Milan Design Week 2026 unveils six new venues including modernist villas and historic palazzos

Milan Design Week 2026 introduces six previously unused exhibition spaces across the city. Villa Pestarini, a modernist villa by Franco Albini completed in 1939, will host Alcova with installations by Patricia Urquiola for Haworth and Cassina alongside works by Luisa Castiglioni, Kiki Goti, and Sophie Dries. Casa Rossa, a 1958 modernist apartment building by Ottavio Cabiati and Luigi Brambilla, will be occupied entirely by Convey led by Riccardo Crenna and Simona Flacco. Palazzo Acerbi, a 17th-century baroque palace, opens for the first time during Design Week for a collaboration between H&M and Kelly Wearstler. Piscina Romano, a 1937 swimming complex by Luigi Secchi, will feature site-specific glass works by 6:AM glass. Palazzo Olivazzi, an 18th-century neoclassical building, presents a collection by Dimorestudio founders Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci for Interni Venosta within a 1936 apartment designed by Osvaldo Borsani. Crespi Bonsai Museum, founded in 1991, showcases a rug collection by Kengo Kuma for Jaipur Rugs alongside its bonsai collection. These venues join familiar locations like Villa Necchi Campiglio and Palazzo Litta. Milan Design Week runs annually, offering access to architectural treasures typically hidden behind unassuming facades.