti

Via Tortona, 58, 20144 Milano MI, Italy

Four one-off pieces—a coffee table, chair, sofa, and bookcase—dating from 1943 to 1967 by the great modernist designer Charlotte Perriand were reintroduced by the French fashion house Saint Laurent. Perhaps the most remarkable piece is the seven-metre-long sofa designed for the Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Paris. Rosewood plays a big role across all four pieces, but Vienna cane and tubular steel also feature. Available in editions of eight to 30.

Beni Rugs x Studio KO

5VIE

Via Cesare Correnti, 14, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

In the artfully decaying headquarters of the 5vie design precinct, New York’s Beni Rugs collaborated with Parisian architects Studio KO in an installation involving thousands of pieces of carefully arranged invoices, notes and envelopes. Within this intriguing mess were ten thoroughly modern designs created by Studio KO. All handmade in Morocco, the details and colours offer a lovely counterpoint to traditional Moroccan designs.

Molteni&C x Gamfratesi

Palazzo Molteni

Via Alessandro Manzoni, 9, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

With its sweeping, solid-wood arms and open structure, the Lia armchair by Gamfratesi offers a lightweight expression of what is a very generously proportioned design. Made from solid oak, the chair perfectly represents the marriage of its designer’s nationalities: Danish and Italian.

Mutina x Brigitte Niedermair

Casa Mutina Milano

Via Cernaia, 1A, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

Celebrating its twentieth anniversary, leading ceramic tile manufacturer Mutina presented Being Mutina, created in collaboration with artist and photographer Brigitte Niedermair and curated by Helen Nonini. Room sets designed by Niedermair were built using a singular tile pattern from the Mutina range and displayed alongside a photograph of the set taken by Niedermair. The magic that light and a talented photographer bring to real-world objects and architecture is there for all to see.

Acerbis x Philippe Malouin

Salone del Mobile.Milano

Hall 24, C14-D19

British-Canadian designer Philippe Malouin brings sculptural clarity to Acerbis with Trench, a collection of sofas and armchairs that fuse an elemental, ancestral form with surprising comfort. Elevated on minimal legs, the pieces appear to float, echoing Acerbis’ commitment to innovation and craftsmanship through a contemporary, purposeful design lens.

De Castelli

Salone del Mobile.Milano

Hall 22, BO4

Fourth-generation metal finishing specialist De Castelli presented their Iridium Edition: hand-worked stainless steel versions of several of their well-known furniture pieces. The DeIridium finish is designed to capture the depth and mirror-like reflection of a still body of water. Shown here is Pandora with vivid blue drawer interiors.

Loro Piana x Dimorestudio

Via della Moscova, 33, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

La Prima Notte di Quiete enveloped visitors in a cinematic dreamscape, featuring a velvet-draped entrance to a surreal domestic reverie that is signature of Dimorestudio. During the four-minute viewing, slices of theatrical light exposed areas of the home, while sounds, such as a phone ringing, a piano, and the patter of rain on the windows, alongside an ambient soundtrack by composer Nicola Guiducci, created a heightened tension. The collaboratively created rooms blend furniture designed by Dimorestudio founders Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran for Loro Piana, alongside antiques and Dimoremilano furniture pieces upholstered with Loro Piana Interiors fabrics.

Acerbis x Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces

Salone del Mobile.Milano

Hall 24, C14-D19

Acerbis creative directors Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces illustrate their partnership with Le Cupole, melding geometric purity and sculptural panache. This marble table, anchored by three domed bases, balances architectural precision with material sensuality, capturing the brand’s ethos of formal experimentation, refined detail, and a dialogue between design and structure.

AtMa

Alcova

Villa Borsani

Via Umberto 1, 148, 20814 Varedo, MB, Italy

Sparked by the number of broken or damaged Børge Mogensen J39 chairs in Japan’s vintage markets, creative studio AtMa, founded by Makoto Suzuki and Ayumi Koyama, designed a collection that recycles the chair in an inventive way. Creating new designs from the constituent parts, the collection of unusual seating archetypes was shown in the moody basement of Villa Borsani as part of Alcova.

Grôpk ceramics

Alcova, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi

Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 48, 20814 Varedo MB, Italy

Showing at Villa Bagatti Valsecchi in a room marked by history, Karst, a show by Grôpk founder, Polish ceramacist Marcin Kuberna, is a meditation on geological time. Ceramics, inspired by karst landscapes, where bedrock dissolves to create caves and sinkholes, are envisioned not as final forms but as mutable bodies—awaiting transformation through the elements they usually resist: water, minerals, and slow decay.

Bohinc Studio x StudioTwentySeven

Alcova, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi

Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 48, 20814 Varedo MB, Italy

Debuting at Villa Bagatti Valsecchi with StudioTwentySeven, ANIMA by Lara Bohinc continues her love of the super-sized with a sculptural collection inspired by the peaks and troughs found in the landscape. With crafted upholstery by Maison Philippeau, the collection comprises a sofa, armchair, and occasional chair, paired with a mahogany coffee table shaped by laser and chisel in Portugal, evoking rock-like formations.

Amber Echoes x Nilufar Depot

Nilufar Depot

Viale Vincenzo Lancetti, 34, 20158 Milano MI, Italy

Amber Echoes at Nilufar Depot showcases Nina Yashar’s signature curatorial blend of contemporary and vintage pieces. Inspired by the hallucinogenic qualities of the Ergot plant, these ethereal Murano glass forms by Christian Pellizzari have otherworldly fragility. Combined with a pair of 1950s armchairs by Brazilian artist Giuseppe Scapinelli, with a Jacaranda wood frame and copper-coloured satin upholstery, Yashar creates dialogues across time and place.

Monde Singulier x Garance Vallée

Via Montebello, 30, 20121 Milano MI, Italy

In conjunction with the high-end French design platform Monde Singulier, architect, artist, and designer Garance Vallée presented a tightly controlled collection of interior objects: a bed, console, floor lamp, and chair, all shown in a simple, grey-curtained room. Geometric voids break the chair’s glossy exterior in a contemporary take on De Stijl.

Cassina x Formafantasma

Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber

Via Larga, 14, 20122 Milano MI, Italy

Celebrating 60 years of Cassina’s manufacture of the iconic Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand collection, influential research and design studio Formafantasma were engaged to mark the anniversary. In response, the studio, in collaboration with theatre and opera director Fabio Cherstich, created one of the events of this year’s design week. Staging Modernity, a dramatic performance featuring songs, modern dance, model animals, and, of course, a selection of the aforementioned furniture, was presented at Teatro Lirico and performed four times a day for the duration of Milan Design Week.