Get excited: Hundreds of thousands of design aficionados—including yours truly—will descend on Milan next week for the 63rd edition of Salone del Mobile and the plethora of Fuorisalone pop-ups throughout the city. So pack your bags and bookmark this page for the firsthand scoop on all the dreamy, design-forward stops to make while you’re in town. Ciao!
LOGISTICS
Preregistration: Save yourself a headache and skip the lines by registering for the show ahead of time.
Getting to the fair: The main show is located at Fiera Milano in Rho (Strada Statale del Sempione, 28), a 30-minute subway ride from the city center on the M1 (red) line. Make sure to purchase a standard ticket (at minimum), since you’ll be riding the train to the very last stop. Or do yourself a favor and buy a round-trip ticket so you don’t have to wait in line at the end of a long day.
Map app: Download the Salone del Mobile.Milano app for easy access to exhibitors’ booth numbers—and more important, a map!
AT THE FAIR
Legendary French designer Pierre-Yves Rochon transforms the Luxury Way exhibition route between Pavilions 13 and 15 into the 19th century greenhouse-fueled “Villa Héritage” installation, complete with antique Venetian fabrics, Flemish tapestries and Murano glass chandeliers. (Pavilions 13-15)
Tuuci introduces a brand-new parasol sunshade among an assortment of elegant outdoor furnishings, including a lounge chair with a woven teak wood frame and a yacht-inspired garden planter. (Pavilion 24, C27)
British designer Tara Bernerd unveils Silhouette, a sleek capsule furniture collection crafted in collaboration with Italian heritage brand Medea 1905. (Pavilion 13, C19)
Unform Studio unleashes two futuristic collections at SaloneSatellite, including the space age–esque Orbit furniture series and the stainless steel Axis lighting line. (Pavilion 5, C13)
Ethnicraft rolls out an array of artisan-made designs such as the voluptuous Bulky sofa, the scalloped mahogany Sequence dining table, and the gently rounded Unda dining chair. (Pavilion 14, D30)
Porro—Salone del Mobile president Maria Porro’s design brand—premieres a handful of new pieces, including a sofa by Milanese designer Francesco Rota and the glossy green, marble-topped Tablo table by Piero Lissoni. (Pavilion 11, D15-E18)
Tréca Paris presents “The Art of the Bedroom,” a serene showcase featuring a selection of the brand’s plushly upholstered bed frame designs, such as the neoclassical-style Versailles. (Pavilion 13, C16)
Lodes hosts a multisensory installation at Euroluce, outfitted in a medley of new lighting intros created in collaboration with international designers such as Patrick Norguet, Marco Piva, and David Geckeler and Frank Michels. (Pavilion 10, C21-C23, D18-D20)
Dedon drops MYMI, a boldly banded outdoor dining collection by Copenhagen-based studio GamFratesi. (Pavilion 11, B19-B23)
Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino stages “La Dolce Attesa,” an entrancing installation that explores the universal experience of waiting, with set designs by theater designer Margherita Palli and a soundscape by musician Max Casacci. (Entrance to Pavilions 22-24)
At Euroluce, Spanish brand Lladró introduces Cascade, a collaborative lighting collection with British designer Lee Broom that spans three sculptural porcelain fixtures. (Pavilion 6, D55)
Yabu Pushelberg expands its mirror-clad Ollie line for Glas Italia with two new pieces: an asymmetrical floating console and a geometric coffee table made of smoky glass. (Pavilion 24, C02-C06, D03)
Currey & Company partners with British brand Elstead Lighting at Euroluce to present an assortment of energizing styles, including a chandelier fashioned from recycled wine bottles. (Pavilion 4, C33)
Salone del Mobile debuts the first edition of the Euroluce International Lighting Forum: two days of master classes, roundtable discussions and workshops examining the future of lighting design, with key speakers including solar designer Marjan van Aubel and British anthropologist Timothy Ingold, and a venue designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. (April 10-11, Pavilion 2)
At Euroluce, Australian design studio Articolo previews two new lighting collections, Swivel and Cubo, and a new furniture line called Saddle, which will all be displayed in a meditative, cave-like setting co-designed by Studio Goss. (Pavilion 4, D03)
Italian furniture brand Lago displays two of its signature designs in fresh colorways, including the ombre denim-hued Now sofa and the Tavolo Tondo table in a bright red finish. (Pavilion 24, D06-D08)
AROUND TOWN
Artemest unveils the highly anticipated third edition of its L’Appartamento showhouse inside the historic Palazzo Donizetti, featuring rooms designed by Brigette Romanek, 1508 London, Champalimaud Design, Meyer Davis Studio, Nebras Aljoaib and Simone Haag. (Via Gaetano Donizetti, 48)
Rockwell Group opens the doors to Casa Cork, a circularity-fueled atelier created in collaboration with sustainability-focused nonprofit Cork Collective and adorned in cork-based furniture and products. (Via Solferino, 31)
Giobagnara taps Vinson&Co creative director Nick Vinson to curate an assortment of its signature pieces alongside original artworks from founder Giorgio Bagnara’s personal collection. (Via della Spiga, 33)
The Rug Company showcases Kelly Wearstler’s latest collection, Crescendo, in a series of dreamy scenes staged inside the famed Teatro Gerolamo, a former marionette theater that was originally built in 1868. (Piazza Cesare Beccaria, 8)
Dedar reveals a can’t-miss collaboration with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, which spans four original fabric designs by Anni Albers and one new pattern inspired by the Bauhaus pioneer’s drawings. (Torre Velasca, Piazza Velasca, 3/5)
French furniture brand Mercœur teams up with Parisian designer Franck Genser and Florida-based Tonester Paints for the expressive, craft-driven “Inspired Nuances” installation in the Brera Design District. (Via Milazzo, 6)
Cassina celebrates the 60th anniversary of its Le Corbusier collection with a limited-edition line of iconic reissues developed in collaboration with the late, great architect’s foundation and estate. (Via Durini, 16)
Loro Piana and Dimorestudio present “La Prima Notte di Quiete”—an enveloping installation that pushes the boundaries between reality and cinematic fiction—inside the Cortile della Seta courtyard at the former’s Milanese headquarters. (Via della Moscova, 33)
At Alcova, Istanbul-based Studio Lugo unveils the Anachron series, an ode to ancient Anatolian rituals that includes material-savvy pieces such as a three-legged, hand-brushed horsehair-trimmed bench and a kutnu silk–upholstered stool. (Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 48)
Lauren Rottet presents her collaboration with Turri—including the curvaceous James desk—in an exhibition called “Weaving the World,” which will also feature designs by Gaetano Pesce, the Campana Brothers and Kyle Bunting. (Via Borgospesso, 11)
Kvadrat launches Diade, an upholstery textile composed entirely of recycled plastic waste in an immersive installation by esteemed Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga. (Corso Monforte, 15)
Tai Ping debuts a collaboration with Chinese artist Stanley Wong—also known as anothermountainman—in a vibrant exhibit titled “Hong Kong Walk On,” which will include a hand-tufted rug based on Wong’s popular “redwhiteblue” series. (Piazza S. Simpliciano)
British artist Es Devlin’s exhibit at the Pinacoteca di Brera, “Library of Light,” pays homage to 18th century mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi, and includes a rotating display of over 2,000 books, plus audio narrations by actor Benedict Cumberbatch. (Via Brera, 28)
At Alcova, South African furniture brand Lemon shows off its inaugural outdoor furniture and lighting line, Conservatory, in an al fresco scene outside of the Villa Borsani. (Via Umberto I, 148)
Poltrona Frau expands its bestselling collaboration with Fornasetti by reissuing two of the former’s most iconic designs—the 1919 armchair and the Isidoro trunk-bar—in the latter’s butterfly-filled Latest News print. (Via Alessandro Manzoni, 30)
Ralph Lauren presents the Home collection’s most iconic styles in a gallery-like presentation honoring the designer’s cinematic vision, alongside a preview of the Fall 2025 Canyon Road line. (Via San Barnaba, 27; by appointment only)
Vancouver-based brand Marrimor launches the Drape sofa, a wavy-lined loveseat meant to mimic puddles, at the “MoscaPartners Variations” exhibition inside the Palazzo Litta, a baroque palace that dates back to the 17th century. (Corso Magenta, 24)
Bocci’s “The Numbers Between the Numbers” exhibition—curated by David Alhadeff of The Future Perfect—will feature a selection of original designs by Bocci co-founder Omer Arbel alongside new works from brands including Orior, Calico Wallpaper and Christopher Farr. (Via Giuseppe Rovani, 20)
Sandrina Bonetti Rubelli hosts an intimate conversation with Julian Lennon on Monday, April 7, at 2 p.m. at the Rubelli showroom to discuss the artist’s new fine art photography book, Life’s Fragile Moments. (Via Fatebenefratelli, 9)
Paris- and Beirut-based architect Aline Asmar d’Amman’s furniture collection will be on full display at the Rossana Orlandi gallery, including the shell-shaped Georgia sofa and the pink marble–topped Stone Cloud 1 table. (Via Matteo Bandello, 14)
Luxury furniture and architectural systems brand Rimadesio releases the Lambda table, a fluid-lined stunner from architect Giuseppe Bavuso made of solid Verde Lepanto marble. (Via Uberto Visconti di Modrone, 26; by appointment only)
“Mother,” a multimedia exhibition at the Museo della Pietà Rondanini by American artist and theater director Robert Wilson—and a soundtrack by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt—investigates Michelangelo’s unfinished masterpiece of the same name. (Piazza Castello)
Beni Rugs taps Paris- and Marrakech-based architecture firm Studio KO for the Intersection series, which reimagines everyday objects—such as a weathered journal and a day planner—into 10 artfully handwoven floorcoverings. (Via Cesare Correnti, 14)
Ready to Hang hosts a weeklong mirror pop-up at traditional Milanese hair salon Parrucchiere, with a day of free haircuts for any and all visitors on April 10. (Via Rosolino Pilo, 8)
