Milan Design Week 2019 – Discover the Ventura Centrale Design District

After the overwhelming success of the first two editions, Ventura Centrale yet again opens the beautifully abandoned warehouses alongside Milan’s Central Station during the Milan Design Week. A series of design events will be happening all around the city, at the same time as Salone del Mobile, but let’s take a closer look at what will happen in this design district.

Ventura Centrale District

Milan Design Week 2019 - Discover the Ventura Centrale Design District — 2018’s edition with an exhibition by Luca Nichetto

Address: Via Ferrante Aporti, 20127 Milano MI, Italy

Raytrace by LAYER for Dekton by Benjamin Hubert

British designer Benjamin Hubert has teamed up with surface specialist Cosentino to create a large architectural installation for Milan Design Week 2019. Created through his studio LAYER, “Raytrace” features a 25-meter long and 6-meter high triangular passage seemingly balanced on a single edge within a dark, atmospheric space.

Emergence of Form by AGC

Experience an emotional space where glass and ceramic converge using AGC’s unique processing and moulding technology to produce a snapshot of ever-changing natural phenomena.

“Poetic Geometry” by DPOT – MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY BRAZILIAN FURNITURE

Inside a vaulted warehouse at Via Ferrante Aporti 135, selected works of celebrated

Brazilian masters like Geraldo de Barros, Lina Bo Bardi, and Sergio Bernardes, along with contemporary designers Claudia Moreira Salles and Fernando Prado.

INFLUENCER – De-sinning the Designer by FREITAG

“Instead of talking about good design in Milan, why don’t we take a look at bad design?” asked Swiss bag maker FREITAG and artist Georg Lendorff. So, they’re inviting designers and consumers at the Milan Design Week 2019 to take a thoughtful stroll through the light and fess up to their design and consumer sins. And perhaps put some behind them.

A Piece of Sky by SKY-FRAME

During Milan Design Week, in Fuorisalone, Sky-Frame, the Swiss manufacturer of frameless sliding doors, will present “A Piece of Sky”, an installation designed by award-winning architect and designer Stephan Huerlemann.

Stay with us to find out more about Milan Design Week 2019 and the Milan Design Districts