Fuorisalone: ​​guide to Milan Design Week 2024 events

Milan, the leader of affaritaliani.it to the Fuorisalone complexes: from Brera to the districts of Isola, Porta Venezia and Tortona

Once again this year, Milan is preparing for one of the most anticipated events in the design and art scene. The week of Fuorisalonewhich officially begins this morning and ends on Sunday April 21She seems ready to join the list of most consistent the Milanese historian. More than 600 eventsbetween exhibitions and temporary exhibitions, Design Week visitors expect and fight for general attention.

On the occasion of the 62nd edition the Map of the Fuorisalone it expands to include new points and new districts. To the classics Brera Design District, 5Vie, Tortona, Isola and the newborn Porta Venice – which only opened its doors to visitors last year – another area is being added: Sarpi area, with a series of installations between Via Paolo Sarpi, the ADI Museum and the Fabbrica del Vapore. The interesting space of the main station is also worth mentioning Dropcity e Dimorecentrale and the chatter alcovewhich will leave the city limits and reach Varedo in 2024, with two impressive locations such as Villa Borsani and Villa Bagatti Valsecchi.

To find your way around the most interesting events and choose what you want to see Fuorisalone 2024, affaritaliani.it has created a simple and functional guide that contains some of the most anticipated installations of this new design week, practically divided by district.

Tortona Design District

Tortona Design District: the first real district of Fuorisalonewhich this year tells its “Walk of Design” with a direct look into the future and innovation – both artistic and sensual. Tortona rocks suggests “Prelude“, a preview of future design that combines art and design, innovative technology and ecological sensitivity.

Milan base Return with “We design“, the experimental laboratory platform that hosts and promotes projects from designers from all over the world. The “Super design show” From Super studio looks forward with the slogan “Things different – ​​everything, everywhere, everyone”: an invitation to Generation Z, who are tasked with shaping the world of tomorrow. Also worth mentioning is the space dedicated to the brand Ikeathat presents this year “1“, an exhibition that looks at the many “firsts” that younger generations experience when they get their “first” place of residence.

Brera Design District

Now in its fifteenth edition this year, The Neighborhood Brera hosts an impressive number of events – there are around 220 of them. One of the attractions that you shouldn’t miss is:Botanical Garden of Brera, where the exhibition “INTERIORS Lateral view – SunRICE – The recipe for happiness“, where the topics of nutrition, energy, nature and architecture intertwine in an interesting installation. Also from Eataly Milano Smeraldo There is an opportunity to stop and observe the exhibition.CROSS VISION INTERIOR“, with an installation curated by Giulio Cappellini entitled Food, design, happiness.

Another highly anticipated project is “Airlines“, the floating and walk-in sculpture by Numbers/For Use Per Porsche, exhibited in the Palazzo Clerici. Not far away, in Via Cernaia 1A, House mutiny offers an immersion into the universe of French designer Ronan Bouroullec, with previews recently shown during the exhibition in Paris resonanceheld at the Center Pompidou.

Isola Design District

The quarter Isola focused on Challenges of the future, which continues the theme of “This future is currently unavailable.” Also one of the main attractions Lampo Milanwhich includes a range of events, pop-up design stores and installations including “Isola Design Gallery“e”Is one life enough?“.

A YOU PL7the underground car park will be converted into an exhibition space for “Disclosure: Design studios revealed“, where the studios open the doors of their laboratories to show the public a behind-the-scenes look at their products. Hiro presents instead”Hiro Design Home“, a pop-up store that also shows the finalist prototypes of the Call for Ideas, dedicated this year to the shoe rack.

5VIE Art+Design

In the heart of the historic center 5VIE Art+Design who wants to draw a parallel between the world of music and that of design with this year’s theme “Unlimited Design Orchestra”. In addition to the various installations, visitors have the opportunity to visit palaces that are not normally open to the public: Palazzo Visconti, Palazzo Giureconsulti, Palazzo Bovara, Palazzo Castiglioni, Palazzo San Fedele and the magnificent Palazzo Litta.

The main attraction of the new edition of 5VIE Art+Design is precise Palazzo Litta (Corso Magenta, 24), where various initiatives coexist, such as “Under the Willow” by Sara Ricciardi and “Salvage” by Jay Sae Young Oh. The palace also hosts the “Take and Eat,” “Omi Iyọ,” and “Natural Selection” exhibitions. In Via Cesare Correnti you can visit “Indian Tiny Mega Store”, a project by the Indian designer Gunjan Gupta. Finally, the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana hosts the “Nice to See You” exhibition dedicated to this theme Gaetano Pescefamous architect, artist and designer, recently deceased.

Porta Venezia design district

After the success of the first edition with over 40,000 visitors, the Porta Venice design district, with the theme “EverythinK is Design,” highlighting the inclusive nature of the design and the neighborhood itself. Among the most anticipated events is Google the gifts “Understand color” in Garage 21 (via Archimede, 26): an immersive experience that explores the fundamental role of color in perceiving the world around us.

The windowleading in the art of glass processing, the exhibition presents “recreation” in the Palazzo Isimbardi. Then there is TOILET PAPERthe editorial project conceived by artist Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari that transforms Via Balzaretti – in the heart of Città Studi – into the first street entirely dedicated to a permanent installation of public art.

Sarpi area

Milan’s Chinatown is also open this year with the new “Sarpi area“, thanks to the work of the artistic director Michele Brunello, local architect of the district and founder of the architectural firm Dontstop. Visitors are welcomed by the “China Town portal“, a work by Tommaso Lanciani and from the street artist Pao. Along Via Sarpi it will be possible to admire prototypes and experiments in urban planning, exhibited both in public spaces and in shop windows.

At the Steam factoryThe theme of “Daily Transformations and Innovations” is explored through a selection of over 20 projects in the former cisterns that reflect the changing Chinese lifestyle. During the week, moments of meditation and traditional ceremonies such as the tea ceremony are also organized. AtAdi Design Museum Instead, a selection of excellent industrial products developed between China and the West are on display, including the carbon bicycles of Lotus life.

Alcova and central station

Among the extras of the 2024 edition of the Fuorisalone that are more and more appreciated by the public every year, it is worth mentioning the most anticipated alcove and space”Dropcity” of the main station. alcove, a curatorial project launched in 2018 by Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, brings together a long list of independent brands, galleries and emerging designers in always impressive locations for Fuorisalone. Over the years it has become a powerful tool for rediscovering abandoned and little-known places in the city, and this year it’s happening Villa Borsani e villa Bagatti Valsecchiin Varedo.

During Fuorisalone 2024 there will be the opportunity to “Dropcity in progress“, a preview of the future space that will be inaugurated in Milan by the end of 2024 in the tunnels along Via Sammartini in the Magazzini Raccordati of the Central Station. These tunnels, abandoned for some time, will be transformed into a collection center and debate on architecture with open-plan offices and exhibition spaces The event program includes a series of exhibitions, conferences and workshops focusing on the creative process in architecture.