Project release
To-Tie
Flos

I am glad to release my latest project To-Tie, resulting from my new collaboration with the Italian lighting company Flos.

To-Tie is a collection of table lamps with a distinctive feature summed up in the name, which refers to the English verb to tie, to fasten. The construction of the lamp was born by putting in relation three simple elements: cable, bar and cylinder. The core of the project lies in the tensioning system, which outlines both the formal and functional qualities of the lamp, entwining them in a mutual bond. Thanks to the inspiring collaboration with Flos and to the company's unique know-how, my personal research on the theme of structural tension has been successfully translated for the first time into an industrial lighting.

Project release
L45 Table Series
Desalto

I am glad to share with you the new series of tables L45, resulting from my renewed collaboration with Italian furniture brand Desalto.

Available in various sizes and typologies, ranging from large dining tables to low coffee tables, the collection comes in several finishes – galvanised steel or powder coating lacquers for the structure, which can be matched with wooden tops or handcrafted textured resins.

Award / Longlisted
Emerging Designer of the Year
Dezeen Awards 2019

I am glad to have been longlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2019 in the Emerging designer of year category.

‘The Dezeen Awards studio categories will name the most outstanding design talents of the past year.

Awards will be given to the best studios in each of the architecture, interior design and design categories, with studios founded less than 10 years ago competing in the emerging studio categories and more established practices battling to be named studio of the year.’

Exhibition
‘Wallpaper* Handmade Singapore’
‘Wallpaper* Handmade X’

My centrepiece Arched – developed in collaboration with the Norwegian company Arven AS – will be on display at the coming ‘Wallpaper* Handmade Singapore’. The exhibition features fifteen selected pieces from the last ‘Wallpaper* Handmade X’, that were launched during the last Milan Design Week.

Now it's third year, Wallpaper* Handmade Singapore is part of an ongoing collaboration between Wallpaper*, the global authority on design, and the Design Singapore Council (Dsg). Held at the National Museum of Singapore, the show will run from the 14th of June to the 14th of July.

Exhibition
Madrid Design Festival
Galleria Rossana Orlandi

On the occasion of the Madrid Design Festival 2019, I will be part of a collective exhibition curated by Rossana Orlandi. Held at the studio of Spanish designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón, the show will gather a broad  range of experimental works, including my piece Equilibrium Console.

Award / Shortlisted
Elle Decor Italia / Young Talent of the Year
EDIDA – ELLE DECO INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS 2019

I am very pleased to announce that I have been nominated by Elle Decor Italia as Young Talent of the Year for the 2019 edition of the EDIDA – ELLE DECO INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS.

In the following, you can find a few information about the awards:

‘Launched in 2003, the ELLE DECO INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS or EDIDA is a unique international event where the 25 editors-in-chief of the ELLE DECORATION international network gather to award global excellence in design in 14 categories.
The annual awards ceremony takes place in Milan during the Salone del Mobile, the world’s leading furniture fair.’

Award / Winner
ADI Ceramics & Bathroom Design Award 2018 / Cersaie

I am honoured to announce that my tile collection Segments – designed for the Italian ceramic company Decoratori Bassanesi – has been awarded with the ADI Ceramics & Bathroom Design Award, winning the prize in the ceramics category.

Now at its 5th edition, the annual award is issued by ADI – Associazione per il Disegno Industriale in collaboration with Confindustria Ceramica and Cersaie design fair, with the aim of highlighting the most innovative products among Italian ceramics and bathroom furnishings sector. The nominated products represent a pre-selection for the ADI Design Index 2019.

Project release
Cersaie 2018
Decoratori Bassanesi

My new work Segments – a collection of tiles resulting from my first industrial collaboration with the Italian ceramic company Decoratori Bassanesi, will be launched at Cersaie design fair in Bologna next week.

Comprised of 3 different products, this series investigates the limits of gres porcelain by walking on the thin boundary that defines its fragility, challenging the technical constraints related to industrial production.

Exhibitions / Project release
Milan Design Week 2022
Galleria Rossana Orlandi
SEEDS London

My latest work will be on show at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during the coming Milan Design Week 2018. For the occasion, I will present three new pieces from my Equilibrium collection – a chair, a dining table and a suspension light.

In addition to this, my benches Sections will be exhibited at the 5VIE ART+DESIGN district with SEEDS London. The pieces will be part of the group show TEST TUBE.

Award / Shortlisted
Officine Panerai Next Generation Designer of the Year
Wallpaper* Design Awards 2018

I am glad to have been shortlisted for the Officine Panerai Next Generation Designer of the Year – part of the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2018.

“For the second year, Wallpaper* magazine and luxury watchmaker Officine Panerai have collaborated to create the Officine Panerai Next Generation Designer Award. Part of the 2018 Wallpaper* Design Awards, it is designed to champion the work of a young and prodigiously talented individual who has significantly contributed to the field of design during the past 12 months and looks set to create a lasting impact in years to come.”

The winner will be revealed by Wallpaper* Brand and Content Director Tony Chambers and Officine Panerai next moth.

Award / Winner
Rising Talent Awards Italy
MAISON&OBJET

I am glad to be among the six young designers winners of the next Rising Talent Awards – taking place in Paris during the coming edition of MAISON&OBJET. I would like to extend a special thanks to Rossana Orlandi for nominating me.

‘At every edition of the trade show, in what is an eagerly expected event on the design scene, M&O puts six young talents under the spotlight, all of whom have been sponsored by powerful mentors.
This session pays tribute to Italy with the invaluable assistance of the Italian Trade Agency*. The 6 talents made in Italy were carefully selected by 6 renowned figures, who accepted to become their mentors: Andrea Branzi, Giulio Cappellini, Rosita Missoni, Piero Lissoni, Luca Nichetto and Rossana Orlandi. Simply by following their hearts these mentors have come up with an exciting palette of designers.’

For the occasion, I will present some old and new works from my Equilibrium series, which will be on show at the Talents à la Carte booth, at the Italian institutional booth and at the Italian embassy in Paris.

Exhibition
Operæ – PHM | Piemonte Handmade
SEEDS London Gallery

My new work Sections will be on show at Operæ Independent Design Fair in the exhibition PHM | Piemonte Handmade. The project is the result of a collaboration with metalworking master craftsmen Berrone Livio & C. and will be presented by SEEDS London Gallery.

‘The tube is a simple element, but one of great versatility. Taking into consideration the tube’s many uses, Guglielmo Poletti’s most recent pursuit is to play around and alter its forms unexpectedly, to create a new functionality. Since his recent “thesis” project (2016) at Eindhoven's design academy, the designer has shown an almost obsessive fascination with the ideas of balance and tension. In a previous collection presented by SEEDS, his glass and metal acrobatics gave shape to the precarious balance of these materials by stabilizing them into functioning as a bench and a table: his new work for Operæ insists upon this theme with the same effectiveness. For the PHM | Piemonte Handmade project, the designer has collaborated with the metal masters of the historic company, Berrone di Volvera, to create an unprecedented object that revolutionizes a steel tube’s behaviour through a simple offset of its own sections.’

In addition to this, I will exhibit the re-edition of a previous work – Skin Floor Lounge. Originally developed in 2014, the piece will be part of the objects selected by SEEDS London for their space in the Galleries Section.

Exhibition
PAD London Art + Design
Galleria Rossana Orlandi 

My latest work from the Equilibrium series will be on show at the PAD London fair with Galleria Rossana Orlandi. For the occasion, together with some previously developed works I will present a new piece, the Equilibrium Round Table.

Exhibition
Bratislava Design Week 2017

I have been invited as a guest to the Bratislava Design Week 2017, along with other international artists and designers.

‘The main topic of Bratislava Design Week 2017 is “LIMIT”. It can be understood as significant factor, which affects conception of a design object and creating in general. Limit is also boundary and provocative force.’

For the occasion, I will take part in the main exhibition curated by the festival director L'ubica Hustà at the ZOYA Gallery, where I will be showing two prototypes – bench and console – from my latest series Equilibrium.

In addition to this, I will also participate to the BADW Design Lectures, where I will have the opportunity to share some personal points of view and reflections on the value of limit, which plays a very relevant role within my artistic practice.