American born designer and sculptor Gregory Beson launched his studio practice in 2018 in New York City, focusing on material culture: furniture, artifacts and lighting. At his Brooklyn atelier Beson designs new pieces and collections, crafting or prototyping all pieces by hand for private clients, brands, galleries and institutions. His work has been shown globally… Read more »
After studying art history and law and gaining experience in museums and auction houses, I joined the fashion world, where I advised a number of fashion houses on projects relating to heritage, culture, design and art. Passionate about the decorative arts of the twentieth century, and Art Deco in particular, I run Petrone Studio, a… Read more »
Born in Oxford in 1976, Andy Hillman graduated from the Arts Institute Bournemouth in 1999 with a first class honours degree in 3 dimensional design. Working for several product design companies he became increasingly frustrated with their approach to design and left, deciding to interail across Europe for several months before returning to London to… Read more »
Andrea Tognon Architecture was founded in 2002. Our aim is to understand and develop strategies of communication, branding and transforming spaces. We define identities in the dynamic process of complex urban situations. The office combines practice with research in a multi-disciplinary process while drawing upon a network of creatives as well as technical and engineering… Read more »
MONSTRUM STUDIO is the design studio founded by Riccardo Villa Fabbiati, an architect and creative director based between Milan and Paris. Standing at the forefront of creative direction and set design for major fashion shows, he pushes the boundaries of his coral and multidisciplinary approach to spatial and narrative vision. Derived from Latin, monstrum refers… Read more »
(b1983) Australian born Industrial designer, graduating from RMIT Industrial Design program in 2004. Relocated to The Netherlands in 2006 working for a prominent design studio in Rotterdam for numerous international clients across furniture, product and interior design. Returning to Australia in 2016 to continue work in the commercial furniture and product design field. Work is… Read more »
Elisa Honkanen is native of the Finnish lake district characterized by crystal clear lakes and dense forests. She has gained experience in Milan, Paris and London working for well-known designers and architects such as Piero Lissoni, Patrick Norguet, David Chipperfield Architects and Foster+Partners. Her work has been exhibited in several international furniture fairs including Milan,… Read more »
Founded in 2008 in Milan, Bernhardt-Vella takes its name from the German designer Ellen Bernhardt and the Italian interior designer Paola Vella. Their collaboration is made of affinity, professional and individuals experiences lived abroad and a common vision of design at 360 degrees, based on a maieutic approach. A design that acts as an interface… Read more »
Studiopepe is a design agency founded in Milan, in 2006, by Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara Di Pinto. Studiopepe focuses on design and research through the use of a multidisciplinary approach: this includes interior design (retail, hotels, private commissions), product design and creative consulting. The language they use for their designs is straight and eclectic, merging poetic… Read more »
Giorgia Zanellato and Daniele Bortotto founded Zanellato/Bortotto Studio in Treviso, Italy, in 2013. Their first project Acqua Alta series is dedicated to the city of Venice and it was presented at the Salone Satellite in Milan in 2013. The project stands out immediately, starting the commitment to a long-term research focused on the relationship between… Read more »
li-do, Laboratore Innocenti Design Office, is a creative studio based in Milan founded by Ilaria Innocenti and Giorgio Laboratore. Ilaria and Giorgio have developed in different project experiences yet they share the same passion for design and visual arts. Ilaria’s approach comes from interior design education with a strong visual culture. Giorgio’s approach comes from… Read more »
Italian Industrial designer, born in Tuscany in 1980, graduated with honors at the Politecnico of Milan, he spent the first part of his career working for important design practice between Milan and Amsterdam. Based in Milan since 2009, he works with a wide range of companies, focusing on everyday objects, furniture, lighting and accessories, with… Read more »
He studied architecture at the Politecnico of Milan and at FAUP in Oporto. He has won numerous international awards, including the IDA Design Award in Los Angeles. He was also given the Bruno Munari Prize by Gillo Dorfles in 2009 at La Triennale of Milan, he was selected for the ADI index 2010 and received… Read more »
He was born in Mie, Japan. After he graduated in architecture at Science University of Tokyo, he moved to Milan in 1998. During his 11 years activity in Italia, he worked for many international companies and Italian brands with various Italian architects and product designers. Since 2009 he goes back to Japan and established his… Read more »
Objects of Common Interest is a multidisciplinary studio based in New York and in Greece focused on designing objects, furniture and installations with a fixation on materiality structure and concept through simplicity of self-expression. Founded by Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis, directors of architecture practice LOToffice for architecture, the studio draws from spatial practices with… Read more »
Antigone Acconci was born in Lucca, after graduating at Florence University, she moved to Milan where she got a master degree at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), where she now works as a teacher. Riccardo Bastiani was born in the Chianti area, after graduating at Florence University he moved to Milan. They work as free-lance… Read more »
Simone Bonanni was born in Pordenone (Italy), August 1989. He graduated from Istituto Europeo di Design (Milan) in 2011 with the Atmo project, awarded with the Honourable Mention at the 23rd ADI Compasso D’oro Award (Targa Giovani). In the same year, he began his professional career working at Valerio Sommella Design Studio in Milan. In… Read more »
Sara Ferrari is an Italian product designer who likes travelling and exploring new cultures. In 2009, she founded Sara Ferrari Design in London, where she spent the first four years of her career getting her work recognized worldwide from the very beginning, winning design competitions, and designing successful products. In 2010, her project Stone-Leaf received… Read more »
(Tel Aviv,1980) Omri Revesz was born and grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 2005 he moved to Italy and graduated from the department of Art and Design at IUAV university of Venice, where he later established his design studio. The studio’s work is committed on the research and practice of contemporary Design in different… Read more »
Born in Milano, where she studied art at the Brera Academy. From ’85, she started as a free lance fashion designer for Fiorucci, Basile, Plein Sud, Sergio Rossi, Camper and many others. From ’96 with passion, she dedicated to industrial design, working for Antiquità, Viceversa, Alessi, Dilmos, Dedon, Moooi, Spazio Pontaccio, Colè, Tato. She partecipated… Read more »
Alessandro Stabile (Milan, 1985) obtained a BA degree in industrial design at the Politecnico di Milano in 2007; in 2008, he obtained a Masters degree at the Scuola Politecnica di Design. He has been working as a product designer and project leader in his studio with Giulio Iacchetti since 2008. In 2011, he established his… Read more »
MARTINELLI VENEZIA is a design studio based in Milan and Palermo, founded by Carolina Martinelli and Vittorio Venezia in 2015. The studio is devoted to furniture design, exhibition design, architecture and interior design; in particular, it focuses on issues concerning the relationship between tradition and local culture, the material properties and the technical possibilities of… Read more »
Born in Veneto, not far from Venice, Chiara Andreatti moved to Milan where she graduated in Industrial Design at IED in 2003 and attended a master at Domus Academy. She collaborated with designers studios such as Raffaella Mangiarotti, Renato Montagner and, since 2006, she works with studio Lissoni Associati (MI), following through, parallel freelance projects… Read more »
“I act in order to be a bridge that connects thought and message, unavoidable goal of my artistic language”. Everything he designs comes from the attention towards what’s around him, living or inanimate. If there is a limit between art and design, he tries to erase it and re-design all the existing complicity among human… Read more »
Dutch designer Mae Engelgeer attended the Amsterdam Fashion Instituut where she specialised in textile design, graduating in 2004. Later she was accepted to the prestigious Master Course in Applied Arts at the Sandberg Instituut and developed her first collection of textiles at TextielLab. In 2014 Engelgeer opened her own studio in Amsterdam, working on product… Read more »
Aldo Parisotto (Monselice, Padua 1962) graduated in architecture with James Stirling at IUAV, Architecture Faculty of University of Venice, in 1988. Between 2001 and 2003, he worked as chair professor of interior design at the Architecture Faculty in Trieste. Massimo Formenton (Padua 1964) graduated in architecture at IUAV, Architecture Faculty of University of Venice in… Read more »
Federica Biasi, born in 1989, graduated with honours from European Institute of Design in 2011. From 2011 to 2013 she worked with design agencies based in Milan. In 2014 she moved to Amsterdam to observe and understand the nordic design and the emerging trends, focusing on the aesthetic beauty and the formal simplicity which has… Read more »
Marco Zito 16.2.1966 architect, graduated under Vittorio Gregotti at the IUAV in 1994. Since 1996 he has been teaching Industial Design in the faculty of Design and Arts of IUAV Venice. Invited lecturer at the Industrial Design Centre of Montevideo (Uruguay), at San Marco Centre of Kigali (Rwanda), at IMC – Industrial Modernisation Centre of… Read more »
