The knitwear house expands its material language into spatial design with Act of Embrace at Galleria Rossana Orlandi in Milan
Malo has presented Act of Embrace, a site-specific installation created with Dutch designer Antoine Peters for Salone del Mobile, marking a continued push to position the heritage knitwear house within broader design and cultural conversations. The project is on view from April 21 to 28 at Galleria Rossana Orlandi in Milan.
Developed within the curatorial framework of Rossana Orlandi, the installation translates Malo’s knitwear vocabulary into an immersive spatial environment. Peters, whose practice often reimagines clothing beyond its functional role, uses sleeves, tubular forms, twists, and textile volumes to create inhabitable structures that blur the line between garment, object, and architecture.
For Malo, the collaboration extends a core brand idea: knitwear as language rather than category. Construction, tactility, and proximity to the body remain central, but are scaled into a physical environment where material and technique define the visitor experience. Existing Malo garments and recovered materials were used throughout the project, reinforcing themes of continuity and reuse rather than new production.
The installation’s continuous forms preserve visible references to knitwear techniques such as gauge, tension, and structure, allowing craftsmanship to remain legible even in an architectural context. Rather than pursuing spectacle, the project emphasizes restraint, coherence, and material clarity.
By participating in Milan’s design week through an experiential installation rather than a conventional product presentation, Malo signals an effort to broaden its relevance beyond apparel and align its identity with contemporary design discourse. Act of Embrace remains open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
