Every April Milan holds the Salone del Mobile furniture fair and Design Week, and galleries and showrooms across the city sell 20th-century and contemporary furniture and objects all year. 3 places, chosen by Hélène and checked by the editors.
Quadrilatero
A design gallery founded in Milan by Nina Yashar in 1979, showing and selling 20th-century furniture masterpieces alongside contemporary designers; it also runs a large Depot space on Viale Lancetti.
HélèneOld and new furniture in the same rooms. You can almost smell the materials.
Quadrilatero
A Milanese atelier founded by Piero Fornasetti in 1940 and now led by his son Barnaba, making decorated objects and furniture. Its Corso Venezia store reopened after a redesign in April 2026, with a new entrance on Via Senato.
HélèneEven the scented candles come in hand-decorated porcelain.
Porta Venezia
A design furniture and interiors store on Viale Piave since 1986, carrying a wide range of Italian design brands and changing its windows and in-store installations each season.
HélèneThe windows change every season. You can read the shop from the street.
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