Milan Design Week

Milan Design Week 2026: Henzel Studio x Richard Prince at Imperfettogallery

RICHARD PRINCE, 1967 (2013 / 2026), the second work developed by the artist in collaboration with Henzel Studio, following 1234-5678-910 (2013). Based on a work on paper produced in 2013 exclusively for Henzel Studio, the composition brings together fragmented images of American football players’ backs, with the number 1967 repeated across the surface as a continuous, shifting field. Cuts and surface marks from the original are retained, registered in the rug through shifts in pile and carved relief. Issued in an edition of 20 + 1 AP.

The presentation formed part of Henzel Studio’s ongoing collaboration program, curated by Joakim Andreasson, which engages contemporary artists in the translation of their work into textile form. This marks the second consecutive year that Henzel Studio participates in Imperfettogallery’s Sodalizi Temporanei.

Since the late 1970s, Richard Prince has examined the visual language of mass media, advertising, and popular culture through strategies of re-appropriation, addressing authorship and image circulation. Within I-livingspace, works by Calle Henzel and Jwan Yosef were presented in dialogue with Imperfettolab’s domestic setting.

Image: RICHARD PRINCE, 1967, 2013 / 2026 (in-situ)

The Atelier Editions - Le Cavallerizze, Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci / 5Vie

At Le Cavallerizze, within Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, The Atelier Editions was presented by Atelier Bowy C.D. as part of 5VIE during Milan Design Week.

The presentation brought together architects and designers including Adam Court, Alexander Díaz Andersson, Andrée Cooke, Annysa LaMantia, Artefatto, Pietro Franceschini, Fernando Mastrangelo, Fernanda Marques, and Suchi Reddy. Developed within Henzel Studio under Atelier Bowy C.D., and led by Calle Henzel, the initiative approaches the rug as a site for material and compositional inquiry. Rather than defining a singular aesthetic, it invites contributors to translate their practices into woven form, reworking scale, composition, and surface. Each work is developed in close collaboration with Henzel’s production team. Variations in pile height, density, and construction register depth, movement, and tonal shifts across the surface.

Through this platform, Atelier Bowy C.D. and Henzel Studio place the hand-knotted rug in dialogue with contemporary practices across art, architecture, and design.

Image: FERNANDO MASTRANGELO, Copper Adit, 2025 / 2026

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Calle Henzel at Next Place Hotel – Brera Design District

As part of the Brera Design District, Calle Henzel presented a selection of rugs from the collections Le Météore de la Nuit, Frozen Cut, and Night Edition within Next Place Hotel, an initiative by Medelhan. Across these works, Henzel develops a language of reduction and controlled gesture. Shifts in pile height and carved relief register subtle variations in tone and surface. Placed within the setting of Next Place Hotel, the works assume a structural role, shaping the atmosphere of the interior.

Image: CALLE HENZEL, Celestial Object A-C04 (Gravity Edit), 2024 - Le Météore de la Nuit (in-situ)