Downtown Design
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24 hours in Milan - Brera/Centrale

An absolute must for this Milano Design Week, the Brera district offers a varied constellation of showrooms, venues and locations. Here are the events not to be missed in and around this zone

Artwork Italian Heritage by Kerasan, Piazza and via San Marco 2 (at dOT/design event Outdoor Taste). Ceramic coffee tables Segni delle Carte are the protagonists.

Lee Broom

Lee Broom

Florae Folium

Florae Folium

Lee Broom, Blindarte, via Palermo 11. A reinterpretation of the design of places of worship and Brutalist architecture in a series of lamps by the British designer.

Florae Folium, piazza San Simpliciano. Three carpets become ‘palettes’ for French designer Sam Baron, who plays with the classic theme of the floral bouquet.

USM @ Rossignoli

USM @ Rossignoli

Flexform

Flexform

USM @ Rossignoli, Corso Garibaldi 71. Swiss modular furniture specialists occupy an iconic store in the Brera design district, showcasing a special product color.

Flexform, Via della Moscova 33. In a newly redeveloped late 19th-century building, extremely rich in history, a showroom with imposing volumes and great charm.

Calligaris Group

Calligaris Group

Calligaris Group, Via Solferino 21N03. Signed by the Marco Piva studio, a new flagshipstore which displays three brands: Calligaris, Ditre Italia and Luceplan.

SieMatic

SieMatic

Ceramiche Ragno, Design Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT - Photo © Tiziano Sartorio

Ragno – Photo © Tiziano Sartorio

SieMatic, Viale Monte Santo 8. The German company presents its new products and its new style: the concept of opulence reinterpreted through simplicity, purity of line and a palette of 1,950 colours.

Ragno, Via Marco Polo 9. Designed by architect Benedetta Tagliabue, an evocative new space – away from all convention – dedicated to the infinite potential of ceramics.

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