Domenico Orefice

Domenico Orefice is a Milanese designer and art director who opened his studio in 2010 after graduating from the Politecnico di Milano. He works on product design, interiors and brand strategy for companies in the bathroom, furniture and jewellery sectors, combining industrial processes with Milanese craft knowledge.

In 2018 he set up Man de Milan, hands of Milan in Milanese dialect, a collection of furniture, objects and textiles made with artisans from Milan and Lombardy that revisits the city’s materials and icons. His CottoMilano collection for Ceramiche Keope translates the red terracotta of Milanese architecture into porcelain stoneware, following experiments conducted at the historic Fornace Curti. He won first prize at the Promosedia competition in 2010 and took honourable mentions for projects developed with Agape and Alessi.