Milan Design Week 2026 showcases collectible design, new venues, and brand collaborations
Milan Design Week 2026 is scheduled for April 20-26, featuring the Salone Raritas initiative, which focuses on limited-edition design and is spearheaded by OMA. The festival will showcase installations at various historical venues, introducing new sites. From April 20-24, Wallpaper* will operate a kiosk at Via Tivoli, offering Travel Guides and hosting a treasure hunt. Highlights include Cromo's tea house on Torre Velasca, Yinka Illori's limited-edition collection for Veuve Clicquot at Mediateca Santa Teresa, and Kelly Wearstler's H&M Home collection displayed at Palazzo Acerbi. The design platform Alcova will present at Villa Pestarini and Baggio Military Hospital, while Nike launches Air_Lab in railway tunnels at Dropcity. Wallpaper* collaborates with Fiat to customize Topolino cars, with editors like Rosa Bertoli and Olly Mason involved.
Key facts
- Milan Design Week 2026 occurs from 20-26 April
- Salone del Mobile introduces Salone Raritas for collectible design
- Wallpaper* runs a kiosk from 20-24 April selling Travel Guides
- Cromo's tea house at Torre Velasca is a collaboration with Bogdan Martoiu
- Veuve Clicquot collaborates with Yinka Illori on a drinks accessories collection
- Kelly Wearstler launches H&M Home collection at Palazzo Acerbi
- Alcova showcases at Villa Pestarini and Baggio Military Hospital
- Nike Air_Lab explores air as a design material at Dropcity
Entities
Artists
- Rosa Bertoli
- Olly Mason
- Ali Morris
- Anna Fixsen
- Charlotte Gunn
- Anna Solomon
- Ellie Stathaki
- Bogdan Martoiu
- Yinka Illori
- Kelly Wearstler
- Patricia Urquiola
- Leo Lague
- Franco Albini
- Luisa Castiglioni
- Valentina Ciuffi
- Joseph Grima
- Nick Vinson
- David/Nicolas
- Filippo Carandini
- Bethan Laura Wood
- Allegra Hicks
- Barber Osgerby
- Lella Vignelli
- Massimo Vignelli
- Deyan Sudjic
- Andrea Branzi
- Yinka Ilori
- Massimiliano Locatelli
- Lina Ghotmeh
- Annie Ernaux
- Ama Ata Aidoo
- Kulapat Yantrasast
- Nifemi Marcus-Bello
- Marcin Rusak
- Raw-Edges
- Andrea Caputo
- Zaha Hadid
- Ray Eames
- Charles Eames
- Faye Toogood
- Ai Weiwei
- Marcel Wanders
- Gaetano Pesce
- Gio Ponti
- Rem Koolhaas
- Sabine Marcelis
- Draga & Aurel
- Formafantasma
- Fernando Laposse
- Charlotte Taylor
- David Gianotten
- Toyo Ito
- Edward Barber
- Jay Osgerby
- Cecile Manz
- Hans J Wegner
- Nanna Ditzel
- Kiki Goti
- Marco Campardo
- Sophie Lou Jacobsen
- Inderjeet Sandhu
- Maria Tyakina
- Tino Seubert
- Ben Lippett
- Alessandro Ramundo
- Maddalena Casadei
- Max Fraser
- Lewis Kemmenoe
- Donald Trump
Institutions
- Wallpaper*
- Salone del Mobile
- OMA
- Studio Boum
- Alcova
- Haworth
- Cassina
- Boccamonte
- Versa
- Nike
- Fiat
- H&M Home
- Veuve Clicquot
- Pasticceria Cucchi
- 10 Corso Como
- Oslo Made In Heaven
- Frab's Magazines
- Nilufar Depot
- Triennale Milano
- Formafantasma
- Fiera Milano Rho
- Hermès
- Visteria Foundation
- Marni
- Red Duo
- Miu Miu
- Circolo Filologico Milanese
- Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation
- Fredericia
- Kvadrat
- Kettal
- DWA
- NM3
- Mediateca Santa Teresa
- Sima Townhouse
- Palazzo Litta
- Palazzo Citterio
- Cucchi
- Torre Velasca
- La Pelota
- Baggio Military Hospital
- Villa Pestarini
- Zaha Hadid Architects
- Eames Office
- Rubelli
- S-3
- Issey Miyake
- Ensamble Studio
- Convey
- Base Milano
- IKEA
- Spazio Maiocchi
- Artemest
- Rockwell Group
- Charlap Hyman & Herrero
- Superstudio
- Moooi
- B&B Italia
- Kartell
- Max Radford Gallery
- Design Academy Eindhoven
- AA School of Architecture
- Royal College of Art
- Central Saint Martins
- Politecnico di Milano
- Dropcity
- Design Week Lagos
- Dezeen
- RedDuo Studio
- Delvis (Un)Limited
- MoscaPartners
- Palinurobar
- Six Dots Design
- Rooms Studio
- Yont
- Gast
- Matias Møllenbach
- Panter & Tourron
- Akuto Studio
- Space Caviar
- Studio Vedet
- Yield Studio
- Salviati
- Frederica
- Shakti Design Residency
- Nilufar Gallery
- Portrait Hotel Milano
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- London
- UK
- Udine
- Vietnam
- West Africa
- Piazza Velasca
- Via della Moscova 28
- Corso di Porta Romana
- Via Mogadiscio 2/4
- Via Giovanni Labus 10
- Via Sammartini 72
- Via Tivoli
- Via Rivoli
- Paris
- France
- New York City
- USA
- Poland
- Uzbekistan
- Ghana
- Denmark
- Viale Vincenzo Lancini 34
- Fiera Milano Rho
- Viale Emilio Alemagna 6
- Villa Pestarini
- Baggio Military Hospital
- Via Giovanni Battista Sammartini 60
- La Pelota
- Brera
- Via Carlo de Cristoforis 1
- Via Vincenzo Forcella 6
- Corso di Porta Vigentina 12
- Piazza Velasca 3-5
- Corso Genova 1
- Corso Magenta 24
- Via Clerici 10
- Via Brera 12
- Portrait Hotel Milano
- Palazzo Acerbi
- Triennale Milano
- Palazzo Litta
- Rubelli Showroom
- Convey Building
- Base Milano
- Spazio Maiocchi
- Palazzo Donizetti
- Superstudio Piú
- Superstudio Maxi
- Superstudio Village
- Fiera Milano
- Rho
- Venice
- Florence
- Rome
- Naples
- Palermo
- Aral Sea region
- Karakalpakstan
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- Switzerland
- Berlin
- Amsterdam
- East London
- Georgia
- Spain
- Lebanon
- Finland
- Greece
- India
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Germany
- United States