Salone Raritas. Curated icons, unique objects, and outsider pieces, is the new exhibition path of the Salone del Mobile.Milano dedicated to limited-edition design and high creative craftsmanship that will debut from April 21 to 26, 2026 at Fiera Milano, Rho.

First direct comparison between the world of special-edition design, antiques and high craftsmanship with the professional project market, Salone Raritas aims to be a meeting place between leading galleries and the international design supply chain to activate long-term relationships and generate business opportunities. It therefore seeks to intercept the latest trends in international hospitality and in residential and hospitality real estate development that increasingly integrate limited-edition works and furnishings.

Focus on collectible design

Curated by Annalisa Rosso, Editorial Director and Cultural Events Advisor of the Salone del Mobile, Salone Raritas is intended to bridge a gap, that between a special creative production and the B2B market of contemporary design. 

“With Salone Raritas – explains Annalisa Rosso - a new chapter opens for the collectible design segment, which evolves and expands its characteristics and the scope of possibilities. Salone Raritas builds open channels of communication between realities that until yesterday seemed distant, offering many of them the opportunity to meet for the first time”.

Formafantasma signs the installation, conceived as a large architectural lantern designed to highlight the stories kept inside without overpowering them. The space, designed to ensure recognizability and rhythm, is articulated in modular islands; a predefined color and material palette  allows calibrated customizations, while the central lounge encourages meetings and negotiations.

 Salone Raritas. Curated icons, unique objects, and outsider pieces - Project visuals Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026 ©Formafantasma 

Opening toward new scenarios

Maria Porro, President of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, states that “Salone Raritas is born from an intuition that is also a responsibility: reading the evolution of the international market and offering a response consistent with the identity of the Salone del Mobile.Milano. Our role, as always, is to anticipate the times: today we do so by opening a new chapter dedicated to authorial, research-based design and antiques – an extraordinarily fertile territory – which enters into direct relation with the professional project system”.  

And she concludes: “This project fits into continuity with our history, but constitutes a substantial opening toward new scenarios: for the first time, unique and research pieces, limited editions, high creative craftsmanship fully enter the heart of the Salone. Welcoming and enhancing these pieces means recognizing the value of design conceived to last over time, which the Salone has always promoted and supported as an authentic expression of design culture. At the same time, we are opening a new direct channel of dialogue with the B2B and contract world, shaping a platform designed to meet the needs of a professional audience attentive to quality, identity and the cultural value of projects”.