Apr 14

Apr 14 CAPSULE PLAZA: A TRIUMPH OF SPACE, SOUND AND DESIGN

Capsule Plaza 2025 felt like one of the rare places during Milan Design Week where things actually made sense. Not in a logical way, but in a sensory one—where rooms didn’t just show objects, they carried mood. Meaning. Weight.

At Maiocchi, everything was tuned. The furniture installations had real gravity—like NM3’s stark geometries, which we’re proud to include in our next COEVAL print issue. The NO GA project, made with Willo Perron, was severe but somehow intimate. Structured. Tactile. Emotional in a quiet way.

And then there was the Stone Island space. We’ve already written about it separately, but we kept revisiting it throughout the week—drawn back in by the thyme air, the deep sound, the feeling of not knowing exactly what time it was. That kind of presence is rare.

Outside of that, there was the unexpected joy of a beautifully edited gift shop, a lounge that actually made you want to sit down, and an ice cream corner we weren’t mad about at all. Capsule didn’t just curate objects—they curated time. And they did it in a way that respected ours.

We didn’t plan to stay long at Capsule Plaza. But once you enter Maiocchi, something shifts. You slow down. You look closer. You don’t want to leave. So we didn’t. Capsule Plaza didn’t overstate its importance, which is maybe why it felt so vital. We left feeling like we were part of something—not spectators, but participants. That’s good curation. That’s what we’ll remember.