Triennale Milano – Milano Design Week 2026
Triennale Milano is presenting a series of exhibitions and projects confirming its vocation as the go-to institution for design and architecture
Triennale Milano presents a series of exhibitions and projects for Milano Design Week 2026, reaffirming its standing as an institutional point of reference in design and architecture while also showcasing intriguing international developments.
Visitors will be able to take in the retrospective Edward Barber | Jay Osgerby. Alphabet, curated by Marco Sammicheli, layout designed by Studio Mille, a review of how the London duo’s creative explorations evolved between 1990 and 2022, while also enjoying the new layout of the Museo del Design Italiano, conceived of by Marco Sammicheli and Marilia Pederbelli, as well as the exhibitions Andrea Branzi by Toyo Ito. Continuous Present, produced in collaboration with the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, concept and layout design by Toyo Ito, curated by Nina Bassoli and Michela Alessandrini, and Lella and Massimo Vignelli. A Language of Clarity, curated by Francesca Picchi, together with Marco Sammicheli and Studio Mut (Martin Kerschbaumer and Thomas Kronbichler), layout design by Jasper Morrison Office for Design, featuring David Saik.
As always, Ettore Sottsass’s Casa Lana will be open to visitors, with the added attraction of a new exhibit in Sottsass Hall on the famed architect and designer. Awaiting the public on the park floor will be Nello spazio di un secolo. Rai Pubblicità, 100 anni di storia e oltre, an exhibition on the 100-year history of Rai radio and television advertising, promoted by Rai Pubblicità.
As during past Milan design weeks, Triennale’s spaces will also host the creative projects and designs of international institutions and enterprises, for an in-depth look at key topics in contemporary design. The following exhibitions will be open to visitors at no charge: CASA ULTRAPIEGA , promoted by Anonima Castelli, layout design by Spalvieri & Del Ciotto; The Eames Houses, a project of the Eames Office, in collaboration with the Charles & Ray Eames Foundation; Fredericia: una cronaca del design danese by the Fredericia brand; Continuum on the Gebrüder Thonet Vienna brand, layout design by Spalvieri & Del Ciotto; HYLEtech lab Light in Matter – variazioni sul tema dell’architettura by HYLETECH; and Frans Dijkmeijer: The Silent Pioneer, promoted by Kvadrat, curated by Marco Sammicheli, layout design by Jacob Manz.
A further initiative of Triennale Milano for design week is its public program of events featuring guests of international renown. The planned encounters include a lecture by Toyo Ito on Monday 20 April at 11:00 am, organized in collaboration with the Fondation Cartier as part of the exhibition Andrea Branzi by Toyo Ito. Continuous Present.
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For over 100 years Triennale Milano has been promoting culture as a means of encounter, through the languages of design, architecture, and the visual and performing arts. In the Palazzo dell’Arte, designed by Giovanni Muzio in 1933, Triennale puts on international exhibitions, performances, concerts, talks and workshops that offer new perspectives on the contemporary world. Triennale is home to the Museo del Design Italiano, where you can see some of the 1,600 objects from its permanent collection. With its theatre and Voce, the new space dedicated to sound and music, it offers a rich year-round program of live arts. Triennale’s archives and research center can be visited in Cuore. Every three years Triennale organize the International Exhibition, which has been one of the most important events in the world of design and architecture since 1923.
