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Detailed interior of Pierre-Yves Rochon’s Villa Héritage. Photography courtesy of Pierre-Yves Rochon.
Each year during Salone del Mobile—in addition to having the chance to view more than 2,000 exhibitors from 37 countries—there are many great fascinating installations to experience, both within the pavilions at the fairgrounds and in and around the city of Milan. (It is quite a whirlwind to take it all in, and you definitely get in your 10,000+ steps along the way!)
Salone del Mobile 2025’s lineup will include four outstanding spaces by creative minds from around the world: French architect Pierre-Yves Rochon, Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, American visual artist and theater director Robert Wilson, and Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto.
Visitors at the crazy-busy fair, which is running from April 8-13, 2025, will have a chance to relax in Sorrentino’s lounge space, designed to reinterpret the act of waiting. Or visit Rochon’s villa, a place where heritage connects with the future. In town, Wilson has created an experience centered around one of Italian arts great masterpieces.
This year’s fair also features Euroluce, a two-day forum on lighting design that will take place in a primordial space designed by Fujimoto and will showcase 300 lighting brands from 25 countries. This exhibition usually alternates with Eurocucina. Maria Porro, president of the Salone del Mobile, also expressed a connection between Wilson’s installation and the biennial lighting show. “In the year of Euroluce, opening the Salone with Robert Wilson is a dream come true.” We can’t wait to see it and all the others!
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La dolce attesta by Paolo Sorrentino
Drawing for Paolo Sorrentino’s La dolce attesa. Image courtesy of Margherita Palli.
Paolo Sorrentino, who won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014, created a space called La dolce attesta (“The sweet wait”), a place to stop and catch one’s breath during the hectic Salone del Mobile 2025. The space rethinks the idea of waiting, which is often associated with fear and anticipation. Here, one learns patience, and to find beauty in slow-moving time. Running from April 8 – 13 at Pavilions 22-24, this project is a collaboration with renowned set designer Margherita Palli.
Villa Héritage by Pierre-Yves Rochon
The exterior of Pierre-Yves Rochon’s Villa Héritage. Photography courtesy of Pierre-Yves Rochon.
Detailed interior of Pierre-Yves Rochon’s Villa Héritage. Photography courtesy of Pierre-Yves Rochon.
Time and experience in interior design inspired by tradition, reinterpreted in a contemporary way, informed Pierre-Yves Rochon’s Villa Héritage. He redefines luxury hospitality design into a bridge connecting memory and innovation, with luxury as a multi-sensory experience. Running from April 8 to 13 at Pavilions 13-15, the villa is designed as a square—each room being a chapter in a story, portraying legacy as a source of freedom, rather than as a constraint.
Mother by Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson’s Mother. Photography courtesy of Robert Wilson.
From the preliminary walkthrough of Robert Wilson’s Mother. Photography courtesy of Robert Wilson.
A dialogue between the artist and Michelangelo’s masterpiece, the unfinished Pietà Rondanini, Robert Wilson’s Mother space is a tribute to light, art, and the city. Wilson brings his mastery of light to create a “total work” dedicated to the powerful, mystical energy given by the statue, with music—Stabat Mater, a medieval prayer in a vocal and instrumental version—by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Displaying from April 8 to May 18 at the Museo Pietà Rondanini—Castello Sforzescoroject, this experience inspired by the arts is curated by Franco Laera.
The Forest of Space by Sou Fujimoto
Original concept sketch of The Forest of Space by Sou Fujimoto. Image courtesy of ©Sou Fujimoto Architect.
Original concept sketch of The Forest of Space by Sou Fujimoto. Image courtesy of ©Sou Fujimoto Architect.
Sou Fujimoto’s Forest of Space will be the venue for Euroluce’s first International Lighting Forum, a two-day event promoting innovation in the lighting world. The venue, curated by VIV Arts, will be constructed using vertically arranged pine beams, inspired by the organic vitality of forests and enveloping those who enter it. Running from April 10-11 at Pavilion 2 in the Euroluce International Lighting Forum, the venue is conceived as a transitional space—a mobile amphitheater, easily assembled and disassembled—between inside and out, and order and organicity.