Profile:
Guglielmo
Poletti
Guglielmo Poletti is a Milan-
based Italian designer. His work
encompasses a variety of fields,
ranging from spatial design to
furniture and lighting design.
Poletti investigates the inherent
constructive potential of materials
through a deconstructive approach
to form, aiming to identify the
logical foundations of each project.
This results into the creation of
archetypal reconfigurations, which
revolve around a tension-balance
relationship. The notions of limit and
perception are reinterpreted both
physically and visually through these
precise gestures. Poletti’s rigorous
compositions are deceptively simple.
They are metaphors of solved
complexities, and their architectural
qualities emphasise the concept of
subtractive poetics.
His research is devoid of superfluous
conceptual narratives and stylistic
redundancies. It pursues a
sublimation of the process, to
achieve aesthetic results that are
always subordinate to structural
considerations. Grounded in a
thinking-by-doing philosophy, his
method involves an experimental
approach where intuition is triggered
by the making, while analytical
thinking plays a complementary
role in restricting arbitrary choices
throughout the implementation
phases of an idea. Based on solid
criteria, Poletti’s work is characterised
by a consistent style that transcends
typological differences.
Guglielmo Poletti founded his studio
in 2016 after graduating from the
Design Academy Eindhoven with an
MA in Contextual Design. In addition
to developing his own projects as well
as privately commissioned projects,
he has worked with a number of
internationally renowned clients
such as Flos, Magis, Desalto and
Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Wallpaper*
Magazine, among others. His work is
included in the permanent collection
of the Design Museum Gent, and over
the past few years he has received
several awards and commendations
from leading industry players and
cultural associations.
