At Palazzo Litta for Milan Design Week 2025, Design Variations offers contemplative and reflective experiences on design. Courtyards and stately rooms will host immersive installations that interact with the historic architecture, enhancing the connections between body, space, matter and culture.
This is it, it’s that week again in Milan: for those who have never been there, or for those who are rusty, all the fundamentals to tackle Salone and Fuorisalone and come out a winner (and alive).
After such a long wait, experiencing the Design Week venues in person is always a revelation. Here’s our selection, from large exhibitions in former industrial spaces like Alcova, Labò, and Dropcity, to an installation in a Milanese apartment.
Ten cars tell the 95-year old story of Pininfarina’s evolving style where timeless elegance meets groundbreaking automotive design.
Now you can share your work through a new function by Domus where you can upload your architecture, design, interior, graphics, illustration, photography and art projects.
The comic book artist, regarded as one of the greatest living storytellers, is celebrated by an exhibition in Barcelona. Domus visited it with him. Here is what he told us.
The Wings is an innovative complex that combines futuristic design and sustainability. With BREEAM Excellent, WELL Gold, and DGNB Gold certifications, the building houses offices, a hotel, and common areas, utilizing advanced solutions such as AGC Stopray glass for energy efficiency.
In the April editorial, the guest editor of Domus, traces the history of a material that is just about everywhere, from the Centre Pompidou to Star Trek.
Following Severance 2’s media success, Ikea India launches its Mittzon office furniture line with a new advertising campaign: a tribute to the corporate world of Lumon Industries.
ZHA returns to Milan for this year’s Design Week with an installation in the Cortile d’Onore of the University of Milan.
From the vertigo of Babel to the challenge of the World Trade Center, a journey through the architectural idea that has shaped myths, art, and our collective unconscious.
Visionary projects, design innovations, works that have written the history of art. From the first issue in 1928, signed by Gio Ponti, the Domus archive contains almost 100 years of culture. From today and only until 30 April, you can purchase the annual subscription, pro version, at a subsidised price.
An installation for Milano Design Week 2025 celebrates the experience of sailing between open sea and light, made unique by the innovative character of the Manta helm seat.
The Market Cube of Zhubei reinvents the concept of the market, combining commerce and sociability in a porous architecture capable of evolving with the city.
From the Rotterdam Design Biennale to Milan Design Week, the Dutch designer talks about how the global industry might aim big, yet the small and the subtle...
A reflection on the Salone del Mobile 2025 and what we would like to see: between suspended expectations, possible utopias and a critical look at the role of design today. Is this the design week we need, or does it need to be rethought?
On April 11 at 18:30 pm, the RNLT Store on Corso Garibaldi will host a new event of Domus talks, focusing on the future of smart cities, exploring new design paradigms and digital transitions.
Bjarke Ingels Group's design for the new Natural History Museum in Debrecen intertwines architectural geometry and natural landscape into a single ‘ecosystem’ under the sign of sustainability.
Between confirmations and surprises, an author's guide through the installations, events and exhibitions to mark in your diary for this Milan Design Week.
The Fondazione dell’Ordine degli Architetti di Milano presents “Milano Moderna Oggi” (Modern Milan Today), a photographic exhibition that looks at the architectural heritage of the last century through a contemporary lens.
With elegant lines and solid know-how, Cantori, a leader in furniture design, presents its first line dedicated to outdoor spaces.
Glass blocks have revolutionised the history of architecture, introducing a type of transparency that goes beyond the classic use of glass.
How did the Salone del Mobile come to life? When did it take on an international dimension? Discover the most significant events and exhibitions that left a mark. Here’s everything you need to know before heading to Design Week.
Isla Intersections transforms an unused public site near a congested motorway junction into a sustainable modular housing complex, offering innovative solutions to the housing crisis and urban integration.
A century following the 1925 Paris Exposition, the elegance and charm of Art Déco are on show in Milan. Gio Ponti stands out, a few years before the launch of Domus in 1928.
Between brutalism and postmodernism, and masters such as Aldo Rossi, the BBPR and the Smithsons, a journey through those buildings that have seemed controversial to everyone except architects.
“Francesco Vezzoli presents: KARL GOES TO MEMPHIS. Tribute to a Historic Encounter in Monte Carlo” is a tribute to the expressive freedom that defined 1980s design, told through two icons of contemporary creativity.
Philippe Starck takes inspiration from fantastic imagery and story-telling to shape a hotel conceived as the maison of a fairytale character.
Experimental studio has designed a house in exposed concrete where a regular matrix is interrupted by sculptural staircases and large cantilevered terraces project out into nature.
The adaptive reuse of a former industrial complex acts as the epicentre of a process of urban requalification and ecological transition under the banner of art and digital technologies.
Two new products ensure the highest level of environmental well-being through acoustic insulation.
Milan becomes a stage for creativity. Domus has selected the art, architecture and design exhibitions not to be missed in and around the city during the busiest days of the year.
A desk companion that intercepts and plays encrypted radio communications—once popular during the Cold War era but still in use today.
In the 1970s, the designer led the Tantibambini series for Italy’s most influential publisher, Einaudi – approaching it as he would any other design project.
The work of the Austrian designer, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 1985, is a visionary experience in which "everything is architecture": to celebrate this, an exhibition is being held in the Paris museum, which will soon be closed for renovation.
Parallels between the Torre Velasca and Le Havre, between Aalto's Viipuri Library and Ignazio Gardella's Pavilion of Contemporary Art. On the occasion of Pierluigi Nicolin's death, we remember him through one of his many contributions to Domus.
Stefano R. Pansera, director of Bangkok’s Kunsthalle and Khao Yai Art Forest, shares the story behind the creation of Thailand’s two newest artistic landmarks, which have gained worldwide attention.
