Milan, the word on everyone’s lips each April, as the design community asks that question… Are you going this year? At the beginning of each year we may be just thinking about attending Salone del Mobile, but the Italians are already working frantically to accommodate the annual influx of designers, architects, manufacturers and buyers that inundate the northern Italian city for that one special week in April.
When that week arrives, the weather can be warm and sunny, or grey and rainy but never boring. The city is alive with installations, openings, gatherings and happenings, while FieraMilano at Rho, the ‘just out of town’ fairground, and the heart of Salone del Mobile, is in preparation for the crowds. This year Salone del Mobile accommodated 2407 exhibitors over 207,000 square metres…