UNA.works founder
VALENTINA
FOLLI
VALENTINA FOLLI IS A PASSIONATE ART DIRECTOR AND STRATEGIC DESIGN CONSULTANT WITH AN - ALL AROUND DESIGN APPROACH - COMBINING STRATEGIC, PRODUCT AND SPATIAL DESIGN WITH BRANDING AND COMMUNICATION.
She studied Industrial and strategic design between Milan, Cologne and Helsinki, where she achieved a Master of Arts in Furniture Design. While studying, she worked for arch. Andrea Branzi, Studio Ilkka Suppanen, Studio Arihiro Miyake, Nemo Lighting and, as a researcher, for Milan Politecnico.
Her long lasting collaborations and clients traces the map of her holistic approach: lighting design and curatorship for Nemo Lighting, scenography and styling for Cappellini, chocolate and packaging design for Venchi, MCF for the paper company ICMA, among others.
Her fixation is sustainability. Her mind and heart are constantly studying new materials, possibilities and solutions to make each project’s footprint as low as possible: from awarded 100% recycled paper collections to reusable fair stands and exhibitions, she tries her best to infuse her philosophy in everything she does.
I love to dive into new projects, looking for the right and armonic strategy to loosen its knots.
PRODUCT
paper / furniture / chocolate / lighting
Manamant / stationery
Manamant / Stationery
Non là / Nemolighting
Charlotte Perriand / Nemolighting / curator
Le Corbusier collection / Nemolighting / curator
Linescapes floor / Nemolighting / in-house designer
Niche easychair / private client
Compact Kitchen / prototype
Ephemeral vases / prototype
Ovetti / Venchi
Blocchetti / Venchi
Tavolette / Venchi
SPACE
interior / scenography / exhibition
STRATEGY
/ CMF / art direction
COMMUNICATION
tools / identity / digital
Awards
2017–Elle Decor Best of Design, Non Là lamp, design Valentina Folli
2013–Wallpaper Design Award-Best Reissues for Projecteur365, design Le Corbusier 1954 (curator)
2011–Talent Garden: 1° Best Startup Application Lombardia
2009–Finnish Cultural Foundation design scolarship: Hyper Desk project
2007–Nemo Cassina Lighting, production price (in-house designer)
2005–Best student of the year, Politecnico di Milano
Exhibitions
2010 Hyper Desk at Salone del Mobile Milan-Satellite
2009 Hyper Desk at Roma Design Più
2009 Compact Kitchen at Alvar AAlto Museum, Jyväskylä
2008 Compact Kitchen during Helsinki Design Week
2008 Cocoon exhibition at Galleria Johan S., Helsinki
2003 Zone-Finnish Patent and Registration Office, Helsinki