THE FUSE

Milan Design Week operates on a tempo that rewards velocity over reflection, with hundreds of installations competing for attention across a single compressed week. Marcin Rusak Studio’s Forum Florum: Herbarium of the Present sets itself against that current. Staged at SIAM, the Società d’Incoraggiamento d’Arti e Mestieri founded in 1838, the exhibition trades the commercial showroom format for a 19th-century educational institution, and the spectacle economy of Salone for something closer to a study hall.