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Events
Milan Design Week 2026: Standout exhibitions and installations
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.
Articles
Patricia Urquiola’s Tufty-Time at 20: How a design icon evolves
Two decades after it first redefined the classic Chesterfield, B&B Italia’s Tufty-Time returns in a new edition. Tufty-Time 20 refines the original’s comfort, form and flexibility while embedding circularity at its core.
News
Kvadrat launches in Australia, building on its global design legacy
After 23 successful years operating jointly as Kvadrat Maharam, Kvadrat and Maharam will continue as independent entities from 1 July 2025.
Events
Milan reflections with DKO
DKO’s Koos de Keijzer and Michael Drescher bring us this personal report from Salone del Mobile 2025 in Milan.
Events
Product launches from Milan Design Week 2025
So many product launches – where to begin with Milan? Well, across some of our favourite brands and all kinds of areas, here are some of the highlights we saw this year.
Events
We know you don’t believe in ‘trends’ but here are five from Milan anyway
From colour and materiality to textures and even the odd column, here are some offbeat, oblique observations from the great Italian festival of design.
Ideas
“A perfect example of the design of the future”: Patricia Urquiola and Mater in Milan
We spoke to Ketil Årdal, CEO of Danish green-tech design brand, Mater, as they unveiled the Alder collection at Milan Design Week.
Events
Top ten launches from Milan Design Week 2024
From a modular armchair and statement lighting, to a table crafted from coffee waste and reissued classics, these are the best new products to launch at this year’s Milan Design Week.
Events
From Stockholm with love (and lots of design)
Stockholm Furniture Fair and Stockholm Design Week 2024 put on an extravanganza of design for four days in February.
Products
Luxury personified in Moroso’s new textile collection for its sofas and chairs
Textile partners Kvadrat and Rubelli create a sumptuous textile collection that offers a new interpretation of Moroso’s hallmark products.
People
Patricia Urquiola sheds light on design’s direction
As we teeter on the edge of rapid and volatile change, we look to one of the global industry’s leading lights for insight and direction.
Edit
A defining chapter in Italian design history
In this special edition of The Indesign Edit, we take a look at B&B Italia’s reigning legacy of boundary-pushing creativity and design innovation throughout history.
News
Patricia Urquiola and Cassina make it official for another term
The winning synergy between Cassina and Patricia Urquiola continues as the company confirms her position as Art Director for a second term in the lead up to its centenary in 2027.
Magazine
Our ‘Workplace Progress’ issue is now online
For those yet to experience Indesign #83, our ‘Workplace Progress’ issue in full, here’s news that ought to please you.
Ideas
Inside Indesign #83, the ‘Workplace Progress’ issue
Our ‘Workplace Progress’ issue—on sale from 25 March 2021—examines the shifting goal posts of workplace design, and shares the most notable contemporary insights, perspectives and projects in the space today.
Furniture
Balance and Poetry in Design: Gogan Sofa by Moroso
Patricia Urquiola looks to the quiet beauty of rocks sculpted by wind and water in her design of the Gogan sofa for Moroso.
Articles
Light Stories
By Euroluce
News
Partnering for Success, Mobilia and Cassina
Mobilia and Cassina have announced a new partnership in Australia that will also see the establishment of Mobilia showrooms in the Eastern states, as of July 2020.
Articles
Dezeen Awards 2019 is now open for entries
The Dezeen Awards 2019 is now open for entries. The second edition follows the successful launch last year and is set to showcase outstanding global design.
Products
10 Products We Love From Milan Design Week 2019
From a modular lighting system inspired by electric slot car racing to curvaceous sofas composed like the art of stacking stones – here are 10 products we love from Milan Design Week 2019!
Products
Are We Serious About Sustainable Products?
There’s a surprisingly sparse emphasis on sustainable products during the world’s biggest furniture-design week. We’ve been scouring the brand offerings in Milan for beacons of progress. Here are some we’ve found.
Articles
Vimini from Kettal is Patricia Urquiola’s Tribute To The Familiar
The Vimini collection, designed by Patricia Urquiola for Kettal, serves up an irresistible blend of retro and contemporary.
People
Our 10 Most Insightful Interviews In 2018
You know some of them, you’ve heard of others, and you definitely need to know the rest. Here are our 10 most fascinating (and most-shared) interviews and profile features of 2018!
People
The people of 2018: The top interviews on Indesign
Leaders in workplace design mingle with a leading communications designer. It’s a truly mixed bag of interesting and insightful interviews that kept you reading this year. Spoiler: It’s 80 per cent female!
Products
‘Extra Light’ Done Right By Moroso
The Gentry Sofa by Patricia Urquiola is one of Moroso’s most successful products. Now it’s available in a lighter downsized version.
People
5 minutes with Patricia Urquiola
We chatted with the illustrious designer Patricia Urquiola at the Space Furniture Singapore showroom and asked her to share her view of future living and why she thinks we are the last generation that will die.
People
5 Minutes With… Patricia Urquiola!
We chatted with the illustrious designer Patricia Urquiola at the Space Furniture showroom and asked her to share her view of future living and why she thinks we are the last generation that will die.
Articles
What Can We Do For Our Industry’s Next Generation?
With so many talented individuals and practices crowding our country’s A+D sector, how does one break through and gain global recognition? Well, it’s a matter of getting a helping hand!
Events
6 Installations in Milan That Make You Really Think
Milan isn’t just about the latest products, but the latest ideas, too. Here we bring you the best creative installations that have something to say.
People
10 Minutes with Josh Carmody: Haworth Great Design Winner
Indesign catches up with one of Haworth’s Celebrating Great Design Winners, Josh Carmody. Here we find out about the story of design in Melbourne, Milan and Shanghai: a truly global journey.
Products
The Art of Spanish Collaboration
Design icon Patricia Urquiola collaborated with Haworth and fellow Spanish design heavyweight GAN to create a series of sumptuous rugs that add a pop of personality to any workspace.
Events
Pop the Bubbly: Announcing the Winners of the Haworth Design Contest
From countless entries to a handful of finalists to one final winner, Haworth has crowned a team from Woods Bagot Melbourne the winners of the Celebrating Great Design contest.
Ideas
Pop the Bubbly: Announcing the Winners of the Haworth Design Contest
From countless entries to a handful of finalists to one final winner, Haworth has crowned a team from Woods Bagot Melbourne the winners of the Celebrating Great Design contest.
Project
A Living, Breathing Tower
Like nature, the splendidly red and green Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore designed by WOHA changes each and every time you visit.
Furniture
The New Bohemian
The Bohemian collection designed by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso gives the traditional technique of button tufting a new spin.
Project
A Love Letter To Memphis: The Room Mate Hotel Giulia by Patricia Urquiola
Patricia Urquiola gets modern with Ettore Sottsass’ 1980s rigor in the design of her latest project, The Room Mate Hotel Giulia in Milan.
Articles
The Art of Spanish Collaboration
Design icon Patricia Urquiola collaborated with Haworth and fellow Spanish design heavyweight GAN to create a series of sumptuous rugs that add a pop of personality to any workspace.
Furniture
Radical Lightness For The Great Outdoors
Kettal presents new designs for 2016 that continue to push the boundaries of the design and making of outdoor furniture.
Ideas
Exploring NeoCon 2016
Chicago’s NeoCon is the United States’ answer to Salone del Mobile, showcasing the latest innovations in commercial design from across the world.
News
CUBES INDESIGN: ISSUE 80 OUT NOW
A factory building forged with a concern for human experience; tales of products, people and new connections from the Salone del Mobile 2016; perspectives on design in Asia; and much more in our latest issue.
People
Patricia Urquiola Discusses Design Collaboration
The winner of Haworth’s Celebrating Great Design Contest will workshop their design at Studio Urquiola. We find out more from Patricia Urquiola about what the judges will be looking for.
People
Patricia Urquiola Discusses Design Collaboration
The winner of Haworth’s Celebrating Great Design Contest will workshop their design at Studio Urquiola. We find out more from Patricia Urquiola about what the judges will be looking for.
Events
EXCLUSIVE RECEPTIONS AT HAWORTH
In March, Patricia Urquiola met with members of Shanghai’s architecture and design community at two special Haworth events.
Furniture
THE ADAPTABLE COMFORT ZONE
Openest by Patricia Urquiola for Haworth Collection is an ensemble of comforting furniture for today’s flexible work environments.
People
Patricia Urquiola: Design Innovator
Patricia Urquiola is a titan in contemporary design and architecture, fusing a distinctive aesthetic with innovative crafting techniques and materials.
Products
Introducing Haworth Collection – IDL
Uniting the unrivalled design legacy of Poltrona Frau, Cappellini, Cassina and Haworth – Haworth Collection presents a curated selection of heritage and modern designs tailored to the Asia Pacific market.
Lighting
The Flos Gallery: Lighting As Art
Flos presented The Flos Gallery, a poetic exhibition conceived by designer and artist Ron Gilad, at Euroluce – Salone del Mobile this April 2015.
People
KETTAL: Innovation as foundation
Alex Alorda, second generation vice president of KETTAL, tells us the ideals behind the outdoor furniture design company that he has been running for 20 years, driven by deeply rooted family values.
People
Patrizia Moroso on being different
In a lecture delivered at the National Design Centre, Patrizia Moroso shared her journey as a nonconformist art-supporting director in building one of the design world’s most unique and beloved brands. Yvonne Xu writes.
Articles
Comback Chair by Patricia Urquiola for Kartell
A modern take on the classic Windsor chair with bright colours and new geometry