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The world's biggest design fair comes to Milan this month, bringing events, exhibitions and activations in every corner of the city. Read on for just a few of the shows Team Cabana will be visiting, and for the real inside track, including Martina Mondadori's personal 'must-sees' and our annual 'Best in Show' coverage, join us on Substack.
BY TEAM CABANA | HAPPENINGS | 15 APRIL 2026
Homo Faber: Today’s Masters Meet Tomorrow’s Talents
Caterina Roma (right), Artisan, and Mili Couto (left), Fellow © Homo Faber
A continuation of Homo Faber's successful 2025 Salone debut, Today’s Masters Meet Tomorrow’s Talents 2026 will showcase co-created works by 22 duos of master artisans and emerging talents from the Homo Faber Fellowship, including notable Spanish ceramicist Caterina Roma working with Homo Faber fellow, Mili Couto (pictured).
Developed over six months, the duos' works celebrate cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary collaboration and encompass 17 nationalities and 18 distinct crafts.
The brief – set by artist and designer Giampiero Bodino, Art Director of the Richemont Group – tasked the duos with creating an object centred on two main axes: the beauty that derives from craftsmanship and an object’s relationship with light.
Casa degli Artisti, Via Tommaso da Cazzaniga, Milan
Palladion d’Hermès Vase, hammered palladium-plated metal, lizard leather, calfskin and horsehair, designed by Studio Hermès.
Hermes
At La Pelota, Hermès stages one of the most consistent annual highlights of Salone del Mobile: a scenographic installation built around its new home collection.
This year, the maison presents a much-anticipated new furniture piece, along with objects and home textiles in a scenography designed by Charlotte Macaux-Perelman, architect and artistic director for Hermès Maison Universe, along with Alexis Fabry.
La Pelota, Via Palermo 10, Milan
Luke Edward Hall with sketches for his Aquae Mirabiles collection for Buccellati.
Buccellati: Aquae Mirabiles
Buccellati will presents “Aquae Mirabiles,” an immersive installation created with British artist Luke Edward Hall, curated by Federica Sala, and produced by Balich Wonder Studio. Showcasing the Italian maison's expanded Caviar silverware collection, the underwater-inspired exhibition explores myth and Italian caviar history, culminating in a dramatic banquet displaying the Buccellati's signature handcrafted designs.
In a temporary structure next to Buccellati’s headquarters in Piazza Tomasi di Lampedusa, visitors will move through a series of underwater environments illustrated with Hall’s watercolor drawings of Roman mythological figures, including Neptune, Naiads, and sirens, following the journey of the Italian sturgeon from sea to freshwater.
Buccellati, Piazza Tomasi di Lampedusa, Milan
Loro Piana: Studies, Chapter I: On the Plaid
Since the mid-1980s, plaids, alongside scarves, were among Loro Piana’s first finished products, subject to experimentation and benefiting from creative freedom.
This year, the Maison will present a series of case studies, each examining a specific object, function or use, reflecting Loro Piana's ethos through the study of its processes. Visitors will encounter 24 plaids, differentiated by techniques, constructions, patterns and finishes. Together, they form an index, mapping a range of approaches.
Loro Piana, Cortile della Seta, Milan
‘Objects that Speak’, a celebration of Andrea Branzi by Rosewood, Salone 2026
Rosewood: Objects that Speak
Rosewood's Salone debut will see the global hospitality brand – set to open its first hotel in Milan next year – honor the legacy of Italian designer Andrea Branzi, alongside contemporary works by a new generation of artists and designers.
With a focus on local craftsmanship, heritage and identity, Objects that Speak, curated in collaboration with Deyan Sudjic, Director Emeritus of the Design Museum, London, will showcase a large-scale display of Branzi’s handcrafted signature lamps, brought together for the first time with two of the designer’s unique wall paintings.
Also displayed together for the first time are artworks by nine artists, including Marc Quinn, Maarten Bass and Jaime Hayon, commissioned by Rosewood properties around the world.
Via Carlo de Cristoforis 1, Milan
La Casa Magica by Nilufar, Via della Spiga © Alejandro Ramirrez Orozco.
Nilufar
This year Nilufar presents a series of exhibitions exploring different facets of living. The Nilufar Depot will be transformed into the immersive (and fictional) Nilufar Grand Hotel, featuring an assemblage of vintage furniture, contemporary pieces and Nilufar Edition works. Three hotel rooms are designed by David/Nicolas, Filippo Carandini and Allegra Hicks, while designers including Bethan Laura Wood showcase their new collections.
At La Casa Magica, curated by Valentina Ciuffi of Studio Vedèt with set design by Space Caviar, the home is presented as ritual space and features design objects from diverse cultures that engage in customs, beliefs and storytelling.
Meanwhile Le Pied-a-Terre, curated by Nina Yasher, reflects the taste of a cosmopolitan aesthete and combines design icons such as Osvaldo Borsani and Gabriella Crespi with contemporary creations from Robison Ferreux Maeght, Studio Daniel K, and Marco Lavit.
Nilfar Grand Hotel; Viale Vincenzo Lancetti 34
La Casa Magica; Via della Spiga 32
TIVIOLI x Demisch Danant: Interplay
Italian couture house TIVIOLI and French-American gallery Demisch Danant will present a collaborative exhibition at Salone 2026, co-curated by creative director Clemente Tivioli, Suzanne Demisch, and Lily Kelly, to explore the dialogue between couture materials and historic design. Organized into four vignettes, the installation stages furniture, garments, lighting, and objects as unified compositions rather than traditional interiors.
Couture textiles, including suede, leather, pony hair, and rare vintage fabrics, interact with historic pieces, drawing on Italian exhibition design traditions, particularly mid-century museum practices. Works span movements from Art Deco to postwar modernism, blending sculptural garments with furniture and design objects. Layered partitions, drapery, and framed views will guide visitors through immersive environments.
TIVIOLI, Via Santo Spirito, Milan
Prada Home
This year, Prada Home unveils the exhibition ‘Chawan Cabinet’, a new collaboration with Japanese ceramic artists which is curated by American multidisciplinary artist Theaster Gates, a longtime collaborator of the brand. Focusing on the relationship between design, craft and everyday objects, “Chawan Cabinet’ is inspired by Japan’s tradition of pottery-making and is focused on ceramics key to the country’s tea culture.
It presents vessels from Gates’ craftspeople friends from his time studying pottery in Tokoname more than 20 years ago, including Taira Kuroki from Kyoto, Shion Tabata from Karuizawa and Yuichi Hirano from Tokoname. Combined with contemporary pieces from Prada’s home collection, the exhibition encourages a more thoughtful approach on how everyday pieces are made and experienced.
Via Montenapoleone 6, Milan
Dimoregallery
Dimoregallery marks Salone at its new location on Via San Vittore al Teatro, just steps from Piazza degli Affari. The two-floor space is within a former bank (complete with the original vault) where it showcases pieces by Dimoremilano and Interni Venosta alongside historical furniture. References are sharply tuned to Italian design culture, including nods to figures such as Mireille Rivier, Luigi Caccia Dominioni and Nanda Vigo.
The new Dimoremilano collection is rooted in sculpture, from the ‘André’ armchair with its hexagonal black-lacquered metal frame to the circular ‘Louise’ chair, which has clamps holding the fabric along the entire backrest. In a dedicated room, furniture sits with a bronze bamboo cane installation by Osanna Visconti.
Dimoregallery can also be found at the Osanna Visconti Atelier on Via Santa Marta 13, with set design curated by Dimorestudio, and the Phillips’ space at Via Lanzone 2.
Via S. Vittore Al Teatro, 1/3
Golden Goose: Arts & Crafts
A global program of workshops celebrating the art of hand-crafted objects will be launched by Golden Goose this Salone, marking an ambitious experiential evolution for the brand, which hopes to make its stores "places to gather and make products".
Arts & Crafts, debuting at Salone before expanding to key cities worldwide, will allow shoppers to book 90-minute workshops guided by local craftsmen or enjoy curated kits at their own pace. Crafts include clay, textile printing, papier-mâché, tufting, and woodwork. At the end of 2026, Arts & Crafts will find its new home at HAUS Milano, set to become the largest Golden Goose location in the world and the first flagship to embody this shift from experiential retail into entertainment.
Golden Goose Cusani Store, Marelli 10, Milan; 19 April
RH Milan Gallery, Corso Venezia, 56
RH Milan Gallery
Following its notable launch in Paris, RH is coming to Milan's Corso Venezia this month, unveiling the brand's new flagship during Salone: a restored 19th-century neo-renaissance palazzo, reimagined as a unique retail and hospitality destination.
The space will combine furniture, design, food and wine, featuring a restaurant, design library, interior studio, lounges and gardens, while debuting RH estates and showcasing luxury collections alongside rare art, antiques and global artifacts.
Corso Venezia, 56, Milan
Gucci Memoria
In a new exhibition curated by Demna for Salone 2026, Gucci will present Gucci Memoria, a symbolic retelling of the Maison’s 105-year history, reflecting its many facets, transformations, and creative expressions.
Set within Milan’s historic Chiostri di San Simpliciano, the Maison will invite visitors to experience an immersive narrative that bridges past and present.
Chiostri di San Simpliciano, Piazza Paolo VI, 6, Milan
Armani Casa
‘Borgonuovo’ games table, Armani Casa
The unveiling of the new Armani Casa collection is especially poignant following the passing of Giorgio Armani last September. This will be the first presentation since the designer’s death. Shown at the brand’s flagship Milan store, the exhibition ‘Origini’ starts with Armani’s iconic pieces and expands to evoke the atmosphere of three of his homes, in Milan, St Moritz, and the volcanic Italian island of Pantelleria.
But the collection highlight is the new Art Deco inspired ‘Borgonuovo’ games table, named after the Milanese street on which he lived. Ideally for playing chess or checkers, its materials and craftsmanship are exquisite – the structure is made of Amara ebony wood while the surface is upholstered in taupe leather. In the corners are cleverly integrated pull-out drink holders for the all-important aperitif.
Corso Venezia, 14, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
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