A neighbourhood repair cart and a "Pizzeria of Promises" are among the products of Redesigning Design Weeks, a Nieuwe Instituut initiative that aims to counter the negative effects of intense tourism in design week hubs like Milan. More about Redesigning Design Weeks programme tackles downsides of event tourism
This year's Milan design week was a watershed moment for the use of AI and it is time for the industry to take action, writes Rima Sabina Aouf. More about "Design fairs need to adopt an AI policy, and need to do it now"
Architecture studio Renesa has collaborated with Indian rug brand House of Knots to create a series of hand-tufted collectible rugs designed as geometric abstractions of the humble brick. More about Renesa's brick-like rug collection explores architecture beyond buildings
The Salone del Mobile fair stand of Italian tapware brand QuadroDesign is on its way to Masala, Zambia, having been designed by Giacomo Moor to have a second life as a public bathroom. More about QuadroDesign sends Salone booth to Zambia to become public bathroom
Promotion: environmental crises can create the conditions for new forms of craft and cultural production, said architect Kulapat Yantrasast during a panel discussion about the role of craft in responding to environmental and social change. More about "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste" says Kulapat Yantrasast
Promotion: furniture brand Snoc's architectural and material-driven outdoor furniture has featured at two design fairs this year: Salone del Mobile and Maison & Objet. More about Snoc unveiled latest outdoor collection at Salone del Mobile and Maison & Objet 2026
Luxury brands and the widespread presence of opulence made this year's Milan design week an uncomfortable occasion, says Li Edelkoort. More about "Times have changed and the power of money has contaminated culture"
Bathroom design needs to move beyond static form to focus on sensory experience, says Sven Ullrich in this video interview produced by Dezeen for Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard. More about Design "has to touch more than one sense" say Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard
Hotel group Rosewood unveiled an installation centred on the work of late Italian designer Andrea Branzi during Milan design week, bringing together a series of his signature lamps alongside contemporary artworks. More about "A passion for imperfection" defines Andrea Branzi lamp installation
Emerging designers explored sustainability and everyday designs for the Shared Matter exhibition at Milan design week, which had a focus on international collaboration. More about Young designers show paper glasses and aluminium-foam lightbulbs in Milan
Dutch designer Linde Freya Tangelder has partnered with Italian brand Cassina on a Milan exhibition featuring furniture and lighting made from blown glass, cast bronze, sheet metal and lacquered wood. More about Linde Freya Tangelder blends "ancient and contemporary" crafts in Fluid Re-Collection
Futuristic themes, including the cultural impact of artificial intelligence, were explored at this Milan design week exhibition organised by the DesignSingapore Council to celebrate the nation's creative scene. More about Prototype Island exhibition highlights Singaporean design at Milan design week
Stackable drawers, anthropomorphic lamps and a pillowy PVC coffee table are among the standout products spotted by the Dezeen team last week during Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair and the city-wide design festival that surrounds it. More about Dezeen's favourite furniture and lighting from Milan design week 2026
Dezeen Showroom: in the wake of Milan design week 2026, we look at seven surfaces and products from Dezeen Showroom that debuted during this year's event. More about Speaker sculpted from stone among products unveiled at Milan design week
In this episode of Dezeen Weekly, we reflect on the major trends from this year's Milan design week, and discuss whether the festival has reached peak "brandification". More about What's so bad about brands taking over Milan design week?
Architectural designer John Pawson described how teaching, taking photographs and travelling the world led him to architecture during a talk at Gaggenau's installation at this year's Milan design week, hosted and filmed by Dezeen. More about "I never set out to be an architect" says John Pawson at Gaggenau talk
American artist Theaster Gates has transformed a dedicated Prada Home retail space in Milan into an earthen sanctuary for his exhibition Chawan Cabinet, dedicated to Japanese pottery. More about Theaster Gates focuses on "human kindness" with ceramics exhibition for Prada Home
Appliance brand Fisher & Paykel evoked its New Zealand roots at this year's Salone del Mobile, juxtaposing large video screens that showcased wild forests with wooden displays and tactile pottery. More about Aotearoan forests frame Fisher & Paykel appliances at Nature – Ritual showcase in Milan
Milan design week might have reached peak brandification this year, but there were still plenty of outstanding independent exhibitions to be found in the margins. Below, the Dezeen team shares nine of its favourites. More about Dezeen's pick of the best grassroots shows from Milan design week
British designer Bethan Laura Wood has created a modular version of a 175-year-old crystal-glass chandelier, described as "somewhere between a science-fiction wormhole and the interlacing of Elizabethan garters". More about Bethan Laura Wood reinvents Baccarat chandelier as modular "vortex" of jewelled flowers