Top Design Districts From Milan – Let’s Explore The City – LUXXU Blog already showed you what great things Salone Del Mobile 2022 will bring to you but Milan has much more to offer. We’ll go through some of the top design districts where you can enjoy design-related activities, and appreciate what the city has to offer at the same time. Let’s begin the Milan City Guide!

Let’s Get To Know The Top Design Districts From Milan!

Brera Design District

Top Design Districts From Milan - Let's Explore The City

This is the neighborhood where the world-famous Pinacoteca and Art Academy are located. This creative district has a very appealing, bohemian vibe year-round, with its tiny, cobblestone lanes having a dense concentration of antique shops, galleries, showrooms, and renowned venues. During the Fuorisalone, Brera hosts a high-profile events calendar that includes some of the world’s most prominent brands, with the goal of attracting a design-savvy, culturally focused audience. Brera Design District is a territorial marketing initiative that promotes commercial real estate development and excellence.

Ventura Centrale Design District

The Magazzini Raccordati via Ferrante Aporti’s formerly abandoned 9 spaces, which were once home to key local warehouses, present tourists with a visually memorable experience. Under the rough tracks and distinctive vaults of Milan’s Stazione Centrale, creativity – with a particular focus on design from the Netherlands and Belgium – takes center stage, displaying an eclectic mix of modern design from both emerging and renowned firms. The worldwide design organization Ventura, in collaboration with the local association Centrale District, has curated and powered projects in the area, which are dispersed over the key sections of Centrale Railway Station and the surrounding area of Repubblica.

Ventura Future Design District

Ventura Future is an exhibition space showcasing both emerging and established brands’ innovative, cutting-edge, and striking designs.

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Tortona Design District

Although Tortona is the name of a single street, the festivities in its surrounding neighborhood – specifically the one behind the Navigli, famed for its “vibey” atmosphere – expand during the Fuorisalone. Former warehouses and factories transformed into a big showcase platform with a host of futuristic, creative, and experimental events aimed at creating a genuinely knockout effect, according to the organizers. Big names and up-and-comers collaborate to establish an urban design workshop. Tortona’s Design Week features a variety of activities held at some of the city’s most prestigious hotels and newly acclaimed public areas. The SUPERSTUDIO, an iconic design location in Milan and the district’s pioneer of the Fuorisalone phenomenon, has been the most visited and sought-after location in the Tortona District since 2000. Superstudio continues to pursue its aim of quality, excellence, and research with the SUPER DESIGN SHOW project, which follows the original structure of “less fair, more museum.” The next installment of Gisella Borioli’s project with Giulio Cappellini follows the traditional ONLY THE BEST mission, with a focus on the TECH&GREEN theme.

5 Vie Art Design District

The district, appropriately termed 5vie after the “five streets” that make up the region, is both one of the city’s oldest and most emerging districts. The region includes the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, and the church of San Satiro, all of which were designed by Bramante. The area participates in Design Week with a triple circuit consisting of showrooms displaying the latest in design, old artisan workshops where you can admire traditional handicrafts (especially in via San Maurillio and via Santa Marta), and a cultural itinerary consisting of museums, churches, cloisters, archaeological sites, and breathtaking inner courtyards. Milan’s Old Town is being promoted through a cultural and territorial marketing effort called 5vie District.