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Design news: plates that talk to your table mats, Milan Salone and inspiring kids to build

This month we look ahead to Milan Design Week, the biggest event on design world’s calendar featuring new work from the biggest names in furniture, art and fashion. Don’t worry, though, there’s also a report on a UK project to get children into building and a high-street collaboration with the best interiors magazine on the market. Hopefully, there’s something for everyone.

The best of Milan Design Week

This year’s Milan Design Week is incoming, a festival of citywide events including Salone del Mobile Milano, the annual furniture fair.

, the lighting section of Salone, is back – after a four-year Covid-induced absence – and redesigned as “the city of light”. Euroluce will feel like an urban city space, complete with a town square where

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