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To mark Milano Design Week 2026, Adrenalina is exploring the energetic and phonetic dimensions of its name, examining the invisible relationships between products, spaces and bodies. With BAR ADRENALINA, the brand moves beyond the traditional exhibition format, opening up to the city and giving shape to a collective sensory laboratory.
Sounds and frequencies generated by visitors are collected as design material, forming a living archive that brings design and music into dialogue, inaugurating a new design approach.

Company: ADRENALINA

Adrenalina explores the living relationship between upholstered seating, space, and people through design. Drawing on research, Italian craftsmanship and experimentation, its collections transform seating into a physical, sensory and emotional experience.

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Forms in Exchange: Designer Emmanuel Babled presents an exhibition that explores design through dialogue between cultures, materials, and techniques. Three interconnected projects shape the exhibition: Glass Bridge, linking Murano glassmakers with the Shanga workshop in Tanzania; the ephemeral Zanzibar Chair, originally made from branches and animal hide and reinterpreted in cast bronze; and Ubuntu, a series of glass vessels created with artist Lara Morrell. Together, they reflect a porous design practice in which traditions, landscapes, and craft knowledge generate new forms.

Company: BABLED EDITION, KUKUA LDA & SHANGA

Babled Design Lda is the Lisbon-based studio of designer Emmanuel Babled. Working with a pan-European network of artisans and craft districts, the studio blends traditional knowledge with advanced technologies to create distinctive works that celebrate materials, craftsmanship, and the cultural contexts of production.

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BASE TIMES KAWAGUCHI embodies artisanal excellence capable of achieving a true metamorphosis, transforming a single metal sheet into countless forms.
This refined and delicate approach to metalworking is expressed through an installation inspired by Japanese Zen.
The Kawaguch-air seating collection, which was also highly acclaimed last year, reflects a distinctly Japanese sensitivity to the subtle changes of nature, incorporating reflected landscapes as an integral part of the design.

Company: BASE TIMES KAWAGUCHI

BASE TIMES KAWAGUCHI is a collaborative project between designers and five metalworking companies based in Kawaguchi, Japan. Originating from a casting industry that has been active since the 17th century, these companies have evolved toward high-quality metalworking.
Launched in 2018 with “Open Factory,” the project brings together diverse expertise to create a single, unified product.

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The Transforming Hand. Human or Divine? This installation by Chiodelli Arte, in collaboration with artist Alexander Brizhevaty, explores the metamorphic power of craft and creation. The transforming Hand shapes matter and gives it life, building a viaduct of benches that becomes a bridge between cultures, people, and ideas.

Company: CHIODELLI

Chiodelli Arte is an exclusive luxury brand celebrating beauty in its most authentic form. Rooted in a century-old family tradition, it creates bespoke furniture and interiors where art, craftsmanship, heritage and innovation merge, blending classical elegance with contemporary sophistication.

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At the rich heart of Monte Rosa, unimaginable forces and evocative visions awaken new perceptions of matter. Within, three experiential dolmens – inspired by the mine, air, water and fire – shape an immersive journey that culminates outside with the Guja porcelain stoneware collection and the CottoZero trilogy, Miniera, Terre d’oro and Polvere di Stelle, redefining contemporary living.

Company: DANILORAMAZZOTTI X NOVABELL CERAMICHE

Danilo Ramazzotti Italianhousefloor produces handcrafted terracotta and majolica of exceptional quality for luxury spaces and homes.
NovaBell Ceramiche is a leading manufacturer of porcelain stoneware surfaces for contemporary living.
They have teamed up to develop shared research that merges artisanal craftsmanship with industrial expertise.

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upCHECKready? arrives from spaces of slight unease, airports, security checks, stainless steel, surveillance cameras, monitors.
Visibility as an instrument of power makes us, for once, take control, check, doublecheck: good to go? Change the angle. Disrupt. Destabilise.

“She looks like the shadow of a white rose in a mirror of silver.”
Salome, O. Wilde

Company: DEJANA KABILJO

Dejana Kabiljo creates art, design, and architecture for all of us with weaknesses, bad habits and obsessions.
She exhibits in museums and galleries, but also at obscure locations in Vienna, Milan, London, Split, Belgrade, Lausanne, Paris, St.Etienne, Barcelona, Ghent, Eindhoven, Moscow, New York, Tokyo and Beijing
Kabiljo was born in Split, lives in Vienna and on a beach in Croatia.

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The Time That Holds, curated by Paolo Casicci

There is a kind of time that does not pass, but settles and grows. Fratelli Levaggi stages the story of an atelier that spans decades while sustaining a centuries-old tradition: the Chiavari chair, born in the 19th century, as the starting point for a collection of furnishings that carry the values of the past into the contemporary home.

Company: FRATELLI LEVAGGI

F.lli Levaggi is an artisan company founded in the 1960s and now in its third generation. Paolo and Gabriele Levaggi carry forward the tradition of the Chiavari light chair, an icon of Italian design that for over two centuries has been a reference for designers and architects worldwide. In the Levaggi workshop, light and durable chairs are crafted by hand using carefully selected wood and traditional techniques. The company combines tradition and research, developing products that preserve their historical identity while engaging with contemporary design.

Paolo Casicci

A curator and journalist with extensive, well-established experience in narrating architecture and design, he approaches communication for institutions, companies, and professionals not as mere dissemination, but as a complete project aimed at creating new meaning. A lecturer in design history, he collaborates with leading industry publications and with major high-end design companies.

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Theodorico Napolitano, with architect Gabriele Napolitano, presents the Godana faucet line and the first of eight multiples, “Marble Does Not Melt” (Milgem Marmi), curated by Iconic Art System. For 7 years he has explored human fragility and its aesthetics, crafting poetic oxymora — FRAGYLE hydroprogressive faucets, the marble popsicle that melts — into a vivid multidisciplinary odyssey across landscape, sustainability, industrial design and contemporary art.

Company: GRUPPO SPA S.R.L.

GRUPPO SPA s.r.l. is a leading engineering and architecture firm with over 30 years of experience in the national and European markets. Committed to art and design, it delivers large-scale projects across diverse sectors, including high-end residential works that blend Italian aesthetics with German efficiency. Sustainability and ethics, GRUPPO SPA s.r.l. employs a talented team of architects to meet market needs comprehensively.

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Three emerging international design brands — Habit, Eleni, and Gape — present their coordinated proposals for the domestic space, combining material research with an international design approach. From luminous walls to decorated rugs and vacuum-packed upholstered pieces, an original collection that brings quality and innovation to the world of living.

Company: HABIT + ELENI + GAPE

Habit, Eleni Lighting and Gape present three complementary visions of contemporary design. Habit creates rugs combining craftsmanship, natural materials and design research. Eleni Lighting explores the potential of indirect light through systems that interact with architecture. Gape develops innovative upholstered furniture that blends design and high-performance materials to enhance domestic comfort.

The new Habit collection features designs by international designers such as Zsuzsanna Horvath, Riccardo Giovanetti, Maarten Kusters, Atsushi Shindo, and Antrei Hartikainen.
The Madison and Halley collections by Eleni Lighting are designed by Riccardo Giovanetti.
The new family of upholstered furniture by Gape is designed by Riccardo Giovanetti.

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The Ecology of the Hexagon is a sculptural installation by Katia Luna Benaï, unfolding as a sensory journey, with an olfactory layer developed in collaboration with MANE’s Milan Creative Center and nose Cristiano Canali. An inquiry into material ecologies, aromatic matter, and living geometry, the work reflects on repeating orders as systems negotiating structure and circulation, through which natural processes, ritual, and repetition give rise to evolving spatial forms where collective memory is inscribed and transmitted.

Company: HELIX BESPOKE STUDIO

Helix Bespoke Studio, born from the vision of contemporary artist Katia Luna Benaï, creates one-of-a-kind sculptural works shaped by cultural heritage. Drawing on Amazigh geometry and Mediterranean elegance, the studio collaborates with master artisans across disciplines to translate ancestral knowledge into contemporary material form.

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As a tribute to Palazzo Litta and his grand salon, LcD and Luc Druez have invited Eric Charles Donatien to design a special customed scenography “Full Metal Banquet”: a baroque celebration made from the wastes of the metal meshes production. From an abstract cloud of fibers, metal wires have been metamorphosed to fine decorative ornements, table set , ceremonial armchairs & ceremony dress first time presented in Milan.

Company: LCD TEXTILE EDITION BY LUC DRUEZ

For more than 30 years, LcD Textile Edition proposes a metal meshes collection from technical fibers & semi precious metal, hand made in Belgium & France, with a custom color service. The collection is dedicated to light, most of the time for vertical applications: windows treatment, wall covering, lampshades, paravents, romanshades...for hotels, offices, stores, restaurants and residential projects.

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Balance Objects by JooHyun Lee explores two senses of balance: the physical force of objects standing against gravity and the emotional equilibrium achieved through use and interaction with space. Presented in Boudoir at Palazzo Litta, the series reflects how structural force shapes both form and lived experience.

Company: MEET BY JOOHYUN LEE

meet by JooHyun Lee is a Seoul-based brand established in 2014. Informed by the founder’s international education and extensive material and craft training across the US, Europe, and Korea, the brand reflects a globally shaped perspective. It offers a contemporary interpretation of Korean sensibility through timeless forms and responsible material practices.

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SunDrive, designed by Giulio Iacchetti for MV Line, is an outdoor awning that stands out for its arms concealed by the overlapping fabric, giving the product a clean and harmonious look.
Made of aluminium and installable on both walls and ceilings, for Fuorisalone the awning takes shape in the artistic installation ‘Sunflower’, an exhibition concept that interprets SunDrive as a sculptural element, reminiscent of flowers opening towards the light.

Company: MV LINE

MV Line is a group that has been operating for over thirty years in the field of indoor and outdoor solar shading systems for residential buildings. Through its seven companies, located in Italy and abroad, it has developed and consolidated its market internationally. The Living division offers a wide range of outdoor solar control solutions in its catalogue: from awnings to bioclimatic pergolas and self-supporting shading systems.

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An immersive, research-led experience activating new perceptual links between space, matter, and the individual through physical and archetypal signs. The concept of environment, marked by increasingly stark and extreme contrasts, is understood as natural landscape and as socio-cultural ecosystem, encouraging reflection on how design and materials may respond to and generate new visions and possibilities.

Company: NABA, NUOVA ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI

NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti NABA, with its campuses in Milan, Rome and from A.Y. 2026/27 also in London, is the largest Academy of Fine Arts in Italy and it was selected by the QS World University Rankings® by Subject Art & Design as the Best Academy of Fine Arts in Italy and among the top 100 universities in the world.

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Cotton, steel, and wood: pure materials combine in an elegant Japanese folding chair masterpiece—Nychair X.
Deconstructing the chair draws attention to its simplicity, where every part is proof of attention to detail and craftsmanship. It also highlights the lightweight nature of the chair, which can be easily folded and moved across places and over time.

Company: NYCHAIR X

Nychair X is a Japanese folding chair masterpiece with over 55 years of history. The pinnacle of its designer’s work, it is a highly versatile piece that adapts to different living arrangements and life stages. The simple yet beautiful design, thoughtful functionality, and repairability make the chair a reliable companion across generations.

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Veins of Blue is a collection of furniture and home accessories by Odone Angelo, designed by Claudio Larcher. The collection explores the relationship between materials through a process of integration, in which marble and printed laminate coexist within a unified compositional system. The collection reflects Odone Angelo’s ongoing research into marble as a material for contemporary design, challenging traditional perceptions of stone and presenting it as a medium open to experimentation and hybridization.

Company: ODONE ANGELO

Since 1950, we have been active in the marble, natural stone, and granite sector, operating across all aspects of design and execution. Today, we are a point of reference for the most qualified professionals in the furniture, marine, and construction industries.

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A monumental ceramic installation celebrating craftsmanship as a poetic act and imperfection as a visual language. Handcrafted vases positioned at varying heights create a dynamic landscape of Mediterranean textures, expressive surfaces and vibrant glazes. The collection unfolds as a harmonious dialogue between matter, colour and space.

Company: ONOFRIO ACONE

Onofrio Acone (Salerno, 1977) is a designer and sculptor. He creates ceramic vases, bottles and poufs with deliberately irregular forms, entirely handcrafted using the ancient colombino technique. Unique pieces and limited editions that explore materiality, gesture and imperfection as an aesthetic language. His collections are internationally appreciated

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OSMOTICA transforms design into a relational language, where the concept of inhabiting spaces is rooted in the ability to adapt and foster a shared sense of purpose. Each object serves as a bridge between the individual, the space, the community, and nature. An urban garden—a natural interlude where five outdoor seats are conceived as presences that stimulate contact and engage in a dialogue “by nature,” sparking authentic connections. Five designers each bring a unique piece of narrative, culture, and innovation, contributing to the construction of a universal relational language.

Company: OSMOTICA

Osmotica is a design brand that promotes authentic relationships between people and spaces.
Founded by Flaviana Lenzo with Vincenzo Castellana as creative director, the company designs objects that adapt to and interact with their setting. Each product is a bridge that stimulates deep connections and shared experiences, building a language of interaction between individuals, environments, and communities.

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This project highlights three advanced materials by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation—DURABIO™ (a bio-based engineering plastic), structural colour-film, and recyclable polyethylene, showcasing their emerging potentials. POETIC CURIOSITY redefines and shapes them into installations that reveal evocative, sensory phenomena, exploring new values.

Company: POETIC CURIOSITY + MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation is a comprehensive chemical manufacturer providing diverse materials, from basic chemicals to performance products. POETIC CURIOSITY is a Tokyo-based design studio pursuing alternative design through research and prototyping. Together they explore and redefine material possibilities in the spirit of Curious Matters.

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“Design is Cooperation” exhibition, curated by Michele De Lucchi, Francesca Balena Arista and Marco De Santi, with organizing coordination by Francesca Mannini and Ronak Elmimonfared, video by Francesco Clerici, shows a selection of “environmental object” designed by the students of the Landscape and Interior-Spatial Design Studio.

Company: POLITECNICO DI MILANO SCHOOL OF DESIGN

"Landscape and Interior Spatial Design" Studio, held by professors Michele De Lucchi (Visiting Professor), Francesca Balena Arista, Marco De Santi and Francesco Clerici, with their teaching assistants Francesca Mannini, Ronak Elmimonfared and Alessia Soressi, at the Politecnico di Milano School of Design.

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An open composition of Poltronova icons activates the Red Room: Rumble by Gianni Pettena anchors the space, surrounded by Ultrafragola, Canton by Franco Raggi and a special-edition Superonda by Paolo Deganello. A fluid landscape where objects define the room.

Company: POLTRONOVA

Poltronova is an Italian radical design brand founded in 1957. Through collaborations with figures such as Sottsass, Archizoom and Superstudio, it redefined the relationship between objects and domestic space. Today it continues to produce iconic pieces and new projects, bridging archive and contemporary vision.

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Poliuretano-è presents the Mutant Materials project, entirely focused on the valorization of flexible polyurethane foam. The installation, inspired by the overarching theme of 2026 Metamorphosis, showcases a series of furnishing elements that explore the material’s ability to transform, adapt, and change shape. Different types of foam create surfaces and volumes that offer varying levels of comfort and responsiveness to the body. The result is an immersive sensory experience, in which materials, design, and high performance interact to showcase the expressive and functional potential of polyurethane.

Company: POLIURETANO-È

Poliuretano-è, a communications project born from the initiative of some of the most important Italian companies producing flexible polyurethane foam (Cires, Nir, Olmo, Orsa foam, Pelma, Sip), aims to promote the potential of this material.

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A rug is the evolution of a thread. SAIBOSI brings the Red Yao heritage to Milan through four transformations: awakening ancient brocade in digital looms, reviving vermilion as a modern healing light, transforming fibers through water-washing alchemy, and weaving them with glueless technology—where tradition lives again in everyday design.

Company: SAIBOSI

Saibosi Carpet is a leading Chinese brand in the online carpet market and has ranked No. 1 in online carpet sales for five consecutive years.

Saibosi Carpet sells approximately 1.5 million square meters of carpets annually.

Rather than operating proprietary manufacturing facilities, Saibosi Carpet adopts a globally integrated sourcing model, partnering with carefully selected manufacturers worldwide that demonstrate professional manufacturing expertise and stable quality management systems.

In addition, Saibosi Carpet is a global strategic brand partner of Wools of New Zealand, reflecting the company’s long-term commitment to premium natural wool products and internationally recognized raw material standards.

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The SurfBench transforms seating into an interactive experience. By moving the bench, users create gentle wave motions that mimic the behavior of water, inviting curiosity and playful interaction between strangers. The mechanism works smoothly without motors or electricity. Designed for both comfort and engagement, the bench can be implemented in a wide range of settings, from lobbies and waiting areas to cultural and residential spaces, bringing a playful and memorable element to any environment.

Company: SURFBENCH

KALD GmbH is a South German design company that creates and produces innovative objects for social environments, aiming to meet our physical and mental needs while making our world more engaging, playful and memorable.

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“Bukolisch” stems from a fascination with the painted wardrobes typical of the Tyrolean region. These pieces of furniture are characterized by bucolic pictorial decorations and are considered an integral part of folk art. Today, the term carries with it a sense of nostalgia for pre-industrial society.
The concept behind “Bukolisch” is the use of artisanal engraving techniques combined with an innovative approach to glass painting, aiming to recreate its original vernacular spirit in a contemporary key. The engraved decorations, applied over the colored background, are variations of a repeated pattern inspired by the traditional shapes of Venetian mirrors.
Depending on their positioning, they take on different meanings. All these meanings dreamily recall the same ornamental nature of the original pieces.

Company: VETRALIA

Active in the collectible design proposal, Vetralia is a Venice-based atelier that acts as a meeting place for creatives. Its aim is to combine contemporary artistic forms with multifaceted Venetian craftsmanship skills, an expression of a culture of excellence that has its roots in the Renaissance workshop.