{"id":603066,"date":"2026-04-28T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/?p=603066"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:09:08","slug":"a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"A Study in Slowness: Forum Florum Counters Milan Design Week\u2019s Pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milan Design Week operates on a tempo that rewards velocity over reflection, with hundreds of installations competing for attention across a single compressed week. <a href=\"https:\/\/marcinrusak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Marcin Rusak Studio&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> <em>Forum Florum: Herbarium of the Present<\/em> sets itself against that current. Staged at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siam1838.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SIAM<\/a><\/strong>, the Societ\u00e0 d&#8217;Incoraggiamento d&#8217;Arti e Mestieri founded in 1838, the exhibition trades the commercial showroom format for a 19th-century educational institution, and the spectacle economy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salonemilano.it\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Salone<\/strong><\/a> for something closer to a study hall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-49\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603075\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603075\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-49-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"A room with classical statues and plaques, featuring two contemporary art pieces with intricate gold and black designs displayed in the foreground and center.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-49-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-49-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-49-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-49-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-49.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SIAM was established to encourage arts and crafts among Milanese workers, and it remains a public cultural institution serving students, designers, and a culturally engaged audience rather than collectors and buyers. Rusak&#8217;s decision to mount his new body of work here, rather than in a Brera gallery or a Tortona warehouse, reframes the exhibition as a pedagogical platform. The Latin title, which translates roughly to &#8216;flower market,&#8217; doubles as an invitation to gather and exchange ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-40\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603074\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603074\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-40-810x1215.jpg\" alt=\"A decorative cabinet with floral patterns stands on a pedestal in front of two white marble statues set in a classical architectural fa\u00e7ade.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-40-810x1215.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-40-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-40-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-40-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-40.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Forum Florum<\/em> unfolds across SIAM&#8217;s courtyard and two historic interior rooms, with the Flower Journey installation opening the sequence. The monumental portal traces the global history of the cut flower industry, an extractive trade that scaled from 19th-century Dutch greenhouse cultivation into today&#8217;s Kenyan and Colombian export agriculture. Partially 3D-printed and partially cast in bronze, the structure draws formal cues from unfinished Medieval cathedrals and ornamental Art Nouveau thresholds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603071\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603071\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-810x1215.jpg\" alt=\"Wall-mounted glass cabinet with mirrored side panels, containing glass objects, displayed on a white platform against a pale wall with engraved plaques and inscriptions.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-810x1215.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the portal sits Plant Pulses, an immersive installation developed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perrier-jouet.com\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Perrier-Jou\u00ebt<\/strong><\/a> that translates ultrasound recordings of plant activity, captured by AGH University researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/soundway.pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bart\u0142omiej Chojnacki<\/strong><\/a> and Klara Chojnacka, into a multisensory environment. Composer Justyna Stasiowska and digital artist Eli Magaziner shaped the data into sound and image, giving form to a register of plant communication that sits below human perception.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603071\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603071\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-810x1215.jpg\" alt=\"Wall-mounted glass cabinet with mirrored side panels, containing glass objects, displayed on a white platform against a pale wall with engraved plaques and inscriptions.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-810x1215.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-50.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition debuts several new statement pieces, including 2.5-meter herbarium panels that laminate selected flowers and plants between sheets of glass. Alongside a new shelving system, coffee table, and mirror that extend Rusak&#8217;s flagship Flora series, the works mark a stylistic and technological shift for the studio. Custom 3D-printed biodegradable sconces complete the staging. Visitors were encouraged to sit, recline, and linger.<\/p>\n<p>Marcin Rusak continues by saying, \u201cForum Florum is an invitation to see plants as carriers of memory, knowledge, and interdependence\u2014living archives through which we can rethink our relationship with materials, time, and nature,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-57\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603076\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-57-810x540.jpg\" alt=\"A green digital screen with &quot;FORUM FLORUM&quot; displayed stands in a courtyard; a bust sculpture on a pedestal and four black-and-white patterned stools are arranged in front.\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-57-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-57-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-57-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-57.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-43\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603073\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-43-810x1215.jpg\" alt=\"A framed artwork featuring intricate golden floral patterns on a reddish background rests on a light gray surface, with a similar piece partially visible behind it.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-43-810x1215.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-43-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-43-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-43-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-43.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-47\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603072\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603072\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-47-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Two large, vertically standing glass panels\u2014one amber, one red\u2014display abstract designs in a museum-like interior with windows and engraved stone walls.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-47-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-47-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-47-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-47-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-47.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603069\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603069\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-5-810x540.jpg\" alt=\"A tall, black, floral-patterned cabinet with open shelves is displayed on a white platform in a minimalist gallery setting.\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-5-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603067\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603067\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-4-810x1216.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up view of a glossy, curved surface featuring embedded dried flowers and plants, reflecting light against a dark background.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-4-810x1216.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-4-800x1201.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-4-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-4-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-17\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603068\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603068\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-17-810x540.jpg\" alt=\"A square metallic table with two drawers partially open, revealing marbled red and brown interiors, and a small rectangular object placed on top.\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-17-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-17-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-17.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/a-study-in-slowness-forum-florum-counters-milan-design-weeks-pace\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-603070\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-603070\" src=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-9-810x1080.jpg\" alt=\"A modern table with a reflective metal surface and transparent sides, revealing a decorative pattern with gold and black designs underneath.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-9-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-9-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-9-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-9-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/design-milk.com\/images\/2026\/04\/forum-florum-marcin-rusak-studio-9.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>View more information on Marcin Rusak Studio&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/marcinrusak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Photography by Alessandro Saletta.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staged inside an 1838 educational institution rather than a commercial showroom, Marcin Rusak&#8217;s Milan Design Week exhibition asks visitors to slow down, sit down, and listen to 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