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
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
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
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
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
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
The Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan has been postponed until 16-21 June in response to Italy's coronavirus outbreak. More
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
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
Sony has staged an artificial intelligence-themed exhibition, featuring a field of white spheres that move as if they have their own personalities. More
Italian brand Seletti has produced a series of cabinets decorated with eye-popping graphic images taken from the pages of Toiletpaper magazine. More
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
A dodecahedron is nestled within an icosahedron to form this pendant lamp designed by artist Olafur Eliasson for Danish lighting brand Louis Poulsen. More
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
Designer Lisa Marks has combined traditional handicrafts with technology to create a unique bra especially for people who have had mastectomy surgery. More
Mandalaki Studio teamed up with Italian car company Estrima to design the "first" electric concept car made from 80 per cent recycled plastics. More
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
New York designer Anna Karlin has blended organic shapes with machine-cut forms to create a collection of furniture and objects. More
Italian fashion brand Miu Miu has collaborated with creative agency M/M Paris to design a stool punched with holes that users can endlessly customise with a series of coloured pegs. More
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has exhibited a plastic water bottle he used for three months at an exhibition promoting recycled plastic objects in Milan. More
