Designers

Formafantasma (IT)

Formafantasma is a research-based design studio investigating the ecological, historical, political and social forces shaping the discipline of design today. The studio was founded in 2009 by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin. The aim of the studio is to facilitate a deeper understanding of both our natural and built environments and to propose transformative interventions through design and its material, technical, social, and discursive possibilities. Working from their studio in Milan (Italy) and Rotterdam (The Netherlands), the practice embraces a broad spectrum of typologies and methods, from product design through spatial design, strategic planning and design consultancy. Whether designing to a client’s brief or developing self – initiated projects, the studio applies the same rigorous attention to context, process and detail.

design FFQT

Maddalena Casadei (IT)

Born in Forlì. She graduates in Architecture at the University of Ferrara. She gets the MA in Design at Domus Academy. From 2004 until July 2012 she collaborates with James Irvine, growing an international knowledge and vision. From 2014 until April 2017 she gives continuity to the studio together with Marialaura Rossiello Irvine under the name of Studio Irvine. From May 2017 she runs her own business and she set her design studio in Milano. She periodically teaches in some Italian design Universities and she is visiting professor at Ecal. Her design approach is based on a continuous personal interaction with clients, technicians, materials. She focuses on product design, exhibition design, art direction and interiors.

design Eccetera

Studio Adolini (IT)

Founded in Rome in 1984, Studio Adolini is a multidisciplinary studio that operates in various fields such as: civil and industrial architecture, restoration of monuments, museum installations, interior architecture, design and graphics. Partners are Romano Adolini and Niccolò Adolini. Romano Adolini (1956) architect, graduated from the Sapienza University
in Rome, and has been working professionally since the 80s with parallel experiences in the architectural field and industrial design. From 2011 to 2016 he was professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the University of Ferrara. Niccolò Adolini (1987) designer, trained at the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, and graduated in 2011 from the IED in Rome. Soon after graduating, he carries out an apprenticeship at the Studio Dordoni in Milan. Since 2016 he has been a lecturer at IED Rome and Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu (China). Since 2018 he has been a director of ADI Lazio.

design Levo, Valvola01, Valvola02, Q

Luca Papini (IT)

Luca Papini was born on 16th February 1975 in Brescia. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence and then he graduated in Industrial Design at the IED in Milan. Some of his works have won international awards: in 2006 and in 2010 he won the Chicago Good Design Award, in 2010 he was awarded a special mention for his “innovative and environmentally friendly” product by the jury of the Gran Design Etico of Milan and in 2011 he received the nomination for the German Design Preis and not least he won the ADA Archiproducts Design Award in 2018. Luca Papini teaches Product design at the European Institute of Design in Milan and he is visiting professor at the Tsinghua University in Beijing. He lives and works on Lake Maggiore.

design Modo, Stereo, Hb

Hans Thyge Raunkjaer (DK)

Hans Thyge Raunkjaer together with its fellow architects of his own studio Hans Thyge & Co., has designed since the first ever step of our company in 2001. We fell in love with Ono, his first ever design of a tap series, and we are still falling in love of his designs, throbbing core of the very essence of our company. From the transformation of archetypes in the design process – combined with strong technological innovation – springs a peculiar expression, that stalls between Italian inspiration and Scandinavian tradition.

design Ottavo, Volcano, Ono