MADE IN MiC

MADE IN MiC The Ministry of Culture at the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026

As part of its role as an international contemporary design platform, the Salone del Mobile.Milano will be welcoming the Ministry of Culture, opening its system to a trajectory forged by heritage and design, memory and production. Not an insertion, but an addition – a presence that will expand the field of design and reconnect it with its cultural roots, making explicit that which often remains implicit - every single contemporary object is informed by a lengthy and stratified history.

The layout doesn’t follow a linear chronology, but is divided into thematic nuclei that function as interpretative maps, making this complexity easier to read. The Interni d’autore (designer interiors) demonstrate the ways in which artists and designers redefined the domestic space; the Souvenirs d’autore (designer Souvenirs) narrate the conception of objects designed to transmit a cultural image of Italy, Dal Museo (from the Museum) highlights the role of collections as repertories of shapes and motifs for design; Domus illustrates the evolution of daily life through everyday objects; Trame (Textures) puts textiles at the forefront as the area in which technique, decoration and identity come together. Archetipi (Archetypes) therefore conveys an understanding of how Italian design was formed even before being defined as such, as a widespread, shared cultural practice.