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GUMDESIGN _ ART DIRECTOR
They specialise in architecture, industrial design, graphic design, and artistic direction for companies and events. Among their clients are Antoniolupi, the Venice Biennale, De Castelli, De Vecchi Milano 1935, the Pecci Museum, Nastro Azzurro, Red Bull Italia, San Pellegrino, Styl’Editions, and the Milan Triennale. They have won numerous awards, including the Edida 2021 Award for the Borghi collection designed for Antoniolupi, the Adi Booth Design Award 2012 for the Antoniolupi booth, the Edida 2020 Nomination for the Gessati collection designed for Antoniolupi, the Adi Booth Design Award 2019 in the Research category for Styl’editions booth, the 2019 Marble Women Award, the 2014 Best Communicator Award, and the First Prize at the International Creativity Competition “Swiss in Cheese.”
They are involved in university courses, workshops, and collaborations with the “Free University” of Bolzano, the Milan Pianto, the IED of Florence and Rome; since 2017, they have been coordinators and instructors of the first Master’s in Design – Innovation and Product for High Craftsmanship at the IED of Florence.
PAOLO IACCHETTI
Paolo Iacchetti was born in Milan in 1953, where he still lives and works today. An established artist, he exhibits in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. His works are found in public and private collections across Europe and Canada. He has taught ‘Psychology of Form’ and ‘Colour’ at the Polytechnic University of Milan, and ‘Psychology of Art’ and ‘Theories of Form’ at the Catholic University of Brescia.
MARIA CHRISTINA HAMEL
Maria Christina Hamel, born in New Delhi to an Austrian father and an Italian mother, grew up between Central Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean. From childhood, she was firmly convinced of her design vocation. Her distinctive style originated and was strongly influenced by her multicultural and cosmopolitan background, ranging from her love for masters like William Morris and the Vienna Secession to pop culture, her encounters with representatives of the Radical Design movement in Milan and Florence, as well as her extensive travels.
LUCA DALL’OLIO
Luca Dall’Olio graduated from the Brera Academy. His primary medium of expression is acrylic painting, but his works also include screen printing, sculpture, and photography. His range varies from acrylic paint and gold leaf to lead, wood, steel, iron, and copper. His travels to discover the world and the hidden corners of his beloved Italy have always offered Dall’Olio endless inspiration for his art, as well as an opportunity to filter and reinterpret faces, landscapes, cities, and distant cultures.
He participates in the XII Quadriennale in Rome and in 2011 he was selected among the artists destined for the Italian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale. His commitment to social issues has recently led him to work on art therapy projects and workshops with disabled children.
MATALI CRASSET
Matali Crasset is an internationally renowned French designer. Since her training at the Ateliers-ENSCI in the 1990s, she has advocated for design as a blend of artistic, anthropological, and social practices. She works towards a design of creation, living, and everyday life: how can design contribute to living together and guide us in the contemporary world? For 30 years, she has been inventing her unique path, nourished by the hundreds of projects she has realized in architecture, set design, object design, furniture, public spaces, and layouts. Her work is exhibited in cultural institutions in France and abroad, and is included in major design collections in museums, from the MoMA in New York to the Centre Pompidou.
CARLO GALLI
Carlo Galli is a visual artist based in Milan who experiments with various everyday materials such as vinyl and adhesive tape. He participates in various international art residencies, including the Bag Factory in Johannesburg and the Alternate Residency in Williamsburg, NY. In 2020, at the Karachi Biennale, he created an installation using caution tape in Bin Qasim Park. Between 2020 and 2021, he collaborated with South African curator and founder of Studio Nxumalo, Musa Nxumalo, and completed projects with companies such as the Japanese company MT Masking-Tape, Milanese companies Indigital and Rossetti Group, as well as Styl’editions, based in Emilia Romagna.
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