Alcova returned to Varedo for its ninth edition across four sites: Villa Borsani, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, the former SNIA factory, and the Pasino Glasshouses. Each location—ranging from historic villas to industrial ruins—offered a different lens on contemporary design, guiding 70,000 visitors through a landscape of installations and exhibitions ranging from beautiful to bonkers.
Founded in 2018 by Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, Alcova has become a must attend exhibition of Milan Design Week (and Miami Art Week) celebrated for turning forgotten spaces into experimental showcases of the future of living.
- Atelier Laukkanen
- Ornamental Contrast by Japanese design studio Spread
- CRYSTAL Chair by Deniz Aktay
- CLOUD Chair by Willo
- PORTAL Collection by Decibel
- Up7 Foot Lounge Chair designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1969 for B&B Italia.
- Under the Volcano with Ranieri
- TOYS by Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
- Ranieri’s Under the Volcano pamphlet
- UMPRUM Studio of Fashion and Footwear Design
- Frutti di Mare light by Touch With Eyes Studio
- GEMME slabs by Studio Prodotti and FAP Ceramiche
- Designer Jean-Baptiste Anotin in his Godspeed rocking chair
- Jean-Baptiste’s record player
- Free Growth Lounge by Unicoggetto
- Armando table by GIOPAGANI
- Betsy Console designed by Lara Bohinc for Uniqka
- Doppler light by Finkler
- Sol Sanctuary table lamp by THESHAW
- Botryoidal Standing lamp by Forma Rosa Studio
- Installation by Marlot Baus
- Cashew lamp by Kilzi
- “Landscape in Limburg,” painting by Nuria Maria; Kubik Armchair by Ergonomia; Mush lamp (tower) by Kilzi
- Mush table lamp by Kilzi; “Inner” painting by Maria Yelletisch
- GEMME slabs by Studio Prodotti and FAP Ceramiche
- Anima sofa and Dark Woods table by Bohinc Studio
- “Cosmic Traces” exhibition by Sten Studio
- Di Palma for Il Piccolo
- Blue Clockwork cabinet by Lanzavecchia and Wai for Exto
- “Design Signals Snapshot” exhibition by FABER