Mario Alessiani

designer of things

[Mario Alessiani @MarioAlessiani]

Being an independent product designer comes with many challenges. The biggest: finding people who believe in your vision and are willing to help bring to life the products you truly believe matter-products that stand for something meaningful, rather than just following trends.

[Mario Alessiani @MarioAlessiani]

My last chair designed for Billiani, see you at Milan Design Week 2024
#mdw2024 #industrialdesign #furnituredesign #designstudio #chairdesign #interiordesign

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The Vela lamp always comes out well in paper, perhaps because when I designed it, I was thinking of a plain metal sheet, which is very similar to thin cardboard.

The actual lamp is in production by @iludi.design

#industrialdesign #lightdesign #designprocess #papermodel

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Check out my latest article: Why I Don’t Accept Briefs Anymore https://t.co/ZyEJyFk2on via @LinkedIn

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Thanks to companies that subscribe me to their newsletter without replying to my emails.

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Check out my latest article:
When the story repeats https://t.co/Hku11oTB3e via @LinkedIn

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Rain, soap dispenser designed for Umbra (Canada)

#industrialdesign #productdesign

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Float lamp shape generation
#designprocess #industrialdesign

[DesignWanted @designwantedmag]

With its sleek and affordable metal design, Vela represents a breakthrough in folding and laser-cutting technology. Design by Mario Alessiani for the Brazilian brand Iludi.

👉 For more design: https://t.co/4m5AD6uCPu | #DesignWanted

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Designers who design square toilet seats should be brought in front of the court for violence against the butts

#design #truth

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Unlikely associations and great results.
#industrialdesign #designprocess

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When I designed the Bridge collection it was a period when I was investigating how to create a fuction removing parts from shapes.
I did a prototype but some people said it was too much expensive to make, until @xlboom
#industrialdesign #designprocess

[Mario Alessiani @MarioAlessiani]

When I designed the Bridge collection it was a period when I was investigating how to create a fuction removing parts from shapes.
I did a prototype but some people said it was too much expensive to make, until @xlboom

[Mario Alessiani @MarioAlessiani]

Look closer.

Details are the soul of a project, and their observation is the most intimate moment of the user-object relationship.

#industrialdesign #designprocess #details

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Super people like Castiglioni bros were not only great designers, but great observers.

Getting away from the product clears your sight about the context where things live and get used.

#industrialdesign #furnituredesign #designprocess

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My design professor once said “cute doesn’t exist, either it’s beautiful or it’s ugly!”

#design #industrialdesign #designprocess

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Do tech products have to be made only of cheap plastic?

#industrialdesign #techdesign #manufacturing

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@thejustinwelsh That’s my bio 😂

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Is it possible to still innovate in furtinure design?
#industrialdesign #designstudio #productdesign

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The beauty of paper is dangerous.

The Mars chair designed by Kostantin Grcic for Classicon was supposed to be a very soft chair, then the shape of the cardboard model was so powerful that they switched to hard shape.

#industrialdesign #designprocess #makingofdesign