Habitare Materials & Objects Milan

Habitare Materials & Objects Milan 2025
The Habitare Materials exhibition will be shown in spring 2025 at the world’s most important design event, Milan Design Week, 7-13 April 2025. Being present at Milan is a follow up of Habitare Materials’ successful debut at Milan in spring 2023.
This time, alongside Habitare Materials, the event in Milan will feature Objects, a display presenting Finnish products from furniture to light fittings. The Habitare Materials & Objects exhibition will be featured as part of the Alcova showcase, which has become a hit in Milan in recent years.

Habitare Materials
Habitare Materials is Habitare’s experiential and inspiring material exhibition. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore and try out material combinations for their projects and purchases. Material collage is easily captured and shareable on personal social media channels. Information about the manufacturers’ products can be easily obtained from the back of the material samples.
Habitare Objects
The Habitare Objects exhibition will take place in the same space as Habitare Materials, as part of the concept. The exhibition presents a curated selection of top Finnish design products, ranging from furniture to lighting, highlighting them in a contemporary and engaging way.
The exhibition in Milan 2025 will feature:
Arktis Furniture | Fiberwood | Durat | Hiil | KOIVUI® | KOTA company | Metsä Fibre | Mölinä | Pihlgren & Ritola | The Friends of Finnish Handicraft | VM Carpet | Ville Auvinen and Aino Michelsen I Fanni Laukkanen | Roosa Ryhänen



Alcova as a venue
To be held for the fifth time in Milan, the Alcova showcase has become one of the most visited design events in the world in recent years, attracting 90,000 visitors in 2024. It is a platform for experimental and innovative design, bringing together design companies, designers and other industry players from around the world. Alcova is especially known for its unique venues, many of which are abandoned historic buildings or areas, such as former factories, villas, or greenhouses that have been repurposed for exibition use.
Habitare Materials & Objects will be shown at one of the three venues of the Alcova showcase this spring: a building called Ex Snia, which is a former viscose factory located next to the Varedo railway station.
The creators behind the exhibition
Habitare Materials by NEMO Architects Jussi Laine and Maria Klemetti Laine
Maria Klemetti Laine and Jussi Laine of NEMO Architects curate the Habitare Materials exhibition and design the exhibition architecture for the entire showcase.
“Habitare Materials & Objects highlights ethical and ecologically sustainable, Finnish design and material solutions. It is important, especially in the midst of the current economic uncertainty, that Habitare offers companies an opportunity to participate in a high-quality international exhibition”, say Maria Klemetti Laine and Jussi Laine.

Habitare Objects curated by Habitare’s Creative Lead Päivi Helander
This year in Milan, we are combining the stunning Habitare Materials exhibition with Finnish design products, ranging from furniture to lighting. Alongside the materials library, the new Habitare Objects exhibition will be introduced. The curation is managed by Habitare’s creative lead, Päivi Helander.
“By staging a joint exhibition, we can help more companies and designers to showcase their work in a major international arena, as it can be difficult for individual designers to get an exhibition slot in Milan. The collaboration enhances the exhibition, producing great encounters and adding an interesting dynamic”, says the creative lead at Habitare and the curator of Objects, Päivi Helander.

The Habitare Materials exhibition was showcased at Milan Design Week in 2023
Habitare Materials appeared for the first time at Milan’s Alcova exhibition in April 2023, together with 14 partner companies. The installation-like, participatory exhibition of materials was a success: it stood out, and its exhibition concept, which invited visitors to touch the materials, left its mark on the hearts of the international design audience. Habitare Materials was also widely recognized in international media (e.g.Wallpaper, Domus, Dezeen).


