Maddalena Selvini

Maddalena Selvini is a designer based in Milan, working at the intersection of product, set and interior design. She studied contemporary jewellery, metalsmithing and product design in Milan, then moved to the Netherlands, graduating in 2014 from the Man and Well Being department of the Design Academy Eindhoven; she now teaches project methodology at NABA in Milan.

Material speculation drives the practice: Pietra Ollare quarried in Valtellina becomes the S.Pot cooking set, whose lathe dust is turned into a new stoneware and glaze; building-stone offcuts are heat-treated in Bata Kumbala; felt, veneers and extruded ceramic shape Feel Felt, Chest and Offer. Periods of research in craft-driven contexts such as Oaxaca and the Italian Alps feed objects, spaces and experiences made with brands and clients in food, fashion and architecture.