Miele unveiled its latest design concept, ‘Designed to Move with You’, at Milan Design Week 2026, presenting a vision of the kitchen as a flexible, intelligent living space that adapts to modern lifestyles rather than remaining a fixed functional zone.

Showcased at both EuroCucina and the newly redesigned Miele Experience Centre in Milan’s Brera Design District, the concept reflects changing expectations around how people live, cook and interact with their homes. With urban living spaces becoming smaller and routines increasingly fluid, the German premium appliance manufacturer is positioning the kitchen as a connected, responsive environment that evolves alongside its users.

“The kitchen is no longer a fixed place,” Miele says in a media release announcing the concept. “It adapts, responds and learns.”

Rather than treating the kitchen as a separate room dedicated solely to cooking, ‘Designed to Move with You’ reimagines it as part of a broader living ecosystem. At EuroCucina, Miele’s exhibition stand was designed as an immersive spatial experience rather than a conventional product showcase, featuring open layouts, minimalist architecture, staged lighting and large digital surfaces that blurred the boundaries between physical and digital spaces.

From the virtual to the tangible

Appliances were integrated into realistic living scenarios instead of being displayed in isolation, demonstrating how technology and design can work together seamlessly in everyday life.

Among the headline innovations was the market launch of Miele’s KM 8000 induction cooktop with M Sense cookware, first introduced late last year. The system combines induction cooking with cookware equipped with up to three temperature sensors, enabling automatic regulation of heat and power.

The result is a cooking process designed to prevent common problems such as burning or boiling over while reducing the need for constant user intervention. Miele says the technology offers greater precision and helps make cooking more intuitive and less stressful.

Amping up the AI

Artificial intelligence also plays a major role in the company’s future kitchen vision through CulinaryCoach, a new AI-powered assistant integrated into the Miele app.

The assistant provides personalised cooking recommendations, answers preparation-related questions and can transfer the correct settings directly to connected appliances. It takes into account user preferences, cooking experience and daily routines, offering real-time guidance throughout the cooking process.

According to Miele, CulinaryCoach is intended to make cooking more flexible and personal while transforming the kitchen into “a system that thinks and continues to evolve”.

Expanding healthy cooking options

Another major launch is the company’s new steam drawer, developed in response to growing demand for healthy cooking options and compact urban kitchens. Designed to bring professional-grade steam cooking into smaller homes, the steam drawer can be paired with a combination oven with microwave to create what Miele describes as a three-in-one solution.

For the first time, baking, reheating and steam cooking can be combined within a standard 60-centimetre high kitchen niche, making the set-up suitable for compact apartments and smaller homes. The steam drawer is scheduled to be available from late 2027.

Ventilation solutions are also being repositioned as part of the overall architectural design of the kitchen. The company says these innovations offer greater design freedom while maintaining efficient extraction performance.

Let’s move this outside

Extending the ‘Designed to Move with You’ concept beyond the home interior, Miele also introduced Outdoor Cooking, a modular outdoor kitchen system built around flexibility and adaptability.

The modular design allows users to create set-ups ranging from compact outdoor cooking stations to fully equipped kitchens. Modules and accessories can be rearranged, expanded and adapted over time, enabling the outdoor kitchen to evolve with changing needs and lifestyles.

Miele says this reflects one of the central ideas of the exhibition: that kitchens should be able to move, adapt and respond to different environments.

Additional product highlights include HydroClean, a new oven-cleaning solution, as well as the introduction of Pearl Beige, a softer appliance colour intended to complement contemporary interior design trends. New refrigeration solutions for both small and large households and resource-efficient dishwashers also form part of the company’s Milan presentation.

But, really, it’s all about the food

Food remains central to the experience, with Michelin-starred chefs leading live culinary demonstrations throughout the event. Italian chef Fabio Pisani opened the program with live showcooking sessions on the first day, while chef Norbert Niederkofler continued later in the week, demonstrating how ingredients, technique and technology can work together in modern kitchens.

The culinary program was designed to show Miele’s appliances in practical use while reinforcing the brand’s emphasis on precision, sustainability and a more focused approach to cooking.

Alongside its EuroCucina presence, Miele also reopened its Experience Centre in Milan’s Brera Design District during Design Week. The renovated space was completely redesigned to function not simply as a showroom, but as a dynamic living environment that reflected the company’s broader design philosophy.

Visitors moved through a series of realistic domestic settings that demonstrate how kitchens integrate into everyday life and how appliances fit into modern routines.

A key highlight at the Experience Center was ‘Miele Compact Living: Kitchen Unit powered by Hettich’, a design study aimed at addressing the challenges of shrinking urban living spaces.

The concept combines cooking, storage and living functions into a single compact unit, turning the kitchen into a multifunctional system rather than a separate room. Instead of fixed zones, the unit can shift its purpose throughout the day – serving as a workspace in the morning, a cooking station at lunchtime and a social meeting place in the evening.

Miele says the concept reflects a broader shift away from rigid floor plans toward more fluid, adaptable living spaces where functionality responds to daily life.

Throughout Milan Design Week, the Experience Centre also hosted pastry creations, coffee specialities and interactive installations, allowing visitors to engage directly with the brand’s design and technology.

With ‘Designed to Move with You’, Miele is not simply presenting new appliances, but a broader vision for the future of domestic life – one where kitchens are no longer static spaces, but intelligent environments designed to adapt to the people who use them.

For more information visit Miele’s website.