Of the April 7 to 13Milan overwhelmed creativity and innovation with the most influential event in the world of furniture design and decoration: The design week.
With the motto “Though for Humans”(Thought for humans) The 63rd edition of the Salone del Mobile decided to place people in the center.
Your last slogans They had been: “where Design Evolves” (where design evolves) in 2024 and “do you speak design?” (Do you speak design?) In 2023.
As usual, the Hall highlighted with its artistic facilities. “Mother”, By the American and opera director Robert Wilsonproposed a dialogue with piety, the unfinished sculpture of Miguel Ángel.
It was chosen for the opening sample in the Museo della Pietà Rondanini – Castello Sforzesco. It consisted of a sequence of 30 minutes of music, lights and images, which the public could see with prior reserve. Wilson chose Arvo Pärt’s music to unite it with the light, also a symbol of this edition with Eurolule.
The architect Pierre-Yves Rochon He offered his reinterpretation of a winter garden inspired by the majestic greenhouses of the nineteenth century. “Hardilting villa“He was part of the new exhibition itinerary” A Luxury Way “in Pavilions 13 and 15 and reflected on design as universal language capable of connecting tradition and innovation, past and future.
“The sweetness”, Located in Pavilions 22-24, was the proposal of the film director Paolo Sorrentino. The work that explored the wait as an emotional trip, was supported by the Margherita Palli stage and the sound landscape of Max Casacci. “It’s slow, but fertile. An incubator. You need time,” Sorrentino described that sweet wait.
The Biennial of Light
This year was also presented Euroluce 2025the biennial dedicated to the world of lighting, with a pavilion entirely enshrined to specific designs. An outstanding: the inauguration of the Euroluce International Lighting Forum that passed on April 10 and 11. He gathered international experts in light design, architecture and science.
The forum was carried out in the Forest of Space Arenaa space designed by I am a fujimoto which is inspired by the organic vitality of forests. Designed with pine beams arranged vertically, the intention was to create an enveloping environment that reflects the integration of nature into architecture.
Eurolo 2025 emphasized issues such as sustainabilitythe integration of the artificial intelligence in light design and intelligent lighting solutions. He Biophilic design He sought to connect people with nature through lighting. In addition, from technology, systems were presented so that users can control light in environments.
Young planet
Con el lema “New Craftsmanship: A New World”, el Salonesatellite He gathered 700 young designers and 20 international schools.
He Sattelitaward He stressed, among more than 130 designs from around the world, four that integrate traditional techniques with contemporary tools, such as generative design and 3D printing. The jury, chaired by Paola Antonelli (Senior Curator of the MOMA) recognized works that reinterpret crafts as a way to a more sustainable and culturally significant future.
The top satelliteoward award was for Kazuki Nagasawa of the Japanese study Super Ratwith UTSUWA-JUHI SERIES. It is a collection of vases and containers made of natural cortex and traditional dye techniques. Of organic forms and with low environmental impact production.
The second place was obtained by Fenna Van der Klei and Patricio Nusselder, from the firm Luis Marie (Netherlands) By Plissade, its self -supporting textile textile and cotton textile made with used clothes. Reimagine Plegus techniques without using adhesives or composite materials.
The third prize went to the Italian Riccardo Toldowhich was inspired by the Japanese red wire legend. Fil Rouge is an almost invisible wall lamp that is activated by opposite poles.
Finally, the Venezuelan designer Juan Cortizo He received the special mention of the jury and the Róng Design Award, which gives him a residence in China. Quibor Project is a biomorphic form that evokes artisanal traditions of Venezuela with its own and powerful visual language.
There is a lot of design outside
With 1066 events, the Fuorisalone It self -perceives from its official page as “the most important event of the year internationally for the world of design.”
“It is clear that the context of the street beats the living room, in my opinion. The street, the architecture, the celebration in large palaces or old factories, buildings with history that are beautiful and the ideal frame to show contemporary proposals. Nothing more spectacular than exposing around the weight of history, with that infinite dialogue between the classic and the new,” he says Paula de Eliajust arrived from Milan.
“As for many years, the Fuori has something that catches more. The sun, the air, walking the city, taking the coffee and continuing through the alleyways of the area you choose to travel,” he describes José Luis Lorenzowhich also returned a few days ago.
Four Argentines in Milan
Lorenzo and Elia, next to José Luis Zacarías Otiñano y Julio Oropelthey describe for Arq the best of Fuori.
“As super prominent, the creation of the nomadic objects collection of Cristián Mohaed for Louis Vuitton. There were more than 18 quality products and a design, but with maintenance of their origins and values. An Argentine designer who worked with his own resources, with images he brought for a firm like Louis Vuitton, ”says Lorenzo.
In addition, it stands out Frozen, de Tokujin Yoshioka to Grand Seiko (“Ice seats that burn a bit”), the installation of Christian Grande to Cranchy Yachts In Brera (“A blue sky and a room with a deep blue tunnel where all the models of the yachts are”).
Also, the sample Teapots de Loewe (“Teeras designed by 25 artists, wonderful”), Paola Lenti with a armchair of Francisco Gómez Paz (“Where the structure shows, wonderful again”) and Library of Light in the Brera Pinacoteca (“A library that moved and you were part of that”).
The kinetic installation of the library, inspired by Umberto Eco, was named by all. Of Elia Complete: “It is spectacular with its 18 meters in diameter and in that iconic building.” The architect also distinguishes Mohaded (“looks and much with her sophistication”), the sample of Googlethat of Gucci and that of Hermes on an old sports court (“it always stands out because it does not exaggerate”).
On Hermes He adds: “With a great scale in an incandescent white space where objects seem to float like flashlights in the middle of volumes delimited by light halos that make tours and allow you to discover those exquisite pieces little by little.”
In addition to several already mentioned above, Otiñano put the eye on Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Esssey Miyaki, Cassina, Marimekko, Rosana Orlandi and Corso as 10.
The chosen ones
“An icon of every year with creative and innovative collections, such as Arno Declercq Exhibition It immerses us in the most relevant and recent Belgian design, where each piece is an example of crafts and dialogue between design and art ”, exalt otiñano about Corso Como 10and adds that his space was a creative center with collective showcases.
He also stood out Maison Margiela con Gentle Monster Pop Upthat “is inspired by the abstraction of human form, cybercore and its narrative dialogues classism and futurism wrapping the collection.”
Ricopel coincided with some of the previous ones. He also chose Lets Loqn con Opposites United: Eclipse of Perceptionsin collaboration with artists PHILIPPE PARRENO AND AA Murakami (Azusa Murakami y Alexander Groves).
But, emphasizes the project Prison Times – Spatial Dynamics of Penal Environments. “Composed of a book, an exhibition and a cycle of conferences, Dropcity reaffirms its vocation: a place dedicated not only to the culture of the project, but also to the debate and dialogue on issues that are not always in the focus of public care,” says Orepel.
Distributed on an area of more than 1,500 m2, the project explores time and space in the prisons: Through objects and furniture elements designed and produced for prisons. “It invites us to question and reflect on how much and how architecture and design can affect the prison environment,” adds torque.
It is divided into five sections or moments (entry, eating, monitoring, cleaning and sleeping) that house a selection of objects and devices designed for prison environments. “The exhibition adopts the format of showrooming and allows visitors to observe products that would otherwise be inaccessible in everyday life. The objects are clinically and taxonomically, combining design data with market data, ”continues tinsel.
The great Milanese scenario, with more and more offer, seems unabordable. But everyone made their own selection. “You enjoy the city party: tour, discover, feel, try, desire, wait in those streets full of ideas and tributes, ”concludes from Elia.
