Just a few days after the conclusion of Art Week, Milano is already preparing for Design Week 2023, from April 18 to 23.
Indeed, in recent years, Milano has confirmed itself as the capital of Design.
Alongside the International Furniture Fair, the city hosts the Fuorisalone 2023, which offers various events scattered throughout the city, enlivening its neighborhoods and gathering numerous exhibitors.
The 2023 edition of the Fuorisalone is titled Laboratorio Futuro: the themes addressed will include sustainable design, circular economy, innovation in materials, urban regeneration, and artificial intelligence.
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And speaking of design, what are the must-visit Design museums in Milan?
ADI Design Museum
ADI Design Museum is the place dedicated to the Compasso d’Oro Collection, a dynamic venue that embodies not only creativity and design culture but also interaction with the city of Milan and the international landscape.
In addition to the permanent collection, there are also temporary exhibitions for in-depth exploration and cross-disciplinary initiatives that are always relevant to the world of design.
In conjunction with the Fuorisalone, the museum also organizes the forum “Design beyond east and west”.
Until September 10, you can also visit the exhibition Italy: a new collective landscape. The exhibition can be visited with a reduced ticket using the Artsupp Card.
Fondazione Vico Magistretti
The Fondazione Vico Magistretti in Milan is a museum dedicated to the namesake architect and designer Vico Magistretti, who contributed to creating and internationally spreading Italian Design between the 1960s and 1990s.
The Fondazione Vico Magistretti hosts design and architecture exhibitions and offers guided tours, conversations, and meetings on the same themes, as well as workshops and educational activities for primary and secondary school students.
Until February 29, 2024, you can visit the exhibition The conquest of space. The exhibition can be visited with a reduced ticket using the Artsupp Card.
Achille Castiglioni Foundation
The Achille Castiglioni Foundation has as its main purpose the cataloging, organizing, archiving, digitizing projects, drawings, photos, models, films, lectures, objects, books, magazines, in short, everything that encompasses the world in which Achille worked during more than 60 years of activity.
Triennale di Milano
The Triennale Milano, housed within the Palazzo dell’Arte, is an international cultural institution that produces exhibitions, conferences, and events in art, design, architecture, fashion, cinema, communication, and society.
It organizes highly visible and attention-grabbing exhibitions dedicated to contemporary art, nationally and internationally renowned architects and designers, great fashion designers who have changed taste and fashion, and social issues.
Since 2007, it has been home to the Triennale Design Museum, which this year is renewed with a new setup and an exhibition on the Droog collective, another dedicated to the artist Lisa Ponti, the installation Falena by Nico Vascellari, and much more.
Kartell Museum
The Kartell Museum houses a vast collection of over 8,000 objects, 5,000 drawings, and 15,000 photographs that provide a precise overview of the evolution of Kartell’s history and its production, the materials used, the production technologies, and the communication and distribution strategies employed throughout the company’s activity.
If you are also interested in all the other ongoing exhibitions in Milan, we recommend our in-depth article: Exhibitions in Milan 2023: the five must-sees.
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