Get Ready for an Exhilarating Journey Through Milan Design Week 2025 This April!
March 15, 2025 – Milan Design Week 2025
Milan Design Week 2025, slated to unfold from April 7th to 13, is gearing up to attract design fans worldwide. Steeped in tradition, the renowned Salone del Mobile will kickstart proceedings on Tuesday, April 8th, welcoming participants to the Rho Fiera Milano spaces.
At the heart of the upcoming Milan Design Week lies its central theme: “Thought for Humans. Il Design a Misura d’Uomo.” this concept emphasizes the intimate relationship between design and human well-being. The campaign, developed by Dentsu Creative Italy, is a visual exploration of this harmony—captured in striking photographs by New York artist Bill Durgin, where the human form merges with materials like wood, metal, fabric, and bio-plastic.
In the lead-up to the event, Milan’s historic trams, metro stations, and airports will be wrapped in Salone’s signature visual identity, counting down to the city’s most anticipated week—with 500 buses featuring over 1,000 screens, along with 354 displays across 13 airports and 3,379 screens in train and metro stations from Genoa to Rome.
Meanwhile, the return of Design Kiosk in Piazza della Scala from April 1st, the Welcome Project, and 100 design students stationed at key locations will enhance accessibility & engagement.
Beyond the fairgrounds, Milan Design Week extends into the city’s vibrant districts—Brera, Tortona, Isola, and 5Vie—transforming the city into a showcase of installations, exhibitions, and design-driven experiences. Here’s your guide to navigating the definitive global design event of the year.
Salone Internazionale del Mobile
April 8–13, 2025 | Rho Fiera Milano
The cornerstone of Milan Design Week, the Salone del Mobile returns for its 63rd edition, showcasing cutting-edge furniture, interiors, and product design innovations. A landmark for both industry professionals and design enthusiasts. The fair’s scale makes strategic planning essential—mapping out key exhibitors and halls in advance will help maximize the experience.
Euroluce
April 8–13, 2025 | Rho Fiera Milano
The 2025 edition also marks the much-anticipated return of Euroluce, the biennial lighting exhibition. This year’s edition will showcase light as a technological and functional force—one that shapes perception, emotion, and spatial comfort.
Since its first edition in 1976, Euroluce has been at the forefront of lighting innovation, with over 300 international exhibitors. This edition explores how light intersects with sustainability, digitization, and human well-being—a crucial consideration in today’s hyper-connected world. From architectural and industrial lighting to theatrical and medical applications, Euroluce 2025 highlights the ever-expanding role of light in shaping our built environments.
Debuting this year, the Euroluce International Lighting Forum (April 10–11) will host a global dialogue on the future of lighting design. The forum opens with Robert Wilson, the visionary artist known for transforming light into an immersive experience. Other key participants include DRIFT, A.J. Weissbard, Marjan van Aubel, and Kaoru Mende, bringing diverse perspectives to the conversation.
S.Project
April 8–13, 2025 | Rho Fiera Milano
With its youthful energy and dynamic spirit, S.Project returns as the cross-disciplinary exhibition dedicated to turnkey interior design solutions. A relatively new addition to Salone del Mobile. Milano, S.Project explores the fluid integration of technical elements, furnishings, and décor, showcasing a broad spectrum of solutions—from interior and outdoor furniture to coverings, lighting, acoustic innovations, wellness products, and textiles.
This year, S.Project continues to highlight key contemporary design trends, including the hybridization of spaces and the shift from isolated product design to holistic environmental composition. The focus on luxury interiors, emotional engagement, and the concept of ‘nest spaces‘ reflects the growing demand for fully coordinated and immersive environments.
At S.Project, interior design is presented as a cohesive, experiential whole of ecological responsibility. Through its carefully curated showcases, the exhibition introduces a glimpse into the future of sustainable design.
International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition
April 8–13, 2025 | Rho Fiera Milano
Since 1989, the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition has brought together design accessories and decorative pieces for personal expression. Rugs, ceramics, wallpapers, and objets d’art shape interiors with contrast, texture, and movement.
This year’s selection feels fluid and intuitive. Surfaces shift. Colors collide. Forms play with scale. Objects adapt and layering functions with visual impact. At its core, the exhibition is about craft, experimentation, and the details that bring spaces to life.
Salone Satellite
April 8–13, 2025 | Rho Fiera Milano
A launchpad for the next generation, SaloneSatellite champions designers under 35 as they push the boundaries of contemporary design. Since its founding in 1998 by Marva Griffin Wilshire, this visionary hub has introduced 14,000 emerging talents and 270 international design schools and universities to the industry. Many of the prototypes first shown here have since gone into production, shaping the global design landscape.
SaloneSatellite is a space for experimentation, conversation, and discovery. It explores the future of design, responding to shifting environmental, economic, and social challenges. The SaloneSatellite Award continues to recognize the most innovative projects, with an International Jury selecting three winners alongside special mentions.
Fuorisalone
April 7–13, 2025 | Brera, Tortona, 5Vie, Isola, and Porta Venezia
Beyond the fairgrounds, Fuorisalone transforms Milan into an open-air design laboratory, filling its districts with installations, exhibitions, and immersive experiences. This year’s theme, “Mondi Connessi” (Connected Worlds), explores the intersections between technology, nature, and culture, inviting designers to rethink the way we interact with our surroundings.
The concept highlights design’s ability to bridge disciplines and experiences, shaping environments that foster connection, exchange, and innovation. From interactive installations to urban mobility experiments, the event reflects on how hybrid spaces and cross-disciplinary collaborations are redefining contemporary life.
Photographer Silvia Badalotti, in collaboration with AI-generated imagery, visually interprets the theme through a series of portraits that depict the synergy between humans, technology, and the natural world. This year, expect a focus on immersive design, participatory experiences, and thought-provoking explorations of sustainability and digital integration.
Tortona Design Week 2025
April 7–13, 2025 | Tortona
Tortona Design Week returns with “Design rEvolution: Creative Connections,” a theme that explores the shifting boundaries of design through innovation, technology, and cross-disciplinary dialogue.
A hub for visionary projects and experimental installations, Tortona brings together designers, engineers, artists, and entrepreneurs to push the limits of creativity. AI, new materials, and digital integration take center stage, reflecting the evolving role of design in shaping the future.
This year’s edition offers interactive showcases and collaborations, turning Tortona into a playground for ideas. Brands and designers will present projects in some of the district’s most dynamic locations, including the Casello Giallo on Via Savona, an outdoor venue designed for large-scale activations.
With a lineup of installations, talks, and brand showcases, Tortona Design Week remains a catalyst for new perspectives.
5VIE Design Week
April 7–13, 2025 | 5VIE Headquarters
5VIE Design Week returns to Milan’s historic center, bringing together collectible design, fine craftsmanship, and experimental art collaborations. This year’s theme, “Invisible Harmonies,” explores the subtle connections between materials, space, and perception—how design shapes what we feel but cannot always see.
The district’s narrow streets and hidden courtyards set the stage for immersive installations, conceptual exhibitions, and site-specific projects. Key venues include Cavallerizze (Via Olona 4), Cesare Correnti 14, and SIAM (Via Santa Marta 18), with extended hours on April 9 for 5VIE Day, allowing deeper engagement with the works on display.
We Will Design
April 7–13, 2025 | Base Milano
At BASE Milano, design is an open-ended experiment. We Will Design returns with “Making Kin,” an exploration of new forms of connection—beyond family, beyond species, beyond borders.
This year’s edition invites emerging designers, international institutions, and students to rethink how design fosters relationships, alliances, and shared futures. The program spans installations, exhibitions, and workshops, challenging hierarchies and exploring new ways of coexisting.
We Will Design transforms BASE into a test site for the future, where ideas take shape through interaction, experimentation, and dialogue.
Triennale Milano
Until April 13, 2025 | Triennale Milano
During Milan Design Week, Triennale Milano is a must. The Museum turns into a playground for installations, exhibitions, and conversations. This year’s lineup includes Ettore Sottsass: Architectures, Landscapes, Ruins, a deep dive into his radical take on space, and Franco Raggi: Unstable Thoughts, tracing a career built on pushing boundaries. The Museo del Design Italiano presents Forme Mobili, an exhibition on movement in design—where objects shift, adapt, and respond to their surroundings. Beyond the exhibitions, expect talks, performances, and site-specific projects.
Museo del Design Italiano
Forme Mobili – Triennale Milano
HERMÈS
April 7–13, 2025 | La Pelota
Discover the luxury and elegance of Hermès during Milan Design Week. Located in the historic setting of Brera, Hermès presents its latest collection of furniture and home decor grandly. Marvel at their exquisite presentation in a monumental building, showcasing the epitome of luxury and style.
Versace Casa
April 7–13, 2025 | Palazzo della Permanente
Dive into the lavish realm of Versace Casa at Milan’s Palazzo della Permanente during Milan Design Week. Enter a specially curated show area where the luxurious essence of Versace reigns supreme. With the creative input of Roberto Palomba and Ludovica Serafini, the brand crafts a striking and vibrant installation space. Explore the Versace Home Experience, an immersive environment unveiling the brand’s endless possibilities while encapsulating the quintessence of Versace’s iconic style.
Armani Casa
April 7–13, 2025 | Palazzo Orsini
For Milan Design Week 2025, Armani/Casa returns to Palazzo Orsini at Via Borgonuovo 11, the brand’s historic headquarters in the heart of Brera. This exclusive setting reflects Giorgio Armani’s vision of refined living with understated luxury furniture and décor. Known for its timeless aesthetic and impeccable materials, Armani/Casa presents a collection, drawing inspiration from global influences and architectural purity.
Masterly – The Dutch in Milano
April 8–13, 2025 | Palazzo dei Giureconsulti > Piazza del Duomo, Milano
Masterly – The Dutch in Milano returns for its ninth edition, celebrating Dutch design, craftsmanship, fashion, and art. Curated by Nicole Uniquole, this event transforms the historic Palazzo Giureconsulti, located at Piazza dei Mercanti 2, into a vibrant showcase of the Netherlands’ creative excellence. From April 8 to 13, 2025, visitors can explore a diverse array of furniture, lighting, decorative objects, and innovative materials presented by Dutch designers, artists, companies, and educational institutions. The Palazzo’s elegant rooms and panoramic rooftop terrace provide a unique setting to experience the fusion of tradition and innovation that defines contemporary Dutch design
Alcova
April 7–13, 2025 | Varedo
This year, at its ninth edition, Alcova unfolds across Villa Borsani, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, the Former SNIA Factory, and the Pasino Glasshouses in Varedo, just outside Milan. Modernist elegance collides with industrial decay. Nature takes over forgotten spaces. Here, design interacts and disrupts its surroundings, shifting between past and future. A meeting ground for emerging voices and experimental ideas, Alcova remains the place to experience what’s next.
Rossana Orlandi Gallery
April 7–13, 2025 | via Matteo Bandello 14
During Milan Design Week 2025, Galleria Rossana Orlandi will once again become a focal point for contemporary design enthusiasts. Located at Via Matteo Bandello 14/16 in Milan’s Magenta district, this gallery is renowned for showcasing avant-garde pieces that blend innovation with artistry. Housed in a former tie and foulard factory, the space itself exudes a unique charm and a journey into the world of cutting-edge design.
Not to Miss
Paolo Sorrentino’s La Dolce Attesa (April 8 – May 18)
Acclaimed filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino brings his signature cinematic vision to Salone del Mobile, crafting an immersive installation that merges storytelling and design in unexpected ways.
Robert Wilson’s Mother (April 8 – 13)
A poetic exploration of space, form, and emotion, Robert Wilson presents Mother, a striking installation that redefines the relationship between art and design.
Pierre-Yves Rochon’s Villa Héritage (April 8 – 13)
Pierre-Yves Rochon unveils a project that bridges past and present, blending classic architectural details with contemporary design sensibilities.
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