
An installation creates a vivid sensory experience in Milan
For Milan Design Week 2022, Nature Squared and ANOTHERVIEW collaborated to create VIEW 20. The project is a limited-edition...

CRA grows a sustainable pavilion out of mushrooms in just 6 weeks
Could the houses of the future be grown from mushrooms? Italian architectural firm Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA)...

Bananatex launches a sustainable material revolution at Milan Design Week
A party of three has collaborated to create a multi-purpose material sourced entirely from banana leaves. Swiss...

11 inspiring designs we loved at Milan Design Week 2018
Designers awed and inspired attendees at this year's Milan Design Week with fresh takes on contemporary design....

A giant, air-purifying “cloud” just popped up in the middle of Milan
If you're tired of breathing less-than-clean city air, Milan has a temporary respite for you. “Transitions,”...

Piuarch kicks off Milan Design Week with a beautiful urban light installation
Milan-based architecture firm Piuarch has created an amazing light installation for this year's Milan Design Week....

Floating sauna with charred timber cladding boasts minimal site impact
When Milan-based Small Architecture Workshop was asked to design a tiny sauna for a bed and breakfast in Åmot,...

Zaha Hadid Architects 3D prints an experimental structure with the help of robots
Robots are revolutionizing architecture and Zaha Hadid Architects is hopping on board to show what that technology...

Stickbulb’s new Boom LED lamp is made of reclaimed wood from NYC water tanks
Almost five years have passed since New York-based design firm Rux Design unveiled their revolutionary StickBulb...

Pavilion made from 300 pairs of blue jeans just popped up in Milan
Here's something we've never seen before: a structure made entirely of pants! Starchitects Diller Scofidio+ Renfro...

Build your own tiny home or treehouse with these stackable wooden micro-units
If you've ever wanted to build your own tiny home or treehouse, this wild design might give you some ideas. These...

MIT’s “supermarket of the future” reveals every product’s history
Future grocery stores will be full of smart technology, according to predictions by the designers at Carlo Ratti...

Soothing pyramidal LED lamp illuminates etchings of familiar cityscapes
The LED-powered All Around Lamp was first featured at Milan Design Week 2016, hosted by Local Design Australia....

Designer Lee Broom turns his delivery van into a mobile showroom
Unveiled for Milan Design Week, Lee Broom's delivery van transformation was outfitted with wooden columns and molding,...

MOSSMANIA unveils tables, lamps, and walls made from springy ‘Nordic moss’
Up until now, lichen has been mostly featured in outdoor landscaping and green walls. By “stabilizing” the...

9 thought-provoking designs
Successful design often caters to a variety of needs and sometimes that need is simply to inspire new thoughts...

Design duo Raw Edges brings interactive Herringbones installation to Milan 2016
For Milan Design week 2016, London-based, Israeli-born designers Raw Edges collaborated with 5VIE Art + Design...

Wine bottle lamps, 3D printers, and meteorite tables take center stage at Spazio Rossana Orlandi
Fisheye, from the Alcarol Bricola Collection This series pays homage to the oak poles that have stood in Venice...

Milan’s Brera District exhibits 12 innovations in furniture design
Installation, by COS and Snarkitecture Swedish fashion maison COS and Snarkitecture studio from New York have...

Milan Design Week’s Euroluce exhibit showcases 15 inspiring innovations in lighting
Alberto Saggia & Valerio Sommella - Kushi Table and Kushi Suspension (2015) Kushi lamps—available as a...

Austrian Design Pioneers unveil gorgeous green furnishings at Milan Design Week
Dejana Kabiljo - Fe/Zn 2014 Dejana Kabiljo’s furniture designs take inspiration from people with peculiar...

14 Radiant lighting designs from Euroluce for Milan Design Week
Oil Lamp by Arik Levy Paris-based artist Arik Levy proposed a series of “Oil Lamps” made with elegant silhouettes...

Innovative ‘The Walk’ workplace keeps you and your creativity moving at Milan Design Week 2015
De Lucchi's installation is split into four main themed areas: Club, Free Man, Agorà and Laboratory. These areas...

Tom Dixon launches “hallucinogenic” MELT lamps at Milan Design Week
The distorted globes create a mesmerizing melting hot blown glass effect. Looking like chunks of melting lava,...

Japanese design firm Nendo experiments with light, material and space at Milan Design Week (PHOTOS)
The “Deep Sea” shelf is made out of colored glass. The transparent tint effect was achieved by melting a layer...

Sandwichbikes presents two special edition plywood bikes at Milan Design Week
For this year’s Salone del Mobile, Sandwichbikes will present two special bicycle editions at the exhibition...

Max Lamb’s “Exercises in Seating” is a primitive investigation of materials at Milan Design Week
Often, Max Lamb's work is defined as being created through a sort of primitive process, which seemingly creates...

10 Handcrafted Brazilian designs from Milan Design Week 2015
Table, by ACDI Branding Design These two tables, made of wood and concrete, embody the research on the materials....

12 Low-Impact designs from Superstudio at Milan Design Week 2015
The Verdge Handcrafted Shoes, by Andrea Verdura Watching Andrea Verdura as he assembles a shoe in front...

12 fresh designs from Designersblock at Milan Design Week 2015
Corpus Assembly Ex Materia , by Benjamin Graindorge The project imagined by Benjamin Graindorge functions like...