Marco Capellini

Marco Capellini is an Italian architect who has spent more than twenty years arguing that a product’s environmental fate is decided on the drawing board. Based in Milan and later in Ancona, he founded Matrec in 2002, a research lab and database that maps sustainable materials and circular products for manufacturers and designers.

He now runs Marco Capellini Studio, a consultancy that guides companies through the European Ecodesign regulation, the measurement of product circularity and environmental communication without greenwashing, working from strategy to an operational roadmap. His position is consistent: objects must be designed to be repaired and must anticipate their end of life, which turns the choice of material into a design decision rather than a finishing touch.