Simone Centonze

Simone Centonze is an Italian product designer based in Milan, whose practice follows nature and biomimicry from form to mechanics. He trained in product design at IED Milano, where Hauki – a modular water-mapping system that turns board sports into microplastic cleanup – earned the iF Design Student Award 2025 in the Clean Water + Sanitation category and a special prize from Grohe, developed with Daniel Bertollo and Michele Martelloni.

His portfolio gathers furniture, lighting and domestic objects such as the Shell system, the Tap Tap table lamp and the Square Greens greenhouse, often built around simple mechanisms and recycled materials. A practitioner of water sports, trekking and climbing, he describes freediving and climbing as the disciplines that best reflect his method: discipline, precision and curiosity applied to design.