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Elena
Trevisan
Venice, Italy
Elena Trevisan (born in Bassano del Grappa) is an Italian architect and designer
living and working in Venice.
Shapes, creativity and fabrics have always been part of Elena Trevisan’s life.
She grew up in an artistic environment with a talented grandmother, the artist in
the family, that used to involve her in everything related to the decoration of the
house. Even as a child, Elena’s favourite game was to take off and reinsert rattan
from a Franco Albini chair.
Starting very young to choose wallpapers, paint carpets, and develop a very
close relationship with textile materials, it was no surprise that Elena decided
to study architecture. She attended the IUAV University in Venice, where she
earned a PhD in Architectural Composition in 2015, a BA in architecture and an
MA in landscape architecture.
As an architect, Elena Trevisan worked with prestigious international studios,
focusing on architecture and landscape architecture, including the Landscape
Architecture firm PROAP in Lisbon. From 2011 to 2015, she collaborated with the
Imago rerum research group at the University Iuav of Venice.
In Venice began her career as a designer too, when in 2013, she had the chance
to experiment with glass geometries at the Venini historic furnace. In 2016 she
opened her own design studio.
Elena Trevisan has received many international prizes, including the Red Dot
Design Award and ‘A Design Award.
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