Day two from Milan design week 2024
The Dezeen team are reporting live from Milan Design Week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the second day (Tuesday 16 April). More
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Chromasonic makes "light audible and sound visible" for Google's Milan installation
Google has returned to Milan design week with a kaleidoscopic installation by research studio Chromasonic, designed to simulate the experience of having synesthesia. More
Six delectable food and drink pop-ups at this year's Milan design week
As Milan design week continues, we've selected six pop-up spaces where you can grab a bite to eat while admiring the latest design launches in the Italian capital. More
Day one from Milan design week 2024
The Dezeen team are reporting live from Milan Design Week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the first day (Monday 15 April). More
Maria Vittoria Paggini gives her home "porno-chic" makeover for Milan design week
Designer Maria Vittoria Paggini has used colourful wallpaper and murals depicting nude bodies concealed behind peepholes to transform her home for Milan design week. More
Vincent Van Duysen transforms Milanese palazzo into "sensual" Ferragamo store
Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen has completed a boutique in Milan for Italian fashion house Ferragamo, featuring red marble panels and an alcove covered in ceramic petals that offset the original Renaissance-style interiors. More
Bottega Veneta presents custom-made Le Corbusier stools at Milan Fashion Week
The set design for the Bottega Veneta Autumn Winter 2024 womenswear show at Milan Fashion Week featured a special edition of Le Corbusier's LC14 Cabanon stool in burnt wood. More
Italian modernist architecture informs Bottega Veneta store in historic Milan galleria
Fashion house Bottega Veneta has opened a boutique designed by its creative director Matthieu Blazy inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade in Milan. More
Monolithic green marble forms "majestic wall" in Milan apartment
Italian studio AIM has designed a compact, multi-level apartment interior in Milan organised around a floor-to-ceiling Verde Alpi marble partition. More
Humbert & Poyet sets up Beefbar restaurant inside 16th-century Milanese chapel
Interior design duo Humbert & Poyet has delivered an opulent setting for the Milan outpost of high-end steakhouse Beefbar, taking over the former chapel of a 500-year-old seminary on Corso Venezia. More
Daisuke Yamamoto presents recycled steel chairs under Milan railway arch
Japanese designer Daisuke Yamamoto presented recycled steel chairs on podiums of the same material as part of an exhibition in Milan, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. More
San Siro saved from demolition due to its cultural significance
The iconic San Siro in Milan, which was set to be replaced by a Populous-designed stadium, has been saved from demolition because of its "cultural heritage". More
Slime drips from the ceiling at Prada show celebrating "fluid architecture"
Dutch studio AMO created an aluminium-clad space with slime falling from the ceiling to form liquid walls for fashion house Prada's Spring Summer 2024 menswear show. More
Studio Wok designs Milan bakery Pan as contemporary take on Japanese culture
Architecture practice Studio Wok has created a matcha-green counter and Japanese-style fabric panels for bakery and wine bar Pan in Milan's Acquabella district. More
MAST set to transform abandoned Milanese sand quarry into floating park
Copenhagen-based architecture studio MAST has unveiled plans to create a park with floating buildings and islands called Centroparco in an abandoned sand quarry on the outskirts of Milan. More
6a Architects brings Soho sex shop windows to JW Anderson Milan flagship store
British fashion brand JW Anderson has opened a flagship store in Milan that was designed by British studio 6a Architects and draws on the local atmosphere as well as Soho sex shops. More
Boyy flagship in Milan reveals layers of the store's history
Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, also known as FOS, has revamped the flagship store of accessories brand Boyy in Milan, keeping time-worn surfaces left over from the site's former fit-outs. More
Six designers reimagine traditional Korean mother-of-pearl craft for modern life
Marcel Wanders, Stefano Giovannoni and Elena Salmistraro are among a group of international designers to have put a contemporary spin on the traditional Korean craft of mother-of-pearl inlay, in a collaboration with local artisans. More
Space tourism informs design of Ichi Station sushi restaurant in Milan
Valencian design studio Masquespacio has completed a dine-in restaurant for takeaway sushi chain Ichi Station in Milan, with interiors designed to resemble a futuristic spaceship. More
Fabio Novembre designs padel pavilion for Milan's CityLife development
Italian architect Fabio Novembre has designed a sports centre for playing padel, which will be built alongside a pavilion created by BIG at Milan's CityLife development. More