Ninety Years In, Bonaldo’s Latest Collection Asks What Furniture Can Do to a Room.Founded in 1936 as a small metalworking workshop in the Veneto, Bonaldo has spent nine decades building furniture that treats objects as active participants in shaping how a space feels and functions. Now in its ninetieth year under...
Against Cultural Flattening: Inside Sancal’s Spatial Manifesto at Salone del Mobile.Sancal's Experimentarium at Salone del Mobile was a thesis argued in three dimensions. Conceived as "an antidote to cultural flattening," the stand challenged algorithmic homogenisation through bold spatial storytelling: orange portico to...
The Honest Conversations are Happening in DMs: Dana’s Notes from Milan Design Week 2026.Sixteen years on from her first Milan Design Week, Dana Tomić Hughes returned alone for the first time. What she found was a design industry that has engineered honesty out of itself, where the brand activation has overtaken the design...
Salone del Mobile 2026 Puts Limited Edition Design and Raw Materiality Centre Stage.Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026 positions collectible design at the heart of the fair for the first time. Salone Raritas will showcase limited editions, antiques, and high-end craftsmanship within an exhibition designed by Formafantasma....
Between Utopia and Reality: Dana’s Milan Design Week Collaboration with Space Furniture.Yellowtrace founder & editor, Dana Tomić Hughes , has joined forces with Space Furniture to bring you her take on Milan Design Week 2025. Dana's introduction to Space's comprehensive Milan Report offers readers her signature blend of...
ALPI Unveils New Collections From Global Design Talent + Sottsass Pink Archive Release.ALPI unveils technical innovations that redefine wood veneer possibilities. Through collaborations with its Creative Director Piero Lissoni, Japanese studio Nendo, Brazil's Estudio Campana and mining Ettore Sottsass's archives, the...
Does Design’s Biggest Event Reflect a World in Crisis? Dana’s Unfiltered Take on Milan 2025.Milan Design Week 2025 reflected our broader cultural moment: confused, transitioning, searching for meaning. With the world in crisis, genuine creativity struggles, while marketing machines dominate. Fashion brands have invaded design...
A Decade in Light and Form: Articolo Studios Unveils Three Collections at Milan’s Euroluce.Celebrating a decade of design excellence, Articolo Studios returned to Euroluce 2025 with three collections that showcased Melbourne-based brand's remarkable evolution. Housed in a Studio Goss-designed travertine-clad sanctuary, their...
Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025: Building Future-Ready Worlds Through Design.The countdown to the 63rd edition of Salone del Mobile.Milano has begun, promising another epic celebration of design excellence. This year's edition emerges as a powerful platform where industrial manufacturing, sustainable innovation,...
