There is something deeply personal about a vehicle born not from an assembly line, but froma conversation. From a memory, a beloved place, a colour that speaks to who we are. This is the essence of Range Rover Bespoke — and it is exactly this essence that Range Rover brings to Milan Design Week 2026 with Traces, a site-specific installation conceived with London studio Storey Studio, hosted at the heart of the city in Galleria Meravigli.
For the second consecutive year, Range Rover chooses Milan as a stage for an authentic dialogue with the international design community. Traces is more than an exhibition: it is a sensory journey through memory, matter and instinct — an experience that invites each visitor to reflect on the deeper meaning of creating something entirely one’s own. Building on the success of the previous edition, Futurespective: Connected Worlds, this new installation deepens that conversation with an even more intimate and personal vision.
Martin Limpert, Global Managing Director, Range Rover, said:
“Milan Design Week is one of those rare moments when the design world truly comes together — bringing with it visions, sensibilities and a creative energy that is hard to find anywhere else. For us, it is the natural setting in which to give voice to what Range Rover embodies every day: the ability to create genuinely unique objects of desire, through the infinite possibilities of Range Rover Bespoke. ‘Traces’ is rooted in the belief that personalisation is not a technical process but a deeply emotional experience — shaped by memory, by place, by an instinct for beauty. We are proud to bring this vision to life with Storey Studio and to share it alongside some of the most extraordinary creative voices in the world today.”
Spatial design, original film, commissioned artworks and bespoke soundscapes interweave across a journey that draws guests into the act of creating something profoundly personal, exploring how memory, place and material instinct shape the choices behind a truly bespoke vehicle.
Anna Gallagher, Managing Director, Bespoke Operations, added:
“The Range Rover Traces installation beautifully brings to life the elements of the Range Rover Bespoke service, reserved for clients who seek something beyond conventional luxury: true distinction. It places a spotlight on the extraordinary work of our craftspeople — from our paint specialists to our embroidery team — and marks a new era for Range Rover Bespoke, as we continue to expand and refine our capabilities, extending our Commissioning Suite network around the world.”
Guests move through three immersive chapters, where spaces are designed to be felt as much as seen. Mirrors, woven throughout, evoke the infinite possibilities of Range Rover Bespoke: from colour and finish to embroidery and materiality.
The first chapter is total immersion: a film directed by Felipe Sanguinetti — a Buenos Aires-born, Paris-based director whose work spans art, dance, fashion and music for Chanel, Louis Vuitton and the Royal Opera House — envelops guests across four walls, reflected in surrounding mirrors to create an infinite spatial effect. The film is a visual memoir: Sanguinetti’s Argentine roots, his life as a creative, each chapter anchored to a distinct hue.
This speaks to a founding truth of Range Rover: colour is never just colour — it is a place. Since 1970, shades such as Davos White, Masai Red and Bahama Gold have carried the spirit of locations across the world. Today, through Range Rover Bespoke, clients can choose a hue inspired by any corner of the globe, in gloss, matt or satin. A suspended lightbox synchronises with the film’s evolving palette, flooding the space with shifting meaning.
The second chapter is more gathered, almost intimate. Four artists — Hvass and Hannibal, Lisa Rampilli, Petra Borner and Jules Julien — translated their own memories of Milan into illustration. The Range Rover Bespoke Materiality team responded to each with original embroidery works, presented in champagne mirror showcases set into columns whose mirrored interiors multiply every piece into infinite reflection. Linen fabric walls, a lowered ceiling and two-tone wool carpet create an atmosphere that invites you to pause. An original soundscape by sound designers Father moves through both chapters like an invisible thread of continuity.
The third chapter is a revelation. At its centre, the Pearl of Tay — a one-of-a-kind commission by Range Rover Bespoke, inspired by the freshwater pearl of the River Tay in Scotland. The space itself is a landscape: black gravel underfoot, pearlescent undulating ribbing across the ceiling, 14 objects selected by Bard — an Edinburgh-based Scottish craft and design shop and gallery — held in full-height mirror showcases on either side.
Each object is created from a single material and connects to the landscapes and craftsmanship of Scotland, just as the vehicle does. Selected for their emotional and talismanic quality, they embody what Bard founder Hugo Macdonald describes as an otherworldly magnetism: ancient and futuristic at once — the same instinct for singularity that underpins Range Rover Bespoke. The Pearl of Tay is revealed through a shift of light, the entire space awakening around the vehicle as guests enter.
Visitors are invited to complete their journey in the adjacent bar area, curated with furniture and lighting by international design house GUBI. The F300 Lounge Chair by Pierre Paulin, Daumiller Chairs, Private dining tables, GUBI bar sets and Obello pendants compose a layered arrangement where texture, tactility and contemporary design meet. A space that, like the installation itself, builds a bridge between memory and invention.
Traces will be open to the public at Galleria Meravigli (Entrance: Via Meravigli, 5) from 21 to 26 April 2026 with this opening hours
Tuesday 21 April: 10:00–17:00
Wednesday 22 – Sunday 26 April: 10:00–18:00
