Ilaria Marelli

Ilaria Marelli , an architect and designer from the Lombardy region, founded her own studio in 2004, which she sees as a laboratory of ideas. Her main focus is on product design, interior design and installations. She is inspired by the idea that design must be recognisable, must have a strong impact and evoke emotions. Her vision is based on the premise that every object is an interpretation of a piece of the world. For a project to take root in people's hearts, it must express the evolution of the concept from which it was born, and it must include function, poetry, details and an underlying vision.

Her main clients include Cassina, Zanotta, Fiam, Coro, Bonaldo, E&Y, Coin, Bosa, Invicta, Lancia, Tivoli Audio, Pitti and of course Cappellini, for whom she created the Cirkel rug and the Cannot table, made in collaboration with Michela Catalano. Marelli also lectures on product service at the Polytechnic of Milan and acts as a promoter of Italy's first co-housing project and other socially conscious initiatives in urban environments. Many of her works have been published internationally in art books.