Barilla ARTISIA showcases 3D printed pasta and wood-composite furniture at Milan Design Week 2026

Barilla's ARTISIA brand will present its Edible Reveries exhibition at Milan Design Week from April 21 to 26, 2026, in the Porta Venezia district. The showcase features a collaboration with Studio Yellowdot to present the Tattile furniture collection, which includes a daybed, rocking chair, and chaise lounge 3D printed using wood-composite filament. Large-scale robotic additive manufacturing for the installation is provided by Barcelona-based LAMÁQUINA. The exhibition highlights the brand's ability to extrude complex food geometries, such as the 6.2-meter Spaghetto 3D filament, alongside new pasta shapes designed via algorithmic modeling.

This initiative demonstrates the application of robotic extrusion and algorithmic design within the food and lifestyle sectors, moving beyond traditional mass production into highly customized, geometry-driven consumer goods. While most food AM focuses on small-scale desktop extrusion for culinary plating, the use of large-format robotic systems by LAMÁQUINA for furniture production expands the utility of additive manufacturing into the home decor market. Barilla is positioning ARTISIA as a premium, commercially available brand that bridges the gap between digital design and artisanal food production. This cross-sector approach utilizes the same fundamental principles of digital modeling and material extrusion found in industrial polymer printing but applies them to organic semolina-based materials and wood-composite filaments.

To scale this model, Barilla must demonstrate that the high cost of robotic extrusion and custom algorithmic design can be reconciled with the low margins typical of the food industry. The success of the ARTISIA brand depends on moving from high-concept design exhibitions to repeatable, high-margin production workflows for specialized culinary and furniture products.