12 places to discover at Fuorisalone 2026

© Villa Pestarini, Ph. Luigi Fiano

Villa Pestarini 
More than 120 international exhibitors animate ALCOVA, the experimental design collective, this year across two venues: Villa Pestarini, a private 1930s residence designed by Franco Albini near Piazza Tripoli, and the Military Hospital of Baggio, which expands the route with previously inaccessible spaces, including a church, a rectory and a historical archive.
A true manifesto of Italian Rationalism, Villa Pestarini opens to the public for the first time. Here designers are invited to engage directly with Albini’s legacy, activating it in the present. Among the various projects: Haworth and Cassina present an installation by Patricia Urquiola inspired by icons such as the Veliero bookshelf and the Luisa armchair.


© Piscina Romano

Piscina Romano
Inside the spaces of the historic Piscina Romano — inaugurated in 1929 and designed by engineer-architect Luigi Lorenzo Secchi — 6:AM presents OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER, an exhibition that transforms contemporary glass into an immersive experience during Milan Design Week 2026. The pool preserves the architectural imprint of the time. The changing rooms, the ticket office, and the Liberty-style building show signs of later interventions.


© Palazzo Galbani, Ph. Nicola Colella

Palazzo Galbani
For the first time in its history, Paris Internationale — the independent contemporary art fair founded in Paris in 2015 and known for its curatorial and experimental format — takes place outside France and chooses Milan as its new location. True to its spirit, the Parisian fair, which over time has occupied various disused hôtels particuliers, will take place from April 18 to 21, 2026 at Palazzo Galbani, in via Fabio Filzi 25, inside a 1950s modernist building currently undergoing redevelopment by Park Associati.


© Palazzo Acerbi

Palazzo Acerbi
Located at Corso di Porta Romana 3, Palazzo Acerbi is one of the buildings richest in history and legend in the city. Known for the cannonball still embedded in its façade, a memory of the Five Days of Milan, it is also linked to a 17th-century rumor that described it as the Devil’s residence. This imposing baroque palace has survived major events — from the 1630 plague to the bombings of World War II — intertwining reality and imagination over time. Here H&M HOME debuts with an unprecedented collaboration with American interior designer Kelly Wearstler, presented through a conceptual installation that showcases key pieces of the collection. The exhibition offers an exclusive preview of the objects, together with bespoke components in customized colors and sizes, made in wood, metal, ceramics, marble and textiles.
The Kelly Wearstler H&M HOME collection will be available from September 3, 2026 in selected stores and online at hm.com/home


© Torre Velasca, Ph. Giacomo Albo

Torre Velasca 
Designed by BBPR and completed in 1958, Torre Velasca is an icon of the city. Since late 2020 it has undergone a restoration and conservative renovation project led by Hines, as investor and developer, and Asti Architetti in collaboration with the Fine Arts Authority. During Design Week, Visteria Foundation presents Polish Modernism. A Struggle for Beauty, an exhibition occupying the 16th floor of Torre Velasca, offering a layered reading of Polish modernism through a dialogue between historical works and contemporary productions.


© Fabbrica Sassetti

Fabbrica Sassetti
TEN: The Evolving Now is the theme of the tenth edition of Isola Design Festival 2026, which brings attention back to Fabbrica Sassetti (via Filippo Sassetti 31), a former 1930s wool spinning factory, now a space with industrial charm hidden inside a residential courtyard.
Here lies the heart of the festival with the main exhibition Isola Design Gallery, alongside the collective No Space for Waste, which explores alternative practices to mass production between upcycling and bio-engineering, and Rasa – The Indian Collective, curated by Nidhi Chandak and Varun E S, exploring Indian craftsmanship in a contemporary key. The Dutch Atelier offers a snapshot of contemporary Dutch design, while Baguette Studio presents LE LABO 1.0, a live installation in which lamps are produced on site using remouldable natural wax, making a waste-free process visible.


© Fornasetti, Zodiac Room

Fornasetti 
Fornasetti presents the complete redesign of its Corso Venezia store — with a new entrance on via Senato 2 — by the international studio Tutto Bene. The project includes the opening of a flower shop curated by Simone Gooch of Fjura, hosted inside the store for twelve weeks, as well as the introduction of a new collection ranging from furniture and ceramics to decorative objects. The redesigned store unfolds across three floors, each offering a different way to engage with the Fornasetti universe.


© Factory Eleven

DEORON 
Founded in 2021, DEORON is an independent curatorial platform at the intersection of design, research and lifestyle. The 2026 edition presents an international selection of over 50 designers, brands and independent studios across furniture, lighting, homeware and technology. The project takes shape at Factory Eleven, a large industrial space of about 800 sqm in via Padova 11, a former ball-bearing factory reactivated for the first time as a cultural venue, where industrial production, design research and collectible design meet in a narrative dedicated to contemporary experimentation.


© Santa Maria delle Grazie

PRADA FRAMES
Now in its fifth edition, Prada Frames — the symposium curated by Formafantasma — returns from April 19 to 21 with In Sight, an investigation into the production and role of images in contemporary culture. Prada Frames In Sight will be hosted at the Santa Maria delle Grazie complex: the talks will take place in the Sacristy, a Renaissance space traditionally attributed to Bramante, characterized by early 16th-century inlaid panels with biblical scenes by Domenico and Francesco Morone. Guided tours in small groups will be available. Admission to Prada Frames In Sight is free, subject to availability, upon registration on prada.com starting from April 13.
Between cultural, political and material dimensions, the program opens a critical reflection on the environmental, social and technological implications of images, placing their contradictions and real impact at the center.


© Superstudio Village

Superstudio Village 
Superstudio Village, new for 2026, opens in the Bovisa district with SuperPlayground, a regenerated space from a disused factory with a program dedicated to young designers, emerging studios and collectives. Among the highlights: the immersive installation Keep Your Bubble by Slovak visual artist Lousy Auber, a soft architecture made with fabrics from disused hot-air balloons invites the public to enter an inflatable and interactive structure reflecting on transformation, reuse and the collective dimension of space.


© Poliform, ex Palazzo Trussardi

Poliform Piazza della Scala
The new Poliform mono-brand store opens inside the former Palazzo Trussardi, a historic icon in Piazza della Scala. More than a simple showroom, the space develops across three floors to offer an immersive experience, where design and atmosphere merge into a sophisticated narrative of contemporary living. Completing the experience, a café with outdoor seating will also open on the ground floor, conceived as a place for meeting and conviviality. The restyling project is designed by architect Stefano Belingardi Clusoni.


© New collection TOM DIXON, MeltNickel

Mua Mua Hotel
Tom Dixon transforms Mulino Factory in via Aosta 2 — a 1929 building designed by Chiodi and Gio Ponti — into the Mua Mua Hotel, a jewel-like micro-hotel with just 12 rooms where his new collection will be displayed, conceived as a narrative device between design and hospitality. The project, curated by his Design Research Studio (DRS), goes beyond the traditional exhibition format to create an experience that, at the end of Design Week, remains active as a permanent hotel structure, giving a contemporary allure to a historic and layered space.