Fuorisalone 2022: alternative guide to events

Brera Design District

With a calendar of 160 events, it is the beating heart of the 2022 edition of the Design Week. The dominant theme of the Brera Design District is “Forms of Living”. The streets of Brera are all to be covered. For those who have interests in the bathroom, we point out:

“DESIGN OUTDOOR TASTE”  e “DESIGN OUTDOOR BATHROOM”

An exhibition of 700 square meters with projects dedicated to the bathroom and to the open air. 7 architects for an unprecedented exhibition of bathrooms, in the courtyard of the historic basilica of San Marco. An exhibition and sensory journey.

San Marco Square, 2

THE ART OF DREAMS

Porche presents an immersive installation by floral artist Ruby Barber. Porsche intends to discover the interplay between nature and technology. Rudy Barber has created a work that combines the fragility of flowers with 21st century technology. It is a truly innovative installation.

Palazzo Clerici, via Clerici 5

GREAT CLOISTER OF SAN SIMPLICIANO

A selection of Anglo-Saxon Designs will be seen in the complex of the Basilica of San Simpliciano.

Great Cloister of San Simpliciano, Via Cavalieri del Santo Sepolcro 3

BRERA BOTANICAL GARDEN

It is a unique naturalistic place. Extended for 5,000 square meters. This setting hosts “FEELING THE ENERGY” by Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota for Plenitude. It is an invitation to the public to discover the multiple forms of Sustainable Energy.

Via Brera 28 / via Fiori Oscuri 4.

District of Tortona

In the Tortona district, for this Fuorisalone, 3 great protagonists:

Tortona Rocks, Base, Superstudio and focuses on the theme of SUSTAINABILITY. The attention of the general public has always been concentrated here.

SUPERSTUDIO

The Superstudio installations deal with the theme of how to plan the future. Great attention to the theme of Sustainability.

CASE COZY COSI’

Explore the desire to return, in the time of the metaverse,
to the comfortable houses of the past. It’s a roundup of mini accommodations with different styles from around the world.

WOMEN AND DESIGN

Talk about female creativity. The role of women is increasingly incisive wherever they operate. Women and Design presents the installations of some selected female presences. Creative protagonists of the design world not as women but for their talent and value.

Superstudio, via Moncucco 35

BASE

IKEA FESTIVAL: to tell how homes and people have changed.

As? Exploring different moments of life through 7 days of highly engaging events. Ikea’s goal is to create a better everyday life for the majority of people. IKEA aims to make us live a more sustainable life at home.

BASE Milano, Via Bergognone 34

TORTONA ROCKS

Tra le tante esposizioni di aziende internazionali che guardano avanti citiamo:

VESTRE azienda norvegese leader nella produzione di arredi sostenibili.

CHAISES NICOLLE con la nuova collezione firmata da Paola Navone.

Gli oltre 100 brand selezionati da ARCHIPRODUCTS Milano.

Opificio 31, via Tortona 31.

The exhibition circuit winds its way through via Tortona with THE PLAYFUL LIVING which analyzes the new concepts of living.

VANITY FAIR ITALIA presents the Vanity Fair Social Garden in via Bergognone 26

5 VIE DESIGN WEEK

It is the district dedicated to cross-disciplinary design practices and one-of-a-kind pieces. Events and presentations will tell stories from a design week for a more sustainable tomorrow, based on sharing and interdisciplinarity.

This very central area winds from via Correnti to largo Carrobbio, from via S.Maurillo to via Santa Marta. Not being able to mention all the events, we point out:

THE MASTERLY COLLECTIVE:

THE DUTCH IN MILANO, which presents a selection of the best contemporary Dutch design.

Turati Palace, via Meravigli 7

Another gem at the Erbert Food Concept Store, the installation by ASTRID LUGLIO tells the contact between Food and Design, mixing furnishings and food materials.

ISOLA DESIGN DISTRICT

Isola Design Festival offers a rich series of events dedicated to research and the future of design. It will welcome more than 250 international designers and design studios.

In this season curated by Isola, 6 themes will take place:

Circular Design – New Materials – Craftsmanship – Sustainable Production – Social Design – Collector’s Design

Also here among the many events we highlight:

RISING TALENTS

It is an exhibition dedicated to students, recent graduates, emerging designers from the best international academies.

via Farini 35

TRIENNALE MILANO

MEMPHIS AGAIN
Exhibition of over 200 furniture and objects made between 1981 and 1986 for the Memphis collection. The objects are presented as a fashion show in a night club atmosphere to the tune of Seth Troxler’s soundtrack.

CACTUSRAMA
It is the Gufram exhibition that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the famous Cactus. You will see 12 editions of this object-sculpture. The last one was created in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts.

Triennale Milano, Viale Emilio Alemagna 6

ALCOVA

The ALCOVA in project is in a former military hospital near the Inganni underground station. It is the new classic of the Fuori Salone. Innovative and traditional materials will be seen but with innovative and unconventional interpretations.

Last year it was one of the most visited locations.

Emerging talents and professionals who share research, this is the best place to understand what design means on a global level. It is an exhibition itinerary that spreads over more than 20 hectares between external and internal spaces. The 2022 edition promises to be large and ambitious.

We recommend two emerging artists:

SABINE MARCELIN Dutch designer with a strong focus on materiality. In the Alcova spaces there is a pink onyx bathroom to be admired like a sculpture.

SERENA CONFALONIERI presents the new lamps designed for Servomuto. Fluid shapes in metal and lycra inspired by the sinuosity of the female body.

Alcova, via Simone Saint Bon 1

ID EXE

A new way of presenting design, expanding its boundaries and points of view. A widespread district, scattered throughout the city. ID EXE hybridizes the real world, with its exhibition moments, and the virtual world, giving life to new levels and fruition scenarios that come to life from smartphones and tablets.

We will be able to see exhibitions in augmented reality throughout the city. The initiative curated by Design Open Spaces is sponsored by the Lombardy region and transports the Design Week into the future.

ROSSANA ORLANDI UN MUST DEL FUORISALONE

The Rossana Orlandi gallery in via Matteo Bandelli 14 is an unmissable stop for anyone visiting the Milan Fuorisalone. The selection of brands, objects and designers is important. Among the Brands we point out the Danish SÈ.

Furthermore, at Spazio Rossana Orlandi there will be the prize: RO PLASTIC PRIZE per immaginare il riuso della plastica.

BARANZATE ATELIERS

Industrial archaeological heritage, the former NECCHI factory in Baranzate was chosen by the designers and artists of ZAVENTEM ATELIERS (BELGIUM) as the location for a Fuori Salone on the occasion of the Salone del Mobile 2022.

There are 3,000 square meters of industrial warehouse that will become an exhibition itinerary dedicated to collectible design and experimental art.

THE SPECIAL EVENTS OF THE FUORISALONE

Among the unmissable events of the Fuorisalone, that of TIMBERLAND which in collaboration with Stefano Boeri Interiors presents:

“FLOATING FOREST” a floating multi-sensory forest created on the water of the DARSENA in Milan. It is both a physical and a virtual experience.

Darsena, Porta Ticinese

DEAR JOE COLOMBO YOU TAUGHT US ABOUT THE FUTURE

An exhibition itinerary dedicated to the designer who has revolutionized the way of thinking about design.

Galleria di Arte Moderna, via Palestro 16 

UNNATURAL PRACTICE 

Installation where the Polish artist and designer MARIN RUSAK presents a collection of furniture created with organic materials. RUSAK manipulates flowers and assembles them to form furnishings.

Spazio Ordet, via Adige 17

THE ROOMS OF HERMES

5 rooms decorated by hand by a team of set designers from La Scala. The objects in the 5 rooms are magnificent. Visit with reservations required. This is the link: web.digitick.com

Spazio Eventi La Pelota, Via Palermo 10

Absolutely unmissable:

THE TABLE OF WONDERS by FOOD DESIGN STORIES

A project by Caterina Misuraca and Sandra Faggiano, for the Fuorisalone 2022 set up at Superstudio in via Tortona 27 which for the Design Week presents the theme:

“LOOKING AHEAD”

Food Design Storis researches and connects designers, artists who make the real Made in Italy that does not weigh on the environment. It is an exhibition that will propose a series of sustainable creations in which the floral element is an “aesthetic” actor or a real construction tool. A path between flowers and design that does not weigh on the environment for materials and workmanship.

Note: Pre-registration on their website is recommended to access Superstudio.