Simone Bonanni

Simone Bonanni was born in Pordenone in 1989 and is a product designer and art director based in Milan. He graduated from the Istituto Europeo di Design, worked at international design studios and returned to Italy in 2015 to found Simone Bonanni Studio.

The studio works with brands including Alessi, Moooi, MDF Italia, FIAM, Zanotta, Pianca, Falper, Mingardo and Natuzzi Italia, on products and furniture whose form is meant to carry a message. Bonanni teaches product design at IED and Domus Academy in Milan, and describes his work as a shift from a technical view of product development towards the emotions an object can evoke.