Maria Karolidou: Design Your Mind

At  Milan Design Week 2026 , Italian marble company  Budri  presented  Arc_Hive , a museum-like installation that celebrated more than fifteen years of creative collaboration with designer  Patricia Urquiola . Rather than introducing a new product collection, the exhibition revisited ten collections created between  2009 and 2024 , inviting visitors to reflect on the value of research, craftsmanship, and the evolution of marble in contemporary design. Installed in Budri's showroom on  Foro Buonaparte  in Milan,  Arc_Hive  explored the idea of  "slow creativity" —a response to the fast pace of contemporary design. Instead of focusing on constant novelty, the exhibition encouraged visitors to pause and rediscover projects that have shaped Budri's design language over the past decade and a half.  Throughout the exhibition, Budri demonstrated how marble can move beyond its conventional architectural role. By combining stone with ma...

At  Milan Design Week 2026 , Bang & Olufsen and the Italian natural stone specialist  Antolini®  expanded their long-term partnership with an installation that explored  the relationship between sound, architecture, and natural materials . Rather than presenting loudspeakers as standalone products, the exhibition positioned audio as an architectural element that shapes outdoor living environments.       Concept: "The Architecture of Sound"      The installation transformed Antolini's Milan showroom into a landscaped environment where: Natural stone, water, vegetation, and acoustics formed a single immersive experience. Visitors experienced how sound influences the perception of space alongside light, texture, and material. Bang & Olufsen proposed that speakers become integrated architectural objects rather than visible technology. Overall, the Bang & Olufsen × Antolini collaboration was less about launching a new speaker...