April’s Milan Design Week might have been forced to cancel due to coronavirus but the city is hosting a congregation of international creative talent today – and it is championing a worthy cause. Design Loves Milano is an online charity event organised by creative agency Mr Lawrence and hosted by Cambi auction house. It will give buyers around the world the opportunity to pick up some beautiful furniture and in the process support Milan’s Luigi Sacco Hospital, to which all proceeds will be donated. The auction list includes donations from celebrated contemporary designers, such as work by Milan-based Cristina Celestino (pictured), Netherlands-based Sabine Marcelis and the UK’s Faye Toogood, alongside classic pieces from Ettore Sottsass and other stars of Italian design. Organisers had to stop accepting designer donations due to the overwhelming amount they were receiving; clearly design does love Milano – and we do too. You can pick up a piece yourself when items go under the hammer at 16.00 CEST at designlovesmilano.com.