Milan Design Week 2017: Highlights

Eight stand-out experiences and presentations happening right now

by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick Milan Design Week is happening now, and continuing through 9 April with events scattered all over the city. While the Fuorisalone offerings might overwhelm with options, rest easy knowing you can turn into almost any space for a well designed display. There’s something for everyone, too—museum shows, retail pop-ups, industrial showcases, cocktail parties, etc.—but the following eight were our favorite showings …

PIXEL announced as winner of Lexus Design Award under the mentorship of Snarkitecture

A closer look at this year's work under the theme 'Yet'

Sponsored by Lexus

Settling in to its fifth year, the Lexus Design Award is a global competition held annually, with an installation, presentation and winner announced at Milan Design Week. Over 1,100 entrants submitted ideas for this year’s award, exploring the theme of “Yet,” a philosophy meaning that the imagination required to combine two ideas that seem in contradiction can yield greater innovation. “With ‘Yet,’ we don’t compromise; …

David Obendorfer + Fabrizio Caselani’s Citroën HY Tribute

70 years to the day since designer Flaminio Bertoni released the now iconic Citroën HY, designers David Obendorfer and Fabrizio Caselani have unveiled a car kit for the current Citroën jumper chassis that captures the original’s spirit. Known as the Type H, 70 kits will be produced by FC Automobili and sold across Italy. The fiberglass “suit” has been imagined in a handful of colors, …