Milan Design Special 2019

More from this Series

• Salone salutes home-grown heroes

  From Leonardo celebrations to an all-Italian pavilion, this year’s Design Week has a strong local accent

  
• Fabric on film: the story of an Oscar-winner

  On ‘Call Me By Your Name’, Milan-based company Dedar was brought in to recreate the faded opulence of a country house

  
• When labels meet tables: fashion and furniture converge

  Vuitton, Loewe and Prada are just some of the houses involved in major design collaborations

  
• Nendo’s Oki Sato: ‘Good design is something you can explain to your mother’

  His playful and spare style has made him one of the world’s most in-demand designers

  
• Generation Rent and the end of ‘forever furniture’

  A huge increase in rental numbers is changing how people think about decorating. How are designers responding to a generational challenge?

  
• Let there be light: Lee Broom’s bold designs

  The Londoner reveals why he wants to provoke as much of an emotional response as a visual one

  
• Wanted: a revolution in Milan

  To stay on top, argues Edwin Heathcote, the city’s design needs to recreate the intellectual spirit of the 1960s

  
• Stuff matters: designers pushing boundaries

  Human hair, dust and manure are among the materials being embraced by a generation of designers who are using technology to get serious about sustainability

  
• Marvels of Milan’s Salone del Mobile

  We select the highlights from the world’s biggest and most prestigious design fair, drawing visitors from more than 165 countries