We?ve picked 11 of our favorite designers to watch, installations that made us think, and pieces we?d love to own from Milan Design Week 2024.

After resting a bit from our whirlwind visit to Milan Design Week 2024, we?ve picked 11 of our favorite designers to watch, installations that made us think, and pieces we?d love to own from the hundreds of exhibitions, installations, pop-ups, and galleries spread across the city. These are some of the week?s most standout sources of inspiration.
“Design Ancora” by Gucci \ Photo: Courtesy of Gucci
Design Ancora by Gucci
Luxury fashion brands have been working hard debuting their own color tones. Think Valentino?s PP Pink, Bottega Veneta?s Parakeet Green, and last fall at Milan Fashion Week, Gucci creative director Sabato De Sarno debuted its signature color: Ancora Red ? inspired by the rich oxblood tone in the lining of an original Jackie bag. For Design Week, he pushed the color further with Design Ancora, an exhibition at the house?s Via Montenapoleone flagship, which reimagined five Italian design icons in this alluring deep red: the Storet drawers by Nanda Vigo for Acerbis (1994), a reinterpreted version of the Clessidra rug by Nicolò Castellini Baldissera, who updated his grandfather Piero Portaluppi?s original design, the Parola table lamp by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni for FontanaArte (1980), the Le Mura sofa by Mario Bellini for Tacchini (1972), and the Opachi vase by Tobia Scarpa for Venini (1960...