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

Italian product designer and artist, Elena Salmistraro lives and works in Milan. After studying at the School of Art in Brera, she graduated from Polytechnic University of Milan in Fashion Design in 2003 and later, in Industrial Design in 2008. Together with architect Angelo Stoli, she founded her studio in 2009, working on projects ranging from architecture to design, from art to fashion, and from illustration to visual arts in general.

Closely tied to contemporaneity, her work draws inspiration from illustrations, street art, fashion and masks, animals and nature in general, but also from traditions, mythology and different cultures across the world. Her eclectic, joyful and imaginative creations are the result of the union between art and serial production design, and her language is one very personal, and authorial, characterised by the use of tridimensional texture and vivid colours full of energy.

She has collaborated with major international and Italian brands such as Disney, Steinway, Apple, Vitra, Nike, Alessi, Cappellini, Interni, Natuzzi, Marella, Bosa, Lavazza, Florim, Technogym etc, and with prestigious Art and Design Galleries.

In the course of her career, she has won numerous Italian and international awards such as the Good Design Awards, Frame Awards, Salone Del Mobile Milano Award, Archiproducts Awards and ADI Design Index Selection to name a few.