IKEA's Milan food show

IKEA opened a food-and-design installation in Milan on Monday, using tasting sessions to preview a new round of products during Design Week. (ingka.com) The show, called “Food For Thought,” runs from April 21 to April 26 at Spazio Maiocchi in the Porta Venezia district, with opening hours listed as 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. most days and until 5 p.m. on April 26. (portaveneziadesigndistrict.com) IKEA said the exhibition was built around cooking, eating and sharing at home, with immersive room sets and a central working kitchen co-created with international chefs and interior designers. (ikea.com) The Milan event also serves as the first public preview of three pieces from the upcoming IKEA PS 2026 line: an inflatable easy chair, a rocking bench and a floor lamp that points in three directions. (ikea.com) That matters for IKEA because the PS range is one of its flagship design labels, and the company said the 2026 edition is the tenth since the collection first debuted in Milan in 1995. (ikea.com) The company is also using a new Milan address this year. Ingka said IKEA spent the previous four years in Tortona before moving its Design Week program to Spazio Maiocchi in Porta Venezia for 2026. (ingka.com) Fuorisalone, the citywide program that runs alongside Salone del Mobile, described the installation as a five-room journey focused on how food is experienced across different moments of life at home. (fuorisalone.it) IKEA framed the concept around the Swedish saluhall, or market hall, recasting it as a social space where food, objects and conversation sit in the same room. (portaveneziadesigndistrict.com) The product preview is only a teaser. Homes & Gardens reported that the full IKEA PS 2026 collection is scheduled to go on sale in stores and online on May 13. (homesandgardens.com) For this week in Milan, IKEA is selling the idea that a kitchen demo, an aperitivo stop and a furniture launch can all be the same event. (ingka.com)