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JULIA DOZSA
After having studied architecture for two years at Polytechnic
School, Julia Dozsa attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in
Amsterdam where she graduated in Industrial Design. For
several years she has been working independently
in furniture, product and interior design before starting a studio
together with Jan van Dalfsen in 1997, a studio for design
and architecture, based in Amsterdam. Among their clients are
Calligaris, Colé Italia, Deknudt mirrors, Dignity Design, Driade,
Fasem, Fiam Italia, Glas Italia, Tonelli Design.
“Elle Decoration Award 2003 Best Accessory Design”
for Nembus vases for Driade. Architecture and interior design
projects include among others the renovation of apartment
blocks, shops, art gallery, beauty salon and spa in monumental
canal house in center of Amsterdam, a pavilion for an
Amsterdam canal house and countryside villas.
MARTINELLI / VENEZIA
Design studio based in Milan and Palermo, founded in 2015
by the architects Carolina Martinelli and Vittorio Venezia.
The studio deals with furniture design, exhibition design,
architecture and interior design, exploring issues concerning
the relationship between tradition and local culture,
the material properties and the technical possibilities
of manufacturing processes. Their work has been exhibited
in galleries and museums such as Musée du Louvre in Paris,
MAxxI Rome and Triennale Design Museum in Milan.
They collaborate with several Italian and international brands,
including Alcantara, Colé Italian Design Label, DeCastelli,
Falper, InternoItaliano, Jannelli & Volpi, Lithea, Luce5,
Martinelli Luce, Meritalia, Mingardo, Moleskine, Premax, Slide.
MIKI ASTORI
Born in Milan in 1965, Miki Astori completes his studies as
architect in 1991 and starts to work mainly as interior architect
and furniture dWesigner. In 1992 he moves to Paris where
he begins a two year collaboration with Philippe Starck. During
his permanence, he is involved in projects with main design
brands like Kartell, Flos, Cassina and Driade. In 1995, back to
Milan, he opens his agency, mainly operating in
the field of furniture design, interior and architecture.
In the same period he works for different Italian brands
and, particularly, establishes a firm collaboration as design
consultant for Driade. Besides design, the cooperation with
Driade occupies him in different areas such as graphic project,
interior and architecture. Again as designer, besides serial
furniture collection, he is involved in the project of kitchen
programs and integrated storage modular systems, developing
a more technical attitude towards complex project.
From the very begin of his activity he is often based in South
East Asia in search of suppliers and manufacturers, as product
manager of Italian companies and also carrying on his own
product. Based mainly in Thailand, he consolidate collaboration
with suppliers in Taiwan, Indonesia, China, Vietnam and India.
By this period he develops his basic design approach
consisting in the systemic search of a clear balance between
a simple and elementary technology deriving from South
Asian manufactures and the western industrial high standard
quality. His preference is firmly oriented to the use of natural
and traditional materials like rattan, wood and iron combined
together in simple and clear structures.
His design work is carried on in parallel with his constant
activity as interior designer and architect.
BRACHETTI / SAIBENE
Sustainability, Innovation and Aesthetic Quality are the
foundations of the work of Studio B + S Architetti Associati
founded in Milan in 2005 by Andrea Bracchetti and Nicola
Saibene.This continuous research has allowed the Studio to
deal with different types of projects on a wide spectrum of
intervention ranging from urban planning to design, passing
from the attention to detail to the complexity of architecture
on an urban scale, working among others with Pirelli Re, F.A.I.
Fund of the Italian Environment, Sorgenia, Risanamento, Devero
Costruzioni, professional firms and private clients.
AGUSTINA BOTTONI
Agustina Bottoni is an Argentinian designer based in Milan.
She works for galleries, companies and private clients,
designing a various range of projects, from objects
and furniture to installations and textiles.
She first studied Fashion design at the University
of Buenos Aires and worked in the local industry. In 2012
she relocated to Milan, where she graduated with honours
of the Master of Arts in Design program at the Nuova Accademia
di Belle Arti. Afterwards, she collaborated with design studios
in Italy and the Netherlands before dedicating since 2016
to her independent design practice.
Agustina’s multicultural experience influences the constant
research of different materials and techniques, embracing
traditional crafts through a contemporary sensibility.
The designer thinks of her works as encouraging an emotional
perception and she considers objects as gentle companions in
our lives, carrying meaning through refined sculptural shapes
and delicate colours.
Her works have been awarded and exhibited on various
international design and art institutions, including showings
at La Triennale di Milano, Building Gallery, Maison&Objet
and Salone del Mobile.
HAGIT PINCOVICI
Hagit Pincovici was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel.
She graduated from the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem
in Industrial design followed by a Master in Design
Management at Domus Academy in Milan where she graduated
with distinction and was awarded a creative excellence grant
from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Subsequently
she was commissioned to design for companies such as
Baxter, Colé Italian Design Label and Miniforms.
In 2014 she founded Hagit Pincovici. Hagit Pincovici’s work
combines classic and contemporary with the beauty
of traditional craftsmanship. Rich colours and fine profiles
become bold statements, allowing for function and design
to become one.
