"In designing 'Sfrido', I wanted to approach this type of object by trying to study, as well as a new form, a new way of using it, to make a product that would be convenient but not perceived as a simple tool. Hence the idea to maintain the size very compact in order to create a vegetable peeler that, rather than act as an extension of the arm, reduced the distance between the hand and the vegetable, making the gesture more natural, leaving the user to decide how to hold it."
Client: Alessi
Year: 2015
Project Assistant: Pedro Rodriguez
Photo credit: Bea de Giacomo
| Glifo for Penta |
| Altura for Penta |
| Hyppo for Cantarutti |
| Piega for Dga |
| Sarpi for Lavita |
| Brigata for Alessi |
| Vs1 for Modo |
| Sfrido for Alessi |
| Visual landscapes for Apple |
| Ionico for Calligaris |
| Fur rugs for Moooi |
| Kushi for Kundalini |
| Pois for Dga |
| Kumi for Dga |
| Shapes and sounds for Alessi |
| Zac for Ghidini |
| Victoria for Kundalini |
| Alba for Falmec |
| Dome for Mingardo |
| Nami for Kundalini |
| Terno for Il coccio |
| Boga for Alessi |
| Vetra for Falmec |
| Bibo for Alessi |
| Koki for Alessi |
| Taio for Alessi |
| Materia for Falmec |
| T-1000 for Alessi |
| Mail for Lci |
| Semai for Vistosi |
| Rose for Calligaris |
| Bulla for Alessi |
| Minù for united pets |
| Illusioni ittiche for Spadari |
| Grus for Lci |
| Pulse for Fabbian |
| Lumi for Fabbian |
| Rampu for Fabbian |
| Trim for Plust |
| 4pets for United pets |
Valerio Sommella is an Italian industrial designer, born in Cortona, Tuscany, and raised in Milan where he graduated with Honours at the Design Department of the Milan Polytechnic. He spent the first years of his career working for important design practice between Milan and Amsterdam before he founded his studio in 2009. He collaborates with Italian and international companies, designing products ranging from lighting to furniture, from consumer electronics to accessories.
He considers each project as an opportunity to express his idea of design, which investigates the language of objects through formal, material and technological research. He describes the products he designs not as chapters of the same book, but as short stories, of various kinds, each with its own plot, characters and ending.
Over the years he worked for company such as Alessi, Alcantara, Apple, Moooi, Kundalini, Honda, Falmec, Konica Minolta, Panasonic, Penta and many others.
Contacts
Via Gian Francesco Pizzi 8
20141 Milano
info and internship: studio@sommella.com
press enquiries: press@sommella.com
Awards
2021: German Design Award. Piega for DGA
2020: Archiproducts Design Award. Piega for DGA
2020: Design Plus Award. Piega for DGA
2020: IF Design Award. Altura for Penta
2020: German Design Award. Altura for Penta
2018: Good Design Award Chicago. Alba for Falmec
2018: Good Design Award Chicago. Brigata for Alessi
2018: German Design Award. Terno for il Coccio
2017: Good Design Award Chicago. Materia for Falmec
2017: Good Design Award Chicago. Sfrido for Alessi
2016: ADI design index. Sfrido for Alessi
2016: German Design Award. Kushi for Kundalini
2015: Muuuz award. Kushi for Kundalini
2014: Good Design Award Chicago. Prisma for Falmec
2013: Young and Design Award shortlist. Amy for Alma design
"In designing 'Sfrido', I wanted to approach this type of object by trying to study, as well as a new form, a new way of using it, to make a product that would be convenient but not perceived as a simple tool. Hence the idea to maintain the size very compact in order to create a vegetable peeler that, rather than act as an extension of the arm, reduced the distance between the hand and the vegetable, making the gesture more natural, leaving the user to decide how to hold it."
Client: Alessi
Year: 2015
Project Assistant: Pedro Rodriguez
Photo credit: Bea de Giacomo
"In designing 'Sfrido', I wanted to approach this type of object by trying to study, as well as a new form, a new way of using it, to make a product that would be convenient but not perceived as a simple tool. Hence the idea to maintain the size very compact in order to create a vegetable peeler that, rather than act as an extension of the arm, reduced the distance between the hand and the vegetable, making the gesture more natural, leaving the user to decide how to hold it."
Client: Alessi
Year: 2015
Project Assistant: Pedro Rodriguez
Photo credit: Bea de Giacomo
| Glifo for Penta |
| Altura for Penta |
| Hyppo for Cantarutti |
| Piega for Dga |
| Sarpi for Lavita |
| Brigata for Alessi |
| Vs1 for Modo |
| Sfrido for Alessi |
| Visual landscapes for Apple |
| Ionico for Calligaris |
| Fur rugs for Moooi |
| Kushi for Kundalini |
| Pois for Dga |
| Kumi for Dga |
| Shapes and sounds for Alessi |
| Zac for Ghidini |
| Victoria for Kundalini |
| Alba for Falmec |
| Dome for Mingardo |
| Nami for Kundalini |
| Terno for Il coccio |
| Boga for Alessi |
| Vetra for Falmec |
| Bibo for Alessi |
| Koki for Alessi |
| Taio for Alessi |
| Materia for Falmec |
| T-1000 for Alessi |
| Mail for Lci |
| Semai for Vistosi |
| Rose for Calligaris |
| Bulla for Alessi |
| Minù for united pets |
| Illusioni ittiche for Spadari |
| Grus for Lci |
| Pulse for Fabbian |
| Lumi for Fabbian |
| Rampu for Fabbian |
| Trim for Plust |
| 4pets for United pets |
Valerio Sommella is an Italian industrial designer, born in Cortona, Tuscany, and raised in Milan where he graduated with Honours at the Design Department of the Milan Polytechnic. He spent the first years of his career working for important design practice between Milan and Amsterdam before he founded his studio in 2009. He collaborates with Italian and international companies, designing products ranging from lighting to furniture, from consumer electronics to accessories.
He considers each project as an opportunity to express his idea of design, which investigates the language of objects through formal, material and technological research. He describes the products he designs not as chapters of the same book, but as short stories, of various kinds, each with its own plot, characters and ending.
Over the years he worked for company such as Alessi, Alcantara, Apple, Moooi, Kundalini, Honda, Falmec, Konica Minolta, Panasonic, Penta and many others.
Contacts
Via Gian Francesco Pizzi 8
20141 Milano
info and internship: studio@sommella.com
press enquiries: press@sommella.com
Awards
2021: German Design Award. Piega for DGA
2020: Archiproducts Design Award. Piega for DGA
2020: Design Plus Award. Piega for DGA
2020: IF Design Award. Altura for Penta
2020: German Design Award. Altura for Penta
2018: Good Design Award Chicago. Alba for Falmec
2018: Good Design Award Chicago. Brigata for Alessi
2018: German Design Award. Terno for il Coccio
2017: Good Design Award Chicago. Materia for Falmec
2017: Good Design Award Chicago. Sfrido for Alessi
2016: ADI design index. Sfrido for Alessi
2016: German Design Award. Kushi for Kundalini
2015: Muuuz award. Kushi for Kundalini
2014: Good Design Award Chicago. Prisma for Falmec
2013: Young and Design Award shortlist. Amy for Alma design