We just can’t get enough of this year’s Milan Design Week

We’re back again for another showcase of our favourite moments and pieces from Milan Design Week 2021. Read on to discover a selection of some of the globe’s most remarkable designs from the past year.

We just can’t get enough of this year’s Milan Design Week

BY Emily Sutton

November 12th, 2021

Tags: arper, Artemide, cappellini, carl hansen and son, cattelan italia, CULT, cult design, Fredericia, fritz hansen, Louis Poulsen, mater, Milan 2021, Milan design Week, Nanimarquina, prostoria, Stylecraft, Supersalone, Tacchini, zanotta

We’re headed back to Milan for round two of the design calendar’s favourite week: Salone del Mobile. This edition of our Milan overview proves that time and time again, design will transcend the tests that challenge the world. The tribulations of the last few years have pushed designers to think outside the box and to find inspiration in our new ways of living – and the creations that have come from this new era of design are nothing short of incredible.

We dive into the extraordinary collections of design powerhouses, Cattelan Italia, Stylecraft and Cult Design. Join us as we journey through a landscape of visual excellence and timeless traditions of creativity in design.

For furniture designed across the globe to be beloved across the globe, look no further than our review of Milan Design Week, the second time around.

•

Experience Milan Design Week Part 2: The 2021 Edition by Indesign

•

Jump into our Part 1 round-up of Milan Design Week 2021 here.

INDESIGN is on instagram

Follow @indesignlive

The Indesign Collection

A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers

Kabi

Kabi Chair Range

Stylecraft

Louvre Roofs – Warema

Shade Factor

Operable Walls

Materialised

DL19 EXPERIENCE™

LINAK®

Indesign Our Partners

Keep up to date with the latest and greatest from our industry BFF's!

Matter meets design in mineral magnificence

Matter meets design in mineral magnificence

The newest brand to emerge from Cosentino’s creative crucible is Ēclos, a next-generation mineral surface that embodies the organic beauty and tactility of marble in a precision-mineral surface or material.

In a different light: The Geelong College’s Belerren Centre designed by Wardle

In a different light: The Geelong College’s Belerren Centre designed by Wardle

The Geelong College’s Sport and Wellbeing Centre ‘Belerren’ designed by Wardle is designed around bringing in natural light. But Shade Factor’s job was to help modulate and precisely control it for the most important competitive moments.

Dale O’Brien on sitting easy with Herman Miller’s Verus Chair

Dale O’Brien on sitting easy with Herman Miller’s Verus Chair

In the first instalment of our three-part series exploring what it means to sit your best, we pose the question to Gray Puksand’s Dale O’Brien, who discusses the importance of ease and majority rule when it comes to sitting and reveals why specifying a task chair is not unlike choosing a Volvo.

Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair

Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair

In the second instalment of our performance seating three-parter, we turn to DKO’s Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen to peek behind Sayl’s confident architectural form and explore the ideas of inclusivity, adaptability and freedom to move as hallmarks of what sitting your best actually means.

Related Stories

Much more than three days’ worth

Much more than three days’ worth

Fast becoming the coolest global design event, Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign saw a number of standout product releases.

More than a showroom crawl: what Saturday Indesign means to the industry

Ideas

More than a showroom crawl: what Saturday Indesign means to the industry

As Saturday Indesign prepares to return to Sydney this September, architects, designers and exhibitors reflect on what has kept the event relevant for more than two decades.

The moment is NAU, in Copenhagen

The moment is NAU, in Copenhagen

Founded by Richard Munao in 2017, NAU’s presentation at 3daysofdesign builds on decades of groundwork by Cult and marks a confident moment for Australian design overseas.

“I’m not trying to design a shape, I’m trying to shape a feeling”: Eugeni Quitllet & Pedrali in Milan

“I’m not trying to design a shape, I’m trying to shape a feeling”: Eugeni Quitllet & Pedrali in Milan

At Salone del Mobile 2026, Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet launched Libre, a new seating collection with Pedrali that focuses on form, function and ergonomics.

While you were sleeping

The internet never sleeps! Here's the stuff you might have missed

The office as a stage: Wilkhahn x Indesign

The office as a stage: Wilkhahn x Indesign

A recent gathering hosted by Wilkhahn brought designers together to discuss flexibility, technology and the changing role of the workplace.

O’Connell’s Hotel reborn

O’Connell’s Hotel reborn

Fiona Drago Architect refreshes one of Melbourne’s best-known hotels, balancing heritage character with a more open and contemporary hospitality experience.

Tame clamour and harmonise hum

Tame clamour and harmonise hum

Interior architecture needs to shape a balance between the energy of collaboration and the facility for focused concentration.

More than a showroom crawl: what Saturday Indesign means to the industry

Ideas

More than a showroom crawl: what Saturday Indesign means to the industry

As Saturday Indesign prepares to return to Sydney this September, architects, designers and exhibitors reflect on what has kept the event relevant for more than two decades.