After completing a Master’s degree in Product Design in 2007 at the Institute of Applied Art and Design in Turin, he travelled and worked for various studios specialising primarily in furniture, home accessories and lighting design; one of the most notable being Mario Bellini’s studio. In 2015, he founded his own studio, where he cultivates his interest in research and experimentation.
Through a design approach characterised by reflection and continuous investigation, the studio pursues the goal of creating intelligent and sustainable objects that embody a certain, essential degree of innovation.
The wallpaper collections designed for Spaghettiwall stem from an attempt to imbue a product – which, until now, has always served a strictly decorative purpose – with practical value. True to a design approach that regards rationality as an essential quality of the object, we have explored the interaction between the wall and the space, as well as the objects within it. This led, for example, to the creation of the Layout and Trame wallpapers, which, through graphic grids, establish visual rules that suggest a ‘layout’ for the wall, giving the user the opportunity to hang pictures or objects according to defined principles. The lines and squares thus become reference points for aligning pictures, mirrors, wall lights, shelves, wall units and clocks, or for positioning furniture against the wall itself. The wallpaper thus offers previously unseen compositional possibilities. A piece of art, of any shape or size, can find its correct placement anywhere on the wall.
The intention behind the design of Modus and Haze, however, is quite different. Here, we decided to explore alternatives to traditional decoration, through a minimalist reinterpretation of classic wall decoration themes, such as nature and boiserie. Through the use of graphic techniques, large leaves appear almost imperceptibly on the wall, creating an evocative atmosphere and a sense of visual depth, inviting the viewer to engage in closer observation. An orderly repetition of fine lines, on the other hand, creates areas of varying chromatic density on the wall, suggesting a two-dimensional boiserie. An approach that distances itself from hyper-decorativism in favour of decoration that is merely ‘suggested’.
