Orlando Selection
Orlando offers you a selection of the most unique installations, exhibitions and displays that have enriched the streets of Milan during the Design Week.
Antoinette Poisson in collaboration with Raw Milano
from April 7 to April 10
Via Vincenzo Giobetti, 6
Antoinette Poisson (one of Orlando’s favorite designer, interviewed in Issue III) presents the new collection during Milan Design Week at Raw. If you still don’t know Raw Milano, hurry! It’s a must see place.
Agglotech in collaboration with Michael Vincent
from April 7 to April 12
Agglotech Showroom – Corso Monforte 4
With the concept “Let’s Play Terrazzo”, Agglotech transforms design into an interactive experience, a meeting of craftsmanship and experimentation: an unmissable opportunity to immerse yourself in the innovation of architectural terrazzo.
Prada at Padiglione Reale, Treno Arlecchino by Giò Ponti
from April 6 to April 8
Stazione Centrale di Milano
Prada Frames is the annual symposium based on the belief that intellectual inquiry and cross-disciplinary dialogue can act as vessels for progress.
Curated by design and research studio Formafantasma, the event titeled In Transit offers a prismatic gaze on infrastructure as a dynamic and multifaceted system that enables, restricts, and shapes movement, whether of people, goods, or power.
Sieger by FÜRSTENBERG
from April 7 to April 12
Garibaldi 44 – Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 44
During Design Week, brothers Christian and Michael Sieger will present new limited-edition pieces to enrich what they call “The Good Life.” The porcelain brand combines intelligent, creative designs with centuries-old craftsmanship to create premium collections for tableware, home bar and interior design: innovative, life-affirming and often with a surprising twist.
Seletti and Superfurniture
from April 8 to April 12
Seletti – Corso Garibaldi, 117
Hotel is the installation by Seletti for its store in Corso Garibaldi, with Superfurniture collection by Hello Again. Hotel Voyeur explores voyeurism through light and everyday life, proposing a lamp that invites reflection on the boundary between intimacy and observation. Superfurniture reinterprets postmodern furniture in a contemporary key. Also on display are iconic products and collaborations with leading designers.
Homo Faber Fellowship presented by Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship
from April 7 to April 13
Casa degli Artisti – Via Tommaso da Cazzaniga, Corso Garibaldi, 89/A
The Michelangelo Foundation presents objects designed and handcrafted by 23 duos, each consisting of a master craftsman and an emerging talent, who have participated in the Foundation’s Homo Faber Fellowship training program. Inspired by Art Deco, these objects showcase crafts including leather marquetry, puppet making, and willow weaving. Together, they highlight the power of collaboration and the bright future of craft.
Xacus in collaboration with artist Elena Salmistraro
from April 7 to April 13
Xacus Brera Store – Via Solferino, 8
X-Unity is a pop work that launches a message deeply rooted in Xacus’ philosophy, that of the importance of teamwork, interpreted with an original language full of creativity and energy.
An internationally renowned Milanese artist and product designer, Elena Salmistraro gives life to eclectic and imaginative creations that arise from the union of art and design, characterized by the use of three-dimensional textures and vivid and energetic colors.
Carolina Levi from Spazio Giallo for 5vie Design Week
from April 7 to April 13
Via Cesare Correnti, 14
Prendete & Mangiate is the exhibition curated by Carolina Levi, founder of Spazio Giallo in Rome. This exhibit has been produced by 5VIE Design Week 2025 and takes place in a room of Via Cesare Correnti 14’s apartment, which explores the theme of the table in a different, more poetic and conceptual declination: the table as a meeting place.
The poet Patrizia Cavalli said that when you leave the table, what matters is what remains: the stories, the silences, the emotions that remain. This installation explores the concept of the table as a space for meeting, exchange and listening, where we reflect not only on the visible aspect, but also on what remains hidden.
Each work/piece becomes a vessel for new narratives, inviting us to explore the invisible, to look beyond the surface and perceive what is imperceptible, what cannot be seen but what is felt.
Richard Hutten for Jaipur Rugs
from April 7 to April 13
Jaipur Rugs, Via Marco Minghetti
Dutch designer Richard Hutten has collaborated with Jaipur Rugs to create a collection of nine large-scale carpets, combining the intricacies of the atelier’s heritage craft skills with his own whimsicality. What first appear to be traditional carpets, on closer inspection contain vivid colour inclusions, inspired by the technicolour paint powder frenzy of the Hindu festival of Holi. On another rug, amongst the elegant foliage one expects on such heirloom carpets, Hutten has introduced yellow banana skins – one of the oldest slapstick jokes in the book. Beyond mere gimmickry, the result is cheeky and charming, and utterly beautiful, inviting us to question whether reverence for tradition sometimes eclipses the potential for joy of a more modern, pop-cultural note.
Carpet Society in collaboration with Gert Voorjans
from April 7 to April 13
Gallery Via Tortona 4 – Via Tortona, 4
Carpet Society and Gert Voorjans present Joy, an exclusive rug collection that transforms interiors into living expressions of art. From April 7 to 13, visitors are invited to discover this vibrant exhibition at Via Tortona 4, Milan.
The Joy collection unfolds as a vivid tapestry of luxury rugs that weave color, craftsmanship, and character into a narrative full of life and emotion. Each piece beckons with the promise of transformation, offering the viewer the opportunity to reimagine their space as a sanctuary, a haven imbued with warmth and vibrancy.
Forma Fantasma in collaboration with Cassina
from April 8 to April 13
Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber – Via Larga 14
Cassina celebrates the 60th anniversary of the production of the Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand collection, and involves Formafantasma in the creation of a theatrical performance and an installation at the Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber. The theatrical experience is immersive, directed by Fabio Cherstich, based on three texts commissioned to the philosopher Emanuele Coccia, the architect, writer and curator Andrés Jaque and the architect and artist Feifei Zhou (terriStories) and, together with the installation, reflects on the latest obsession of the Italian duo, starting from the exhibition at the ICA Foundation last year: the dismantling of modernism and, above all, of its ideological and moral implications, starting from principles that have to do with the feminine, the natural, the wild.
Tokujin Yoshioka for Grand Seiko
from April 7 to April 13
Palazzo Landriani – Via Borgonuovo, 25
Grand Seiko presents Frozen, a stunning collaborative project with Tokujin Yoshioka (already Orlando’s guest in Issue III) one of Japan’s most renowned artists.
For this project, Yoshioka focused on the concept of “water,” creating a work in which a transparent light sculpture transforms over time.
Michael Anastassiades at Vodoz and Danese Foundation
from April 7 to April 13
Vodod and Danese Foundation – Via Santa Maria Fulcorina 17
Michael Anastassiades is one of Orlando favorite international light designer and this year he presents a new collection of modular lights: Cygnet, Frame and Floor Mobile Chandelier, to which is added Halesia, a new portable lamp designed and produced in collaboration with Alessi.
The exhibition has a symbolic value for the Cypriot designer who has always looked to the work of Bruno Danese as a source of inspiration throughout his career.
Aesop
from April 7 to April 13
Chiostro e sagrestia monumentale Chiesa Santa Maria del Carmine – Piazza del Carmine, 2
The official Sensory Patron of Salone del Mobile 2025, Aesop explores the interconnection between dermis and design in The Second Skin, an architectural homage to the properties of skin and the fascinating entrances that characterize many Milanese buildings. Inside Chiesa del Carmine, the brand has created an enigmatic and multisensory installation that uses its Eleos Aromatique Hand Balm as a kind of mortar, emanating an intriguing clove-based scent.
Artemest in collaboration with1508 London, Champalimaud Design, Meyer Davis, Nebras Aljoaib, Romanek Design Studio e Simone Haag
from April 7 to April 13
Palazzo Donizetti – Via Gaetano Donizetti, 48
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Artemest announces the third edition of L’Appartamento, an event that celebrates the timeless appeal of Italian craftsmanship and design within Palazzo Donizetti.
Six internationally renowned interior design studios: 1508 London, Champalimaud Design, Meyer Davis, Nebras Aljoaib, Romanek Design Studio and Simone Haag, will each transform a distinct room, creating unique spaces that will celebrate the beauty, uniqueness and creativity of Italian design. Look out for House of Ita tapestry! You will not regret it!
Es Devlin x Pinacoteca di Brera x Feltrinelli
from April 7 to April 13
Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera – Via Brera, 28
Library of Light is a metaphor for knowledge, a project by Salone in collaboration with Pinacoteca di Brera and with the contribution of Feltrinelli. A journey through science, philosophy and spirituality to bring light back to the center of the narrative. An extraordinary gift to the city. Library of Light finds space in the center of the Cortile d’Onore: it is an extraordinary sculpture, a “beacon of knowledge” with a circular shape, formed by luminous shelves containing over 2000 volumes.
Es Devlin has been reviewed on Orlando Issue VI, we love her vision and approach to space.
Darija is the fascinating founder of Darlingmind studio: a multidisciplinary atelier where artistic intuition merges with design research.
This is a Story of Empathy, Friendship, Loss and Impossible Bonds
A Year of Family Meals and Celebrations from Our Home (Mimi Thorisson)
An invocation of Gothic spectres across literature, film, and art: Shelley’s forsaken creation, Stoker’s immortal hunger, the haunted elegies of cinema, the nocturnal pulse of music and photography.
A glimpse into the Cantine del Gavi Retreat. Exploring and enjoying the story, flavours, traditions, nature and craftsmanship of the Gavi area.
After the favour of the first season, Olympia takes on darker tones in a special Crime edition, revealing the Opera’s most grim and unsettling side. Listeners will be immersed in the minds of the most complex and controversial characters.
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