exhibition
inside the room
2026 : July
LOOKBOOK’s Jana Human jets off to Milan to savour the best of the best: aka pasta, pizza, piazzas and ROOM – a rug collection curated by Lidewij Edelkoort at Galleria Rossana Orlandi for Milan Design Week
words by Jana Human featuring artworks by Carole Baijings, Kiki van Eijk, Ina Meijer, Mariola López Mariño & Lidewij Edelkoort
words by Jana Human featuring artworks by Carole Baijings, Kiki van Eijk, Ina Meijer, Mariola López Mariño & Lidewij Edelkoort
Figure 1: ROOM El Espartano 2026 press catalogue curated by Lidewij Edelkoort for Milan Design Week.
Figure 1: Stack of printed collectables and postcards displayed for the ROOM exhibition at Rossana Orlandi gallery.
Figure 3: Lidewij Edelkoort stands beside one of the exhibiting artists, Ina Meijer, and Ina’s rug titled ‘Chair to Rest’.
Figure 5: Curatorial statement written by Lidewij Edelkoort.
Figure 5: Entry and exit point to the room housing the ROOM exhibition.
Figure 6: Body of work by the five exhibiting designers: Carole Baijings, Kiki van Eijk, Ina Meijer, Mariola López Mariño and Lidewij Edelkoort.
Figure 7: Texture detail of ‘Plant to Care’ rug designed by Kiki Eijk.
Figure 7: Visitors zooming in on the exhibition.
Figure 8: Catalogue spreads featuring the work of Ina Meijer and Lidewij Edelkoort
Figure 9: Texture detail of ‘Floor to Dance’ rug designed by Lidewij Edelkoort
Figure 10: Room of ROOM.
Figure 11: ‘Little House of Our Dreams’ rug designed by Kiki van Eijk.
Get a copy House and Leisure Volume 21 (Roam) for more of Milano. Head to El Espartano to shop the rugs featured in the ROOM exhibition.