DESIGNER’s STORY
Valerio Sommella, Industrial Designer, has collaborated with brands like Apple, Alessi, Honda and Panasonic. After several years spent studying in prestigious institutions in both Milan and Amsterdam, in 2009 he started working on projects that range from lighting and furnishings to consumer electronics and accessories.
Anonima Luci, founded by Alberto Saggia and Stefania Kalogeropoulos, is a lighting design studio based in Milan. It specializes in projects related to luxury retail, hospitality, residential and the world of art exhibitions. In parallel, the studio also develops lighting fixtures, custom-made solutions and light art installations.
Different skills become one concept.
The collaboration between Sommella and Anonima Luci gives rise to cutting edge projects that reflect different aesthetic skills and styles. Objects of an elegant expressive strength in which the deep knowledge of lighting technology are united with the purity and stylish simplicity of the lines.
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Timeless elegance and discreet shape are the words that best define Piero Lissoni’s style. His work is characterized by a personal language, that hides a simplified complexity. Lissoni’s architecture and design projects, seemingly minimal, are the result of a thorough research of both new technologies and materials.
After graduating in 1973 she worked as an Art Director at CentroKappa (1975-1979): planning and development of the image, sales instruments, sales outlets, exhibitions and special initiatives. During this period she collaborated with Alessandro Mendini at “MODO” magazine.
Born in 1962 in Lokeren, Belgium. As soon as he was qualified as an architect in 1985, he started work in Milan collaboratine with Cinzia Ruggeri and with studio Aldo Cibic-Sottsass Associati. In 1990 he established his own architects’ studio in Antwerp.
George Yabu is one of the founding partners at Yabu Pushelberg and oversees the creation and development of all design components for each project and product within its multidisciplinary practice. In his conceptual leadership and creative direction role, George reviews and refines the details of each project and product in collaboration with the design teams.
Giuseppe Bavuso is an architect and designer who lives and works in Seregno, located in the North of Milan. His projects are characterized by the combination of minimalistic rigour and accurate technical research thanks to the use of technological and innovative materials.
M.A. Lenka Damová 1983 has been living and working in Prague. Successfuly graduated at AAAD in Prague, concretely Department of Design in Zlín. Now has been occurring as a freelance designer, dedicated mainly to interior and product design.
