21
Six Gallery
A DESIGN GALLERY IN MILAN
An inspiring Gallery and design space in Milan dedicated
to new ideas, constant flux and the aspirations of
young, contemporary designers.
Photography by Alberto Strada
Milan is a city experiencing a creative renewal.
Spaces where eager young designers pave new paths
are on the rise. Six Gallery, created by entrepreneur
Mauro Orlandelli, curated by Fanny Bauer Grung and
David Lopez Quincoces and opened in the autumn of
2017, is a shining example of this. The Gallery is housed
in a 500m2 abandoned 16th century monastery in the
Darsena district. Together with Bistro Sixieme,
architectural firm Quincoces-dragò & Partners and a
florist, it now gives new life as a design laboratory,
tropical plant haven and cultural experiment.
The building itself is situated between the traditional
area of Sant. Ambrogio and the more bohemian, Ticinese.
It’s near a park where families play while others enjoy
their last drink at sunrise. This kind of polarity is the
perfect fit for Six Gallery’s purpose. Its beauty lies in
its playful impermanence. What you see so carefully
arranged one day may be completely different the
next – as pieces sell, they’re replaced and the space
transforms into something new.
