A curated selection of events around the world for design lovers and those who enjoy traveling between culture and relaxation
Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style
Through three sections dedicated to the symbolic settings of swimming — the pool, the lido, and nature — the exhibition explores the role of design in shaping our relationship with swimming, both in and out of the water. The journey begins in the 1920s, when swimwear started being designed for swimming and seaside tourism began to spread, and extends to the present day, examining how swimming influences contemporary themes such as body autonomy and environmental challenges.
Over 200 objects are on display, illustrating the evolution of swimming in its social, cultural, technological, and environmental dimensions.
On view until August 17, 2025
At the London Design Museum
© Luke Hayes for the Design Museum
Forma & Estetica: exploration of Italian design
The exhibition celebrates modern and contemporary Italian design, exploring the intersection of function and aesthetics in a context shaped by industry, urbanization, and cultural tradition. Creating a dialogue between past and present, the show places the works of contemporary artists Vincenzo De Cotiis and Giacomo Ravagli alongside 20th-century masters such as Gio Ponti, Gabriella Crespi, Emilio Lancia, Cesare Leonardi, Franca Stagi, Studio BBPR, Mario Gottardi, and Ico and Luisa Parisi. Curated by Jean de Piépape, the exhibition design immerses the works in an environment inspired by the refined palette of Palazzo Venezia, evoking the atmosphere of a sophisticated Italian home devoted to design. The exhibition offers a cross-sectional look at the evolution of Italian design, where tradition is reinvented through new sensibilities and formal languages.
On view until August 16, 2025
At Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York
Nick Valentijn
The first solo exhibition of Dutch designer Nick Valentijn. The show features a new series of works that blur the boundary between function and sculpture. Entirely handmade, the pieces emerge from an instinctive and physical process, without technical drawings, in direct dialogue with the material. Chairs that challenge comfort, furniture that resists function: each object is unique, imperfect, autonomous. The project originates from his graduation at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts (2024), developed in his grandfather’s workshop, and continues today in his rural studio in the Netherlands.
On view until September 20, 2025
At St. Vincents, Antwerpen
Memorie dal futuro. Il design di Joe Colombo per Kartell
The exhibition tells the story of the historic collaboration between Joe Colombo and Kartell, founded on innovation, experimentation, and a design vision that blends function, aesthetics, and emotion. Through three sections — The Future of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow — it revisits iconic projects such as the Universale chair and futuristic lamps, showing how Colombo’s work remains relevant and inspiring to this day.
Thanks to the Joe Colombo Historical Archive and curated by Ignazia Favata, the exhibition celebrates a key chapter in Italian design.
On view until September 19
At Museo Kartell, Milano
Between Modernism & Japanese Resonance
The exhibition brings together a curated selection of international historical design pieces — furniture, lighting, and ceramics — within a space that fuses architectural memory with material sensitivity. The concept draws inspiration from the Unité d’Habitation in Marseille, the masterpiece by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand, where modularity, raw materials, and color coexist in a vision of modern living centered on the human being. The setup recalls the interiors of that iconic project and their later works influenced by Japanese aesthetics, creating a balance between structural rigor and tactile warmth. Also inspired by Japanese spatial logic, the installation introduces depth and rhythm through sculptural wooden panels that function as dividers, evoking the flexibility of traditional sliding walls.
On view until July 31, 2025
At Antiqua Gallery, Athens
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