“…this was my starting point, the lure of smooth shapes, the idea that some of these forms can incidentally also have a function without necessarily declaring it explicitly. From all this comes a compact steel Bottle opener that feels like holding a smooth shell in your hand, an organic shape with variable thicknesses that comes to life in the light, whose reflections allow its form to be fully perceived.”
Client: Alessi
Year: 2015
| Sorrento for Nemo |
| Flower jungle for Londonart |
| Portofino for Nemo |
| Eight reserve for 818 |
| Barani for Xxx |
| Laurel for Danao |
| Asso for 4mariani |
| Cabo for Danao |
| Inca for 4mariani |
| Calipso for Adi design museum |
| Where is vico? for Friends & family |
| Solaro for Rh |
| Vs001 for Weed'd |
| Hyppo for Cantarutti |
| Esplanade for Dwr |
| Glifo for Penta |
| Altura for Penta |
| Nami wall for Kdln |
| Ted for Dga |
| Piega for Dga |
| Brigata for Alessi |
| Sfrido for Alessi |
| Kushi for Kdln |
| Sarpi for Lavita |
| Vs1 for Modo |
| Visual landscapes for Apple |
| Fur rugs for Moooi |
| Shapes and sounds for Alessi |
| Pois for Dga |
| Kumi for Dga |
| Zac for Ghidini |
| Victoria for Kdln |
| Alba for Falmec |
| Vetra for Falmec |
| Materia for Falmec |
| Ionico for Calligaris |
| Nami for Kdln |
| Terno for Il coccio |
| Boga for Alessi |
| Bibo for Alessi |
| Koki for Alessi |
| Taio for Alessi |
| T-1000 for Alessi |
| Mail for Lci |
| Semai for Vistosi |
| Rose for Calligaris |
| Bulla for Alessi |
| Illusioni ittiche for Spadari |
| Grus for Lci |
| Pulse for Fabbian |
| Lumi for Fabbian |
| Rampu for Fabbian |
| Trim for Plust |
| Minù for united pets |
| Matrioska for Rianne s |
Valerio Sommella is an Italian industrial designer, born in Cortona, Tuscany, and raised in Milan, where he graduated from the Design Department of Milan Polytechnic. He spent the initial years of his career working between Milan and Amsterdam before establishing Valerio Sommella Design Studio in 2009. He partners with Italian and international companies, designing a wide range of product typologies. Each project serves as an avenue for him to express his design philosophy, which delves into the language of objects through formal, material, and technological research. He perceives his creations not as chapters of the same book, but as short stories, each with its own plot, characters, and conclusion, all unified by a consistent narrative.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with renowned companies such as Alessi, Alcantara, Apple, Moooi, Nemo, Kdln, Honda, Falmec, Konica Minolta, Panasonic, RH, and many others.
Via Gian Francesco Pizzi 8
20141 Milano
+39 349 7850192
p.IVA 03060920125
info and internship: studio@sommella.com
press enquiries press@sommella.com
Awards
2021: ADI design index. Piega for DGA
2021: German Design Award. Piega for DGA
2020: Archiproducts Design Award. Piega for DGA
2020: Design Plus Award. Piega for DGA
2020: IF Design Award. Altura for Penta
2020: German Design Award. Altura for Penta
2019: [D]arc Award. Kumi outdoor for DGA
2018: Good Design Award Chicago. Alba for Falmec
2018: Good Design Award Chicago. Brigata for Alessi
2018: German Design Award. Terno for il Coccio
2017: Good Design Award Chicago. Materia for Falmec
2017: Good Design Award Chicago. Sfrido for Alessi
2016: ADI design index. Sfrido for Alessi
2016: German Design Award. Kushi for Kundalini
2015: Muuuz award. Kushi for Kundalini
2014: Good Design Award Chicago. Prisma for Falmec
2013: Young and Design Award shortlist. Amy for Alma design
“…this was my starting point, the lure of smooth shapes, the idea that some of these forms can incidentally also have a function without necessarily declaring it explicitly. From all this comes a compact steel Bottle opener that feels like holding a smooth shell in your hand, an organic shape with variable thicknesses that comes to life in the light, whose reflections allow its form to be fully perceived.”
Client: Alessi
Year: 2015
“…this was my starting point, the lure of smooth shapes, the idea that some of these forms can incidentally also have a function without necessarily declaring it explicitly. From all this comes a compact steel Bottle opener that feels like holding a smooth shell in your hand, an organic shape with variable thicknesses that comes to life in the light, whose reflections allow its form to be fully perceived.”
Client: Alessi
Year: 2015
| Sorrento for Nemo |
| Flower jungle for Londonart |
| Portofino for Nemo |
| Eight reserve for 818 |
| Barani for Xxx |
| Laurel for Danao |
| Asso for 4mariani |
| Cabo for Danao |
| Inca for 4mariani |
| Calipso for Adi design museum |
| Where is vico? for Friends & family |
| Solaro for Rh |
| Vs001 for Weed'd |
| Hyppo for Cantarutti |
| Esplanade for Dwr |
| Glifo for Penta |
| Altura for Penta |
| Nami wall for Kdln |
| Ted for Dga |
| Piega for Dga |
| Brigata for Alessi |
| Sfrido for Alessi |
| Kushi for Kdln |
| Sarpi for Lavita |
| Vs1 for Modo |
| Visual landscapes for Apple |
| Fur rugs for Moooi |
| Shapes and sounds for Alessi |
| Pois for Dga |
| Kumi for Dga |
| Zac for Ghidini |
| Victoria for Kdln |
| Alba for Falmec |
| Vetra for Falmec |
| Materia for Falmec |
| Ionico for Calligaris |
| Nami for Kdln |
| Terno for Il coccio |
| Boga for Alessi |
| Bibo for Alessi |
| Koki for Alessi |
| Taio for Alessi |
| T-1000 for Alessi |
| Mail for Lci |
| Semai for Vistosi |
| Rose for Calligaris |
| Bulla for Alessi |
| Illusioni ittiche for Spadari |
| Grus for Lci |
| Pulse for Fabbian |
| Lumi for Fabbian |
| Rampu for Fabbian |
| Trim for Plust |
| Minù for united pets |
| Matrioska for Rianne s |
Valerio Sommella is an Italian industrial designer, born in Cortona, Tuscany, and raised in Milan, where he graduated from the Design Department of Milan Polytechnic. He spent the initial years of his career working between Milan and Amsterdam before establishing Valerio Sommella Design Studio in 2009. He partners with Italian and international companies, designing a wide range of product typologies. Each project serves as an avenue for him to express his design philosophy, which delves into the language of objects through formal, material, and technological research. He perceives his creations not as chapters of the same book, but as short stories, each with its own plot, characters, and conclusion, all unified by a consistent narrative.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with renowned companies such as Alessi, Alcantara, Apple, Moooi, Nemo, Kdln, Honda, Falmec, Konica Minolta, Panasonic, RH, and many others.
Via Gian Francesco Pizzi 8
20141 Milano
+39 349 7850192
p.IVA 03060920125
info and internship: studio@sommella.com
press enquiries press@sommella.com
Awards
2021: ADI design index. Piega for DGA
2021: German Design Award. Piega for DGA
2020: Archiproducts Design Award. Piega for DGA
2020: Design Plus Award. Piega for DGA
2020: IF Design Award. Altura for Penta
2020: German Design Award. Altura for Penta
2019: [D]arc Award. Kumi outdoor for DGA
2018: Good Design Award Chicago. Alba for Falmec
2018: Good Design Award Chicago. Brigata for Alessi
2018: German Design Award. Terno for il Coccio
2017: Good Design Award Chicago. Materia for Falmec
2017: Good Design Award Chicago. Sfrido for Alessi
2016: ADI design index. Sfrido for Alessi
2016: German Design Award. Kushi for Kundalini
2015: Muuuz award. Kushi for Kundalini
2014: Good Design Award Chicago. Prisma for Falmec
2013: Young and Design Award shortlist. Amy for Alma design