Renaissance Milan

Italy’s — and the world’s — design capital was ablaze with creativity once again. The fairgrounds themselves were fully activated: Rather than the abbreviated experience of last September’s Supersalone, every was full as leading furniture companies, from Living Divani and Poliform to the kitchen brands showing in EuroCucina, returned to erect massive stands. The feature attractions — like Mario Cucinella’s “Design with Nature” and the reinvigorated Salone Satellite — were also immense and inviting. Design is Milano is design. That was how the city branded itself during the 60th edition of the Salone del Mobile. Another mantra is also possible: Design