DESIGN GARAGE – FuoriSalone 2025 – Benedetto Camerana Studio x MAUTO-Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile
Design Garage
Lancia Appia GTE Zagato
Benedetto Camerana Studio x MAUTO – Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile
Milan 08—13 Aprile – register form
The space at Via Scaldasole 7, a hidden gem tucked between the historic streets of Conca del Naviglio and Via Arena in Milan’s Navigli district, transforms into a special place during Fuori Salone.
MAUTO – Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile and Benedetto Camerana Studio present Design Garage, the creative retreat of an imaginary designer-architect-artist, a collector of classic cars. A fictional character who has chosen to live in a truly Milanese setting, bringing together under a vast atelier skylight his projects and objects, design and architecture, winter garden, car workshop, artist’s studio, and meeting place.
Here, in the beating heart of the design capital, the studio becomes a personal museum of icons and references—a world where past and present converse through forms and materials.
The story for Design Week is embodied in a stunning metallic grey 1961 Lancia Appia GTE Zagato, a symbol of Turin’s finest industrial craftsmanship and Milan’s most refined style—a fortunate meeting of the two primary centers of Italian design, united for once.
MAUTO – National Automobile Museum and Benedetto Camerana invite you to stop by Via Scaldasole during Design Week to admire the Lancia Appia Zagato and the Design Garage.
Design Garage is a project by Benedetto Camerana and MAUTO – National Automobile Museum for Fuori Salone 2025.
For the other 51 weeks of the year, the space at Via Scaldasole 7 serves as the Milanese headquarters of Benedetto Camerana Studio, a laboratory of architecture, urban planning, design, and landscape. It also hostsFerreri Costruzioni and Base two Turin-based entities that have long operated successfully in Milan’s urban design scene and are soon launching a new Milan-based venture (more to come).
The courtyard at Via Scaldasole 7 is also home to Una Cosa Bistrot and the studio of Renato Arrigo, architect and interior designer—a shared creative workshop of ideas and quality research.
Lancia Appia Zagato
Italy 1961
Unveiled at the 1956 Turin Motor Show, this is the sporty coupé version produced between 1956 and 1963. The small-series handcrafted production by Zagato continued until the end of 1958, followed by the new GTE (Gran Turismo Esportazione) version, manufactured in three series, with an engine power increase from 53 to 60 hp.
- 4 cil. V
- 1089,51 cc
- 60 hp – 5400 rpm
- 150 km/h
MAUTO – Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile collection
Gift of MARIA VIVEROS in memory of her father, Dr. Domenico Vivero