Superstudio Village in Bovisa opens with Superstudio Design 2026, presenting SuperPlayground, a platform dedicated to emerging young talents and experimental design. This revitalized space hosts an international selection of 32 designers, chosen through an open call from over 200 applications coming from more than 30 countries.

IIn this open, inclusive context, charged with a sense of novelty, material research is expressed through hybrid surfaces and construction systems in Abele Malpiedi’s “Z Series: Hybrid Skin”; at the same time, cultural and identity dimensions take shape in Abreham’s Ethiopian-inspired transformable seat “Gabata” and in the contemporary rituals of “Ancestral” by Acmé.

The light and color of the immersive environments in “Sky Garden” – by Atelier Stilum with Iplex Design – seem to redefine the concept of space.
The relationship between body and object manifests in the freedom of use and fluidity of forms in Jan Meusburger’s “Holla Hoop” and the dynamic balance of Michele Bussini’s “3+2 Stool”; in parallel, inclusive design in Federica Ciotola’s “Fit Chair” and Mara Bragagnolo’s “Bad Posture Chairs” overturn the traditional user-project relationship. The dialogue between structure and construction emerges powerfully in Giorgio Bena’s “Limbo” series and in studies of wood and its material tensions in Claudia Martinelli’s “Tre di Bastoni” and Chris Ruhe’s “Office Cocoon.”
At SuperPlayground, one observes how material becomes narrative through interweaving and transformation: from Francesca Fossati’s “Fili d’Anima” to Yield Studio’s “Force and Flow”, exploring the transformation points of industrial materials, up to the design objects in “An Ever-Evolving Creative Organism” by the Swedish duo Jondal. At the same time, work on light as a perceptual threshold is admired in LM Studio’s “In-Between Light” and in the fluid sculptural forms of IJK Studio’s “Ripplefold Stand.”
Memory is another central element in this scenario, expressed through Monia Giannini’s poetic recycling in “Papaveri Eterni” and the playful “Collezione Ironica” by Pepita Design, as well as through dialogue with identity in Studio Lecker’s “Wurstel” project and the material balance of Tamiati’s “Equinox Series.” Material fractures are highlighted in Po-Wei Chen’s “Raw Edge Collection”, and reflection between need and desire emerges in Riccardo Cenedella’s “Panopticon Contemporaneo.” The everyday is reinterpreted in contemporary terms in Rowena Liangru Lu’s “Serious Play” and in the empathetic presences of Ayça Yılmaz’s “Companions.”
Conversely, urban and relational dimensions emerge in “Fatti i Castelli”, Holcim Italia’s project with Nadia Vallino, where a childlike gesture symbolizes refuge amid societal noise, and in Testatonda’s mini-ramp “Funbox”, an apparently simple device connecting body, space, and community.
Industrial memory becomes a sensory experience in Uneven Objects’ “The Memory of Production as a Living Emotional Environment”, while light is the true protagonist in Yet:fab’s “Alherd”, Riccardo Toldo’s suspended “XY” project, and the evolving objects of Yaf Studio’s “Timida.” Zade Design Crafts Studio’s “Teardrop Collection” unites nature and craftsmanship in a unique, personalized production, while Blueloop – Denim House delivers contemporary design rooted in sustainability.
SuperPlayground thus reveals a constellation of unique projects that define new directions in contemporary design.