MILAN, Apr 7, 2011/ —From April 12 – 17, design lovers from around the world flock to Milan to take in the latest offerings from emerging designers and big-name talents in a mixture of business, creativity and good old-fashioned fun.

This year yoox.com takes design week to the world, with daily reportage from the exhibitions and events; the latest products and interviews with the world’s leading designers offering insight into the creative process and a unique opportunity to purchase pieces presented for the first time in Milan by some of the design world’s leading brands.

Thanks to its privileged relationship with leading design brands, yoox.com offers design fans a unique opportunity: from 12 April the design area of yoox.com will host a selection of brand-new pieces presented at Milan Design Week 2011 and available for purchase – immediately.

An extraordinary preview made up of pre-series products and the very first production pieces.

Among the brands participating in this initiative: Alessi, Cappellini, Driade, Established & Sons, Marsotto Edizioni, and Zanotta, with products ranging from furniture to accessories by leading designers like Jasper Morrison, Naoto Fukasawa, David Chipperfield, Richard Woods, and Ross Lovegrove, alongside emerging creative talents like Salvatore Indriolo.

Thanks to our easy and efficient delivery options, the wildest dreams of design addicts become reality: By accessing yoox.com with iPad, iPhone, mobile phone or computer, visitors can purchase the latest design products the same day they are unveiled to the public and enjoy their purchase in the comfort of their home ahead of the rest of the world.

For those who can’t make it to Milan, or who simply prefer to observe the creative whirlwind from a distance, yoox.com, the world’s leading virtual store for multi-brand fashion and design brings it all to a computer near you.