Downtown Design
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Fuorisalone Guide - 4

The tree-lined avenues and bourgeois neighborhoods of Porta Venezia, the bustle of the Polytechnic district, the Bovisa area, where great architectural traces of its industrial past remain (and where Superstudio opened its most recent outpost): a journey full of discoveries

SILHOUETTES: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS
Ordet, Via Filippino Lippi 4
Muller Van Severen presents fifteen aluminium candelabras reinterpreting recurring motifs. As candles burn, the objects transform

THE SENSORY LAB

THE SENSORY LAB

MERIJN HAENEN

MERIJN HAENEN

THE SENSORY LAB
Via Marcello Malpighi 7
Sara Ricciardi explores ceramics as a medium that activates emotions, gestures, and relationships. Featuring the Kilim collection by Eccentrico.

MERIJN HAENEN
Superattico, via Bartolomeo Eustachi 40
The Dutch designer’s light installations act as spatial sculptures, presented within Unboxing: A Room as Instrument, curated by Spazio Viruly.

INSIEME
Viale Tunisia 35
An exhibition curated by Sabato De Sarno for the debut of Archivio Italia, an editorial initiative by Vanity Fair Italia dedicated to excellence in manufacturing.

EDIBLE REVERIES
Via Melzo 34
An encounter between Italian cuisine, design, and innovation, where the simple act of tasting a piece of pasta – Artisia’s 3D-printed creation – becomes a multisensory experience. Bookings at Artisia.com

RENAISSANCE OF THE REAL
Fondazione Luigi Rovati, Corso Venezia 52
An invitation to reconnect with the “here and now” through touch, sound, and vision. An installation by USM curated by Snøhetta, in collaboration with Annabelle Schneider.

OASIS
Spazio Adatto, Viale Abruzzi 13
A 270 sqm space in which to discover and observe, within a vegetal installation, moving mechanical elements created by Dutch designer and maker Rick Tegelaar.

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER - Photo © Tommaso Mariniello

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER – Photo © Tommaso Mariniello

FRAGILE STRUCTURE

FRAGILE STRUCTURE

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER
Piscina Romano, Via Ampère 24
6:AM places its products at the centre of an immersive reflection on contemporary glass, exploring repetition as the creative leitmotif of the works.

FRAGILE STRUCTURE
Anni Wu Gallery, Via Rosolino Pilo 14
Ledongil Workshop is a Seoul-based design studio. Fragile Structure is a design methodology that regards “imperfection” and “instability” as the existential conditions of things.

ALIMONTI
Corso Venezia 53
In the Medusa collection, the central element is the meeting of metal and stone, sculpted with a 3D, fabric-like effect – creating a compelling tension between softness and density.

DIALOGHI
Paola Lenti, Via Bovio 28
Over forty colour families become protagonists of sensory dialogues across the brand’s textile and material palette.

JAN MEUSBURGER
Superplayground, Via Pericle Negrotto 59
Experiments in form, colour, and material define the work of the Austrian designer. Pictured: Holla Hoop, a lounge chair encouraging unconventional postures for a freer, more informal use.

FILI D’ANIMA - Photo © Federico Cannata

FILI D’ANIMA – Photo © Federico Cannata

YIELD STUDIO

YIELD STUDIO

FILI D’ANIMA
Superstudio Village, Via Pericle Negrotto 59
A collection of woven modular rugs born from the collaboration between Francesca Fossati and the artisans of the Su Marmuri Textile Cooperative in Ulàssai, Sardinia.

YIELD STUDIO
Superstudio Village, Via Pericle Negrotto 59
Yield Studio’s chair is one of 33 projects selected from over 200 submissions, representing more than 30 countries through an international open call.

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