Elena Salmistraro, 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 international creative industry, including Apple, Disney,Ikea, Vitra, Moooi, Alessi, Cappellini, Huawei, Lavazza, Nike, Bosa, Seletti, De Castelli, Marella, Yoox and others.

Besides, she collaborates with prestigious Art and Design Galleries, such as Rossana Orlandi, Antonio Colombo Gallery, Dilmos, Camp Design Gallery, SecondoMe, My Own Gallery and Subalterno1.

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.