EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH JOANA ASTOLFI
oana Astolfi is an artist, architect and designer who draws visu-
al inspiration from a broad universe of found objects. Porcelain
statuettes, miniatures, vintage chairs, lamps, toys, diaries and pho-
tographs of people she never met populate and shape her creative
vision. Her artworks, installations and window displays are inspired
by imperfections, mistakes and a cheeky sense of humour.
We started by discussing the artist’s inspirations, which is a
rather complex question to answer. Inspirations are something
incredibly abstract. What strikes us as awe-inspiring might be
something incredibly mundane for someone else. And the artist
made it quite clear.
“For me, everything comes from art.
Although I am an architect, everything
comes from the basis of art, so I always
make a very strong connection between
art and architecture.”