Elena Salmistraro

Piazza Sant'Agostino, 18 20123 Milano MI Italia

www.elenasalmistraro.com

Product designer and artist, Elena Salmistraro lives and works in Milan. Graduated from Polytechnic University of Milan in 2008, together with architect Angelo Stoli she founded her own studio in 2009, where she has been working on architectural and design projects ever since.

She works as a product designer and artist/illustrator for leading companies in the creative industry, including Apple, Disney, Alessi, Lavazza, Bosa, Seletti, De Castelli, Cc-Tapis, Timberland, Replay, LuisaViaRoma, Yoox, LondonArt, Lithea, Bitossi Home and others. Besides, she collaborates with prestigious Art and Design Galleries, such as Rossana Orlandi, Dilmos, Camp Design Gallery, Subalterno1 and Secondome.

Her creations are the result of a combination of art and design; utmost care for details, painstaking search for the harmony of shapes and poetic style characterize her projects. One of her work’s priorities is the search for the expressive language of objects, which may fascinate people by evoking emotions.

PROJECTS

Cabinet as a tribute to Indian dances. The colour enhances the tradition

Elena Salmistraro designs for Scarlet Splendour a cabinet collection made entirely of lacquered wood and enameled brass. A blaze of colours, meticulously handcrafted to create a unique piece that is sculptural yet functional, elegant and overwhelming

Totem as a tribute to Italian Design. Works that sum up projects and designers

Most Illustrious was born from the idea of Designer Elena Salmistraro, as a tribute and acknowledgement to the masters of Italian design. A collection of totemic objects that sum up the characterizing traits of the designers and the works that have made them famous in the world