With Milan design week kicking off next week, design editor Augusta Pownall picks the best shows to take in, from an installation built from bio-bricks to a multi-room exploration of neuroaesthetics from Google.
One of the busiest weeks in the design calendar, this year's Milan design week encompasses the Salone del Mobile furniture fair, where international brands launch their latest collections, as well as the light fair Euroluce, and an ever-growing set of satellite events in the city centre.
Taking place between 9 and 14 April this year, the design week sees fashion and technology brands getting in on the action alongside architects and designers, with exhibitions, installations and parties in historic and industrial locations across the Italian city. With hundreds of events taking place, here's our pick of the crop:

Pleasure & Treasure by Advantage Austria
Held in the Sala Reale, a room that once served as the royal family's private waiting room at Milan central station, Pleasure & Treasure will show furniture and interior products from more than 40 Austrian designers and architects.
To enter the 400-square-metre venue which is set over two floors, visitors must wade through a sea of foam.
Sala Reale Stazione Centrale 

Conifera by COS 
Arthur Mamou-Mani is behind this year's COS installation, which returns to the 16th-century Palazzo Isimbardi. Conifera will comprise more than 700 interlocking 3D-printed bio-bricks that extend from the palazzo's courtya...