Victoria like the huge Amazonian water lilies which float on the waters of the river Rio. The disks shield the light sources that produce an indirect and diffused light. Staggered and arranged on several levels, the disks are spread around a central linear body that goes through and keeps them together, as a stem with leaves. Victoria is a suspension lamp conceived to create a sculptural object, light, with a major impact in space. The result is a delicate system of reciprocal balances, with a vertical development. The narrow central cylinder integrates into the lower part a further source, which guarantees a spot light and, with the indirect discs, confers the space a practical and comfortable illumination at the same time.
Client: Kundalini
Year: 2017
Designed with: Alberto Saggia
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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 tell 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, written by the same hand.
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
Victoria like the huge Amazonian water lilies which float on the waters of the river Rio. The disks shield the light sources that produce an indirect and diffused light. Staggered and arranged on several levels, the disks are spread around a central linear body that goes through and keeps them together, as a stem with leaves. Victoria is a suspension lamp conceived to create a sculptural object, light, with a major impact in space. The result is a delicate system of reciprocal balances, with a vertical development. The narrow central cylinder integrates into the lower part a further source, which guarantees a spot light and, with the indirect discs, confers the space a practical and comfortable illumination at the same time.
Client: Kundalini
Year: 2017
Designed with: Alberto Saggia
Victoria like the huge Amazonian water lilies which float on the waters of the river Rio. The disks shield the light sources that produce an indirect and diffused light. Staggered and arranged on several levels, the disks are spread around a central linear body that goes through and keeps them together, as a stem with leaves. Victoria is a suspension lamp conceived to create a sculptural object, light, with a major impact in space. The result is a delicate system of reciprocal balances, with a vertical development. The narrow central cylinder integrates into the lower part a further source, which guarantees a spot light and, with the indirect discs, confers the space a practical and comfortable illumination at the same time.
Client: Kundalini
Year: 2017
Designed with: Alberto Saggia
| 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 tell 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, written by the same hand.
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