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Italian Radical Design, Salone del Mobile 2026 Fair Pavilion.

A radical house by (AB)NORMAL for , , and through symmetry, abstraction, and experimental spatial dialogue.

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Exhibition Design for ArchiThoughts–ArchiTouch, the third chapter of the project curated by Federica Sala and hosted at FENIX Scenario, Foro Buonaparte 66, during Milan Design Week 2026.

Six international designers brought together within a space designed as an infrastructure fragment using Arpa® surfaces. The project highlights their tactile and sensory qualities through deep surfaces, rich textures and finishes designed to engage both sight and touch, while accompanying everyday life with durability and refinement.



PROJECT TEAM: (AB)NORMAL, Camilla Morandi, Giulia Cova

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Central University Library in Podgorica,
Architecture Competition Entry, 2025

On a compact site converge academic, civic, political, and technological demands—a challenge to hold in balance while keeping the building open, transparent, and adaptable to the shifting conditions of education and society.

We conceive the library as a public cultural machine: at once building, infrastructure, and fragment of city—a vessel designed to carry and project knowledge.

As a climatic organism, the library uses light, structure, air, and organic matter to shape how information is experienced and shared. It is a compact spaceship for ideas, precise and legible—a realistic utopia.

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Structural Engineering: Andrea Luca Biagini ()

Plia Chair, Custom Edition for WSA

Over the past years, we’ve supported .nyc in sourcing and producing custom furniture for their spaces in Downtown Manhattan.

The Plia chair by Anonima Castelli () was reinterpreted with a polypropylene seat and backrest, replacing the original polycarbonate to introduce a softer, more tactile quality. A custom color and the engraved logo mark the piece with WSA’s identity.

Today, the set of chairs is used across WSA locations, exhibitions, and events, functioning as a flexible and recognisable design element within the organisation’s spatial and curatorial identity.

Photos by .ercoli, , (AB)NORMAL

PLAN C FRAME

At the heart of the store, the red staircase-library becomes the spatial and narrative centrepiece of the project.

More than just a circulation device, it introduces a cultural layer within the retail environment, connecting the two levels while functioning as display, archive and installation device.

Entirely built in metal and painted red on site, the structure wraps a spiral staircase within a circular bookshelf. It currently hosts a collaboration with Reading Room (), the Milan-based bookshop focused on fashion and design, transforming into a temporary stage for books, objects, and printed matter.

Credits
Client: Plan C ()
Creative Direction: Carolina Castiglioni
Concept, Strategy & Program Development: APRIL™ (.april)
Architectural Design: (AB)NORMAL ()

Photos: Piercarlo Quecchia (DSL Studio) ,
Editing: Michela Pedranti (DSL Studio)

APRIL Team:
Alessandro Farinella, Francesco Maria Tiribelli, Monica Moschini, Lorenzo Rocca

(AB)NORMAL Team:
Giulia Cova, Ginevra Conchetto, Marija Ivljanin, Mattia Inselvini, Davide Masserini, Camilla Morandi, Silvia Piana, Luigi Savio