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By Temenouzhka Zaharieva
From collectible design to intelligent ecosystems: Milan Design Week 2026 outlines trends for the next decade Cattelan Italia -  photo Temenouzhka Zaharieva Milan Design Week is the most important moment of the year for the world of design – it is here that professionals and enthusiasts gather not only to discover new products, but also to exchange knowledge, to be informed and, ultimately, to do business. It turns every corner of the city into a stage for bold ideas, surprising installations and projects that shape the direction of interior design for the coming months. The event is so vast that even seven days are not enough to cover everything – from the main fair, the Salone del Mobile at Rho Fiera, to the Fuorisalone – the dozens of exhibitions and installations scattered throughout the city. Milan Design Week is not really “about furniture”. It is a fascinating cultural phenomenon that uses furniture as its medium and predicts how we will live, work and connect in the next de...
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Today is the birthday of a genius

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By Temenouzhka Zaharieva
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Today is Leonardo da Vinci's birthday! Born 467 years ago, he created an incredible heritage of scientific and artistic creations to posterity that still enchants us and which is still relevant, unsurpassed by the discoveries of modern times. Proud successors of his genious, quite logically, contemporary Italians continue this love for creativity, art and design and collect in the annual Design Week (which started in 1961 as a vehicle to advance Italian design) some of the most intteresting achievements of today's international design scene. 

This year in the 500th anniversary of his death Milan Design Week pays homage to the Renaissance genius with numerous installations and events.
Leonardo was obsessed with water. AQUA is a site-specific experience designed by Marco Balich, developed with Balich Worldwide Shows, illustrating how Leonardo worked with water. "In several codices Leonardo drafted the beginning of treatise, never completed, on the movement of water wich was to bring togather his studies of the behaviour and nature of this element...." explains a text in the photos at the beginning of the AQUA instalation at Conca dell’incoronata – Via San Marco in Milan.


AQUA installation – Photo by Salone del Mobile.Milano.




AQUA installation – Photo by Salone del Mobile.Milano.

It was interesting to see also De-Signo, the other installation at pavilion 24, that literally connects Leonardo's achievements, approach to design and the industriousness of the Renaissance workshops with the achievements of the contemporary Italian design companies  - from the time of the great Master to the present day. The cinematic installation by Davide Rampello and Alessandro Colombo occupies a 400 square metre space.



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These are just two of a year-long series of events celebrating Leonardo's anniversary - allover the world!
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