Manufatto Design Studio

Manufatto is a design studio run by Davide Gallina and Ilaria Aprile, a Milanese and a Roman working between Milan and Rome. Every project starts from Italian artisanal production: the studio describes its approach as a contemporary way of operating inside a centuries-old craft tradition, and builds each brief around the workshops and producers it can involve.

The offer covers product design, set design, art direction and service design. Gallina, born in Milan in 1984, studied industrial design at IED and began in eyewear in Paris with Face a Face before co-creating the studio and brand [1+2=8] in 2007 and co-founding the Milan exhibition spaces loft 21 and Spazioconcept. Aprile studied at Sapienza, Central Saint Martins and ISIA Roma and has worked as art director for travel companies.