Creative Lunch Club is a global community for people working in the creative industries. Whether you are a graphic designer, a photographer, a marketer, or a filmmaker, the Creative Lunch Club gives you the chance to regularly meet other creatives in your city for lunch.

BASE Milano is a sprawling creative hub in the Tortona district, taking up 12,000 square metres of former industrial space. It hosts exhibitions, talks, workshops, concerts, and a lively coworking area. During Design Week it becomes one of the most exciting spots in the city.

Copernico is one of Milan's most established coworking networks, with locations across the city including spaces in Isola and the central districts. The emphasis is on well-designed environments and community, making it a natural home for Milan's independent creative community.

Talent Garden has one of its flagship campuses in Milan, a large community-driven coworking space bringing together designers, developers, startups, and creatives. The Milan locations are well-connected to the city's design ecosystem and host a strong programme of events and workshops throughout the year.

Bar Luce inside Fondazione Prada was designed by Wes Anderson to evoke a classic Milanese café. The pastel interiors, vintage pinball machines, and period details are unmistakably his, but it works as a genuinely good place for coffee, a spritz, or lunch. The outdoor space is accessible without a museum ticket.

Ceresio 7 on the rooftop of a former ENEL building near Corso Como is a bar, restaurant, and pool bar that's become one of the go-to spots for Milan's fashion and design crowd. The view over the city is excellent, the food is good, and aperitivo on the terrace is one of the better ways to spend a Milan evening.

Terrazza Triennale on the top floor of the Triennale di Milano has a seasonal menu and one of the better rooftop views in the city over Parco Sempione. Worth going up even just for a drink. The café on the lower floor is a more casual option with the same good location.

Spazio Rossana Orlandi in the Magenta district is one of the most influential design galleries and concept stores in the world, housed in a former tie factory. Part gallery, part shop, part sun-drenched courtyard restaurant — it's where emerging and established designers are discovered, and where the international design world convenes during Salone del Mobile.

Fondazione Prada is an art foundation designed by OMA/Rem Koolhaas in a former gin distillery south of the city. The complex includes permanent installations by Louise Bourgeois and Damien Hirst, a cinema designed by the OMA/AMO team, and the Wes Anderson-designed Bar Luce. One of the most significant cultural additions to Milan in recent decades.

Micamera in Isola is a bookshop and gallery dedicated to photography, with a carefully curated selection of photobooks, prints, and zines from around the world. The staff are knowledgeable, the space hosts exhibitions and events, and it's become a genuine hub for Milan's photography and visual arts community.

Pirelli HangarBicocca is a vast contemporary art space in a former industrial complex in the Bicocca district, one of the largest in Europe. Free admission. The permanent installation by Anselm Kiefer — The Seven Heavenly Palaces — is alone worth the trip north of the city centre.

10 Corso Como near Porta Garibaldi was one of the first concept stores in the world when Carla Sozzani opened it in 1990. It remains a genuinely good one: a curated edit of fashion, design objects, books, and music across a garden courtyard with a cafe and gallery. More than a shop — a point of view.

Nebbia is a low-key bistro in the Navigli doing contemporary twists on Italian classics with a strong natural wine list. The space is warm and unfussy, the cooking is confident, and the crowd tends to be exactly the kind of creative Milanese you'd want to end up sharing a table with.

ADI Design Museum is home to the Compasso d'Oro collection, Italy's most prestigious design award dating back to 1954. Opened in 2021 in a converted industrial building in Porta Volta, its permanent collection traces the history of Italian design through objects that genuinely shaped the way we live.

Digital Design Days is a digital design conference featuring keynotes, installations, and networking. It explores AI, UX/UI, 3D/VFX, Web3, branding, and immersive experiences.

Milano Art Community brings together Milan’s contemporary art scene, uniting 30+ galleries, foundations, and non-profits with an interactive map and a packed program of exhibitions and events.