Drafting Futures. Conversations about Next Perspectives

23 Apr 2026

11:00 – 12:00

Talk

In Conversation with Tosin Oshinowo | Oshinowo Studio

Drafting Futures Arena, Pav. 14 - Fiera Milano, Rho

Oshinowo draws on her experience of architectural practice in Africa, alongside curatorial work on innovation under conditions of scarcity, to redefine architecture and urbanism from a global perspective and to design beyond abundance. By critically engaging with the architecture and urbanism of the continent, her lecture challenges conventional design paradigms, advocating for an approach that is attentive to the cultural and climatic imperatives of the twenty-first century.

Tosin Oshinowo, Architect and Curator
Moderated by Amanda Ferber, Founder, CEO & Publisher | Architecture Hunter

Architects registered with CNAPPC (the Italian National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservators) are entitled to 2 CPD credits: please complete the form to register and initiate the accreditation process. Training credits will be awarded exclusively to participants who have signed the attendance register on site.

Ph. Spark Creative

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16:30 – 17:30

Round table

Two Speeds of Design. Between Scale and Singularity

Drafting Futures Arena, Pav. 14 - Fiera Milano, Rho

The talk Two Speeds of Design looks at authorial design and at a product in wide circulation as two forces that shape contemporary practice and related market. Serial design brings large reach, continuity, and broad application. Authorial design ─ unique pieces, limited editions, outsider creations ─ is a platform for freedom: a space where imagination, exploration, and risk can operate without constraint. Moving between these two worlds is, for the most forward-thinking figures in the field, a conscious choice and a source of strength. Limited editions and bespoke commissions function as sites of research ─ material, conceptual, and formal ─ while serial production translates and extends that research into form and distribution, subject to the disciplines of scale, numbers, and cost. The relationship between the two is dynamic rather than hierarchical, and their coexistence reflects a mature design ecosystem - one capable of addressing both cultural ambition and industrial reality.

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24 Apr 2026

11:00 – 12:00

Talk

In Conversation with David Barragán | Al Borde

Drafting Futures Arena, Pav. 14 - Fiera Milano, Rho

The talk explores an architectural approach rooted in local reality and territory, proposing a design centred on the sustainability of life and cultural identity. The discussion focuses on experimenting with materials, vernacular knowledge, and the matter that anchors us to the site, seeking alternatives to steel and concrete that cause a loss of identity. It will highlight the value of constructive knowledge transmitted through oral tradition and artisanal craftsmanship. Architecture is presented as matter, context, and collective action. David Barragán of Al Borde studio will share case studies from Ecuador and abroad, demonstrating how project diversity can foster local development and social innovation. This approach involves adapting design to local conditions using materials like earth, bamboo, and wood, while reclaiming ancestral knowledge to face environmental crises.

David Barragán, Co-Founder Al Borde
Moderated by Marcela Fibbiani, Design Journalist, 90+10

Architects registered with CNAPPC (the Italian National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservators) are entitled to 2 CPD credits: please complete the form to register and initiate the accreditation process. Training credits will be awarded exclusively to participants who have signed the attendance register on site.

Ph. JAG Studio

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16:00 – 17:00

Round table

Raritas. Bringing Craft, Special Editions and Antiques to Salone del Mobile

Drafting Futures Arena, Pav. 14 - Fiera Milano, Rho

With the introduction of Salone Raritas, contemporary craft, special-edition design and antiques enter Salone del Mobile not as peripheral categories, but as central pillars within a wider ecosystem. As architects, interior designers, developers and hospitality brands increasingly look to rare and characterful pieces to give distinction to residential, retail and public interiors, how are these disciplines being positioned within a fair historically defined by industrial production? What does it mean to present unique and limited-edition works at a trade event, and what new opportunities does this create for designers and gallerists working across collectible design, high craftsmanship and antiques? Featuring exhibitors this panel will explore the growing appeal of authorial objects among professional audiences, and consider how Salone Raritas aligns with Salone del Mobile’s wider role as an international platform for design culture and business.

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25 Apr 2026

11:00 – 12:00

Talk

Home – Place – Feeling

Drafting Futures Arena, Pav. 14 - Fiera Milano, Rho

What does the ideal home look like? It is a concept that changes over time, but not too much. For millennia, a house has been a house. And yet its form and functions adapt to the outside world. They open up, when the time is right, or close to protect like a shelter from the world outside, when that is the better choice. A monologue by Matteo Caccia will explore the evolution of the concept of home throughout human history and the history of design. Dimensions, function, divisions. A sentimental journey through the most 

Performance by Matteo Caccia, Author and Storyteller 
Introduction by Davide Coppo, Head of Special Projects Rivista Studio and Valentina Ardia, Editor in Chief Rivista Studio
Curated by Rivista Studio 

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