Hearst Italia at Milan Design Week 2026: Elle Decor's exhibition

Hearst Italia and Elle Decor: a connected exhibition programme at Milan Design Week 2026

At Milan Design Week 2026, Hearst Italia presents a set of exhibitions and installations curated by Elle Decor. The programme creates a diffuse route through historic and contemporary venues, investigating living as a sensory, social and technological experience. All events are free but require registration.

Sensory Landscape – Palazzo Bovara

A project that reconceives domestic space as sensory fields: light, materials, sound, temperature and vegetation form perceptual environments rather than traditional rooms.

• Location: Palazzo Bovara, Corso Venezia 51, Milan
• Admission: free with registration
• Opening hours:
  • Monday 20: 15:00–20:00
  • Tuesday 21 / Thursday 23 / Saturday 25: 10:00–20:00
  • Wednesday 22 / Friday 24: 10:00–18:00
  • Sunday 26: 10:00–19:00

Appartamento Spagnolo – Palazzo Castiglioni

A reinterpretation of domestic spaces through Spanish design: rooms become autonomous micro‑architectures with layered materials and bold palettes that converse with the historic building.

• Location: Palazzo Castiglioni (access from Corso Venezia 51), Milan
• Admission: free with registration
• Opening hours:
  • Monday 20: 15:00–20:00
  • Tuesday 21 / Friday 24: 10:00–18:00
  • Wednesday 22 / Thursday 23 / Sunday 26: 10:00–19:00
  • Saturday 25: 10:00–20:00

ELLEDECOR.IT Takeover – The Society of Objects (Casa Slalom Acoustic)

An hybrid space that blends installation and editorial formats, where design is narrated through conversations and vodcasts. The theme highlights the object as a relational node bearing ethical and ecological values.

• Location: Casa Slalom Acoustic, Via Rossini 3, Milan
• Admission: free with registration
• Opening hours:
  • Monday 20: 15:00–20:00
  • Tuesday 21 / Wednesday 22 / Saturday 25: 10:00–20:00
  • Thursday 23: 10:00–17:00

From Vision to Identity – Golab (Brera)

An installation introducing the Flær brand and reflecting on identity-building between craft memory and technological vision, staged through four symbolic elements in an immersive setting.

• Location: Golab, Via Fatebenefratelli 5, Milan
• Admission: free with registration
• Opening hours:
  • Monday 20: 14:00–17:00
  • Tuesday 21 / Thursday 23 / Friday 24 / Saturday 25: 10:00–20:00
  • Wednesday 22: 10:00–17:30
  • Sunday 26: 10:00–19:00

Clivet: Design Made Natural – Spazio Brera

An installation exploring the idea of Natural Comfort, showcasing integrated HVAC solutions that become imperceptible while enhancing the quality of the inhabitable environment.

• Location: Spazio Brera, Via Statuto 12, Milan
• Admission: free with registration
• Opening hours:
  • Monday 20 / Wednesday 22 / Thursday 23 / Friday 24 / Saturday 25 / Sunday 26: 10:00–22:00
  • Tuesday 21: 18:30–22:00

DESOO – Casa Slalom Acoustic

A platform for ready‑to‑ship design that connects digital immediacy with urban activation, featuring city photobooths and a contest awarding five one‑off pieces.

• Location: Casa Slalom Acoustic, Via Rossini 3, Milan
• Admission: free with registration
• Opening hours:
  • Monday 20: 15:00–20:00
  • Tuesday 21 / Wednesday 22 / Saturday 25: 10:00–20:00
  • Thursday 23: 10:00–17:00
  • Friday 24: 10:00–19:00
  • Sunday 26: 10:00–18:00

Milan as a project infrastructure

Hearst Italia’s programme treats the city as an active infrastructure for design: exhibitions, talks and urban activations form an interconnected ecosystem in which objects, spaces and people enter continuous dialogue. Plan your visits to experience the different sensory and curatorial registers across historic and contemporary sites.