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immersive experience — part essay, part dreamscape — that asked what modernity looked like in an entangled, post-human world. And while the furniture still sat at the center, with Cassina's legendary designs unmistakably present, it was no longer the hero of the story. In Staging Modernity, modernism was pulled off its pedestal and placed into the messy, layered now. Infrastructure, Interrupted Design. Debate. Disruption. Prada Frames returned for its fourth edition — and it didn't play it safe. Curated by the provocative Formafantasma, the symposium ran in parallel with Salone del Mobile, offering a critical counterpoint: no products, no launches, just sharp Left: Cassina, Staging Modernity, Formafantasma. Top and middle: Loro Piana X Dimoremilano. Bottom: Treno Arlecchino, Prada Frames. minds, bold ideas, and re a l c o n v e r s a t i o n . This year's theme — In Transit. It dove deep into the systems that move the world — and the people who get left behind. From data cables to delivery trucks, visa checkpoints to voltage lines, the symposium unpacked infrastructure not as background noise, but as a living, shaping force. It enabled. It restricted. It decided who got access — and who didn't. Prada Frames 2025 didn't simplify. It complicated — beautifully. Because u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e world meant refusing to look away. Loro Piana X Dimoremilano At Milan Design Week, L o r o P i a n a a n d Dimoremilano debuted a cinematic world where interiors became storytelling. Set in Loro Piana's Cortile della Seta headquarters, La Prima Notte di Quiete opened like a film: Guests entered a retro cinema lobby with velvet curtains, leopard-print carpet, and brass details before stepping through into an imagined Milanese home, frozen in a dreamlike stillness. Each room blended eras and aesthetics: 1970s- and '80s-inspired interiors, Dimoremilano furnishings dressed in Loro Piana's signature textiles, vintage treasures, and art from leading galleries. The materials — cashmere, velvet, wool — radiated warmth, while soft lighting animated each detail like a scene from a carefully lit film set. It wasn't just a house — it was a narrative. A space between reality and reverie, quiet and chaos. A first night of calm. A living, breathing mood board of modern Italian elegance. Bugatti Reloaded What happened when Yves Salomon's plush savoir-faire met Dimorestudio's cinematic OMAR SARTOR GABRIELLE MILANESE 29