Fashion house Issey Miyake has created handcrafted furniture out of compressed log-like rolls of paper salvaged from the production of pleated garments, which will be unveiled at Milan design week. More about Issey Miyake transforms "wafer-thin" layers of waste paper into marbled furniture
American furniture company Knoll has collaborated with Texas designer Dozie Kanu on leather-fringed tables that combine motifs of African ceremonial dress with Texas cowboy culture, for this year's Salone del Mobile More about Dozie Kanu collaborates with Knoll on "animated" fringed furniture
In the run-up to Milan design week, we've compiled a list of must-see happenings around the city, including a mindfulness space by Zaha Hadid Architects and interior designer Kelly Wearstler's first furniture collection for H&M. More about Twenty-nine unmissable exhibitions and installations at Milan design week 2026
Architect Kulapat Yantrasast has curated an exhibition exploring craft, cultural memory and environmental legacy in Uzbekistan for Milan design week 2026, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Kulapat Yantrasast to explore Uzbek craft traditions in Milan design week exhibition
Designer Stefan Scholten and Stone Made Italy founder Manuela Rotta are set to launch their Matera brand, featuring stone pieces by designers including Ronan Bouroullec, at Salone del Mobile during Milan design week. More about Stefan Scholten launches collectible design brand Matera at Salone del Mobile
Promotion: Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard have created an immersive installation that reimagines the bathroom as a space of continuous evolution during Milan design week. More about Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard create "sensory experience" at Milan design week
Students at the Italian university Politecnico di Milano have created an exhibition at Dropcity design centre that explores the political symbolism of the White House through its interior design for Milan design week 2026. More about Dropcity exhibition explores the "performative architecture" of the White House
Check out Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to Milan design week 2026, which takes place across the city from 20 to 26 April. More about Dezeen Events Guide launches its digital guide to Milan design week 2026
Promotion: creative platform Budapest Select returns to Milan design week with Patterns of Being, an exhibition that unpacks contemporary creative responses to global technological, social and ecological questions. More about Patterns of Being exhibition celebrates Hungarian creativity at Milan design week
Belgian design duo Muller Van Severen has developed a collection of oversized aluminium candlesticks that tower over humans, which will be on show at Milan design week. More about Muller Van Severen creates human-sized candelabras for Milan design week
Designer Kelly Wearstler has teamed up with Swedish retailer H&M Home on a line of lighting, accessories and modular furniture that will be unveiled with a Milan design week installation in a palazzo. More about Kelly Wearstler to launch H&M Home collection at Milan design week
Promotion: Lexus will return to Milan design week this year with an exhibition spotlighting its Discover brand vision, which focuses on its future-facing innovation within luxury mobility. More about Lexus to present Discover brand vision at Milan design week
Promotion: consumer electronics brand Samsung will explore the human side of technology with an exhibition showcasing experimental concepts and its recent products at Milan design week 2026. More about Samsung set to create "space for exploration" at Milan design week
Architect Lina Ghotmeh has unveiled designs for Metamorphosis in Motion, a "playful labyrinth" set to be installed in the courtyard of Milan's Palazzo Litta during the city's upcoming design week. More about Lina Ghotmeh to create pink labyrinth for debut Milan design week installation
If you're hosting an event during the 2026 iteration of Milan design week, you could be featured in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to the festival. More about Get listed in Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week 2026
Promotion: Fisher & Paykel has unveiled plans for a nature-inspired installation designed with strategic brand partner Alt Group and architecture studio Calvi Brambilla & Partners for EuroCucina 2026 during Milan design week. More about Fisher & Paykel set to create "forest-like" installation at Salone del Mobile
Italian architect Giuseppe Porcelli sought to bend gender norms when transforming this Milanese apartment into an "intimate homoerotic" backdrop for his inaugural furniture collection. More about Garçonnière apartment approaches bachelor pads "from a gay perspective"
South Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has completed his first project in Europe – a simple red gravel floor. In this interview, he says more architecture should be understated and "primitive". More about "We use too much energy creating beautiful shapes" says Byoung Soo Cho
Designer Nassia Inglessis discusses how she uses wonder in her work, in this exclusive interview produced by Dezeen in collaboration with ASUS. More about "Playfulness and wonder is where creativity is born" says Nassia Inglessis in exclusive interview
Designer Michael Anastassiades unveiled his Cygnet light, made from Japanese washi paper and informed by childhood memories of kite flying, at this year's Milan design week. More about Michael Anastassiades designs triangular Cygnet light to evoke sun-lit kites