Swedish retailer IKEA is focussing on the experience of leaving home for the first time in its Milan design week exhibition called 1st, which was designed by architect Midori Hasuike and spatial designer Emerzon. More about IKEA creates interactive maze at Milan design week to explore "mixed emotions" of leaving home
Swiss home appliances brand V-Zug has opened its inaugural Milan showroom, combining soft hues and natural materials with high-tech appliances, as captured in this video produced by Dezeen. More about V-Zug unveils neutral-toned showroom during Milan design week
As the 2024 edition of Milan design week kicks off, our digital guide to the festival is now live. It spotlights the key events taking place from 15 to 21 April this year. More about Check out Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week 2024
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 about Maria Vittoria Paggini gives her home "porno-chic" makeover for Milan design week
British artist-designer Leo Maher has created sculptural lights that tell stories about homosexuality, set to feature in the Alcova exhibition during Milan design week. More about Leo Maher references "queer legends" with Something Sticky lighting sculptures
French fashion house Saint Laurent will unveil the Villa Planchart Segnaposto collection of 12 porcelain plates designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti in 1957 at Milan design week. More about Saint Laurent rereleases handpainted Gio Ponti plates designed for Villa Planchart
Dezeen is partnering with a number of international brands during Milan design week this year, including talks with Moooi, Gaggenau and Design Hotels, and videos with Lasvit, Technogym and Triennale Milano. More about Dezeen teams up with Gaggenau, Lasvit, Moooi and more during Milan Design week
London design practice EcoLogicStudio has created a collection of everyday objects using algae, including a desktop air purifier that outputs material used to create furniture and accessories, to be shown at Milan Design Week. More about EcoLogicStudio creates air purifier powered by algae
In the lead-up to Milan design week, we have collected twenty of its must-see exhibitions, including a Salone del Mobile installation by David Lynch, an arts club by Faye Toogood and a "playground" by IKEA. More about Twenty unmissable installations and exhibitions at this year's Milan design week
Dezeen Events Guide has launched its guide to Milan design week 2024, which highlights the key events taking place in the Italian city this month. More about Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to Milan design week 2024
Designer Samuel Ross set out to subvert any idea of how a lavatory should look when creating his first toilet for bathroom brand Kohler, set to debut at Milan design week next month. More about Samuel Ross designs textured toilet that is "closer to a sculpture"
You can still be listed in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to Milan design week, which spotlights the key events from the 2024 edition of the festival. More about There's still time to feature in Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week 2024
If you're hosting an event during Milan design week 2024, get in touch with the Dezeen Events Guide team to be featured in our digital guide to this year's festival. More about Get listed in Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week 2024
Japanese designer Daisuke Yamamoto presented recycled steel chairs on podiums of the same material as part of an exhibition at Dropcity in Milan, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. More about Daisuke Yamamoto presents recycled steel chairs under Milan railway arch
Promotion: launched at this year's Milan design week, Italian lighting brand iGuzzini's linear Libera lighting system is made up of modular components that can be used to create complex compositions. More about iGuzzini's Libera lighting system allows users to create graphical lighting compositions
Fashion house DZHUS paid homage to the plight of Ukrainian refugees when creating its Autumn Winter 2023 collection, which includes multifunctional clothing pieces clad with pockets. More about DZHUS creates pocket-covered clothes "saturated with symbolism"
A material that alerts people to "an invisible threat" by changing colour in response to UV radiation has been displayed in an installation by Crafting Plastics Studio and DumoLab Research. More about Sensbiom 2 biomaterial installation changes colour with UV exposure
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 about Six designers reimagine traditional Korean mother-of-pearl craft for modern life
In this week's comments update, readers discussed Tilly Talbot, a designer powered by artificial intelligence, as well as other top architecture and design stories. More about "What happened to the concept of human beings collaborating on a design" asks commenter
Students from Swiss design school ÉCAL have worked with Philippe Malouin to make furniture from metal objects salvaged from the scrapheap in a project called Junkyard Diving. More about Philippe Malouin takes students "junkyard diving" for ÉCAL workshop