Design

A road-legal hypercar that bends the rules of aerodynamics and legislation. Aston Martin Exterior Design Manager Ondrej Jirec explains to us in an exclusive interview why the Valhalla is a "show car for the road" and how over 1,000 hp can be transformed into pure aesthetics.

Last week, Kaldewei made an architectural statement at the Fuorisalone with its "Bubbles of Time" installation – you've probably rarely seen bathtubs this beautiful.

CHANEL has made an ingenious move with the world's first Haute Horlogerie chessboard. And in doing so, transferred the vision of founder Coco Chanel into the modern age.

Inspired by natural materials and Mediterranean colour tones, the new Technogym "Sand Stone" collection creates a warm aesthetic that makes training a seamless part of interior design - and rethinks wellness.

At Milan Design Week 2026, Smeg will be presenting products that combine innovation, technology and design to enrich everyday life. This includes the new "Musa" design line.

At Milan Design Week 2025, CUPRA heralded a new design era with the CUPRA Design House. And in 2026? The brand is picking up where it left off with its "Beyond The Known" installation.

How does Audi plan to shape the future? With electrified performance, its entry into Formula 1—and the “Origin” installation at Milan Design Week 2026.

If design wants to make history, it must tell a story. Just like the iconic Coca-Cola glass bottle.

Good design knows no product categories. This is perfectly illustrated by Bentley Home, the interior offshoot of the luxury car brand. Exclusively for Milan Design Week, Bentley Home is presenting its new furniture collection, consistently translating its luxury philosophy from the automobile to the home.

If anyone has brought more colour to the world of fashion, it's Paul Smith. Even better: he knows exactly how to transfer this to the automotive world. He can currently be seen at the Salone del Mobile in Milan at Via A. Manzoni 41, where he has installed his "Garden of Curiosity" with MINI. What does it look like at home? He showed us in an exclusive interview with editor-in-chief Michael Köckritz.

The Milan Design Week is all about the fine art of curation. Pil Marques shows what this looks like in real life: collecting, selecting, reassembling. Just like a DJ. Except that his material doesn’t just end up on the dance floor, but in the room. In this way, ‘popular kitsch’ becomes not a coincidence, but a rather good mix.

What does design need to be good and successful? Dieter Rams answered this question for himself in the seventies with ten theses.

The Austrian design studio Vagabund Moto says about itself: "We are not reinventing the wheel, but we are rethinking it." The latest creative project in collaboration with MINI shows just how seriously this is meant: two one-offs based on the MINI Countryman, interpreted as an experimental space.

RIMOWA reaches deep into its bag of tricks and conjures up the Classic Grid collection, which reinterprets the characteristic grid design from 1969.

Apple celebrates its 50th birthday today - and looks back on a legendary success story. You can do the same, by the way: either with the book "Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation", which brings together the greatest (design) milestones from Cupertino. Or you can go to the Oldenburg Computer Museum, which has dedicated a special exhibition to the brand with the apple.