THE FUSE

Milan Design Week has become a behemoth—ontologically bursting at the seams and drifting from its original purpose as the world’s primary agora for innovations in furniture and furnishings. Today’s citywide happening has not only expanded in scale—spilling into every possible palazzo, church, and derelict industrial complex—but also in scope, incorporating a slew of “society of the spectacle” installations mounted by luxury and mid-market brands across nearly every sector. All shell out exorbitant sums to get in on the action.