Elena Salmistraro
Product designer and artist, Elena Salmistraro lives and works in Milan.
the best expression of contemporary Italian design, severals awards won and collaborations with the most important Italian and international brands. Elena Salmistraro has always worked on inspired architecture and design projects that she considers closer to her language than her, carefully selecting them and developing them with great dedication.
Β Graduated from Polytechnic University of Milan in 2008, together with architect Angelo Stoli she founded her own studio in 2009, where she has been working on architectural and design projects ever since.Β She works as a product designer and artist/illustrator for leading companies inΒ the internationalΒ creative industry, including Apple, Disney,Β Β Ikea, Vitra, Moooi, Alessi, Cappellini, Huawei, Lavazza,Β Nike, Bosa, Seletti, De Castelli,Β Cc-Tapis,Β Timberland,Β Replay,Β LuisaViaRoma, Marella,Β Yoox, CeditΒ and others. Besides, she collaborates with prestigious Art and Design Galleries, such asΒ Rossana Orlandi, Antonio Colombo Gallery,Β Dilmos,Β Camp Design Gallery, SecondoMe, My Own Gallery andΒ Subalterno1.Β Her creations are the result of a combination of art and design; utmost care for details, painstaking search for the harmony of shapes and poetic style characterize her projects. One of her workβs priorities is the search for the expressive language of objects, which may fascinate people by evoking emotions.Β Her projects have been selected for some of the most important art exhibitions including: "The New Italian Design", a traveling exhibition organized by theΒ Triennale Design Museum of Milan, curated by Silvana Annicchiarico and Andrea Branzi, with stops in San Francisco, Santiago de Chile, Cape Town; the "The New Aesthetic Design" at 2013 Shanghai Biennale for Triennale Design Museum and atΒ 2015 Gwangju Biennale, South Korea.Β In 2016, during the XXI edition of the International Exhibition of Triennale of Milan, she took part inΒ W-Women in Italian Design,Β Triennale Design Museumβs ninth edition.Β In the same year, during the art event "Normali meraviglie La ManoΒ " curated by Alessandro Guerriero and Alessandra Zucchi, she painted a hand designed by the artist Mimmo Paladino, which was exhibited at the Triennale of Milan.Β She was appointed World Ambassador of Italian Design in 2017 during βItalian Design Dayβ, an initiative promoted byΒ Triennale of MilanΒ in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. Since then she has attendedΒ meetings in ZurichΒ andΒ Rome/FarnesinaΒ 2018.Β The same year, on the occasion of the "White in the City" event, promoted by Oikos and curated byΒ Giulio Cappellini, she contributed withΒ AlessiΒ to the project/installation "Lβesercito delle spazzole". In 2017 she was awarded with the βBest Emerging Designer Awardβ at Salone del Mobile- βSalone del Mobile Milano Awardβ.In 2018 she was appointed Ambassador ofΒ Brera Design DistrictΒ for FuoriSalone in the occasion of Milan Furniture Fair and for this circumstance she designed an installation forΒ TimberlandΒ in the very heart of the district.Β In 2018 won the "Icon Award "of Marmomac with the project "Marea".Β She wins several important and international awards such as the "Good Design Awards", "Archiproducts Awards", "Icon Awards", "Salone del Mobile Award", "Big See Award" and others.Β
Elena Salmistraroβs works have been displayed at major Italian and international design industry fairs, including Salone Internazionale del Mobile (Cosmit-Milan), Step 09 (Milano), Maison&Objet-Paris, Homi, Marmomacc (Verona), Cersaie (Bologna), Stockholm furniture and light fair (Stockholm, Sweden), Imm Cologne (Colonia).
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