FUORISALONE 2021

After the cancellation of the annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile and the Milan Design Week events in 2020, the world’s most awaited design fair filled with exhibitions, talks, performances and events has finally opened. Albeit delayed from its usual spring schedule because of the ongoing pandemic, Milan Design Week 2021 successfully hyped the global capital of fashion and design last September 4 to 10.

Coinciding with the Salone del Mobile, Fuorisalone is a simultaneous event that takes place across several districts in Milan, Italy. It’s no wonder why Milanese and tourists flock the city on the dates of this much-anticipated event; Fuorisalone has expanded its reach beyond the notions of fair and market, enough to pull people of varying interests together and celebrate design in prevalent ways possible.

Here are the top exhibitions and installations from various designers and artists spotted in the recently concluded Milan Design Week festivities.

Alcova

So much for boring hollow exhibition halls, Alcova, an independent design platform by Space Caviar and Studio Vedèt, transformed an abandoned military hospital in the west of Milan into an eccentric art and design compound. Known to intentionally reactivate abandoned built structures, Alcova highlights a spectacular exhibition from