From sculptural basins and wellness-led bathrooms to kitchens and professional-grade appliances, these Milan Design Week releases reframed the home’s most functional spaces as places of ritual and care.
From indoor-outdoor furniture systems and archival reissues to experimental lighting, circular materials and collectible surfaces, these launches captured Milan Design Week’s broader conversation around comfort, craft, longevity and atmosphere.
From Aesop’s light-filled installation by Australian architect Rodney Eggleston to Molteni&C’s immersive garden worlds, these are the exhibitions, launches and interventions shaping Milan Design Week so far — with more to come.
Milan Design Week amounts to so much more than product launches, so here are a few installation and exhibition highlights that we stumbled across in 2025.
Step inside the legacy of Motelni&C, with four pieces elevated to iconic status
Alice Blackwood takes a stroll through Melbourne’s new Molteni&C flagship, with its head of marketing and communications and third-generation family member, Giulia Molteni.
It was the grand finale on a big day out in design: the Saturday Indesign Afterparty in Melbourne kept the buzz going with a DJ dance floor, tracks on a sax, and Handpicked Wines and Sopra Seltzer to celebrate. Scroll the highlights here!
The much-talked-about Industry Lanes, home to Australia’s first Molteni&C flagship store, will play host to Saturday Indesign’s Afterparty this Saturday 2 September. We introduce you to the story behind the destination.
The 505 system of modular shelving is a blockbuster of Italy’s Molteni&C collection – constantly evolving yet constantly impressive, and now it’s even better.
The Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai presented 127 brands over three days, with a stronger emphasis on innovative design than in previous years.