Prada and design research studio Formafantasma are bringing the fifth edition of Prada Frames to Milan from April 19 to 21, 2026 , held during Salone del Mobile at one of the city's most sacred architectural addresses, the Sacrestia of the Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie on Via Cardosso 1 , the same complex that houses Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.
Titled In Sight , this year's edition takes on image making as its central subject, exploring the deepening instability between the real and the represented at
a moment when the line between human authored and machine generated images has never been more contested. What Prada Frames Is and Why It Matters Prada Frames was conceived in 2022 as a deliberately idea led counterpoint to the product focused energy of Milan Design Week .
A free, publicly accessible symposium where scientists, architects, activists, anthropologists, designers, and legal experts are brought together to think collectively rather than sell.
Curated since its inception by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin , the two founders of Amsterdam based studio Formafantasma , each edition has taken a single thematic lens and examined it with rigor and cross disciplinary breadth.
Past editions explored On Forest at the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense in 2022 , Materials in Flux at the Teatro Filodrammatici in 2023 , and mobility and infrastructure in the 2024 edition , In Transit, staged aboard a Gio Ponti designed Arlecchino train…
