IED at Milan Design Week 2026
Living in the present represents the guiding thread of IED’s presence at Milan Design Week 2026.
Living in the present – in its many forms, including emergency-related ones – is the theme that shapes IED’s presence at Milan Design Week 2026 through three projects:
- The third edition of The Glitch Camp, the free urban campsite for students in Milan during Design Week, organised by Fondazione Francesco Morelli and IED and hosted for the first time at the former Porta Vittoria slaughterhouse (Ex Macello);
- The installation at Statale VIVO - Abitare l'emergenza for INTERNI MATERIAE, which presents a temporary housing solution designed to be set up within 48 hours in Italian sports halls and to offer a response that helps alleviate the hardship experienced by those forced into situations of emergency and shelter;
- Close to Dropcity, the project FARE POSTO: Cronache e Design from Centro Sammartini of the Municipality of Milan, dedicated to rethinking the initial reception spaces of the Centre located in the tunnels beneath the tracks of Milano Centrale railway station.
The Glitch Camp 2026
Third edition of the free urban campsite for students from all over the world in Milan during Design Week, organised by Fondazione Francesco Morelli and IED.
The Fondazione Francesco Morelli, a non-profit organisation and owner of the IED Group, and the Istituto Europeo di Design, a Benefit Corporation, contribute through the project The Glitch Camp to making Design Week and the entire cultural heritage of the Salone del Mobile accessible to as many young people as possible, promoting design as a tool for growth, exchange and opportunity.
IED at the University of Milan with VIVO - Abitare l'emergenza
At the INTERNI MATERIAE Exhibition–Event, a temporary housing solution for the immediate post-emergency phase. A modular space of resilience designed to encourage both privacy and social interaction.
A reflection on emergency that becomes research and design, transforming a condition of fragility into an opportunity for connection and, over time, recovery. This is the VIVO installation: a temporary housing solution for the aftermath of natural disasters and various types of emergencies, a space of resilience designed to be rapidly set up in Italian sports halls, thus offering a concrete response that helps alleviate the hardship of those forced into temporary shelter conditions.
IED rethinks first reception at the Centro Sammartini of the Municipality of Milan.
At Fuorisalone 2026, a project by seven female students from the Master of Arts School at IED Milano, promoted by Fondazione Morelli.
What does it mean to design for first reception? And to do so in a constantly evolving city like Milan, where homelessness and social marginalisation represent one of the most urgent and complex challenges for the urban and social fabric?
This is the question addressed by seven students from IED Milano in collaboration with the Centro Sammartini of the Municipality of Milan.