18.04.2026
Events
MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2026: (META)FISICA
cc-tapis presents (META)FISICA curated by Dan Thawley with exhibition design by Pablo Molezún.
Unfolding like a labyrinth through the gallery’s six rooms, the exhibition introduces a landmark collection of new rugs developed in collaboration with Fornasetti.
Archival motifs by Piero and Barnaba Fornasetti are reinterpreted into surreal, dreamlike compositions, brought to life through cc-tapis’ global artisanal craftsmanship.
A sound installation by Carlos Casas with custom speakers by Giorgio Di Salvo invokes the presence of animal guides — the cat, snake, fox, and crow — culminating in a final immersive soundscape in the gallery basement.
(META)FISICA takes its title from the 32-panel screen La Stanza Metafisica designed by Piero Fornasetti in 1958—a portable architecture that questions the 2nd and 3rd dimensions through trompe l’oeil artistic devices.
META)FISICA OPENING HOURS
TUESDAY – FRIDAY, 9AM – 1PM / 2PM – 6PM
PIAZZA SANTO STEFANO 10, MILAN
CURATION: DAN THAWLEY
EXHIBITION DESIGN: PABLO MOLEZÚN
SOUND COMPOSITION: CARLOS CASAS
AUDIO SYSTEM: GIORGIO DI SALVO
FRAMES: BD-01 BY BAHRAINI-DANISH FOR CASSETTA
TABLE, STOOLS AND DISPLAYS: NMMB, NM22, NMMK BY NM3
CHAIRS: CHIAVARINE BY FRATELLI LEVAGGI
OLFACTORY NOTE: IMMAGINAZIONE BY FORNASETTI
FOOD CONCEPT: ARABESCHI DI LATTE
DRINKS: DOLOMITICO SKIWASSER
EXHIBITION PHOTOS: GIULIO GHIRARDI
CAMPAIGN PHOTOS: PIOTR NIEPSUJ
BRAND AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGY: P:S
SPECIAL THANKS TO BARNABA FORNASETTI AND ARCHIVIO FORNASETTI
“THESE ARE NOT MERELY RUGS, BUT LANDSCAPES WHERE I LOVE TO WALK OR SIT, IMAGINING NEW WORLDS INSPIRED BY THE IMAGERY KNOTTED IN WOOL AND SILK.”
— Barnaba Fornasetti
The collection brings the imaginative and almost dreamlike universe of Fornasetti into the tactile, material world of cc-tapis, merging two emblematic forces of Italian design. The collection takes shape as a visual and conceptual dialogue between Fornasetti’s symbolic and timeless imagery — filled with illusion, irony, and storytelling — and the experimental vision of cc-tapis, which has long explored the rug as an expressive surface, a design space, and a collectible object.
