This week in Milan, Salone del Mobile, alongside dozens of design-focused events, presentations, and special exhibitions. With previews beginning early on Monday, we’re bringing you a first look at Milan Design Week, starting with new collections by Flos and La Double J, as well as special exhibitions from Saint Laurent and Gucci. And be sure not to miss the debut of Louis Vuitton‘s new home collection.
Flos Presents The Light of the Mind at Euroluce, Designed by Formafantasma
Photo by Gianluca Bellomo, courtesy of Flos.
This week in Milan, lighting design company Flos is taking part in the Euroluce biennial. On view are new lamps, architectural solutions, installations, and other brilliant illuminations that explore imagination, fragility, and creativity. Their booth at the presentation, and Corso Monforte showroom installation, was designed by Formafantasma. “The lamp itself, with its charm and design intelligence, is the narrative,” said Formafantasma, asked by the Executive Chairman and Artistic Supervisor of the Flos B&B Italia Group, Piero Gandini. The designers created a series of seven videos, “The Light of the Mind,” explaining, “We offer an honest portrait of the creative process: a continuous flow of free associations and almost alchemical combinations of thoughts, techniques, technologies, and materials. In the age of Artificial Intelligence, this approach affirms authorship as a form of responsibility and differentiation, safeguarding the subjectivity of the designer and their capacity to make decisions.” On view are pieces by names like Piero Lissoni, Michael Anastassiades, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Konstantin Grcic, Tobia Scarpa, and Formafantasma.
La DoubleJ Hosts a Mood-Boosting Via Vigevano Pop-Up Shop
Courtesy of La DoubleJ.
Courtesy of La DoubleJ.
Recharge and get inspired this week in Milan with La DoubleJ as celebrates its new Napoli Rosa Homeware Collection in a week-long Pop-Up shop. Inspired by the print and pattern of the inspired and romantic line, an immersive retail space invites visitors to the design brand’s Via Vigevano Starquarters. In addition to precious porcelain pieces and checking out the brand-new Gong Temple terrace, Love Readings from a local Tarot Reader and Sound Healing sessions are available. And don’t forget to leave with a lemon wrapped in a love message!
Hosoo and DimoreStudio Debut Hemispheres Collection at Osanna Visconti
Hosoo and Dimorestudio at Osanna Visconti, photo by Silvia Rivoltella.
HOSOO Co., Ltd. has collaborated with DIMORESTUDIO on a new textile collection, Hemispheres. The series of 33 textiles is inspired by obi patterns passed down through generations in sketches, untouched for centuries. Reimagined in delicate hues, these traditional Japanese motifs are brought to life with an Italian sensitivity and sensibility. Hemispheres is shown within the Milanese Osanna Visconti Atelier, alongside a new collection of furniture in natural bronze entitled the Magnolia Collection. Here, a sofa, screen, mirror, console, and more are in majestic bloom. The two collections come together through a few items beautifully upholstered—like the Scottato Stool and Banquette, Bambù screen and chair, Roccia ottoman, and Magnolia sofa.
Saint Laurent Presents Charlotte Perriand at Milan Design Week
Saint Laurent-Charlotte Perriand.
Saint Laurent and Anthony Vaccarello show this week a special collaboration with Charlotte Perriand. Aptly named “Saint Laurent-Charlotte Perriand,” it features four designs created between 1943 and 1967, all selected by Vaccarello. Prior to this showcase, they merely existed as prototypes and sketches. In Milan, Saint Laurent has brought them to life pieces like Table Mille-Feuilles for the first time. This project references Yves Saint Laurent’s own personal collection of work by Perriand, gathered throughout his life. Coinciding with the exhibition are photos by the Perriand on view at Saint Laurent Babylone and Saint Laurent Rive Droite in Paris.
Gucci | Bamboo Encounters is Inspired by Material and Craftsmanship
Courtesy of Gucci.
For Fuorisalone 2025, Gucci presents “Bamboo Encounters,” celebrating the legacy of the material on the luxury house’s creative history. The special exhibition is curated and designed by Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli of 2050+ and showcases the beginning of bamboo at Gucci, which started in the 1940s. Shaping the handles of Gucci Bamboo handbag in 1947, bamboo weaves its way through the past and present. Several new commissions are on view, including a sculpture by Anton Alvarez, bamboo baskets and glass by Dima Srouji, kites by Bertjan Pot, Liesbeth Abbenes, and Maurice Scheltens, a light installation by the back studio, and several more unique pieces. A series of talks and conversations take place this week while the show is on view April 8-13 at Chiostri di San Simpliciano in Milan.
The Launch of Louis Vuitton Home Collection at Milan Design Week
Design by Charlotte Perriand, courtesy of Louis Vuitton.
Design by Patricia Urquiola, courtesy of Louis Vuitton.
This is a big week for Louis Vuitton, with the debut of an all-new home collection, as well as several new additions to its iconic Objets Nomades suite. From the art of living, to the art of travel, the luxury house presents in Milan a new world of interiors. For the premier of its Signature Collection for the home, we see sofas, chairs, sideboards, tables, pillows, and more by names like Patrick Jouin, Cristian Mohaded, Jaime Hayon, Charlotte Perriand, Patricia Urquiola, Atelier Biagetti and others. For Objets Nomades, Estudio Campana has designed the Kaleidoscope cabinet, full of color and creativity.
