Lanzavecchia + Wai

Lanzavecchia + Wai is a creative collaboration between Francesca Lanzavecchia (Pavia, 1983) and HunnWai (London, 1980). For them, the designer is both a researcher, engineer, craftsman and storyteller. Their collaboration began at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, Holland, under the supervision of Gijs Bakker, co-founder of Droog Design. Lanzavecchia focuses his attention on the relationships that objects establish or can establish with the body and soul of man, with an attentive look to the future. Wai is fascinated by the impact and fusion of materials, shapes and meanings. Design projects are for them research trips characterized by the investigation and selective use of different applications of design to be taken care of, intersect and feed within concepts and products that suggest possibilities and inspire new perspectives. The firm is based in Pavia and Singapore and was officially established in 2009. Their projects include products and limited editions for brands such as Cappellini, De Castelli, gallotti&radice, Bosa, Nodus, Mirage and special projects for brands and museums such as La Triennale di Milano, MAXXI, Alcantara, Samsonite, Antolini, Tod'sAgustaWestland. During these years they have received several awards including the prestigious Elle Décor International Design Award 2014 in the category "Young Designer Talent of the Year".