Giulia Archimede

She is a contemporary Italian designer. After pursuing classical studies, she deepened her academic career by focusing on interior and product design. She completed her bachelor's degree with a thesis about the concept of travel, entitled "The Fusion of Form, Matter and Light: Gmondo." With this thesis, she set thebasis of her work to come in the following 2 years, filled with journeys and discoveries. Satisfying her curiosity by embracing numerous cultures, such as those of South Africa and Finland.  She focused on designing furniture in wood. After founding, in collaboration with the LeftOver Design studio, the still existing carpentry firm BASE Milano, she experimented a lot and curiosity pushed her to work with other materials as well, especially light, the protagonist of her most important projects. What is presented in her works is a feeling, an emotion taking shape. Each object is a vector for expressing emotions in a way that would not be possible through the use of words. It is light that brought her to meet the company Castellani&Smith, which in 2019 launched her Alchemie lamp and Another Smith project, a collaboration that aims for an enlightened future.