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DESIGN WEEK 2025 MILAN • Charting a course through palazzos, private apartments, installations, showrooms and forgotten corners of the city, design commentators Karen McCartney and David Harrison present their perspective on Milan Design Week 2025.

A TRIBUTE TO CALIFORNIAN MODERNISM • Italian furniture house Baxter unveiled its new collection, West Coast Aesthetics—a refined exploration of 1960s Californian design.

Milanese Modernism • Inspired by the old-world charm of luxury European hotels, this Milan penthouse is skilfully layered with diverse design influences and eras, perfect for an art-collecting couple.

Five New + Noteworthy Pieces Shaping the Future of Design • Discover five standout brands from Milan Design Week, each presenting a distinct vision for the future of design. Whether drawing from the past, celebrating enduring craftsmanship, or boldly challenging convention, these pieces push the boundaries of possibility and reimagine how we live with design.

CLAY SHAPES • Known for her hand-sculpted clay furniture and lighting, Brooklyn based designer Eny Lee Parker collaborated with contemporary Milan rug company cc-tapis to explore the material in a new light. The ensuing Clay Scan collection articulates the tactile nature of clay through a series of handwoven rugs, debuting at Mexico Art Week in Casa-Estudio Max Cetto before Milan Design Week 2025.

HAND FIRST • The need for human touch in architecture, landscape and product design has guided the work of Paris-based Studio KO founders and architects Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty for the past 25 years. In a meeting of the minds, Dutch furniture company Van Rossum collaborated with the studio for their latest collection that seeks to master the beauty of imperfection, launched at Salone del Mobile. Milano 2025.

DUAL FORCES • Based in Melbourne, lighting designer Ross Gardam is known for his innovative approach to glass. For Milan Design Week 2025, the designer presented LUMINESCENT DUALITY within an old icehouse in the city’s Brera district. The exhibition explored the theme of light as a medium and metaphor, as Gardam unveiled new handcrafted and limited edition pieces.

RETRO FUTURE • In a perfect alignment of the stars, British designer Benjamin Hubert presented a 10-year retrospective of his multidisciplinary design studio LAYER at Milan’s renowned fashion and design destination, 10 Corso Como. Titled 101010, the exhibition celebrated LAYER’s diverse range of projects while previewing six prototypes that address serious issues facing humanity over the next decade.

Soft Geometry • Introducing the Fedrigo Sofa System by Vincent Van Duysen for Zanotta

REFLECTIONS OF TIME • A 19th-century palazzo restoration reflects a balance between historical legacy and contemporary life, showcasing an intuitive approach to a spatial dialogue between form and materiality.

Oki Sato In Conversation • In collaboration with Italian timber surface innovators ALPI, Japanese design studio nendo—led by Oki Sato—explores the boundary between nature and crafted through two wood surfaces: Kasumi and Futae. Oki Sato reflects on the challenge of designing wood that feels familiar yet unexpected, the poetic potential of ALPI’s veneer process, and how subtle storytelling lies at the heart of nendo’s practice.

THE CORRIDOR EFFECT • A 1930s Milanese apartment infuses mid-century nostalgia and contemporary details in a series of immersive spaces,...