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Milan Design Week 2025: New process-connected materials experiments and industry landing
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Milan Design Week 2025: New process-connected materials experiments and industry landing

The Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025, held from April 8 to 13, brought the sustainable, experimental and design industries together again to the same site, and SaloneSatellite with the theme of “NEW CRAFTSMANSHIP: A NEW WORLD”.

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AbstractAbstract

The Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025, held from April 8 to 13, brought the sustainable, experimental and design industries together again to the same site, and SaloneSatellite with the theme of “NEW CRAFTSMANSHIP: A NEW WORLD”.

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2025 Timeline and Evidence

According to official sources, SaloneSatellite brings together about 700 designers and 20 schools and universities.

Handmade, digital manufacturing, lighting, furniture and new materials are placed in a continuous production context.

The exhibition is both a cultural display and a test site for sample, procurement and manufacturing relationships.

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Trend analysis

"New craftsmanship" is not to return to handmade nostalgia, but to let material knowledge, digital tools and repair structures enter the product together.The design value comes from the reproducible details, not the one-time effect on the stand.

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Design Response Design Response

01 Simultaneous verification of material source and processing tolerance at the concept stage.

02 The connection method, disassembly and repair become part of the shape.

03 Use small batch trial production to test whether the process can be stable conversion.

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AURELIS observation

Milan’s signal in 2025 is that material narratives can only become true product innovation if they enter the manufacturing, maintenance and price systems.

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Source of sources

01 https://www.salonemilano.it/en/articles/salone-del-mobile-2025-start
02 https://www.salonemilano.it/en/articles/salonesatellite-2025-theme-news

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SourcesSOURCES & FURTHER READING
  1. salonemilano.it
  2. salonemilano.it