Valerio Sommella

Valerio Sommella is an Italian industrial designer born in Cortona, Tuscany, and raised in Milan, where he graduated from the Design Department of the Politecnico di Milano. After gaining experience in renowned design studios he founded his own practice in 2009, now based in Via Gian Francesco Pizzi.

The studio designs furniture, lighting, complements, tableware and consumer electronics for Italian and international brands including Alessi, Falmec, Nemo, Penta, Cantarutti, Ethimo, Ichendorf, Moooi, Kdln, Apple and RH, alongside limited editions. Sommella treats each project as a self-contained story rather than part of a continuous narrative, and lectures at international design institutes.