Marlot Baus Daily Rhythms — Life Around the Table | Milan Design Week 2025

Installation view of Marlot Baus' furniture and collaborative artworks at Alcova 2025

This year at Alcova Marlot Baus unveiled an installation in one of the rooms of villa Bagatti Valsecchi titled ‘Daily Rhythms – Life Around the Table’. More than just a showcase of objects, the presentation invited visitors to reflect on the emotional life that happens around the table — from quiet rituals to shared meals. […]

The Skin I Live In – A Meeting Between Saba & Alysi

Simposio sofa by SABA inside the Garden House by ALYSI during Milan Design Week – a space where design and fashion meet

On our last day in Milan while heading to our apartment we visited a few exhibitions at Tortona and I particularly liked ‘ The Skin I Live in’ at the Garden House by Alysia, a beautiful and installation by Saba and Alysi  by Studiopepe and  Around Studio. Studiopepe created a story where design and fashion […]

Studio KO x Beni Rugs – Intersection at 5Vie | Milan Design week 2025

Handwoven Moroccan rug from the ‘Intersection’ collection by Studio KO for Beni Rugs, shown at 5Vie during Milan Design Week.

In one of my favorite locations during Milan Design Week, at the 5Vie headquarters on Via Cesare Correnti, Beni Rugs presented Intersection a new collection of rugs designed by Paris and Marrakech-based architecture firm Studio KO. Intersection is an ode to memory, told through ten motifs inspired by the quiet poetry of everyday relics — […]

Good Selection | Milan Design week 2025

A former furniture factory in Varedo (in between the Alcova venues) was transformed into a platform for new contemporary design and the second edition of ‘Good Design’ The group exhibition brought together over 60 international designers in a spirit of collaboration and networking. Conceived as a laboratory for encounters and exchanges, the exhibition brought together […]

Alcova Continues at Villa Bagatti Valsecchi – Milan Design week 2025

Designers' installations inside Villa Bagatti Valsecchi at Alcova 2025, blending contemporary pieces with the villa’s historic architecture and high ceilings.

Every year during Milan Design Week, Alcova invites us into unexpected places—spaces where time seems to stand still and design breathes new life into forgotten architecture. Today I would love to take you along visiting Villa Bagatti Valsecchi. Wandering through the villa is a true walk through stories and spaces. The high ceilings, peeling walls, […]

Design at villa Borsani – Alcova | Milan Design week 2025

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Last year I fell totally in love with the beautiful  villa Borsani,  a Modernist architectural masterpiece by Italian architect and furniture designer Osvaldo Borsani, who built the villa to use as a family home from 1945. This year the villa was still as beautiful as last year. Designers from different countries exhibited in the various […]

Moscapartners variations at Palazzo Litta | Milan design week 2025

MoscaPartners exhibitions at Palazzo Litta, Palazzo Litta, one of Milan’s most iconic historical buildings, have become a yearly destination. The palace is really impressive, yet familiar. Different large installation at the entrance’s and inside are the first you see. And inside I thought the massive installation by LCD textile that dominated the large Sala degli […]

Openhouse launches issue 23 at Cadogan gallery | Milan Design week 2025

Milan Design week is over and what’s left are thousands of photos taken at the different exhibitions. I visited around 60 locations, with some exhibitions having more than 50 designers at that one place. My head and heart are filled with gratitude for being able to travel to Milan once again and soaking up all […]

Ausarta collection by Designs of the Time

In my previous post I promised you to show you some more of Designs of the Time, a Belgian company with over 25 years of textile experience, founded in 1998 by the Puylaert family. Their interior textiles beautifully capture a sense of imperfection, perfectly complementing their passion for natural materials and effortless, untreated aesthetics. Driven […]

Fourfold | Join me at Milan design Week 2025

As we speak we are working on our ‘schedule’ for Milan Design week, it almost seems like a day job, reading the many websites, the  different favourite guides we saved over the years and look into again each year. All with one purpose making a selection of places and exhibitions  we want to see. One […]