Milan Lights Up with Design
Piazza Gae Aulenti, Milano Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 “Thought for Humans.” / Dentsu Creative Italia
Milan becomes a canvas for a collective narrative of contemporary design, with 49 LED walls spanning from Central Station to Piazza Cadorna, 38 digital screens at Malpensa and Linate airports, 320 posters in metro stations, and 18 Welcome Project info points scattered throughout the city. But that’s just the beginning!
A rich programme of events and installations will bring design to life all over Milan: Vernissage, Design Kiosk, Robert Wilson’s Mother, Es Devlin’s Library of Light featuring a curated palimpsest of talks, graphic interventions around the city’s most iconic design landmarks, and over 100 exhibitor showrooms animated by special events. Together, these initiatives transform Milan into a sprawling, immersive design experience.
Vernissage - Via Dante, Milan / Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 / Dentsu Creative Italia
VERNISSAGE: Open-air photographic exhibition
In collaboration with FLA Plus, FederlegnoArredo, the photo exhibition showcases Bill Durgin’s striking images that explore the bond between the human body and designed objects. The theme, Thought for Humans, is expressed through visuals that blend material and emotion, form and function.
The campaign extends across Milan with 49 LED walls, 38 airport screens, 1000 bus displays, 320 underground ads, and more - turning the city into an open-air gallery where design meets daily life.
Address: Via Dante,
Dates: 25th March – 15th April Open 24 hours
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Design Kiosk - Piazza della Scala, Milan / Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 / ©Andrea Mariani
DESIGN KIOSK
Curated by Corraini Edizioni and designed by DWA Studio, the pop-up bookstore is a meeting hub for creatives and visitors, hosting daily talks at 6:30pm with names like Federica Biasi, Aldo Cibic, and Olimpia Zagnoli. Here, guests can also find the official Salone capsule collection.
Address: Piazza della Scala
Dates: 1st – 13th April, 10:00 – 19:00
Robert Wilson. Mother - Museo della Pietà Rondanini, Castello Sforzesco / Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 / ©Luciano Romano
MOTHER: Robert Wilson's installation
This immersive installations is a visionary tribute to Michelangelo's unfinished sculpture, set to music by Arvo Pärt.
Dates: from April 6th, open to the public.
Address: at the Museo della Pietà Rondanini – Castello Sforzesco
Piccolo Teatro Strehler / Milano Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 “Thought for Humans.” / Dentsu Creative Italia
TALKS: Library of Light
The site-specific installation by British artist Es Devlin is a living structure, inhabited by over 2,000 volumes donated by Feltrinelli, becoming a performative library: a place to experience in silence or to experience through words. In the heart of the luminous bookshop, in fact, three evening meetings will give voice to thought, sparking crosscutting and multidisciplinary reflections.
Address: Pinacoteca di Brera – Cortile d’Onore
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Piazza Gae Aulenti, Milano Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 “Thought for Humans.” / Dentsu Creative Italia
ο»ΏOther highlights include eight graphic installations around the city, celebrating iconic Milanese design elements, and over 100 showrooms participating in Fuorisalone. The Welcome Project will see over 100 design students guiding visitors across Milan, wearing distinctive jackets made in partnership with Ethicarei, reinforcing the fair’s commitment to sustainability, innovation and ethics.
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