An office vignette showcasing furnishings by Arper from the 2016 Salone del Mobile.

The brand presented products both new and old in a series of room-like vignettes.

A moment from Hella Jongerius for CasaVitra, a 12,000-square-foot pop-up installation.

Lee Broom's new Optical lighting collection is taking a spin around Milan—in the back of a truck!

"I Hate U/I Love U" by graphic designer Yoshiaki Irobe, exhibited as part of the SUBTLE Takeo paper show at La Triennale di Milano.

A limited-edition poster by Erwan Bouroullec for HAY at Milan's 1947 building La Pelota.

On display at San Gregorio 40 is the Euler table by Pinch, featuring a 10 x 10 grid of English oak and white resin.

At Salone Satellite, we're enjoying work by emerging designers from Mexico to Mauritius.

Scavolini takes a minimalist turn with Ki, a new kitchen collection by Nendo.

A regal back of knitted rope makes up Kettal's new Cala armchair by Doshi Levien.

A little inspiration from Gio Ponti.

Konstantin Grcic prototyped the Pasha sofa in the '90s. It finally comes to life thanks to SCP, a British manufacturer.

Book of Tongue, featuring painstaking cuts that eventually resemble "geological strata in a somber palette" by Noiz Architects—Keisuke Toyoda and Jia-Shaun Tsai—for the La Triennale exhibition "Paper, Design and Technology"

Nike enlisted 10 designers and architects, including Bertjan Pot, Martino Gamper, Greg Lynn, Lindsey Adelman, among others, to take part in their installation The Nature of Motion. Using the shoe company's materials, each designer created a unique piece.

A regal back of knitted rope makes up Kettal's new Cala armchair by Doshi Levien.

Steinlav plate by Anette Krogstad exhibited by Ventura Projects.

Just a taste of Gufram, leaders of the Italian Radical Design movement of the late 1960s. If you're in Milan, check out the exhibition "Gufram on the Rocks: 50 Years of Design Against the Tide." Clockwise from left: Bocca, 1970; Pratone, 1971; Lebleucactus, 2015; Mimosa, 2016.

We loved the thin legs on this bathroom vanity by MENU.

Nice concept desk called EFF by Stockholm-based Beckmans College of Design student Sara Sjöbäck displayed as part of the New Way Out exhibition by Venture Projects. The program features the work of fourth-year students with prototyping and support from IKEA.

Little Shop of Colors at 5vie.

We found our dream apartment in Brera—furnished by Finnish design company Marimekko in collaboration with Artek.

If you are in Milan, try to visit the otherworldly Forest of Light installation for COS by Sou Fujimoto—a calming sensory experience meant to evoke the arboreal plane.

A cabinet of lacquered metal and stained glass, created as part of the Credenza collection for Spazio Pontaccio by Patricia Urquiola and Federico Pepe. "In any field, people who work with a handcrafted attitude ... are never scared," says Urquiola.

Gerrit Rietveld's 1935 Utrecht chair, covered in Boxblocks by Bertjan Pot for Cassina.

This year marks the return of La Triennale di Milano with the exhibition "W. Women in Italian Design" curated by Silvana Annicchiarico and installation design by Irene Bacchi. We're loving this piece Olivetti Lettera 32 by Lucia Biagi.

Architect Eduardo Souto de Moura and artist Jannis Kounellis have built a pavilion comprised of wooden crates used to transport art for La Triennale di Milano.

We're always delightful surprised by Mooi.

Alfredo Brillembourg, Urban-Think Tank American-born architect Alfredo Brillembourg, who founded Urban-Think Tank in Venezuela, invigorated the crowd at the end of the first day with a sweeping vision for a new urbanism in the developing world. Summarizing the state of city planning in Africa at the outset ("Informality is the new normality"), he proceeded to lambaste earlier generations of architects for their complicity in perpetuating segregation and inequality, before calling for a more ethical and free-thinking practice built from the bottom-up.

Sou Fujimoto, Sou Fujimoto Architects Internationally recognized Tokyo architect Sou Fujimoto presented on the ideal balance of indoor and outdoor, private and public, in the home. "Good architecture," he noted, "lets people choose between gradations [of nature] for infinite functions." Here, he shares his mind-bending 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, made of delicate steel bars.

Erik Kessels, KesselsKramer Through the Dutch creative agency he helped found, Erik Kessels has made a name for himself zig-zagging around norms and expectations in advertising. He once rebranded a budget Amsterdam inn as "the worst hotel in the world" to distinguish it from other prim hospitality ads, a risky campaign that led to the business's international expansion. Kessels told Design Indaba he plumbs misdirection and pretzel logic to make his most memorable work.

“For me, it’s important that 'The House' is open to everyone,” says designer Sebastian Herkner. “There are no borders, no barriers, no corners to hide or stumble on. The result is an uncompromisingly round and open house in which the various levels are accessed by way of a gallery. That was the approach: a (nearly) endless house.” The structure, which will be on display January 18–24, 2016, features a selection of work by the designer, including his Banjooli chairs for Moroso, as well as an outdoor collection from Dedon, a room divider from Rosenthal, a chair from Linteloo, and lighting from Pulpo.

These are just a few of the gems from Tiny Houses in the City by Mimi Zeiger, now available from Rizzoli Books.

TRANSFORMATIVE The seventh and final section features knitted garments by Laduma Hgxokolo (front); behind them are architectural furnishings by designers Dokter and Misses, which were inspired by painted African houses. "This one comes from a whole village of pieces," says Lupton, "and they all have hidden storage that's part of them."

TRANSGRESSIVE "They're just stunning, weird, otherworldly, and completely intricate," says Lupton of the Afreaks collection by the Haas Brothers, who hand-beaded each piece in collaboration with South African craftswomen, affectionately referred to as the "Haas Sisters."

Also included in the 'ethereal' section is a scent design by Sissel Tolaas, who was commissioned to create a smell based on Central Park. "It's very earthy," says Lupton.

EXTRAVAGANT "This room includes the classic makeup, jewelry, nails, hair—and a ball gown!" says Lupton. "This is what first comes to mind when people think of beauty, but these are all of those things at an extreme form." At center is a couture gown by Giambattista Valli; the portraits at left show otherworldly, bejeweled visages by makeup artist Pat McGrath. The photographs at right show experimental coifs by hairstylist Guido Palau.