Ferrino and Glitch Camp: Urban camping returns to Milan Design Week
Ferrino renews its collaboration with Glitch Camp, the IED project that brings the concept of urban camping to the heart of Milan Design Week.
Now in its third year, the event will host over 300 Glitchers from all over the world, transforming the tent into a space for sharing, experimentation, and collective living.
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For the 2026 edition, the camp will move to a new location: the former Porta Vittoria slaughterhouse, part of a larger urban regeneration project that will house the future IED campus. This post-industrial space will become a meeting point for the creative community, the local area, and contemporary design.
In this context, Ferrino contributes by providing technical outdoor tents, designed for trekking and camping, creating an authentic urban campsite. The project reinterprets the outdoors in a contemporary way, bringing an iconic object like the tent into the language of design and temporary living.
The value of the tent according to Ferrino
For over 150 years, the tent has been at the heart of our projects and an integral part of the brand’s DNA. We design solutions to accompany people on authentic experiences, from the mountains to the most extreme environments, also developing reliable systems for civil protection and emergency management.
We are therefore proud to support the IED creative community in a project that brings the tent into the urban context of Milan Design Week, transforming it into a space for experimentation and discussion. A new way to experience camping and, at the same time, to showcase our expertise in a different context, which represents an important opportunity for dialogue with the new generations of designers.
Anna Ferrino, CEO
Re-Life: Ferrino’s upcycling workshop
Within Glitch Camp, Ferrino will also be the protagonist with Re-Life, an upcycling workshop dedicated to the creative reuse of outdoor materials.
The activity will take place on April 25th at the Ex Macello in Milan, over the course of a full day, with two four-hour sessions (morning and afternoon) for a total of 16 participants, divided into small groups.
The workshop aims to give new life to discarded outdoor products, transforming them into unique objects through a conscious design process. Participants will be guided through the development of a product using recycled materials from Ferrino tents, navigating all the creative stages: from concept development to pattern creation, right up to the selection and cutting of materials.
From design to construction
The construction phase will be supported by the Ferrino team, made up of machinists and technicians, offering participants the opportunity to directly experience the use of sewing machines under supervision.
An immersive experience that combines design, craftsmanship, and sustainability, showcasing materials and skills in a creative and unconventional context.
