Lexus presents installation with shifting viewpoints for Milan design week
Car brand Lexus has unveiled a Milan design week installation designed to be experienced in motion with shifting viewpoints informed by movement across land, sea and air, as captured in this video produced by Dezeen.
Titled Space, the exhibition is centred on the brand's LS Concept vehicle and presents a 360-degree experience that reimagines the car interior as a private, immersive sanctuary.
The LS Concept vehicle is a six-wheeled chauffeur-driven people carrier that reorganises the vehicle around its rear passenger space.
Lexus presents its Space installation at Milan design week
Installed at Superstudio Più's Daylight Hall in Milan's Tortona district, the exhibition is organised across a series of spaces, including a central immersive installation and a separate gallery presenting works by emerging designers.
The main installation combines a central vehicle display with surrounding visuals designed to evoke movement across land, sea and air.
The layout was designed so that visitors walk around the installation rather than viewing it from a single position. As they move, the car and its surroundings appear differently from each angle, revealing new compositions and perspectives.
According to Lexus, the layout was informed by Japanese garden design, where spaces are arranged to be experienced in sequence.
Rather than taking in the whole scene at once, visitors encounter a series of carefully framed views. This principle can be seen in projects such as Kyoto's Katsura Imperial Villa, where paths are designed to reveal different views gradually as people walk through the site.
The exhibition also includes a separate section presenting four works developed through Lexus's Discover Together 2026 initiative, a collaborative programme with emerging creative teams.
Each of these works draw on the rear seating area of the LS Concept, treating it as a self-contained interior space rather than a conventional car cabin.
While the main installation focuses on a single, immersive environment, the four projects present individual responses that explore how interior space can be shaped through elements such as light, sound, materials and interaction.
The participating creatives include Amsterdam-based Random Studio, Italian practice Guardini Ciuffreda Studio and Japanese duo Kyotaro Hayashi and Yumi Kurotani, alongside a team of Lexus in-house designers working with traditional craftspeople.
Their proposals explore how light, sound, materials and digital technologies can be combined to create immersive environments that respond to users and encourage interaction.
Lexus has exhibited at Milan design week since 2005, using the platform to test ideas that extend beyond automotive design and into wider questions around experience, technology and spatial design.
Space is on show at Superstudio Più in Milan from 21 to 26 April 2026. See our Milan design week 2026 guide on Dezeen Events Guide for information about the many other exhibitions, installations and talks that took place throughout the week.
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