One of the most anticipated exhibits of Design Week is created by Technogym

Design is everywhere, even in gyms hidden in the equipment used to stay in shape. To discover this relationship, the right place to visit is the exhibition "The Art of Wellness" curated by Technogym during the Milan Design Week 2025. From the first exercise equipment to the most modern technological innovations that leverage digital technologies and artificial intelligence, the new vision of Healthness recently launched by Technogym is an extraordinary exhibition journey through the evolution of well-being. The exhibition path first offers a retrospective of the tools that have inspired today's wellness and sports products. The exhibition will cover the 40 years of Technogym's innovation - from biomechanics to digital, to artificial intelligence - until the introduction of the new vision of Healthness.

Founded in 1983 in the garage of Nerio Alessandri's house in Cesena, where at the age of 22 he designed the first piece of equipment, the hack squat, which allowed bodybuilders of the time to safely and effectively perform the squat exercise, Technogym represents Italian excellence in the world, supporting professional athletes or simple sports enthusiasts in their journey. It is estimated that over 70 million people train every day on its products in the most prestigious fitness clubs, hotels, companies, medical centers, and the most beautiful private homes in the world. Along with the exhibition, the photographic volume "The Art of Wellness" will also be launched, created in collaboration with the prestigious publishing house Assouline. At the center of the exhibition will be the equipment that has shaped the history of wellness and the human body, telling their evolution and their secret history.

Like the cavallina, already used in Roman times by soldiers to simulate horseback riding, remaining one of the tools used in the Middle Ages for military training until the 19th century when the German pedagogue Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the father of modern gymnastics, made it a standard element of gymnastics. Or the stationary bike, patented for the first time in 1796 by Francis Lowndes who developed the first stationary bicycle for home exercises. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, numerous devices were developed for training in the winter, evolving with the inclusion of electronics and resistance control, to today's smart bikes connected to interactive training apps.

On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition on April 8th, there will be a talk between Gianmarco Tamberi, Olympic and world high jump champion, in conversation with Gianluca Gazzoli at 6:30 pm, followed by an aperitif and DJ set in the suggestive location of Via Durini 1. The Art of Wellness exhibition will be open to the public from April 8th to 13th from 10 am to 9 pm.