Innovation in wood by Trentino Province and international Designers

At Milan Design Week 2026, April 20-25, the Fiemme Store Milano becomes the stage for “NODI. Cultura, impresa e design del legno trentino” (KNOTS: Culture, Enterprise, and Design of Trentino Wood). The project brought together artisan and industrial firms from Trentino and internationally renowned designers to explore the innovation in wood design. The knot serves as both a metaphor and a design principle: it connects manufacturing expertise, creative visions, and corporate cultures, but it’s also a defining feature of wood, preserving its memory.

The ‘NODI’ project, curated by Paolo Baldessari and Aldo Colonetti, with exhibition design by David Dolcini, comes to the Fiemme Store Milano, following its run at the ADI Design Museum, from March 26 to April 12, 2026. The project is promoted by the Autonomous Province of Trento, and coordinated by Trentino Sviluppo in collaboration with Trentino Marketing. 

Discover all the Milan Design Week 2026 

The NODI (KNOTS) project

A Symphony of 14 designs

The NODI project showcases how wood design can transform the material into surfaces, structures, and narrative elements. Below is the complete guide to the projects on display.

Arteam & Alessandra Fumagalli Romario 
Scandola – Lamps

Inspired by the traditional larch shingles of Trentino roofs, Scandola is a family of lamps that merges territorial aesthetics with technical lighting precision. The wood acts as a modulator of light, redefining the archetype of “shelter” through a luminous gesture.

Barozzi Dimension – Raffaella Mangiarotti
45Gradi – Stool 

A family of minimalist furniture including a table, bench, and stool. The design is driven by a single constructive principle: a visible 45° tenon joint that becomes a striking graphic element, highlighting the structure as the primary language of the piece.

Discover Milan Salone del Mobile 2026

Ciresa – Lorenzo Palmeri
Voce – Acoustic duffuser

Voce is a natural acoustic diffuser that pushes the boundaries of sound design. At its heart is a soundboard made of Val di Fiemme resonance spruce – the same wood used for the world’s finest violins – left to vibrate naturally to spread high-fidelity sound.

Corazzolla Arredamenti – Nicolò Spinelli
Madeleine – Cabinet

This sculptural cabinet takes takes its inspiration from the stratification of Dolomite rock. Crafted in Val di Fiemme blue spruce using the traditional Blockbau method, its multi-layered panel features a solid Swiss Pine (Cirmolo) heart that releases a natural, therapeutic fragrance.

Falegnameria Bosetti – Monica Graffeo
Restel – Coat rake and storage bench

Restel is a larch entryway system that reinterprets the traditional hay rake (restel). It serves as a functional filter for the home, combining a vertical coat hanger with an integrated bench and storage chest, bridging agricultural heritage and contemporary living.

Falegnameria Faustini – Matteo Ragni
Radura – Stool and toy box

Radura is a multifunctional object for children and the home. Made of Swiss Pine, it serves as a stool and toy box inspired by a hollow tree trunk. When emptied, a rechargeable lamp at the base transforms it into a glowing forest lantern.

Falegnameria Pojer – Ludovico Spataro
Scaglia – Bench

Following the observation of vernacular architecture, Scaglia translates the geometry of roof shingles into a contemporary larch bench designed for public spaces, balancing collective memory with modern lines.

Falegnameria Scaiarol – Lorenzo Damiani
Street Bed Unit – Temporary shelter for the homeless

A project of profound social responsibility, this mobile micro-architecture provides temporary shelter for the homeless. The insulated larch module includes a bed and solar-powered lighting. (Presented at the showroom via a dedicated video narrative). 

Falegnameria Segata – Patrizia Bertolini
L’Alex – Coat hanger

Dedicated to activist Alex Langer, this coat hanger is a metaphor for ecological resilience. It utilizes wood marked by the bark beetle parasite following the Vaia storm, grafting healthy timber with scarred sections to symbolize nature’s power to regenerate.

Falegnameria Zeni – Donata Paruccini
Entrée – Entryway occasional furniture

An entryway organizer made from reclaimed spruce. Its structure of inclined planks – evoking Alpine fences – creates cavities for objects and garments, complete with modular accessories like a shoe rack and stool.

Fiemme Tremila – Giulio Iacchetti
Vertigo – Cladding board 

Vertigo is a wooden board that connects floor and wall into a single surface. Using manual bending techniques borrowed from ski manufacturing, the floor curves upward to become a wall, creating a seamless architectural limbo of well-being.

Silvelox Group – JoeVelluto
Il cielo in un garage (The sky in a garage) – Garage portal 

Inspired by a Gino Paoli’s famous song, this project reinterprets the garage door as a refined architectural element. Movable slats modulate the entry of natural light, transforming a typically technical closure into a sensitive filter between interior and exterior. (Presented via video narrative).

TM Arredamenti – Michela Baldessari
BEPO – Stool

A solid chestnut stool that pays homage to the carpenter’s clamp. It features dry-assembly dovetail joints, making the product entirely sustainable and easy to disassemble for transport, merging technical rigor with aesthetic elegance.

Kirizuna – Xlam Dolomiti & Alex Terzariol with Maria Elisabetta Ripamonti

A modular seating system that combines the lightness of Kiri wood with high-performance XLam technology. Its ultra-thin profiles allow for flexible configurations in large collective spaces without sacrificing structural stability.

Fiemme Store Milano, Via Giovanni Lanza 4, Brera Design District, Milan
April 21-24, 2026: h 9.30 AM – 8 PM | April 25: 9.30 AM – 1 PM
Preview April 20, h 10 AM – 8 PM

Find it on the map