Yesterday, the fifth edition of Alcova came to an end. From 17 to 23 April 2023, Alcova brought to life the monumental venue of the Ex-Macello di Porta Vittoria with projects by over 90 designers, exploring a different and complementary direction of contemporary design practice.

In what has become something of an annual ritual, for the fifth time a magical corner of Milan never before accessible to the public opened its doors for the first time in its history, resonating with people, objects and ideas, and offering a diverse and incisive snapshot of the international design scene today.

Alcova 2023 connected the international design community with that of the city, welcoming a diverse audience of over 90,000 people throughout the week and demonstrating once again the cultural power of design and its ability to revive the memory and identity of a place.

A huge thank you to the over 90 designers, companies and institutions who were protagonists of this year's edition.

13 DESSERTS / ADRIAN CRUZ ELEMENTS & SANDRO GIULIANELLI / AE OFFICE / AGGLOMERATI X TOM FEREDAY / AHU / ALCOVA PROJECT SPACE / ALEXANDRE LABRUYÈRE / A-N-D / APLAT / ART+LOOM AND BEA PERNIA / ARTESANÍA DE CASTILLA - LA MANCHA / ARTHUR VANDERGUCHT / ATELIER ARETI / ATELIER LUMA / AURÉLIEN VEYRAT / BARBINI SPECCHI VENEZIANI / BASKETCLUB / BEDONT / BOI / MUT DESIGN / CAIA LEIFSDOTTER DESIG STUDIO. / CARLO LORENZETTI / CENGIZ HARTMANN / CHEF DECO / CIAM / CIELO STUDIO / CLAUDIA GIRBAU / COMPANY_SLALOM / COR UNUM / CRAFTING PLASTICS! STUDIO & DUMOLAB RESEARCH / DANIELE GIANNETTI / DE MARCHI VERONA S.R.L. / ECART INTERNATIONAL / ELISA UBERTI /ERCO LAI / FABIAN FREYTAG STUDIO / FABSCARTE UNIQUE ITALIAN WALLCOVERING / FORMA ROSA STUDIO / GENERAL STORE / GRÔPK / HEIM+VILADRICH / LAURIDS GALLÉE / FOREVER STUDIO / HIDDE / HUNGARIAN FASHION & DESIGN AGENCY / IED | ISTITUTO EUROPEO DI DESIGN / J.O.B / JIRI KREJCIRIK & FUTURO / KATE GREENBERG. / KEJUN LI / KIKI GOTI / LASHUP | CONCEPT DESIGN STUDIO / LAURA MRKSA / LAURA NIUBÓ / LES EAUX PRIMORDIALES BY DWA / LEOLUX X STUDIO TRULY TRULY / LEXAVALA, THE GOOD LIVING & CO / LINACHI / LINDSEY ADELMAN STUDIO / MADAM BOZARJIANTS BY DESIGNBUREAU / MAMO / MARIJKE DE COCK (RDMDC) / MARIO TSAI / MARION / FRIEDMANN GALLERY / MATERICA / MIRA BERGH & JOSEFIN ZACHRISSON / MOBILIER NATIONAL / MONSTRUM STUDIO / MUT DESIGN / MUTHESIUS UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN KIEL / N/A / NABA, NUOVA ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI / NATURAL MATERIAL STUDIO / NEMO ARCHITECTS / NO STUDIO NAME -- COLLABORATION BETWEEN LUCIA NEAMTU AND KOUROS MAGHSOUDI / NM3 / NOVO TYPO / OBJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST / OLDER / ONE TO ONE / PICTALAB & NICOLÒ CASTELLINI / BALDISSERA / POLCHA / PROJECT 213A / PROWL X M4 / PULKRA / RINCK / RYUICHI KOZEKI / RKDS / SANGMIN OH/OSANGMIN STUDIO / STANTEC / STORIES OF ITALY / STUDIO CENGIZ HARTMANN / STUDIO DAVIDPOMPA / STUDIO GISTO WITH HUND.STUDIO / STUDIO LUGO / STUDIO MUSA / STUDIO THIER & VAN DAALEN / STUDIO UMUT YAMAC / THE NEW RAW / THIS IS DENMARK / TU BI PROJECT / UMA X HOLLOWAY LI / UNKNOWN UNTITLED / VOLUMEUNO X GIO TIROTTO / WANG YICHU / WL CERAMICS AND [ARRAY] / XAVER KUSTER / YUMA KANO + SHO OTA Alcova is an itinerant platform for independent design. Founded in 2018 by Valentina Ciuffi (founder of Studio Vedèt) and Joseph Grima (founder of Space Caviar), Alcova brings design and research into dialogue with surprising and historically significant urban settings. SEE YOU SOON!