{"id":390475,"date":"2026-04-09T20:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390475\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:47:17","slug":"milan-opens-its-hidden-archives-to-the-public-for-one-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390475\/","title":{"rendered":"milan opens its hidden archives to the public for one night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>milan opens its hidden archives for one night<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On April 24th, 2026, during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/milan-design-week-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milan Design Week 2026<\/a>, Common Archive \u2013 La Notte Bianca del Progetto brings together, for the first time, the city\u2019s vast network of design and architecture archives, opening them to the public for a single evening. Initiated by the Salone del Mobile.Milano through its Observatory, the program reframes the city as a living repository of processes, decisions, and latent ideas that shape the discipline.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Milan\u2019s identity unfolds through its archives, spaces where design exists before it becomes product, building, or image. Drawings, sketches, prototypes, photographs, annotations, and iterations reveal the project in its most unstable and generative state. Common Archive positions these materials not as static records, but as active infrastructures: sites where knowledge is stored, reorganized, and made available for new readings.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185410 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-05.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Archivio Gae Aulenti, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile. Milano<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>a distributed system of knowledge<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Curated by Susanna Legrenzi in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano School of Design, the initiative takes place across more than 50 free events, including guided visits and talks. The program connects key institutional and independent archives across the city, forming one of the densest ecosystems of design memory worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Participating venues range from the large-scale storage of the Cittadella degli Archivi to the CASVA \u2013 Centro Alti Studi sulle Arti Visive, housed in a building designed by Piero Bottoni. Institutions such as Triennale Milano and the ADI Design Museum, home to the historic Compasso d\u2019Oro collection, are joined by specialized archives like the AIAP documentation center and the print collection at the Castello Sforzesco.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185406 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 2\" width=\"818\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-01.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Gio Ponti Archives, Common Archive, Salone del Mobile.Milano \u2013 Ph: Salvatore Licitra<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>inside the homes of modern masters<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The program extends into the more intimate dimension of the project through house-museums, studios, and foundations of key figures of the Italian 20th century. Archives dedicated to Achille Castiglioni, Franco Albini, Vico Magistretti, Gae Aulenti, Gio Ponti, and others open their doors, offering access to narratives where design practice intersects with everyday life. Often mediated by family members or foundations, these visits reveal anecdotal layers that exceed formal historiography.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As noted by Maria Porro, president of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, the initiative shifts attention beyond the built object toward the conditions that make design possible. Developed as part of the Observatory\u2019s broader research,\u00a0 including the (Eco)Sistema Design Milano 2025 report, Common Archive marks a transition from analytical mapping to collective experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Giampiero Bosoni of the Politecnico di Milano emphasizes the urgency of activating archives as tools for future knowledge. In this sense, the event connects archives, practitioners, and audiences within the international context of Milan Design Week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1185417 lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 3\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-12.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Cittadella degli Archivi, Cittadella degli Archivi, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile.Milano<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185407 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 4\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Adi Design Museum \u2013 Collezione Storica del Compasso d\u2019Oro, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile. Milano<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185408 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 5\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>AIAP \u2013 Centro di Documentazione sul Progetto Grafico, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile. Milano<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185409 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 6\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-04.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Archivio Muzio Ca\u2019Br\u00fctta \u2013 Torre Turati, \u00a9Gianni Nigro Archivio Muzio, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile.Milano<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185412 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 7\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-07.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Fondazione Franco Albini, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile. Milano<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185413 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 8\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-08.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Fondazione Achille Castiglioni, Fondazione Achille Castiglioni, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile. Milano\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185411 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 9\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-06.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>CASVA \u2013 Centro di Alti Studi sulle Arti Visive, De Pas, D\u2019Urbino, Lomazzi, \u00a9Toni Nicolini, Comune di Milano, CASVA \u2013 Archivio Studio DDL, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185414 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 10\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-09.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Fondazione Jacqueline Vodoz e Bruno Danese, Manuela Cirino, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile.Milano<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185415 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 11\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-10.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Fondazione Studio Museo Vico Magistretti, @Ilaria Falciola, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile.Milano<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185416 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"peek into milan's hidden archives for one night only during design week 2026 - 12\" width=\"818\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/milan-hidden-archives-public-night-only-design-week-2026-designboom-11.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Archivi Storici del Politecnico di Milano, \u00a9Archivi Storici Politecnico di Milano, Common Archive \u2013 Salone del Mobile.Milano<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>project info:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>name: Common Archive \u2013 La Notte Bianca del Progetto<\/p>\n<p>date: April 24, 2026<\/p>\n<p>location: Milan, Italy<\/p>\n<p>organizer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salonemilano.it\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Salone del Mobile.Milano Observatory<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/isaloniofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@isaloniofficial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>in collaboration with: Politecnico di Milano School of Design<\/p>\n<p>curator: Susanna Legrenzi<\/p>\n<p>research leads: Massimo Bianchini, Stefano Maffei, Francesco Zurlo<\/p>\n<p>support: Regione Lombardia and Comune di Milano<\/p>\n<p>participating institutions include: ADI Design Museum, Triennale Milano, CASVA \u2013 Centro Alti Studi sulle Arti Visive, Cittadella degli Archivi, AIAP Documentation Centre, Castello Sforzesco Bertarelli Print Collection<\/p>\n<p>featured archives and foundations include: Achille Castiglioni Foundation, Franco Albini Foundation, Vico Magistretti Studio Museum, Gae Aulenti Archive, Gio Ponti Archives<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"milan opens its hidden archives for one night \u00a0 On April 24th, 2026, during Milan Design Week 2026,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60,133288],"class_list":{"0":"post-390475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-milan-design-week-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}