Salone del Mobile confirms move to September 2021 due to coronavirus
Breaking news: Milan's Salone del Mobile will take place from 5 to 10 September 2021, fair organisers have announced. More
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Salone del Mobile set to move to September 2021 due to coronavirus concerns
Milan's Salone del Mobile could move from its regular April slot and take place in September next year, Dezeen has learned. More
Ventura Projects ends operations after 10 years of promoting designers at Milan design week
Influential design exhibitions platform Ventura Projects is to cease operating after ten years of organising exhibitions in Milan and other cities due to the impact of coronavirus. More
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Virtual Design Festival is "a chance to stay together" says Maurizio Stocchetto of Bar Basso
In a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival, the owner of Bar Basso in Milan says the design community has a chance to stay together despite the coronavirus pandemic causing design fairs to be cancelled. More
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Salone del Mobile cancelled until 2021 due to coronavirus
The 2020 edition of Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and will next take place from 13 to 18 April 2021. More
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Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week moves to 16-21 June
Have your plans for exhibiting in Milan been affected by the postponement of Salone del Mobile to June? Promote your event in Dezeen Events Guide's special digital guide. More
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Tom Dixon, Ross Lovegrove and other leading designers respond to Salone postponement
Leading designers have supported the decision to move Salone del Mobile from April to June due to the coronavirus outbreak, although some say the event should be cancelled for environmental reasons and others feel the Milan experience needs an overhaul. More
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Milan's fuorisalone design events scramble to reschedule following Salone del Mobile postponement
Curators preparing events in Milan during Salone del Mobile are frantically revising their plans after the furniture fair switched from its traditional April slot to 16-21 June due to coronavirus. More
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Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair postponed until June due to coronavirus
The Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan has been postponed until 16-21 June in response to Italy's coronavirus outbreak. More
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Milan's Salone del Mobile to decide today whether to postpone or cancel 2020 furniture fair
Organisers of Milan's Salone del Mobile will meet this afternoon to decide whether to proceed with this year's furniture fair, cancel it or postpone it due to Italy's coronavirus outbreak. More
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2020 vision: Call for entries to Ventura Future exhibition at Milan design week
Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for the third edition of Ventura Project's Ventura Future showcase at Milan design week, which in 2020 will feature experimental design projects. More
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Sony explores robot-human relationships with Affinity in Autonomy exhibition
Sony has staged an artificial intelligence-themed exhibition, featuring a field of white spheres that move as if they have their own personalities. More
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Seletti launches "crazy and over-the-top" retro cabinets with Toiletpaper
Italian brand Seletti has produced a series of cabinets decorated with eye-popping graphic images taken from the pages of Toiletpaper magazine. More
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Nude debuts glassware collections in hidden garden installation by Sarah Izod
Dezeen promotion: glassware brand Nude presented three new collections in an installation by London designer Sarah Izod, which took inspiration from the hidden gardens of Milan. More
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Olafur Eliasson explores complex mathematical geometries with OE Quasi Light
A dodecahedron is nestled within an icosahedron to form this pendant lamp designed by artist Olafur Eliasson for Danish lighting brand Louis Poulsen. More
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Alibaba is redesigning the world's geography says Design Academy Eindhoven curator
The world's biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, is changing the infrastructure of design, manufacturing and retail around the globe, says Martina Muzi, co-curator of the Design Academy Eindhoven exhibition Geo-Design. More
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Algorithmic Lace bra designed for style and comfort post-mastectomy
Designer Lisa Marks has combined traditional handicrafts with technology to create a unique bra especially for people who have had mastectomy surgery. More
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Mandalaki's Birò O2 concept car is made from 80 per cent recycled plastics
Mandalaki Studio teamed up with Italian car company Estrima to design the "first" electric concept car made from 80 per cent recycled plastics. More
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Gilli Kuchik and Ran Amitai use magnesium to create extremely light Vela chair
Tel Aviv designers Gilli Kuchik and Ran Amitai have used magnesium, one of the lightest metals, to create a stacking chair that weighs just 2.5 kilograms. More
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Anna Karlin combines natural and manmade forms in furniture collection
New York designer Anna Karlin has blended organic shapes with machine-cut forms to create a collection of furniture and objects. More
