Designer

He is a furniture and interior designer who graduated from the Politecnico di Milano, and lives in Ragusa, Sicily. His research – linked to his experience and his home territory – gives life to contemporary products and spaces aimed at transformability and multifunctionality. His work has been exhibited and published internationally: in 2020 he was nominated as one of the finalists in the “Pure Talents Design Contest” at the Imm Cologne trade fair; in 2021 with the project “Binomio” he became part of the permanent collection of “Design and Decorative Arts” at the CNAP Centre National des Arts Plastiques in Paris; in 2022 with the project “Manic#” he became part of the permanent collection of the Vitra Design Museum and was nominated “Young Talent of the Year” by “Elle Decor Italia” at the EDIDA Elle Deco International Design Awards competition. He teaches at the ABADIR Academy in Catania.

Odo Fioravanti
He graduated in Industrial Design at the Faculty of Design of the Politecnico di Milano. Since 1998 he has worked as an industrial designer, while experimenting also graphic and exhibition design. His projects received prestigious international design awards. In 2011 he won the Compasso d’Oro ADI Award with the Frida wooden chair by Pedrali. He developed projects for several companies, notably: Abet Laminati, Ballarini, Casamania, COOP, Desalto, Flou, Fontana Arte, Foscarini, Land Rover, Normann Copenhagen, Olivetti, Palomar, Pedrali, Pircher, Steelcase, Toshiba, Vibram, Victorinox.

Luca Cancelli
Born in Brescia, he graduated in Industrial Design at the Libera Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brescia / LABA. In 2015 he won the 2nd Design Award Contest organized by Riva 1920. In 2018 he started a 4-year collaboration with Odo Fioravanti as a product designer. In 2019, he received the Honorable Mention at the Cristalplant Design Contest. From 2021 to 2022 he was the art director of Alpi with Odo Fioravanti Design Studio. Since 2023 he has been the artistic director of Alpi

Raised in Florence, he graduated from the Politecnico di Milano, the city where he founded his studio in 2017. In 2019, he was selected among the young designers at Salone Satellite to bring his projects to the Rinascente, in Milano, for exhibition and sale. In the same year he was nominated “young designer” by Elle Decor and Interni; in 2020 he was indicated by Elle Decor among the thirty best international “young talents”. He specialises in design for product innovation and collaborates with Cappellini, De Castelli and Tonelli.

Based in Milan, he has been involved in industrial design since 1992. Among the various companies with which he collaborates: Alessi, Artemide, Foscarini, IFI, Magis, Meritalia, Moleskine, Nava, Montini, United Pets. He is the art director of several brands, including Abet Laminati and Dnd. In May 2009 the Triennale di Milano hosted a solo exhibition of his work entitled “Giulio Iacchetti. Disobedient objects”. He has been awarded two ADI Compasso d’Oro awards (2001 and 2014) and has received several international awards.

He is a product designer who graduated in 2015 in Industrial Design from Politecnico di Milano. He also attended the Master in Industrial design at the Scuola Politecnica di Design. He lives in Milan. Since 2017 he has held the position of Senior designer and Project manager at Giulio Iacchetti’s studio, where he collaborates with several companies including Alessi, Abet Laminati, Coop, Danese Milano, and Moleskine.

It is a design studio, with offices in Milan and Palermo which was born in 2015 from the collaboration between the two architects Carolina Martinelli and Vittorio Venezia. The studio deals with art direction, product design, exhibition design, architecture, interiors and investigates topics such as the relationships between tradition and local knowledge, the properties of materials and the technical possibilities of manufacturing. The studio’s projects have been exhibited in galleries and museums including the Louvre in Paris, MAXXI in Rome, Triennale Design Museum in Milan, Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Artopia gallery in Milan, Aram Gallery in London. Some works were presented in the international exhibitions “Manifesta Palermo 2018” and “Porto Design Biennale 2019”. Carolina Martinelli and Vittorio Venezia collaborate with numerous Italian and international companies such as Abet Laminati, Alcantara, Colé Italian Design Label, De Castelli, Falper, InternoItaliano, Jannelli & Volpi, Lithea, Luce5, Martinelli Luce, Meritalia, Mingardo, Moleskine, One to One, Pulkra, Premax, and Slide.

It is a Milan-based creative studio, founded by Sarah Richiuso and Alberto Pasquale. Graduates from the Politecnico di Milano, Sarah and Alberto have carried out several professional experiences at renowned Italian and international design firms, before meeting at Toan Nguyen’s studio. In 2022 they founded Studio Pari and devoted themselves to creative direction, furniture and product design, styling and set design projects, as well as 3D visualisation.

He has twice received the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award (together with Giulio Iacchetti in 2001, with Moscardino for Pandora Design; in 2014 with the Sfera series of manhole covers for Montini). In 2008 he founded TobeUs, a brand of wooden toy cars handcrafted in Italy. Over the years he has received other prestigious awards such as the Wallpaper Design Award (2008), the Premio dei Premi per l’Innovazione of the Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana (2012) and the Good Design Award (2015, 2021). In addition to his work as a designer, he is a lecturer, art director and architect.

He lives and works in Milan. He works in industrial design and artistic direction. He graduated in Industrial Design at the IUAV / University of the Republic of San Marino in 2011. In 2017 he founded Spazio Paestum, a project that aims to promote the city of Paestum through a collection of souvenirs that connects Italian designers and local craftsmen. Since 2021, he has been the artistic director of Lispi. He has designed for Abet Laminati, Alessi, Arthur Arbesser, Danese Milano, Dnd, Internoitaliano, Lispi, Moleskine, Tenuta Vannulo.

Born in 2007 from the collaboration between Lorenzo De Rosa and Ernesto Iadevaia, designers from Campania with their studio in Milan. Over the years they have been recognised as some of the most interesting emerging designers on the Italian scene and today they design for various industrial companies including Porada, Bialetti, Mamoli, JCP Universe, NAVA, Vibram, WayPoint and Manerba. They collaborate as lecturers with the Politecnico di Milano, the University of Bologna and NABA in Milano.