NON IL SOLITO CABARET: CASPAL × Niko Romito Laboratorio at Milan Design Week 2026
When two world views share the same grammar — simplicity, raw material, formal rigor — the boundary between disciplines dissolves. It is from this quiet convergence that NON IL SOLITO CABARET is born: an installation by CASPAL and Niko Romito Laboratorio, opening during Milan Design Week 2026, from 20 to 26 April, at Laboratorio's Milan space at Via Solferino 12.
A project that does not seek to impress with the obvious, but to reveal — through objects, surfaces, and volumes — a deep dialogue between food and design as complementary expressions of the same culture of beauty. An installation that shows how contemporary collectible design can become a vehicle of culture, not merely of style.
Taste, understood not only as a sensory experience, but as a form of culture of beauty, space, and conviviality.
The CABARET Collection: sculptural objects inspired by raw ingredients
At the heart of the installation, the CABARET collection: sculptural objects in lacquered metal that take shape in a sophisticated and sensorial color palette inspired by chef Niko Romito's raw ingredients. Color here is not decoration — it evokes the warmth of an untreated ingredient, the precision of the process, the cleanliness of the final flavor.
CASPAL's sculptural surfaces and lacquered metal volumes become scenic elements capable of welcoming and elevating the act of serving — that shared moment of care and attention that unites the chef and the designer. The installation is completed by console tables designed in collaboration with architect Annunziata Forte, dramatic presences that redefine the convivial space.
Italian craftsmanship and gastronomic innovation: a shared language
Niko Romito Laboratorio brings to the project its research into essential flavor: method, technical precision, nutritional balance, minimalist aesthetic. CASPAL grafts onto this the Italian artisanal tradition of metalworking, reinterpreted in a contemporary key with exclusive finishes and rigorously geometric forms.
The same tension toward the essential is found throughout CASPAL's tableware objects: candle holders, centerpieces, trays — all designed to transform the everyday act of serving into an aesthetic experience. A philosophy that in NON IL SOLITO CABARET finds its fullest expression, in the dialogue between design and haute gastronomy.
Why CASPAL at Milan Design Week 2026
CASPAL was founded on the belief that design objects are not accessories, but instruments of culture. Every piece tells the story of a technique, a material, a conscious aesthetic choice. The same philosophy drives Niko Romito's Laboratorio: food as language, the ingredient as the starting point of a formal inquiry.
NON IL SOLITO CABARET is not simply a Fuorisalone exhibition. It is a manifesto on simplicity as a form of luxury — the kind that is not immediately seen, but felt, and that endures. The same principle behind every CASPAL limited edition: objects designed to last beyond a single season.
Collectible design and conviviality: the thread running through the project
The installation narrates a dialogue between different disciplines: food and design become two complementary expressions of the same philosophy. Taste, understood not only as a sensory experience, but as a form of culture of beauty, space, and conviviality. A concept CASPAL has always explored through its collections of artisan home decor and decorative objects, where every detail is the result of precise choices and quality materials.
For collectors, interior designers, and luxury buyers in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and Riyadh who follow the finest expressions of Italian craftsmanship: this is where to look during Milan Design Week 2026. A window into the rigorous beauty that CASPAL embeds in every object — and a rare glimpse of what happens when great Italian design meets great Italian gastronomy.
Milan Design Week is the moment when the city becomes the world's largest living museum of contemporary design. Fuorisalone 2026 brings to Via Solferino — in the heart of Brera — an installation that chooses cultural depth over spectacle for its own sake. An invitation to stop, look, and savor.
Event information
Event: NON IL SOLITO CABARET — CASPAL × Niko Romito Laboratorio
Dates: 20th – 26th April 2026 · 10am – 7:30pm
Venue: Laboratorio Niko Romito Milano, Via Solferino 12, 20121 Milan
Press Preview: 20th April 2026 · 5pm – 7:30pm
CASPAL: caspal.it · @caspal__
Laboratorio: laboratorionikoromito.it · @laboratorio_nikoromito
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