Mario Trimarchi Design

Mario Trimarchi is an Italian designer and architect who sees design as a tool for spreading poetry in the world of things. He directed the Master in Design at Domus Academy from 1990 to 1993 and was part of the Olivetti Design Studio, designing ATMs and personal computers, before founding the brand design studio FRAGILE in 1999 with Frida Doveil.

Based in Milan, his studio works across branding, products and artworks. He has designed identity systems for Banca Intesa, Cariparma, Poste Italiane and Banca IMI, and products for Alessi, Artemide, antoniolupi, Ichendorf, Caimi, Alias and Hansa; his Ossidiana coffee maker for Alessi won the Compasso d’Oro, the Red Dot Award and the International Design Award Silver. In 2024 he curated The New Poetic Activism at the ADI Design Museum.