Elena Salmistraro

Elena Salmistraro is an Italian product designer and artist who lives and works in Milan. She studied at the Brera art school and graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in fashion design in 2003 and in industrial design in 2008, then founded her studio in 2009 with architect Angelo Stoli, taking on projects that run from architecture and design to art, fashion and illustration.

Her language is personal and authorial, built on three-dimensional textures and vivid colour, and she treats emotion as a function of the object. She has worked with Alessi, Cappellini, Bosa, Natuzzi, De Castelli, Moooi, Vitra, Nike and Steinway, and her Primates vases for Bosa earned her the Salone del Mobile Milano Award as best emerging designer in 2017. Forbes listed her among Italy’s 100 most successful women in 2023.