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Autore: biografia sintetica e opere | Author: brief biography and main works

Elena Salmistraro

Elena Salmistraro (Milan, 1983) graduated from the Politecnico in Milan with

degree in Industrial Design in 2008; the following year she opened her own firm

- also in Milan, in partnership with architect Angelo Stoli - working in product and

architectural design.

She has her own highly distinctive style and focuses on the point where

illustration, design and the visual arts meet, drawing on all three to shape a strongly

extrovert expressive language that aims to speak directly to the emotions.

Her projects have been selected to take part in major events, including the

The New Italian Design travelling exhibition - visiting Milan, San Francisco, Santiago

and Cape Town - the collective exhibition The New Aesthetic Design - at the Shanghai

Biennale in 2013 - and the Gwangju Biennale - in South Korea, in 2015.

In 2016, at the XXI Milan Triennale International Exhibition, entitled Design After

Design, she contributed to the W. Women in Italian Design exhibition, the ninth

edition of the Triennale Design Museum.

During 2017-2018 she was appointed Ambassador of Italian Design in the

World, on global Italian Design Day, an initiative promoted by the Milan Triennale

in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Cultural Heritage

and Activities.

In 2017 she won the Salone del Mobile Milano Award as “Best emerging

designer”.She works as designer and artist for a large number of corporations,

including Apple, Disney, Vitra, Lavazza, Alessi, Bosa, De Castelli and Cc-Tapis, and

her work has been exhibited over the years at many top galleries, such as Dilmos,

Rossana Orlandi, Camp Design Gallery, Subalterno1 and Secondome.

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per | for Bosa

2017

Polifemo cabinet

per | for DeCastelli

2017

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