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‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

‘It is not down on any map; true places never are.’ The older I get and the more I travel, the more Melville’s words make sense to me.

The place where I spent the last few days is certainly marked on every map in the world, yet I had no idea it even existed. More than once this week, I heard people say that very few know it because, as small as it is, it often disappeared into the folds of the large old atlases….

For what it’s worth, I won’t be the one pinning it onto this social map. Not that it really changes much, but it feels natural at a time when I find myself thinking more and more about the fragility of places, and reconsidering the ways I used to travel — and the old-fashioned way I still gather information before leaving.

Grateful to my travel companion @ah_haug, because I’m not the easiest person to travel with. And to the best travel advisor there has ever been, @nb_lecompte

Love this picture of my little explorer, Lina Lou—patient and curious, looking at the things I do with a special and unique perspective. Often the most constructive one. Thank you! And @ah_haug

Pic @camiguerri85

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20-26 APRIL / THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT

Alcova Milano 2026 has come to a close. For seven days, from April 20 to 26, Baggio Military Hospital and Villa Pestarini came alive with the presence of more than 130 exhibitors and the thousands of visitors who moved through them.

Throughout the week, Alcova became a temporary condition of attention, an invitation to look differently at what surrounds us, and at the many ways in which contemporary design continues to question how we live, build, produce, and imagine.

From the morning light entering Albini’s rationalist interiors to the overgrown silences of the former hospital, from the continuous circulation of visitors between installations, garden pauses, and convivial moments around the bar to the exchanges generated by talks, workshops, and conversations, and finally to the nocturnal energy of VOCLA within the hangars, each layer contributed to the sense of a place in constant activation: an ephemeral city taking shape, and with it, a community gathering around design.
To everyone who made this possible and shared this week with us, thank you.

See you for our first Mexico City edition in February 2027!

Video credits @francesco.mancin @corradjno
Cover image @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

Meet Nebbia (also known as Fog), the latest addition to the family—and an unexpectedly steadfast supporter through last week’s craziness.

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

It happened again. Alcova Milano (@alcova.milano) has taken form across two sharply contrasting sites, shaped by the work and imagination of hundreds of people. What, for a brief moment, appears almost effortless is in fact the result of a vast, collective investment of energy.
Watching it materialize still feels a little like magic —making it happen requires something else entirely.

Thank you to all the exhibitors who entrusted us with their work, to everyone who came to wander through it, and to the team who held it all together. Thanks my beautiful family, my supportive friends, and my cat!
And thanks to my partner in this adventure @josephgrima!

Pics by @piergiorgiosorgetti @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco
@saywho

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20-26 APRIL
/VILLA PESTARINI
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL

/ LUISA CASTIGLIONI. HOUSE IN PROGRESS BY BOCCAMONTE

“Luisa Castiglioni. Houses in Progress”, curated by Davide Fabio Colaci with scientific consultancy by Alessandro Benetti, presents Boccamonte, a design platform that brings together and highlights the rich and multifaceted legacy of Luisa Castiglioni, a 20th-century architect and designer, through archival work, research, and design development. The exhibition offers a first look at a selection of furniture pieces: a table and trestles designed by Luisa Castiglioni in 1963, alongside two lamps created today as a contemporary echo of Boccamonte’s architecture and spaces.

@boccamonte 

pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20-26 APRIL
/VILLA PESTARINI
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL

/ LUISA CASTIGLIONI. HOUSE IN PROGRESS BY BOCCAMONTE

“Luisa Castiglioni. Houses in Progress”, curated by Davide Fabio Colaci with scientific consultancy by Alessandro Benetti, presents Boccamonte, a design platform that brings together and highlights the rich and multifaceted legacy of Luisa Castiglioni, a 20th-century architect and designer, through archival work, research, and design development. The exhibition offers a first look at a selection of furniture pieces: a table and trestles designed by Luisa Castiglioni in 1963, alongside two lamps created today as a contemporary echo of Boccamonte’s architecture and spaces.

@boccamonte 

pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20-26 APRIL
/VILLA PESTARINI
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL

/ LUISA CASTIGLIONI. HOUSE IN PROGRESS BY BOCCAMONTE

“Luisa Castiglioni. Houses in Progress”, curated by Davide Fabio Colaci with scientific consultancy by Alessandro Benetti, presents Boccamonte, a design platform that brings together and highlights the rich and multifaceted legacy of Luisa Castiglioni, a 20th-century architect and designer, through archival work, research, and design development. The exhibition offers a first look at a selection of furniture pieces: a table and trestles designed by Luisa Castiglioni in 1963, alongside two lamps created today as a contemporary echo of Boccamonte’s architecture and spaces.

@boccamonte 

pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20-26 APRIL
/VILLA PESTARINI
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL

/ LUISA CASTIGLIONI. HOUSE IN PROGRESS BY BOCCAMONTE

“Luisa Castiglioni. Houses in Progress”, curated by Davide Fabio Colaci with scientific consultancy by Alessandro Benetti, presents Boccamonte, a design platform that brings together and highlights the rich and multifaceted legacy of Luisa Castiglioni, a 20th-century architect and designer, through archival work, research, and design development. The exhibition offers a first look at a selection of furniture pieces: a table and trestles designed by Luisa Castiglioni in 1963, alongside two lamps created today as a contemporary echo of Boccamonte’s architecture and spaces.

@boccamonte 

pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20-26 APRIL
/VILLA PESTARINI
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL

/ LUISA CASTIGLIONI. HOUSE IN PROGRESS BY BOCCAMONTE

“Luisa Castiglioni. Houses in Progress”, curated by Davide Fabio Colaci with scientific consultancy by Alessandro Benetti, presents Boccamonte, a design platform that brings together and highlights the rich and multifaceted legacy of Luisa Castiglioni, a 20th-century architect and designer, through archival work, research, and design development. The exhibition offers a first look at a selection of furniture pieces: a table and trestles designed by Luisa Castiglioni in 1963, alongside two lamps created today as a contemporary echo of Boccamonte’s architecture and spaces.

@boccamonte 

pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20-26 APRIL
/VILLA PESTARINI
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL

/ LUISA CASTIGLIONI. HOUSE IN PROGRESS BY BOCCAMONTE

“Luisa Castiglioni. Houses in Progress”, curated by Davide Fabio Colaci with scientific consultancy by Alessandro Benetti, presents Boccamonte, a design platform that brings together and highlights the rich and multifaceted legacy of Luisa Castiglioni, a 20th-century architect and designer, through archival work, research, and design development. The exhibition offers a first look at a selection of furniture pieces: a table and trestles designed by Luisa Castiglioni in 1963, alongside two lamps created today as a contemporary echo of Boccamonte’s architecture and spaces.

@boccamonte 

pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20-26 APRIL
/VILLA PESTARINI
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL

From Villa Pestarini to Baggio Military Hospital, this year’s edition moves across two different atmospheres: an intimate Rationalist villa opening for the first time, and a raw, layered military hospital complex spanning over 2.5 hectares of indoor and outdoor space.

130+ exhibitors, between international designers, schools, and galleries.
Walk it, explore it, get lost in it.

Video credits @francesco.mancin @corradjno
Cover image @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

F\F — five production days in Milan just before @milan.design.week and @isaloniofficial

A focused look at interiors we came across over the past days — spaces, details, and materials that stayed with us.

Here’s a selection. More soon.

- Images 1-2: @valentinaciuffi
- Images 3-5: @olderstudio
- Image 6: @boscoverticalemilano by @stefanoboeriarchitetti @barrecalavarra
- Images 7 & 8: @carolina_albertini @vespermilano
- Image 9: @terroirmilano
- Images 10-12: @alcova.milano & Garden Villa Pestarini (architect #FrancoAlbini)
- Image 13: @bocci Installation
- Image 14-16: @daniele_daminelli @studio.2046

Thank you to all our friends and the great guests we met and our production team and support on ground in Milan.

VOCLA TALKS / HANGAR 2
ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20—26 APRIL

Vocla Talks opened yesterday with the launch of BIG Atlas, published by Phaidon and designed by Studio Vedèt—a comprehensive monograph retracing 25 years of Bjarke Ingels Group.
Bjarke Ingels joined Alcova co-founders Valentina Ciuffi (also founder of Studio Vedèt) and Joseph Grima (also author of one of the book’s main essays), for a conversation celebrating the making of the book, an extensive journey through BIG’s most iconic projects, told through images and essays.

The next Vocla Talk turns toward Alcova’s future, happening tomorrow at 3PM in the spaces of HANGAR 2. A new international chapter begins with Alcova Mexico City 2027, introduced through a conversation with co-founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, joined by voices from the Mexican and Latin American design scene.

See you there!

@big_builds
@bjarkeingels
@phaidonpress
@josephgrima
@valentinaciuffi

Pics @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

VOCLA TALKS / HANGAR 2
ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20—26 APRIL

Vocla Talks opened yesterday with the launch of BIG Atlas, published by Phaidon and designed by Studio Vedèt—a comprehensive monograph retracing 25 years of Bjarke Ingels Group.
Bjarke Ingels joined Alcova co-founders Valentina Ciuffi (also founder of Studio Vedèt) and Joseph Grima (also author of one of the book’s main essays), for a conversation celebrating the making of the book, an extensive journey through BIG’s most iconic projects, told through images and essays.

The next Vocla Talk turns toward Alcova’s future, happening tomorrow at 3PM in the spaces of HANGAR 2. A new international chapter begins with Alcova Mexico City 2027, introduced through a conversation with co-founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, joined by voices from the Mexican and Latin American design scene.

See you there!

@big_builds
@bjarkeingels
@phaidonpress
@josephgrima
@valentinaciuffi

Pics @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

VOCLA TALKS / HANGAR 2
ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20—26 APRIL

Vocla Talks opened yesterday with the launch of BIG Atlas, published by Phaidon and designed by Studio Vedèt—a comprehensive monograph retracing 25 years of Bjarke Ingels Group.
Bjarke Ingels joined Alcova co-founders Valentina Ciuffi (also founder of Studio Vedèt) and Joseph Grima (also author of one of the book’s main essays), for a conversation celebrating the making of the book, an extensive journey through BIG’s most iconic projects, told through images and essays.

The next Vocla Talk turns toward Alcova’s future, happening tomorrow at 3PM in the spaces of HANGAR 2. A new international chapter begins with Alcova Mexico City 2027, introduced through a conversation with co-founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, joined by voices from the Mexican and Latin American design scene.

See you there!

@big_builds
@bjarkeingels
@phaidonpress
@josephgrima
@valentinaciuffi

Pics @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

VOCLA TALKS / HANGAR 2
ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20—26 APRIL

Vocla Talks opened yesterday with the launch of BIG Atlas, published by Phaidon and designed by Studio Vedèt—a comprehensive monograph retracing 25 years of Bjarke Ingels Group.
Bjarke Ingels joined Alcova co-founders Valentina Ciuffi (also founder of Studio Vedèt) and Joseph Grima (also author of one of the book’s main essays), for a conversation celebrating the making of the book, an extensive journey through BIG’s most iconic projects, told through images and essays.

The next Vocla Talk turns toward Alcova’s future, happening tomorrow at 3PM in the spaces of HANGAR 2. A new international chapter begins with Alcova Mexico City 2027, introduced through a conversation with co-founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, joined by voices from the Mexican and Latin American design scene.

See you there!

@big_builds
@bjarkeingels
@phaidonpress
@josephgrima
@valentinaciuffi

Pics @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

VOCLA TALKS / HANGAR 2
ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20—26 APRIL

Vocla Talks opened yesterday with the launch of BIG Atlas, published by Phaidon and designed by Studio Vedèt—a comprehensive monograph retracing 25 years of Bjarke Ingels Group.
Bjarke Ingels joined Alcova co-founders Valentina Ciuffi (also founder of Studio Vedèt) and Joseph Grima (also author of one of the book’s main essays), for a conversation celebrating the making of the book, an extensive journey through BIG’s most iconic projects, told through images and essays.

The next Vocla Talk turns toward Alcova’s future, happening tomorrow at 3PM in the spaces of HANGAR 2. A new international chapter begins with Alcova Mexico City 2027, introduced through a conversation with co-founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, joined by voices from the Mexican and Latin American design scene.

See you there!

@big_builds
@bjarkeingels
@phaidonpress
@josephgrima
@valentinaciuffi

Pics @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

VOCLA TALKS / HANGAR 2
ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20—26 APRIL

Vocla Talks opened yesterday with the launch of BIG Atlas, published by Phaidon and designed by Studio Vedèt—a comprehensive monograph retracing 25 years of Bjarke Ingels Group.
Bjarke Ingels joined Alcova co-founders Valentina Ciuffi (also founder of Studio Vedèt) and Joseph Grima (also author of one of the book’s main essays), for a conversation celebrating the making of the book, an extensive journey through BIG’s most iconic projects, told through images and essays.

The next Vocla Talk turns toward Alcova’s future, happening tomorrow at 3PM in the spaces of HANGAR 2. A new international chapter begins with Alcova Mexico City 2027, introduced through a conversation with co-founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, joined by voices from the Mexican and Latin American design scene.

See you there!

@big_builds
@bjarkeingels
@phaidonpress
@josephgrima
@valentinaciuffi

Pics @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

VOCLA TALKS / HANGAR 2
ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20—26 APRIL

Vocla Talks opened yesterday with the launch of BIG Atlas, published by Phaidon and designed by Studio Vedèt—a comprehensive monograph retracing 25 years of Bjarke Ingels Group.
Bjarke Ingels joined Alcova co-founders Valentina Ciuffi (also founder of Studio Vedèt) and Joseph Grima (also author of one of the book’s main essays), for a conversation celebrating the making of the book, an extensive journey through BIG’s most iconic projects, told through images and essays.

The next Vocla Talk turns toward Alcova’s future, happening tomorrow at 3PM in the spaces of HANGAR 2. A new international chapter begins with Alcova Mexico City 2027, introduced through a conversation with co-founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, joined by voices from the Mexican and Latin American design scene.

See you there!

@big_builds
@bjarkeingels
@phaidonpress
@josephgrima
@valentinaciuffi

Pics @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

VOCLA TALKS / HANGAR 2
ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20—26 APRIL

Vocla Talks opened yesterday with the launch of BIG Atlas, published by Phaidon and designed by Studio Vedèt—a comprehensive monograph retracing 25 years of Bjarke Ingels Group.
Bjarke Ingels joined Alcova co-founders Valentina Ciuffi (also founder of Studio Vedèt) and Joseph Grima (also author of one of the book’s main essays), for a conversation celebrating the making of the book, an extensive journey through BIG’s most iconic projects, told through images and essays.

The next Vocla Talk turns toward Alcova’s future, happening tomorrow at 3PM in the spaces of HANGAR 2. A new international chapter begins with Alcova Mexico City 2027, introduced through a conversation with co-founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, joined by voices from the Mexican and Latin American design scene.

See you there!

@big_builds
@bjarkeingels
@phaidonpress
@josephgrima
@valentinaciuffi

Pics @luigi_fiano @ardesia_coco

The Romance of Fragility is on show at @delvis_unlimited !

21-26 April, 2026
10 am-7 pm

Delvis (Un)Limited
Via Fatebenefratelli 9
Milan 20121

On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2026, Delvis (Un)Limited presents The Romance of Fragility, an exhibition exploring the value and potential of fragility through uses and interpretations of the ultimate fragile material: glass. A group of international talents tells new stories around glass, questioning its conventions and common perceptions.

The exhibition is curated by @valentinaciuffi, with our creative direction and exhibition design by @spacecaviar

Featuring:
@familiar_form
@serim_kwack
@johan_pertl
@inderjeet_sandhu
@tinoseubert
@mariatyakina

Ph. @dsl__studio @piercarloquecchia

The Romance of Fragility is on show at @delvis_unlimited !

21-26 April, 2026
10 am-7 pm

Delvis (Un)Limited
Via Fatebenefratelli 9
Milan 20121

On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2026, Delvis (Un)Limited presents The Romance of Fragility, an exhibition exploring the value and potential of fragility through uses and interpretations of the ultimate fragile material: glass. A group of international talents tells new stories around glass, questioning its conventions and common perceptions.

The exhibition is curated by @valentinaciuffi, with our creative direction and exhibition design by @spacecaviar

Featuring:
@familiar_form
@serim_kwack
@johan_pertl
@inderjeet_sandhu
@tinoseubert
@mariatyakina

Ph. @dsl__studio @piercarloquecchia

The Romance of Fragility is on show at @delvis_unlimited !

21-26 April, 2026
10 am-7 pm

Delvis (Un)Limited
Via Fatebenefratelli 9
Milan 20121

On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2026, Delvis (Un)Limited presents The Romance of Fragility, an exhibition exploring the value and potential of fragility through uses and interpretations of the ultimate fragile material: glass. A group of international talents tells new stories around glass, questioning its conventions and common perceptions.

The exhibition is curated by @valentinaciuffi, with our creative direction and exhibition design by @spacecaviar

Featuring:
@familiar_form
@serim_kwack
@johan_pertl
@inderjeet_sandhu
@tinoseubert
@mariatyakina

Ph. @dsl__studio @piercarloquecchia

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20 - 26 APRIL
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL
/VILLA PESTARINI

/ ALBINI IN PRESENT TENSE / CASSINA X HAWORTH BY PATRICIO URQUIOLA

Franco Albini makes his principles of relational transparency explicit in his project for Villa Pestarini. A gesture establishing tensions between space, light and objects. From this principle, the installation curated by Patricia Urquiola in collaboration with Haworth and Cassina, takes shape in a concept that does not add a narrative but works through subtraction instead.

At the centre of the villa, a large island is created with the Mokoro rugs by Cassina which act not as a surface but a spatial device. Its pattern reinterprets the modular rhythm of the large glass-block window, redesigned by Albini in the post-war period, returning light, filter and structure, like a photographic negative.

A vital part of the set-up is Albini’s furniture, faithfully reissued by Cassina in collaboration with the Fondazione Franco Albini. A previously unseen armchair (1947), developed specifically for this installation, is presented alongside the Canapo chaise-longue rocking chair (1959), now part of the Cassina Historical Archive, the Luisa chair (Compasso d’Oro prize, 1955), the Tre Pezzi armchair, the Infinito bookshelf (1956-1957), the Cavalletto desk (1950) and the Cicognino side table (1953), in upholstery and finishes selected by Patricia Urquiola and arranged to create an extended domesticity within the space.

The atmosphere of a lived-in, present-day home is enriched by a selection of contemporary pieces from Alcova Shop, including, among others, works by Maria Tyakina x Agglomerati, Giovanni de Francesco and Marta Pierobon, Polcha, Clara Schweers, and Sema Topaloğlu, alongside artworks by Atelier dell’Errore.

The installation features a special panel courtesy of @slalom.acoustic

@haworthinc
@cassinaofficial
@patricia_urquiola
@fondazionefrancoalbini

Pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20 - 26 APRIL
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL
/VILLA PESTARINI

/ ALBINI IN PRESENT TENSE / CASSINA X HAWORTH BY PATRICIO URQUIOLA

Franco Albini makes his principles of relational transparency explicit in his project for Villa Pestarini. A gesture establishing tensions between space, light and objects. From this principle, the installation curated by Patricia Urquiola in collaboration with Haworth and Cassina, takes shape in a concept that does not add a narrative but works through subtraction instead.

At the centre of the villa, a large island is created with the Mokoro rugs by Cassina which act not as a surface but a spatial device. Its pattern reinterprets the modular rhythm of the large glass-block window, redesigned by Albini in the post-war period, returning light, filter and structure, like a photographic negative.

A vital part of the set-up is Albini’s furniture, faithfully reissued by Cassina in collaboration with the Fondazione Franco Albini. A previously unseen armchair (1947), developed specifically for this installation, is presented alongside the Canapo chaise-longue rocking chair (1959), now part of the Cassina Historical Archive, the Luisa chair (Compasso d’Oro prize, 1955), the Tre Pezzi armchair, the Infinito bookshelf (1956-1957), the Cavalletto desk (1950) and the Cicognino side table (1953), in upholstery and finishes selected by Patricia Urquiola and arranged to create an extended domesticity within the space.

The atmosphere of a lived-in, present-day home is enriched by a selection of contemporary pieces from Alcova Shop, including, among others, works by Maria Tyakina x Agglomerati, Giovanni de Francesco and Marta Pierobon, Polcha, Clara Schweers, and Sema Topaloğlu, alongside artworks by Atelier dell’Errore.

The installation features a special panel courtesy of @slalom.acoustic

@haworthinc
@cassinaofficial
@patricia_urquiola
@fondazionefrancoalbini

Pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20 - 26 APRIL
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL
/VILLA PESTARINI

/ ALBINI IN PRESENT TENSE / CASSINA X HAWORTH BY PATRICIO URQUIOLA

Franco Albini makes his principles of relational transparency explicit in his project for Villa Pestarini. A gesture establishing tensions between space, light and objects. From this principle, the installation curated by Patricia Urquiola in collaboration with Haworth and Cassina, takes shape in a concept that does not add a narrative but works through subtraction instead.

At the centre of the villa, a large island is created with the Mokoro rugs by Cassina which act not as a surface but a spatial device. Its pattern reinterprets the modular rhythm of the large glass-block window, redesigned by Albini in the post-war period, returning light, filter and structure, like a photographic negative.

A vital part of the set-up is Albini’s furniture, faithfully reissued by Cassina in collaboration with the Fondazione Franco Albini. A previously unseen armchair (1947), developed specifically for this installation, is presented alongside the Canapo chaise-longue rocking chair (1959), now part of the Cassina Historical Archive, the Luisa chair (Compasso d’Oro prize, 1955), the Tre Pezzi armchair, the Infinito bookshelf (1956-1957), the Cavalletto desk (1950) and the Cicognino side table (1953), in upholstery and finishes selected by Patricia Urquiola and arranged to create an extended domesticity within the space.

The atmosphere of a lived-in, present-day home is enriched by a selection of contemporary pieces from Alcova Shop, including, among others, works by Maria Tyakina x Agglomerati, Giovanni de Francesco and Marta Pierobon, Polcha, Clara Schweers, and Sema Topaloğlu, alongside artworks by Atelier dell’Errore.

The installation features a special panel courtesy of @slalom.acoustic

@haworthinc
@cassinaofficial
@patricia_urquiola
@fondazionefrancoalbini

Pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20 - 26 APRIL
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL
/VILLA PESTARINI

/ ALBINI IN PRESENT TENSE / CASSINA X HAWORTH BY PATRICIO URQUIOLA

Franco Albini makes his principles of relational transparency explicit in his project for Villa Pestarini. A gesture establishing tensions between space, light and objects. From this principle, the installation curated by Patricia Urquiola in collaboration with Haworth and Cassina, takes shape in a concept that does not add a narrative but works through subtraction instead.

At the centre of the villa, a large island is created with the Mokoro rugs by Cassina which act not as a surface but a spatial device. Its pattern reinterprets the modular rhythm of the large glass-block window, redesigned by Albini in the post-war period, returning light, filter and structure, like a photographic negative.

A vital part of the set-up is Albini’s furniture, faithfully reissued by Cassina in collaboration with the Fondazione Franco Albini. A previously unseen armchair (1947), developed specifically for this installation, is presented alongside the Canapo chaise-longue rocking chair (1959), now part of the Cassina Historical Archive, the Luisa chair (Compasso d’Oro prize, 1955), the Tre Pezzi armchair, the Infinito bookshelf (1956-1957), the Cavalletto desk (1950) and the Cicognino side table (1953), in upholstery and finishes selected by Patricia Urquiola and arranged to create an extended domesticity within the space.

The atmosphere of a lived-in, present-day home is enriched by a selection of contemporary pieces from Alcova Shop, including, among others, works by Maria Tyakina x Agglomerati, Giovanni de Francesco and Marta Pierobon, Polcha, Clara Schweers, and Sema Topaloğlu, alongside artworks by Atelier dell’Errore.

The installation features a special panel courtesy of @slalom.acoustic

@haworthinc
@cassinaofficial
@patricia_urquiola
@fondazionefrancoalbini

Pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20 - 26 APRIL
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL
/VILLA PESTARINI

/ ALBINI IN PRESENT TENSE / CASSINA X HAWORTH BY PATRICIO URQUIOLA

Franco Albini makes his principles of relational transparency explicit in his project for Villa Pestarini. A gesture establishing tensions between space, light and objects. From this principle, the installation curated by Patricia Urquiola in collaboration with Haworth and Cassina, takes shape in a concept that does not add a narrative but works through subtraction instead.

At the centre of the villa, a large island is created with the Mokoro rugs by Cassina which act not as a surface but a spatial device. Its pattern reinterprets the modular rhythm of the large glass-block window, redesigned by Albini in the post-war period, returning light, filter and structure, like a photographic negative.

A vital part of the set-up is Albini’s furniture, faithfully reissued by Cassina in collaboration with the Fondazione Franco Albini. A previously unseen armchair (1947), developed specifically for this installation, is presented alongside the Canapo chaise-longue rocking chair (1959), now part of the Cassina Historical Archive, the Luisa chair (Compasso d’Oro prize, 1955), the Tre Pezzi armchair, the Infinito bookshelf (1956-1957), the Cavalletto desk (1950) and the Cicognino side table (1953), in upholstery and finishes selected by Patricia Urquiola and arranged to create an extended domesticity within the space.

The atmosphere of a lived-in, present-day home is enriched by a selection of contemporary pieces from Alcova Shop, including, among others, works by Maria Tyakina x Agglomerati, Giovanni de Francesco and Marta Pierobon, Polcha, Clara Schweers, and Sema Topaloğlu, alongside artworks by Atelier dell’Errore.

The installation features a special panel courtesy of @slalom.acoustic

@haworthinc
@cassinaofficial
@patricia_urquiola
@fondazionefrancoalbini

Pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

ALCOVA MILANO 2026 / 20 - 26 APRIL
/BAGGIO MILITARY HOSPITAL
/VILLA PESTARINI

/ ALBINI IN PRESENT TENSE / CASSINA X HAWORTH BY PATRICIO URQUIOLA

Franco Albini makes his principles of relational transparency explicit in his project for Villa Pestarini. A gesture establishing tensions between space, light and objects. From this principle, the installation curated by Patricia Urquiola in collaboration with Haworth and Cassina, takes shape in a concept that does not add a narrative but works through subtraction instead.

At the centre of the villa, a large island is created with the Mokoro rugs by Cassina which act not as a surface but a spatial device. Its pattern reinterprets the modular rhythm of the large glass-block window, redesigned by Albini in the post-war period, returning light, filter and structure, like a photographic negative.

A vital part of the set-up is Albini’s furniture, faithfully reissued by Cassina in collaboration with the Fondazione Franco Albini. A previously unseen armchair (1947), developed specifically for this installation, is presented alongside the Canapo chaise-longue rocking chair (1959), now part of the Cassina Historical Archive, the Luisa chair (Compasso d’Oro prize, 1955), the Tre Pezzi armchair, the Infinito bookshelf (1956-1957), the Cavalletto desk (1950) and the Cicognino side table (1953), in upholstery and finishes selected by Patricia Urquiola and arranged to create an extended domesticity within the space.

The atmosphere of a lived-in, present-day home is enriched by a selection of contemporary pieces from Alcova Shop, including, among others, works by Maria Tyakina x Agglomerati, Giovanni de Francesco and Marta Pierobon, Polcha, Clara Schweers, and Sema Topaloğlu, alongside artworks by Atelier dell’Errore.

The installation features a special panel courtesy of @slalom.acoustic

@haworthinc
@cassinaofficial
@patricia_urquiola
@fondazionefrancoalbini

Pics @piergiorgiosorgetti

At Nilufar Via della Spiga, La Casa Magica opens as a suspended domestic landscape, where the language of design meets ritual, symbolism, and belief.

Curated by Valentina Ciuffi (@valentinaciuffi) with creative direction by Studio Vedèt (@studiovedet) and set design by Space Caviar (@spacecaviar) the exhibition returns the home to its most archaic and visionary dimension: not simply a place of dwelling, but a space of protection, imagination, and symbolic power.

Its opening took shape through a choreography of encounters, impressions, and shared wonder, animating the space with a rarefied yet deeply human energy.
A house of symbols, stories, and quiet transformations; where the domestic becomes, once again, a form of enchantment.

Also present, Le Pied-à-terre Cosmopolite and Lumiac by Andrea Mancuso (@andreamancuso_studio) broaden this world through further imagined interiors.

LA CASA MAGICA
On view at Nilufar Via della Spiga 32, Milan