Welcome
On this page you’ll find all the information you need to apply for a stay at The Glitch Camp - powered by IED
The Glitch Camp is the first urban camping during Milano Design Week for students from all over the world
The Glitch Camp is the first free urban camping powered by IED which we offer in cooperation with the Comune di Milano and Milanosport S.p.A. Our goal is to make the city more accessible to students from all over the world thanks to a free service that allows them to experience Milan Design Week and its many events first-hand.
The camp will be located in the same space as last year: Enrico Cappelli - Savorelli Sports Center.
In the hustle and bustle of the city, The Glitch Camp offers a different space and time to explore and approach design. A shared space for the design community and beyond willing to experience time from day to night, surrounded by thought-provoking programming about the different ways of making use of time.
Beyond the fact that offers an alternative for young students to visit Milano Design Week and make the city more accessible, the leisure and sport facilities that host the camping brings another thought on which uses do those spaces have in people’s free time: is it possible to reappropriate free time through design?
Would you like to take part of it?
If you are currently enrolled in a university and you are between 18 and 30 years old, don't hesitate.
You can fill in the application form at the bottom of the page and choose the option that you wish to book your tent.
The campsite will host up to 600 people during the event, thanks to the partnership with Ferrino, one of the oldest brands in the outdoor world, founded in Turin in 1870.
Production partner: Piano B
Two Night Experience
Stay two nights at The Glitch Camp
· From Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th of April;
· Wednesday 9th to Friday 11th of April;
· Friday 11th to Sunday 13th of April.
The Glitch Week
This modality offers the possibility to stay for 6 nights at The Glitch Camp
This opportunity, which you can sign up for exclusively until January 30th, includes free accommodation from April 7th to 13th.
If you are selected, be aware to get the best from this opportunity and make sure you will attend it.
What services do we offer?
You’ll have access to a double tent shared with someone, toilets, showers, bar, security service and a welcome kit.
f you want to share the tent with a specific person, you can enter their name in the form below. The other person will also have to register.
Since tents can host two people, if you plan to come alone, we will find you company. You will share the tent with a person of the same sex.
If this is not possible, we will inform you and evaluate the situation together.
Registration is open until March 30th 2025.
Upon receipt of your registration, we’ll confirm acceptance of your request and stay so that you can organise your trip. If all places are filled, we’ll put you on a waiting list.
How to register?
1) You must fill in the form at the bottom of this page.
2) Applicants are asked to send a short video presentation - maximum length 1 minute answering the question: How will you manage your time while you attend The Glitch Camp during the Milano Design Week?
The video may be used on IED's social and web channels together with selected content from the other participants.
The video must be submitted via WeTransfer, YouTube or Vimeo links.
1) You must fill in the form at the bottom of this page.
2) Applicants are asked to send a short video presentation - maximum length 1 minute answering the question: How will you manage your time while you attend The Glitch Camp during the Milano Design Week?
The video may be used on IED's social and web channels together with selected content from the other participants.
The video must be submitted via WeTransfer, YouTube or Vimeo links.
3) A cover letter (500 words max) telling us why you want to take part of The Glitch Camp and how can design transform the concept of free time.
Other info
The centre is located close to the Milano-Tibaldi stop of the S9 train line (Passante Ferroviario di Trenord) and the M2 Romolo metro station. It’s also easily accessible by Tram 15 (Giambologna and/or Tibaldi stops) and bus lines 90, 91 and 59.
Not far from the camping area are the Navigli, the nerve centre of Milan's nightlife during Design Week - the Tortona District.
There are free and paid parking spaces around the camp.
Milano Design Week is one of the most important design events in the world and has made the city one of the world's design capitals since the 1960s. For one week, Milan is transformed by and for design.
The Fiera Milano exhibition centre in Rho hosts the annual Salone del Mobile, a trade fair that returns for its 63rd edition in 2025. An exhibition itinerary of the most important organisations in the sector presenting the latest innovations in the field of interior, products, and experience design.
On the other hand, more than 1,400 events take place at the Fuorisalone throughout the city. Major brands, art galleries, institutions and organisations present their vision in exceptional spaces and put on different activities, presentations, and parties for the public in different areas. Tortona, Brera, and Isola are some of the most popular Design Districts.
- Salone del Mobile - Rho Fiera Milano: tram 15 from the Giambologna stop to the Metro M1 M3 Duomo stop. From here M1 travelling to Rho Fiera.
- Isola Design District: bus 90 from the Tibaldi stop to the M2 Romolo Metro stop to M2 Gioia.
- Brera Design District: tram 15 from the Giambologna stop to Metro M3 Missori to M3 Montenapoleone or bus 90 from the Tibaldi stop to Metro M2 Romolo to M2 Lanza.
- Tortona Design District: bus 90 from Tibaldi to P.Le delle Milizie, then 9 minutes on foot or bus 90 from Tibaldi to Metro M2 Romolo to P.Ta Genova, then 12 minutes on foot.
Applications are open until 31/03 and in any case while places last.
You’ll be notified as soon as possible if your stay is confirmed or if you have been placed on the waiting list so that you can organise your departure.
IED disclaims all responsibility for personal belongings left in the tents, and urges people not to leave valuables objects at The Glitch Camp.
If you want to reach us out, you can write us at iedcamp@ied.it