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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colleen Barry

Milan design week draws global creatives and makers despite war and economic worries

Italy Milan Design Week - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Artist Maurizio Cattelan, the provocateur behind such works as a golden toilet titled “America," opened MilanDesignWeek by inviting people for an informal exchange of favorite objects in front of Milan’s Duomo cathedral, where he stamped “White Trash” on participants' necks and hands.

The mood in Milan was buoyant as guests moved from cocktail to cocktail in some of Milan’s most inviting venues on Monday before the doors of the Milan Furniture Fair opened Tuesday for the business of showing innovations in the most eclectic and energetic clash of events on the global design calendar.

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