Laura Calligari

Laura Calligari born in Livorno in 1978. She studied
and graduated from the Art School and after
some experience in contemporary art she studied
and graduated in architecture in Florence. Thus
began to take his first steps in the world of design.
In 2010 he founded an online magazine dedicated
to the world of product design and interior design.
After a few years, the Atelier Macramè project was
born, through which the designer expresses all
her sensitivity and professional knowledge in the
furniture sector.
In 2014 the collection of Trame trays, entirely
made with laser cutting technology, became part
of the permanent collection of Materioteca collection
in Milan.
In 2015 he took part in Open Design Italia with his
first collections in Trento. The following year in
2016, one of the collections she designed, Bakery
Stool, made of turned wood, is among the projects
selected by Silvana Annicchiarico for the W.
Women in Italian Design exhibition at the Milan
Triennale.
The collaboration with small artisan realities continues,
alternating periods of study and research on
various materials. Fundamental moments for the
birth of the Atelier Macramè collections.
In 2016 he was again among the designers
selected to participate in Vicenza at Open Design
Italia, a showcase that offers the opportunity for
the collections to be subsequently exhibited in
Vienna and Prague at the Italian Cultural Institute
for the project Il Design è Nutriente.
After various participations in the Fuori Salone in
June 2019 he is among the exhibiting designers at
the first edition of EDIT Napoli, an event dedicated
to editorial and author design curated by Domitilla
Dardi and Emilia Petruccelli.
In 2019, paired with the artisan Cecilia Falcia,
expert in the processing of scagliola, she participates
in and wins ex -equo the first edition of the
Bottega Strozzi Award promoted by the OMA
Association with Bottega Strozzi with the Leon
project, pin and ear wrap for smartphones.