Designers

SAM BARON AND CO is a creative direction and design studio whose recurring reinterpretations of traditional savoir-faire raise the question of the usefulness of manufacturing today. He received the Grand Prix de la création de la Ville de Paris and was selected by Philippe Starck in 2010 as one of the most influential designers of the decade. His works are published by Monocle, Wallpaper, New York Times, Le Monde, Elle and Vogue and are part of international museum collections. He has collaborations with Hennessy, Airbnb, La Redoute, Vista Alegre and Fabrica.

PAULA CADEMARTORI was born in Brazil, where she graduated in Industrial Design. In 2005 he moved to Italy and obtained a master's degree in Fashion Accessories at the Istituto Marangoni, followed by a management course at SDA Bocconi and an experience at the Versace style office. The Vogue Talents competitions in 2009 and Who's on Next in 2011 established her among the emerging talents of the moment, encouraging her to found the accessories brand of the same name. His inspirations range from art to architecture. In 2016 the brand entered the OTB Group, Renzo Rosso's holding company.

GENTUCCA BINI was born in Milan in 1970. Her grandmother was Bruna Bini, who collaborated with artists such as Fontana and Baj in her fashion atelier; his father created the image of Pierre Cardin and designed his shops. After studying architecture and industrial design and an experience in the Cardin atelier, Gentucca became André Leon Talley's assistant. In 1997 her accessories were chosen by Lagerfeld for the Chanel Couture fashion show and the same year she launched her brand. In 2006 he was creative director of Romeo Gigli. He collaborates with prestigious brands creating architecture, fashion and design projects.

AITCH is originally from Romania but prefers not to put down roots anywhere. New scenarios inspire and reinvigorate his folk illustrations and his technique is constantly evolving thanks to a constant series of exhibitions across Europe. His dreamy characters lurk among William Morris Gardens and bring to mind a vivid and bold reincarnation of Victorian melancholy whilst retaining a strong sense of his Romanian heritage. Aitch has collaborations with Soho House, Google Romania, Elle Romania, Air France and L'Occitane.

CTRLZAK is a hybrid studio that integrates different disciplines and cultures, crossing the line between art and design. Founded by Katia Meneghini and Thanos Zakopoulos, the studio's activity provokes food for thought through works of art, artefacts, installations and the design of spaces in which form respects meaning. CTRLZAK ranges from the creation of unique works for galleries, museums and institutions to the design and artistic direction for various production companies. The studio's projects have been selected by institutions such as the MOMA, the Louvre and the Venice Biennale.

ILARIA INNOCENTI works in the field of product and interior design. In 2010 he participated in the Fuorisalone with a collection of carpets handmade according to the traditional Sardinian technique. He collaborates with Bitossi, Incipit, Karpeta, Texturae, Vista Alegre, ilaria.i as well as dedicating himself to research products that are exhibited at the SaloneSatellite in Milan and at the London Design Festival. His creations can be found in the best ateliers such as Mint in London, Fleux and Le Bon Marché in Paris and La Rinascente in Milan and have been selected for several exhibitions organized by the Milan Triennale.

NOT FOR SALE is a hybrid thought/project created by designer Elisa Libera Maccioni. After graduating in Contemporary Art at the University of Bologna, she moved to Milan where she specialized in Fashion Design at the Polytechnic in 2009. A compulsive hoarder of objects and obsessed with shapes, she decided to give a name and an identity to her ideas. This is how NOT FOR SALE was born with the intention of provoking ugliness in pure style, of arousing reactions, be they of amazement, beauty or annoyance expressed in graphic, product and interior design projects.

LA TIGRE is the graphic design studio directed by Luisa Milani and Walter Molteni that deals with creative consultancy specializing in visual solutions, combining the rigor of the project with an aesthetic lightness that is never predictable. The studio has redesigned the logo of The Independent, illustrated advertisements for IBM and pages for the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker and Wired and is a creative consultant for Living magazine. In 2012 he was selected by the Art Directors Club of New York as ADC Young Guns X. In 2018 he was published in the book “The History of Graphic Design” (Taschen).

FRANCESCA SARTI is an interdisciplinary designer who carries out her research in the field of food design. It ranges from curating exhibitions to scenography design, graphic and illustration projects. Founder and art director of the Arabeschi di Latte studio, she has worked for the British Council, the Design Museum, Illy, Selfridges, Fendi, Molteni, Gaggenau, AESOP, Fiorucci Art Trust, Ville Eugenie, Bitossi. He teaches at the Polytechnic School of Design and at the Domus Academy, Milan; at the IED, in Rome; at ECAL and HEAD, in Switzerland, and at the IUAV University, in Venice.

NATHALIE LETE is a French designer. In his work he mixes different techniques and disciplines, from painting to ceramics to fabric design. With a German mother and a Chinese father, she creates objects that have their roots in the different popular cultures of her origins, drawing inspiration from flowers, animals and vintage toys. He creates books and games for children, carpets, ceramics, designs for fabrics and wallpapers that evoke colourful, naïve and poetic worlds. He has collaborated with international brands such as Anthropologie, Astier De Villatte, Issey Miyake, Gucci, H&M, Galleries Lafayette and Uniqlo.

PANGEA was born from the union of the visions of Laetitia Rouget and Colombine Jubert. The first is a painter and ceramist, the second is a fashion designer and creative director. Together, they strive for optimism, imagining a hybrid utopia that mixes art, fashion and performance.
Femininity without restrictions, expressive poetry, collective dreamism. Two talents have come together in a four-handed project that seeks to be as powerful as it is sincere. Through Pangea, Laetitia and Colombine dream and invoke a joyful future free from constraints. They have collaborations with Sezane, Dammann Frères and The Conran Shop

MONIKA FORESBERG, is an illustrator, born and raised in Luleå, a coastal town in Swedish Lapland. Now based in London, she draws inspiration from Hampstead Heath on a daily basis. Flowers and plants are an infinite source of wonder and inspiration for her. Monika, with her fantastic illustrations and animations, has collaborated with Liberty London, Onu, Unicef, Red Valentino and Penguin.

CARMI GRAU is an illustrator and lettering artist, based in Berlin.
Drawing inspiration from the beauty of nature, he creates bold images using his own vocabulary of colors and shapes. In her vast illustrative imagery she mixes messages of hope with dreams that inspire kindness, motivation and support the issues that are closest to her heart, such as LGBTQI + rights or the environmental cause.

LAETITIA ROUGET is a French designer based in Lisbon. After his studies at Central Saint Martins School, his path began as a fashion designer, but soon evolved into playing with different expressive mediums, such as fabric, painting and ceramics.
Among his most recent collaborations are Printemps and The Conran Shop and Porta NY.