From handmade ceramics to fine dining: a project shaped by many
A plate arrives at the table. At first glance, it holds what it is meant to hold: a carefully composed […]
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Design events bring together designers, brands, institutions and audiences to present new ideas, products and research. This section covers design weeks, fairs, exhibitions, festivals and installations taking place across the international design calendar. From global events to independent initiatives, these occasions offer a snapshot of the industry's current priorities and emerging conversations. On DesignWanted, event coverage goes beyond launches to document the projects, exhibitions and people defining each edition.
RUSSO BETAK wins SaloneSatellite 1st prize with Nippon Lamp
Focused on the creation of lighting objects through the use of biomaterials sourced from waste, the practice behind RUSSO BETAK […]
Where stone met sound: Antolini’s Stoneroom became a hidden garden in Milan
Stone, sound, and the open air: at the Antolini® MilanoDuomo Stoneroom®, Milan Design Week 2026 became the stage for an […]
Linen, hemp, wood shavings. Polish Modernism at Torre Velasca
Isn’t something quietly radical about placing a Polish Modernist exhibition on the sixteenth floor of Torre Velasca – a building […]
A fictional home, carved in stone, beneath a Brera Garden
Entering the spaces of Via Cernaia 1, where Margraf and Hannes Peer showcased their work together, you enter a space […]
Jusoor Design Collections lands in Milan, framing Saudi Design as a practice of exchange
Five Saudi designers, three international collaborations, one room at Pinacoteca di Brera during a week when every courtyard in Milan […]
‘Wellbeing through Water’: GROHE SPA’s Aqua Sanctuary at Milan Design Week 2026
A theatre is a curious venue for a design installation, it is illusion and structure simultaneously, a space made to […]
“Renaissance of the Real” is the new place to disconnect from Milan’s chaos
Milan Design Week is an event dedicated to objects, materials, and the crafted physical world; however, it also draws its […]
Light In matter. Architectural Variations: rewriting the language of architecture
At Milan Design Week 2026, HYLEtech, the technology company born from Luce5‘s thirty years of lighting expertise, presents Light in […]
Iris Ceramica Group is bringing people centre stage through materials in Milan
For the upcoming edition of Milan Design Week 2026, Iris Ceramica Group returns with a multilayered programme that intertwines material […]
IKEA brings its Democratic Design to the table at Milan Design Week 2026
“No one buys furniture on an empty stomach”: this was one of Ingvar Kamprad’s guiding mantras, the visionary founder of […]
Tailored furniture and home accessories: Thai craft meets contemporary living
From April 21 to 26, 2026, the Host & Home section within the Thailand Pavilion at the Salone del Mobile […]
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