The design of brigata is above all the design of a handle. A recognizable element with excellent functionality. The starting point can be found in the handles for professional pots, made from pipes pressed, bent, welded or riveted. From here we started to define something confortable and balanced, shifting the concept from constructive brutality towords a formal elegance that manifests itself from the hook to the final part, tapered, curved and welded to the various elements that define the functions of each of the six pieces.
Client: Alessi
Year: 2017
| Solaro for Rh |
| Eight reserve for 818 |
| Vs001 for Weed'd |
| Hyppo for Cantarutti |
| Inca for 4mariani |
| Esplanade for Dwr |
| Glifo for Penta |
| Altura for Penta |
| Nami wall for Kdln |
| Ted for Dga |
| Piega for Dga |
| Brigata for Alessi |
| Sfrido for Alessi |
| Kushi for Kdln |
| Sarpi for Lavita |
| Vs1 for Modo |
| Visual landscapes for Apple |
| Fur rugs for Moooi |
| Shapes and sounds for Alessi |
| Pois for Dga |
| Kumi for Dga |
| Zac for Ghidini |
| Victoria for Kdln |
| Alba for Falmec |
| Vetra for Falmec |
| Materia for Falmec |
| Dome for Mingardo |
| Ionico for Calligaris |
| Nami for Kdln |
| Terno for Il coccio |
| Boga for Alessi |
| Bibo for Alessi |
| Koki for Alessi |
| Taio for Alessi |
| 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 |
| Matrioska for Rianne s |
| 4pets for United pets |
Valerio Sommella is an Italian industrial designer, born in Cortona, Tuscany, and raised in Milan where he graduated with Honours from the Design Department of the Milan Polytechnic. He spent the first years of his career working for important design practices between Milan and Amsterdam before founding Valerio Sommella Design Studio in 2009, where he works with Italian and international companies designing products ranging from lighting to furniture, from consumer electronics to accessories, with a marked preference for large numbers but without disdaining the small series. 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 plot, characters, and ending but united by the same writing.
Over the years he worked for companies such as Alessi, Alcantara, Apple, Moooi, Kundalini, Honda, Falmec, Konica Minolta, Panasonic, Penta, Vistosi, and many others.
Contacts
Via Gian Francesco Pizzi 8
20141 Milano
info and internship: studio@sommella.com
press enquiries: press@sommella.com
Awards
2021: ADI design index. Piega for DGA
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
2019: [D]arc Award. Kumi outdoor for DGA
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
The design of brigata is above all the design of a handle. A recognizable element with excellent functionality. The starting point can be found in the handles for professional pots, made from pipes pressed, bent, welded or riveted. From here we started to define something confortable and balanced, shifting the concept from constructive brutality towords a formal elegance that manifests itself from the hook to the final part, tapered, curved and welded to the various elements that define the functions of each of the six pieces.
Client: Alessi
Year: 2017
The design of brigata is above all the design of a handle. A recognizable element with excellent functionality. The starting point can be found in the handles for professional pots, made from pipes pressed, bent, welded or riveted. From here we started to define something confortable and balanced, shifting the concept from constructive brutality towords a formal elegance that manifests itself from the hook to the final part, tapered, curved and welded to the various elements that define the functions of each of the six pieces.
Client: Alessi
Year: 2017
| Solaro for Rh |
| Eight reserve for 818 |
| Vs001 for Weed'd |
| Hyppo for Cantarutti |
| Inca for 4mariani |
| Esplanade for Dwr |
| Glifo for Penta |
| Altura for Penta |
| Nami wall for Kdln |
| Ted for Dga |
| Piega for Dga |
| Brigata for Alessi |
| Sfrido for Alessi |
| Kushi for Kdln |
| Sarpi for Lavita |
| Vs1 for Modo |
| Visual landscapes for Apple |
| Fur rugs for Moooi |
| Shapes and sounds for Alessi |
| Pois for Dga |
| Kumi for Dga |
| Zac for Ghidini |
| Victoria for Kdln |
| Alba for Falmec |
| Vetra for Falmec |
| Materia for Falmec |
| Dome for Mingardo |
| Ionico for Calligaris |
| Nami for Kdln |
| Terno for Il coccio |
| Boga for Alessi |
| Bibo for Alessi |
| Koki for Alessi |
| Taio for Alessi |
| 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 |
| Matrioska for Rianne s |
| 4pets for United pets |
Valerio Sommella is an Italian industrial designer, born in Cortona, Tuscany, and raised in Milan where he graduated with Honours from the Design Department of the Milan Polytechnic. He spent the first years of his career working for important design practices between Milan and Amsterdam before founding Valerio Sommella Design Studio in 2009, where he works with Italian and international companies designing products ranging from lighting to furniture, from consumer electronics to accessories, with a marked preference for large numbers but without disdaining the small series. 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 plot, characters, and ending but united by the same writing.
Over the years he worked for companies such as Alessi, Alcantara, Apple, Moooi, Kundalini, Honda, Falmec, Konica Minolta, Panasonic, Penta, Vistosi, and many others.
Contacts
Via Gian Francesco Pizzi 8
20141 Milano
info and internship: studio@sommella.com
press enquiries: press@sommella.com
Awards
2021: ADI design index. Piega for DGA
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
2019: [D]arc Award. Kumi outdoor for DGA
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