On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2026, Marcin Rusak will debut Forum Florum: Herbarium of the Present. The exhibition takes place at SIAM 1838 (Società d’Incoraggiamento d’Arti e Mestieri) in the centre of Milan. Forum Florum—Latin for “flower market”—examines the flower not only as ornament, but as a product shaped by systems of cultivation, circulation, and control. At its centre, Flower Journey traces the history of the cut flower - from early cultivation to its contemporary condition as a global commodity - revealing how nature is standardised, extracted, and consumed.The exhibition introduces flower-infused laminated glass panels developed as architectural elements, alongside new statement collectible design pieces presented in conversation with archival works, and a distinct new body of works from the Flora series.Plant Pulses, developed with Perrier-Jouët, translates plant bioacoustic research into a time-based installation combining animation and sound.Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage under the Creative Industries Institute’s Development of Creative Sectors programme.
| Hours | 10am-7pm |
| Venue | SIAM1838 |
| Type | Exhibition |
| Duration | 10am-7pm |
| City | Milan |
About
Marcin Rusak Studio
Marcin Rusak (born in 1987, Warsaw, Poland) is an artist and multidisciplinary designer interested in ideas of value, ephemerality and aesthetics. Specializing in storytelling, process and material investigation his work often incorporates research, object and installation as well as visual creations to explore overlooked details of our lives which recreated and re-imagined are shown again in a different light. As the son and grandson of flower growers he has long been fascinated by these natural sources of inspiration and decoration. Engaging them in his creative process began by reusing waste to investigate new decorative elements within everyday objects and led to a rich body of work ranging from research and storytelling to cultural criticism around consumption and future scenarios.
