The Salone del Mobile.Milano moves out into the heart of the city with an unmissable installation: Mother by Robert Wilson at Castello Sforzesco.

Wilson, a master in the creative use of light, creates his own vision of Michelangelo's last unfinished masterpiece, the Pietà Rondanini, highlighting its universal and timeless value in dialogue with Stabat Mater, a medieval prayer reinterpreted in a vocal and instrumental version by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.

“Light is what gives shape to space. Without light, space does not exist. Albert Einstein said that light is the measure of all things. For myself it is always the starting point”. Robert Wilson discusses his work and, on this occasion, he shifts between reverential awe and admiring wonder in front of the Pietà, creating an immersive experience in the rooms of the Ospedale Spagnolo at the Castello Sforzesco.

The exhibition is open from April 6th to May 18th with admission by reservation at the Castello ticket office. The 30-minute sequence of music, lights and images is screened in loop. Live performances of the Stabat Mater are held from April 6th to 13th.

For this 2025 edition, 5VIE broadens its exhibition itinerary: in addition to the historic venues of Palazzo Correnti (via Cesare Correnti 14) and SIAM (via Santa Marta 18), new in the line-up are the Cavallerizze of via Olona 4, at the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology.

Enjoy exploring one of Milano’s oldest neighbourhoods to discover cool projects and workshops, featuring designer & collectable design and high-end artisan craft, which open up to the international world adhering to the chosen theme of invisible harmonies: design as a threshold between matter and intuition. With over 70 events, 5VIE offers visitors an immersive journey to discover the subtle connections between the visible & the invisible, form & meaning, object & intuition.

Palazzo Litta in Corso Magenta 24 hosts Design Variations in its spaces: a collective exhibition that unites historic companies, emergent brands and projects from the Politecnico di Milano design students, which will be exhibited under the covered sottoportico. MoscaPartner Variations by the MoscaPartners Group: an exhibition that follows the common thread of Migrations, it welcomes selected companies and design projects that focus on sustainability and the environment, without renouncing the techniques and traditions of the participants’ places of origin.

Of particular interest is the site-specific installation Nobody Owns the Land: Earth, Forest, Mahk by Byoung Soo, a work that revolves around the current concept of land as a place of conflict, and which is hosted inside the Cortile d’Onore.

In the 5Vie headquarters in via Cesare Correnti, don’t miss Girotondo by Sara Ricciardi x Rometti and Nodus: a creative investigation into love told through the eyes of children. Vases, rugs in bright and vibrant colours and drawings will welcome visitors in this space where you can discover and feel love in its purest form.

At the Cavallerizze in Via Olona, be enchanted by Metamorphism, from design duo Julie and Jesse, experimental research that unfolds in a site-specific pyramidal structure created from elements of the most archaic material in the world: ceramic. This deceptively simple installation conceals profound meanings of ascent, deconstruction of hierarchies and contemporary modular structures.

The 5VIE design week program is also enhanced by the exhibition entitled Naturalia by Buccellati that offers an immersive exploration of nature and local craftsmanship: discover Buccellati Silver Nature through site-specific installations and immersive soundscapes that create three distinct natural environments. The entire design is enhanced by a botanical installation with flowers and vegetation by Mary Lennox Studio.

In via Bernardino Luigi 12 don’t miss KAIKADO 150, an installation of 150 bespoke tea caddies, accompanied by live demonstrations of their creation by five Japanese artisans who have travelled to Milano Design Week.

In the Cloister of Frogs of the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie, one of the most beautiful hidden corners of Milano, Luca Trazzi, in collaboration with FAN EUROPE Lighting, presents a new installation inspired by the salient elements attributed to Bramante, architect of the Basilica’s tribune.

Drawing inspiration from a decorative graffiti in a plaster in the cloister depicting flowers, Trazzi has created a series of lamps and light structures that play with light and shadow. The lamps, with a rounded and radial design, emit a warm light, creating luminous paths in the portico and transforming the garden into a theatre of light, with flower-shaped light elements that intertwine between columns and foliage.

Inside the Sacristy of the Basilica, a straight path is defined by two parallel rows of floor lamps, also floral, which accompany the visitor in an evocative atmosphere.

You are all invited to the 5VIE party, back again this year for even more fun.

Come, join, celebrate and learn about design by taking part in Design Pride, the parade of floats, music, dancing and performances that will strut through the city centre bringing an explosion of infectious joy. The party date is April 9th, starting from Piazza Castello (corner of Minghetti) at 18:00, then moving towards Piazza Affari, where the parade will end with an unmissable DJ set to dance until late into the night.

Rossana Orlandi, the world-renowned designer and art gallery owner, constantly works to support and promote young talent. During this Milano Design Week, the seventh edition of the international project RoGUILTLESSPLASTIC focuses on sustainability and innovation in materials.

Galleria Rossana Orlandi hosts RoCollectible 2025: an exhibition composed of a selection of international designers and young talent who approach the interpretation of new materials. Protagonists, amongst others, the Craftica Gallery of Warsaw, the architect Aline Asmar d’Amman, Paul Heijnen and the Korean artist Yong Nam Kim.

Registration required.

At some point in their lives most fashion enthusiasts will have dreamt of stepping through the doors of the editorial office, and even the closet, of a great magazine. From April 17th to 19th, Vogue Italia opens its physical spaces in Piazzale Luigi Cadorna 5 for the second edition of The Vogue Closet.

To mark Vogue Italia's sixtieth anniversary, The Vogue Closet will also be linked to the Design Week celebrations by retracing the evolution of the magazine.

For three whole days the editorial offices will be creatively reimagined into pages, layouts, backstage scenarios and much more, enabling the public to enter right into the magazine and learn more about the concepts, images, graphics and clothes with which Vogue has narrated and revolutionized the evolution of fashion language.

Free event open to the public upon registration.

For Milano Design Week 2024, Triennale Milano has organised an extensive schedule of exhibitions in addition to Starck's installation. First and foremost, the Universo Satellite - The 25 years of SaloneSatellite exhibition, the Salone del Mobile Milano’s hub dedicated to designers under 35. It will be a celebration of the history of this space which, conceived in 1998 by Marva Griffin, has contributed to providing a platform for young, up and coming talent.

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Wallpaper* Class of '24 - free entry - will be showcasing exciting emerging talent in the field of furniture and product design. On display are projects from around the world, from Canada to Korea, London, America and Ghana. A design platform where a diverse range of backgrounds and disciplines can deservedly shine on a global stage.

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Alessandro Mendini himself, already honoured by Starck with WHAT?, returns with Io sono un drago. The true story of Alessandro Mendini exhibition. This extensive retrospective takes inspiration from one of Mendini’s most emblematic self-portraits. Through it, he describes himself as a mythological creature that is part poet, architect, designer, craftsman, manager, artist, graphic designer and even priest. Visitors will be captivated by a display of different formats, materials and subjects, works of art from numerous public and private collections from around the world.

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