Reflections from 2024 Salone del Mobile & Milan Design Week, 1 year later
There’s nothing quite like Milan during Design Week. The energy, the innovation, the unapologetic beauty—it’s a city that pulses with creative life, and being there for Salone del Mobile was not only a professional highlight, but a soulful reminder of why I design.
Last year’s visit wasn’t just about seeing what’s next in furniture, lighting, and interiors—it was about experiencing design as emotion, memory, and meaning. In other words, it was deeply aligned with the way we approach every project at Jamie House Design: creating spaces that feel alive, grounded, and uniquely personal.
Milan Design Week 2024
As a Denver-based interior designer, traveling to Milan for Design Week 2024 was a dream fulfilled. The city comes alive with design innovation, artistic expression, and inspiration at every turn—an unforgettable experience that continues to influence my approach to Colorado interior design.
galleria vittorio emanuele 11
This iconic Milan landmark is a masterpiece of architecture and timeless elegance. As an interior designer in Denver, I find spaces like the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II endlessly inspiring — blending historic detail with modern luxury, a balance I bring to every Colorado interior design project.
Throughout Milan Design Week, designers and global brands create striking public art installations that celebrate creativity and design. As a Denver interior designer, moments like this fuel fresh ideas for transforming Colorado interiors with bold, art-driven concepts.
Salone del Mobile: Where Craft Meets Concept
Salone del Mobile Milano 2024
Held at Fiera Milano, Salone is where the world’s best design brands reveal their latest work—and the level of thought, craftsmanship, and storytelling on display is extraordinary. Every installation felt like a masterclass in materiality, proportion, and creative risk.
There’s a kind of reverence in the way these brands present their pieces. They don’t just design for aesthetics—they design for how things feel to the body, how they age over time, how they shape space emotionally.
That’s the kind of design I’ve always been drawn to. It’s not about trends—it’s about timeless sensory experiences.
Milan Design Week: A City-Wide Celebration of Creativity
Outside the fairgrounds, Milan becomes a playground of pop-ups, installations, and exhibitions in neighborhoods like Brera, Tortona, and Isola. Design spills into courtyards, cafés, and historic buildings. It’s chaotic and poetic in all the best ways.
Gaggenau’s Elevation of Gravity
This Gaggenau installation featured an induction cooktop seamlessly integrated into a stone countertop. As a Denver interior designer, I appreciate how technology and design converge here to redefine the future of modern Colorado kitchen interiors.
Gaggenau
The installation, based on a minimalist design, was installed in the 1930s Villa Necchi’s glass conservatory. It marks the second time the brand has commandeered this space following its design week event in 2022.
The exhibition served as a launchpad for its new brand philosophy and will set the stage for a "transformative era in the world of luxury home appliances".
Gaggenau Induction Cooktop
At first glance, the cooktop disappears into the stone surface, leaving only the sleek knobs visible. This level of integration inspires forward-thinking kitchen design for Denver homes — modern, functional, and elegantly understated.
Inside Villa Necchi
Villa Necchi Campiglio is a historic residence located at via Mozart, 14, Milan. It was built between 1932 and 1935 as an independent single-family house designed by Piero Portaluppi, an important Milanese Rationalist architect, and is surrounded by a large private garden with a tennis court and swimming pool.
Villa Necchi’s swimming pool was one of Milan’s earliest private pools, a true symbol of luxury design. Touring historic architecture like this shapes how I bring timeless elegance and authenticity to interior design in Denver, CO.
The library inside Villa Necchi
The craftsmanship inside Villa Necchi’s library is extraordinary. The built-in room dividers blend beauty and function — a perfect reminder for Denver interior design clients that storage can be both practical and artfully designed.
Bocci
The exhibition “Unexpected Guests” presents commissioned artworks by Valentina Cameranesi Sgroi. Sgroi’s pieces explore the relationship between natural and artificial elements, the presence of objects in collective memory, and vernacular decoration. Her glass objects, all crafted in Milan, evoke the atmosphere of a film set and convert the domestic interior into a cinematic experience.
Bocci will also reveal a pop-up shop in their Milan home for the launch of a new sepia-coloured edition of the 14p - a portable adaption of their iconic first design. 14p transforms Bocci’s iconic 14 Series, first launched in 2005, into a portable, candle-like table light. The rechargeable cast-glass pendant is fully wireless, rechargeable and has three dimming levels.
Bocci 14P | Portable light
Bocci’s 14P light reimagines their iconic 14 Series into a portable, rechargeable table light. As an interior designer in Denver, I love introducing clients to lighting that’s as sculptural as it is functional, creating mood and magic in any space.
Bocci Milan Villa
The Bocci Villa in Milan showcases light fixtures installed against a forest-green shag carpet wall and a mirrored ceiling — a bold combination that sparks inspiration for playful, boundary-pushing interior design in Denver.
THG Paris
The Denver rep for the beautiful plumbing line got us an invite to their morning breakfast showroom opening event and then shuttled us to Salone. It is a beautiful showroom and an all around classy experience.
The high-end plumbing line is highly customizable with partnerships with Lalique and Baccarat among others.
THG Paris Milan Showroom
THG Paris opened its new showroom during Milan Design Week, offering a look at the future of luxury plumbing fixtures. For Denver interior design clients, their mix of heritage craftsmanship and modern design is an inspiring resource.
THG Paris Plumbing handle options
THG Paris features customizable plumbing handles, including artisan glass collaborations with Baccarat and Lalique — the kind of refined, thoughtful details I love bringing to interior design projects in Denver, CO.
This part of the experience reminded me that design isn’t just something we do indoors. It’s cultural. It’s communal. It’s everywhere.
It reconnected me to the why behind Jamie House Design—to create interiors that invite people to feel more at home in their lives.
BMW Future of Joy
BMW’s “Future of Joy” installation blended design, innovation, and sensory experience. As an interior designer in Denver, I’m always inspired by how industries beyond interiors approach storytelling through space and design.
Ralph Lauren | Milan Design Week
Ralph Lauren’s Milan showroom and restaurant exterior was transformed with cascading magnolia blooms — a perfect reminder that floral installations and seasonal styling can bring natural elegance to any Denver interior design project.
How Milan Inspired the Way I Design Today
Since returning to Colorado, I’ve found myself weaving subtle echoes of Milan into our projects:
A renewed appreciation for sculptural furniture and artisan finishes
A more daring approach to mixing eras and textures
A commitment to designing for the emotional experience of a space, not just the visual one
But most importantly, I came home with a deeper belief that interior design is storytelling—and the best stories are the ones that feel like home to you.
“Walking through Milan during Design Week reminded me that the most impactful designs are the ones that slow you down, make you feel something, and invite you to stay awhile.”
Design, Elevated. Life, Grounded.
At Jamie House Design, we don’t just follow global design—we let it inspire deeper connection. We design for the soul, for the story, and for the way you want to live.
If you're dreaming of a home that reflects your inner world as much as your lifestyle, let's create something extraordinary together—rooted in beauty, inspired by Milan, and entirely yours.
