Incalmi

At L’Appartamento by Artemest, among the most observed contexts of Milano Design Week, Specola Plates - designed for Incalmi by Zanellato/Bortotto - have defined a quiet, continuous presence.

Seventy-two wall-mounted elements form a visual sequence that moves through the space, redefining its perception.
Within the concept designed by Rockwell Group, the project operates as a narrative device: matter and form engage in dialogue without ever asserting dominance, activating a calibrated balance between function and representation.

Photography: Manfredi Gioacchini
Artemest / Sasha Adler Design / March and White Design / Rockwell Group / Charlap Hyman & Herrero / Urjowan Alsharif Interiors

At Superstudio Maxi, within the When Design Becomes Art exhibition, Galateo Ancestrale takes shape from Incalmi’s research on Caterina Roppo’s textiles, exploring the relationship between material metamorphosis and memory.

A year of experimentation leads the textiles into a new condition, transforming them into permanent structures through metallization and copper deposition. The works - Prana, Savasana, Ayama - do not occupy space: they modulate it, slow it down, and make it perceptible.

Matter emerges as an active element, capable of shaping relationships between physical and perceptual dimensions.

Photography: Joy Wanders

Incalmi at Milano Design Week 2026. A presence shaped through matter, process and shared visions.

Across Milan, three projects unfold as distinct yet connected narratives - where design moves beyond object and becomes experience.
Where to find us:

STILLA COLLECTION by Studiopepe.
The Intimacy - Manifesto Project
Viale Abruzzi 20
April 20 - 25 / 2 - 6 pm
By appointment (studiopepe.info)

GALATEO ANCESTRALE by Caterina Roppo
SuperCity at Superstudio
Via Moncucco 35
April 20 - 25 / 11 am - 9 pm
April 26 / 11 am - 6 pm
(Press day: April 19 / 10 am - 7 pm)

SPECOLA PLATES by Zanellato/Bortotto
L’Appartamento - Artemest
Palazzo Donizetti - Via Gaetano Donizetti 48
April 21 - 26 / 10 am - 6 pm
(Press day: April 20 / 10 am - 5 pm)

A trajectory through intimacy, memory, and representation. A way of working where material is never neutral - but always a language.