20–26 April, Via Achille Maiocchi, 3–8. Design State of Mind. 20–26 April, Via Achille Maiocchi, 3–8. Design State of Mind.

Dates

Schedule of Events

PRESS DAY
Monday, 20 April, 10am-6pm
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PUBLIC OPENING
Monday, 20 April, 6-9pm

PUBLIC DAYS
Tuesday, 21 April, 10am-7pm
Wednesday, 22 April, 10am-8pm
Thursday, 23 April, 10am-8pm
Friday, 24 April, 10am-8pm
Saturday, 25 April, 10am-8pm
Sunday, 26 April, 10am-8pm

TALKS

TUESDAY, 21 APRIL
• 1pm: Nicolas Trembley in conversation with Jillian Choi
• 3pm: Devon Turnbull in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
• 5pm: Sarah Andelman and Yorgo Tloupas in conversation with Jillian Choi

WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL
• 12pm: NUOVA in conversation with Tim Small
• 3pm: Brando Vasquez (1X Technologies) in conversation with Tim Small
• 5pm: Stone Island No Seasons 'Product Anatomy'presented by Lyst & dotdotdot

THURSDAY, 23 APRIL
• 12pm: Martino Gamper in conversation with Jillian Choi
• 3pm: Lichen in conversation with Jillian Choi
• 5pm: WAKA WAKA in conversation with Jillian Choi

FRIDAY, 24 APRIL
• 3pm: Poeticwalls in conversation with Alessio Ascari
• 5pm: Stone Island No Seasons NM3 in conversation with Alessio Ascari

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Installations

Stone Island
No Seasons
Designed by NM3

Stone Island is proud to unveil the next chapter of NO SEASONS, taking forward an original project by Massimo Osti, first introduced in 1989 until 1994. This capsule draws from Stone Island’s timelessness by shaping new outerwear archetypes through a process concerned with continuation and evolution, rooted in history but forward-looking in design. Presented for the first time, the NO SEASONS capsule dictates the codes of the space defined by a suspended technological ceiling, projecting a site-specific film by 700x100 and Behind Products. The video traces the journey of a Stone Island garment from the Ravarino HQ, the brand’s centre of research and development, to contemporary urban life. Positioned at the centre of the space, designed by NM3, are four powder-coated steel seating structures upholstered in the Stone Island NO SEASONS fabrics. Exhibited elements are developed through NM3’s dry-assembly approach, combining laser cutting and bending. Sound is delivered through the Friendly Pressure: Studio One system, originally unveiled at Milan Design Week 2025 and reissued for 2026 with a patinated metal horn and faceplate, while retuned for enhanced clarity and emotional depth.

Karimoku Research
feat. WAKA WAKA, Lichen, Devon Turnbull, and Postalco Design Studio

A collaborative initiative by Karimoku Furniture that explores new, enriched ways of living for the future, KARIMOKU RESEARCH is developed in partnership with a diverse range of collaborators across cultures, generations, and disciplines. Titled “Research Published as Furniture,” the presentation at Capsule Plaza introduces four furniture brands developedby KARIMOKU RESEARCH — wagetsu わ月 by WakaWaka, CMPT and Re:issue by Lichen, and STAKKO by Postalco Design Studio. The exhibition unfolds as a conceptual lounge, incorporating elements of Japanese aesthetics, and will also host Capsule Plaza’s program of public talks.
Ambient music recorded at the Karimoku Furniture factory by musician Koki Moriyama (of the band odol) will play throughout the space. The audio will be delivered through Nurikabe wooden speakers, developed in collaboration with New York–based audio designer Devon Turnbull (OJAS Tokyo), creating an immersive spatial experience that extends beyond a conventional furniture exhibition.

Bolon
feat. Martino Gamper

A family-run, climate-neutral woven flooring company from Sweden, Bolon presents RIQUADRO, an artistic collaboration with Italian designer Martino Gamper (OBE). RIQUADRO reimagines flooring—often the largest, yet most overlooked element of an interior space—as an active architectural surface, transforming Bolon’s sustainable woven product into a series of wall-framed and spatial installations that come together to create a kaleidoscopic total environment of colour and shape. RIQUADRO is the result of Martino Gamper and Bolon’s shared belief that functional design and conceptual art are not opposing disciplines, but intertwined practices. Gamper’s investigative practice treats the loom as a drawing tool: cutting, layering, and recombining surfaces to reveal the material’s artistry and adaptability across scales and spatial contexts. The works are designed to be deliberately tactile, creating a continuous interaction between object and user. RIQUADRO continues an ongoing collaboration between Bolon and Gamper, rooted in their mutual respect for process and material.

NEO Home Robot
by 1X Technologies

1X, the leading AI and robotics company pioneering safe, consumer-ready humanoids for the home, presents NEO —the home robot. At Capsule Plaza, the 1X design team will operate from a makeshift version of their HQ studio in Palo Alto, California, where NEO robots will actively assist in real time, demonstrating their seamless integration into creative workflows and domestic environments. This collaboration underscores 1X’s distinctive philosophy in humanoid robotics: designing machines that feel truly at home, highlighting how technology can enhance our daily life. Unlike most industrial robots in the humanoid space, NEO is intentionally design-forward, soft, approachable, and comfortable—blending advanced hard tech with the warmth and tactility of a thoughtful home appliance. “The human form remains our north star—it’s the fundamental truth that informs every decision,” said Dar Sleeper, VP of Product and Design at 1X. “Its soft exterior, fluid movements, and natural aesthetic make NEO as much a piece of considered design as sophisticated AI hardware.”

noo.ma
feat. Just An Idea Books

noo.ma, an independent Polish furniture brand dedicated to thoughtful design, enduring quality, and conscious choices, presents its vision at Capsule Plaza through an immersive, purpose-driven space: “the Reading Room, inspired by curiosity.” Blending function with well-being, the installation reflects the brand’s commitment to creating environments that inspire positive emotion. In collaboration with curator Sarah Andelman and her publishing house Just An Idea Books, noo.ma introduces a reading room designed to foster comfort, balance, and the joy of creating. A vibrant gradient of bold colors, tactile materials, and inviting forms encourages visitors to slow down and embrace a mindful moment. Completed with soft-lined furniture arranged in a flowing colour gradient, the space becomes a quiet yet inspiring refuge — an invitation to pause, connect, and rediscover the pleasure of curiosity through Just An Idea’s visionary and beautifully crafted books.

BWB Surface Technology
feat. Panter & Tourron

Hall is a limited-edition floor lamp designed by Panter & Tourron in collaboration with the BWB surface technology specialists. Crafted from aluminium and displaying a palette of colors in a vertical gradient treatment, Hall explores simplicity in design and construction while translating color craftsmanship, precision, and industrial finishing. Equipped with a dimmable LED, the lamp offers adaptable light for different settings and moods, balancing function with a sculptural presence. Its main body features an extruded aluminium pipe cut in half, flipped, and reassembled along a rigid strip-LED structure, creating a clear, legible construction that foregrounds material and surface. The project is the result of a close collaboration with the Italian lighting company From Lighting, which supported development through engineering, prototyping, and final production, in partnership with BWB surface technology for the anodization process and gradient color treatments. Executive produced by Profiler with creative direction by Sebastian Vargas, Hall brings together design research, industrial precision, and color craft in a refined limited edition.

Aeir & Websessions
Olfactory Intelligence

Designed in Venice Beach, California and engineered in New York City, Aeir merges the timeless codes of luxury and craftsmanship with the forefront of bioengineering and artificial intelligence — a vision for Universal Luxury. At Capsule Plaza, the perfume house presents its first collaboration with Websessions, an independent digital studio that treats the web as a form of expression where craft, intention, and personality converge. Titled “Olfactory Intelligence”, the installation introduces Monica, a conversational AI concierge trained as an expert perfumer. Through voice, image, and environmental data, Monica captures the essence of a moment and recreates it as a personalized fragrance. A memory you can hold, smell, and share. Each fragrance is produced as Extrait MolecularTM de Parfum—Aeir’s proprietary format, designed to minimize botanical and natural extraction. Instead of pulling oils from wood or flowers, Aeir uses bioconversion: sugar turned into fragrance through fermentation. The alcohol is made from CO2. The result is entirely carbon neutral and IFRA certified.

Capsule Gift Shop
Designed by NM3

Designed by NM3, the Capsule Plaza gift shop features a curated selection of design objects, home goods, and Capsule merchandise—featuring items from Fragile Glass, Grau, Humanrace, Mono, Nothing, Objects Are By, Sucuk und Bratwurst, Teenage Engineering, and Traga, while debuting the latest issue of Capsule magazine.

NEIT Sin Plan
feat. Amorim Cork Solutions, La Marzocco and Tacos Domingo

NEIT, the independent Irish whiskey maker, presents the opening chapter of NEIT OUT: Sin Plan at via Maiocchi 3. Conceived with Amorim Cork shaping the environment, La Marzocco refining the coffee service, and Tacos Domingo bringing an authentic Mexican food presence, Sin Plan approaches Salone del Mobile at a different pace—where espresso, cocktails, and food follow one another in a continuous flow. It celebrates the pleasure of arriving without expectations and letting the moment unfold. Here, coffee turns into drinks, drinks turn into food, and time quietly stretches as people stay longer than planned. More than a bar, Sin Plan is a space for gathering—informal, warm, and unforced. No agenda, no rush, no script. Just good company, shared time, and the freedom of having no plan at all. Conceived as an open and flexible format, NEIT OUT is a series of pop-up moments where NEIT goes out to meet people, places, and conversations. Each edition becomes a chapter shaped by its context, while remaining rooted in hospitality, curiosity, and togetherness.

From 20–26 April 2026, Capsule Plaza returns to Milan Design Week with a new main venue at Via Achille Maiocchi 8, directly opposite Spazio Maiocchi, alongside an expanded presence across the city through collateral initiatives.

With the 2026 edition of Capsule Plaza, the new venue at Via Achille Maiocchi 8 is presented in its fully restored form and the street transforms into a vibrant creative corridor for the global design community, unfolding through a series of activations and shaping a dynamic district experience.


Originally an industrial space, and later transformed into a gym and swimming pool, the venue, renovated by ASA Office, narrates its evolution through a stratification of past lives and measured gestures of addition and subtraction, granting the space a theatrical vocation.


A hybrid between a fair and a collective exhibition, Capsule Plaza once again brings together designers and companies from various creative fields, bridging industry and culture through a bold and multisensory curation that spans interiors and architecture, innovation and craft, hospitality and entertainment.


The theme of this year's edition, DESIGN STATE OF MIND, frames design as both practice and mindset, shaping how we perceive and inhabit the world. Beyond surface, it becomes a space of alignment – where mind and body, form and content, product and concept find balance.


Capsule Plaza’s lineup includes: STONE ISLAND “NO SEASONS”; KARIMOKU RESEARCH feat. Waka Waka, Lichen, Devon Turnbull, and Postalco; BOLON feat. Martino Gamper; NOO.MA feat. Just An Idea Books; 1X TECHNOLOGIES feat. NEO the Home Robot; BWB GROUP feat. Panter&Tourron; AEIR and WEBSESSIONS “Olfactory Intelligence”; a bar curated by NEIT feat. La Marzocco; and a Capsule gift shop.

Capsule Issue 5

In tandem with the opening, Capsule will release the fifth issue of the magazine – an annual publication reimagining the notion of radical design for today.

Tadao Ando: Absolute Architecture

NEO The Home Robot

Jonas Wood: Fragments of Space

Devon Turnbull: Sound House

Shiro Kuramata: Comblé Bar

Locations

Venues

MAIN LOCATION
Via Achille Maiocchi 8, Milan

BAR
Via Achille Maiocchi 3, Milan

Meet the team

Alessio Ascari

Capsule Plaza 2026 is curated by ALESSIO ASCARI, a publisher and curator based in Milan. He is the founder and creative director of Capsule and Kaleidoscope, and has curated exhibitions internationally, including the cultural programming of Spazio Maiocchi in Milan and the annual multi-disciplinary festival Manifesto in Paris.

NM3

Milan-based design studio NM3 will lead the spatial design of the event. Founded in 2021, the practice works across architecture, interiors, product design, and custom furniture, with a strong focus on industrial processes, raw materials, and geometric rigor.

Jillian Choi

The installations will be accompanied by a robust program of talks, workshops, listening sessions, and culinary experiences that engage a wide range of creators. Creative consultant and producer JILLIAN CHOI will lead the Public Program of Talks.

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