Every April, Milan transforms into the ultimate pilgrimage site for design devotees and interior insiders. But the buzz doesn't stop at furniture – fashion’s heavy hitters are also taking centre stage with exclusive collaborations and prestigious creative prizes. Here is our curated selection of this year’s unmissable highlights.
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What defines an icon? This new collection answers through eight signature pieces, from the Baloon armchair to the Seine console to the Danzica coffee table. By placing the originals alongside their newest iterations, the maison embodies a state of evolution in constant motion, built upon solid foundations.
Reflecting Ferragamo’s heritage of distinctive silk prints, this iconic material sits at the heart of a new, evocative installation in the Milan women’s boutique. Silk flowers, leaves, and petals are meticulously arranged to recreate archival shoe designs and the signature Gancini symbol.
Hosted within the Balenciaga’s Milan flagship’s alongside its latest collections, this exhibition brings together seven works by the renowned Basque artist Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002).The selection creates a poetic visual dialogue, with several pieces paying tribute to the maison’s founder, Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972).
With the Baguette 26424 Re-Edition, Fendi revives its iconic silhouette nearly 30 years after tits debut — a celebration of personality as the ultimate expression of woman’s beauty. The collection includes 20 distinct styles, with an exclusive six available only in Milan.
The Italian brand has also crowned Gustav Craft as the first inaugural winner of its new Fendi Design Prize, with his project ‘Via’.
Curated by Federica Sala and designed in a temporary structure by Balich Wonder Studio, the immersive installation adorned with watercolour drawings features a special collaboration with renowned English artist, designer, and columnist Luke Edward Hall, whose approach is deeply rooted in his love for storytelling, nature, and fantasy.
As the newly appointed curator of Piazza Duomo’s iconic flowerbeds for the next three years, the brand has introduced a vibrant ecosystem at the heart of Milan with 100 diverse botanical species — including 44 camphors and 18 rhododendrons — carefully selected to bring a lush environment to the city’s historic district.
In a new collaboration titled Lightful, Bottega Veneta partners with Korean artist Kwangho Lee to transform the Via Sant’Andrea store. The site-specific light installation — and various activations throughout the city — utilizes suspended organic shapes and woven forms to investigate materiality and tactile design.
The first of a series of case studies examining specific objects or functions, this installation honors a culture of excellence rooted in fibre and craft. As one of the House’s first finished products, plaids have long served as a field of experimentation; here, iconic emblems like the Suitcase Stripe and the Belt are reinterpreted as lasting visual codes.
“Light projections are as important as the work on the material that gives rise to them; they develop into a formal language of their own and their immateriality becomes something tangible,” says the French designer. “Through these reflections, light itself turns into matter.” The lamps’ curves reinterpret the signature lines of Dior’s Corolle skirt, with structures inspired by the movement of fabric.
Curated by design and research studio Formafantasma, this annual symposium sits at the intersection of design, culture, and society. Titled In Sight, the fifth edition explores this year image-making as a defining element of contemporary culture, examining the increasingly blurred distinctions between human-authored and machine-generated images.
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Under the direction of Miuccia Prada, the fourth iteration of Miu Miu’s Literary Club continues the dialogue with contemporary culture through a discourse on sexuality, desire and consent. This edition brings together Nobel prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux and renowned African literary figure and post-colonial feminist icon Ama Ata Aidoo.
Among the objects presented, the Stadium d’Hermès — made entirely in marble marquetry by British design duo Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby — evokes the curve of a horse's back or the oval of a racetrack with its figure-of-eight shape. Centerpieces, jugs, vases and textiles elevate the artisan’s gesture.
Set within the Chiostri di San Simpliciano, the immersive exhibition traces the House’s 105-year history, reflecting an evolving identity anchored in Florentine origins. Memory and reinvention are intertwined throughout the layered scenography, while seasonal flowers — inspired by Gucci’s iconic Flora motif — adorn the garden installation.
Honouring the legacy of Art Deco visionary Pierre Legrain, this re-edition spans from furniture and textiles to tableware and decorative objects. Central to the tribute is a reissue of Legrain’s 1921 dressing table – Louis Vuitton’s first furniture piece – reimagined in lacquered wood and Nomade leather. Other highlights include the Riviera Chilienne and Nuits de Paris throw and cushion.
