#salone-del-mobile Stories
In a Historic Foundry, Samuel Ross Conjured a Squall for Milan Design Week
A site-specific, multisensory sculpture composed of copper and water, Transposition marks The...
At Salone del Mobile, Design Found a Platform Within Performance
From Delvis (Un)Limited's The Theater of Things to Cassina and FormaFantasma's Staging Modernity,...
The Surface Guide to Milan Design Week 2025
Our editorial recommendations from Salone del Mobile to Alcova and Milan institutions Rossana...
Volker Haug Toasts a Collaboration With Flack Studio at Milan Design Week
On April 17, the Australian lighting design studio debuted a new line designed with fellow...
For 2024, Salone del Mobile Charts a Thrilling New Path
For proof, look no further than an all-star lineup of installations, talks, exhibitions...
The Surface Guide to Milan Design Week
Our editor’s recommendations to enjoying the weeklong whirlwind of showroom tours, product...
Designer of the Day: Dennis Cheung
As the founder of Hong Kong’s Studio RYTE, Dennis Cheung approaches a variety of design projects...
Tatami Mats Secretly Stole the Show at Salone
The Japanese design collective Honoka showed how discarded tatami mats can be recycled into sleek...
Shigeru Ban to the Design Industry: Do Better
At this past week’s Salone del Mobile, the Pritzker Prize–winning architect walked a rapt crowd
Designer of the Day: Caroline Chao
Caroline Chao believes in the ability of carefully designed objects to foster self-reflection...
Our Favorite Product Debuts From Milan Design Week
From India Mahdavi’s mouse-eared Thonet chair to Faye Toogood’s elegant reinterpretations of...
RIOS Brings a Futuristic Take on a Desert Super Bloom to Milan
The installation sought to explore the joy and wonder of witnessing swaths of wildflowers appear...
Here’s What Wowed at Supersalone
Our editor rounds up 15 standout products from this year’s fair, which headlined Milan Design...
Salone del Mobile Debuts an All-In-One Digital Platform
The Milan furniture fair launches an all-encompassing digital experience that offers brand...
Jackie O’s Sunglasses Inspire Sinuous Statement Pieces for B&B Italia
With graceful curves that nod to ‘60s-era glamour, Monica Armani’s new collection for the...
The Man Behind the Past 40 Years of Salone del Mobile Dies at 83
Manlio Armellini made Salone del Mobile a world renowned trade show, and, in doing so, championed...
Fashion Label or Arts Patron? With COS, It Can Be Hard to Tell
In its first dozen years, the brand has become just as well known for supporting art and design as...
Valcucine Cooks Up a Motion-Capture Kitchen Counter
The Italian kitchen manufacturer introduces its Logica Celata Bar.
The Female Designers Who Trounced Milan
Seven unstoppable women debut show-stealing collections at Milan Design Week.
Designer of the Day: Gabriel Scott
Since founding their Montreal lighting and furniture studio in 2012, the brothers-in-law have...
We’re Already Geeking Out Over These Milan Design Week Debuts
From an Ini Archibong sofa that evokes natural stone formations to Kvadrat's curtains inspired by...
Incarnated as a Food Item, Yves Béhar Would Be “The Future Hamburger”
The final video in our Diner Dialogues series, which zeroes in on diners and American design, we...
The Italian Fashion Brand Creating the Best-Dressed Living Spaces
By forging partnerships with blue-chip design brands, Diesel creates objects that brings its...
How Juventus Put On This Year’s Best Milan Design Week Exhibition
PlusDesign Gallery organized a deep dive into joints, from prototypes to mass-produced products,...
Jasper Morrison Believes Technology Is Turning Us Into “Little Limp Puddles”
The British designer talks reused plastic, the Internet of Things, knockoffs, and more at this...
Konstantin Grcic Designs His First Sunshade
Spanish brand Kettal enters the realm of “micro-architecture” with the help of the German...
Google Suggests the Future of Hardware and Technology Is “Softwear”
An intimate presentation at Milan Design Week seeks to promote the idea of home technology as...
Jonathan Olivares Conceptualizes Color In a New Textile Collection for Kvadrat
The designer’s brilliant Twill Weave line launches next week during Salone del Mobile.
Our Editor-in-Chief’s Guide to Actually Enjoying Milan Design Week
This year’s top places to stay, eat, drink, and shop—along with the galleries to visit and...
What to Expect When a Powerhouse Design Trio Bonds
Scholten & Baijings, Maharam, and Herman Miller debut the Colour Form sofa group.
Konstantin Grcic’s “Magliana Project”
Konstantin Grcic’s latest installation, inside Pier Luigi Nervi’s former headquarters, arrives...
Salone 2017: Overheard in Milan
Snippets of talks and conversations during last week’s festivities that stuck with us.
The Looks of Salone 2017: Stylish, by Design
A few memorable looks that Surface captured throughout Milan Design Week.
Best of Salone 2017: Part Two
The people, places, and things that made an impression at Milan Design Week.
The Surface Guide to Salone del Mobile
The fairs, installations, and local spots not to miss this year in Milan.
The Design World’s Most Influential Person (You’ve Probably Never Heard Of)
Rossana Orlandi’s Milan space is a bastion of groundbreaking contemporary design.
Michele De Lucchi
The storied designer and educator reflects on his decades-long career.
COS is Making Maximum Impact With A Minimal Aesthetic
Surface partnered with the gallerist and the London-based radio station to celebrate the start of...
Room Mate Giulia is a Hotel Worthy of Milan’s Fashionable Travelers
A longtime resident of the city, Patricia Urquiola looked to a midcentury Italian aesthetic for the
Power 100
Our third annual list of influential figures in art, architecture, fashion, real estate, design,...
Don’t Call Kram/Weisshaar Futuristic
The duo may be ahead of most of us, but for them, technologically-advanced design is all in a day's
The SurfaceHotels.com Guide to Salone Del Mobile
Where to eat, sleep, and hangout during Salone del Mobile 2016.
Jasper Morrison on Tokyo
A recipient of the second annual Isamu Noguchi Award, the English product and furniture designer...
An Outsider’s Inside Guide to Copenhagen
Artist Tal R finds the advantageous and adventurous side of being an outsider in Denmark’s...
Gam Fratesi on Boredom and Creativity, and the Emotion Behind Their Products
Copenhagen-based life-and-work partners Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi discuss how their respective...
