Guglielmo Poletti

Guglielmo Poletti (1987–) is an Italian designer regarded as one of the most promising emerging figures on the national design scene. Inspired by a rigorous minimalism, his creations rely on the simplicity of form, traversed by a constant underlying tension that conveys a sense of precarious balance. A distinctive stylistic element in many of his works is a slender filament stretched and knotted around a pin, a motif found, for example, in several pieces from the Equilibrium collection selected by the prestigious Milanese gallery run by Rossana Orlandi. A graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven and now based in Milan, Poletti was awarded in 2018 as one of the six “Rising Talents” selected by the Paris trade fair Maison&Objet and was named “Young Talent of the Year” in 2019 by Elle Decor. The first brand to support him in industrial production was the Italian company Desalto, followed in subsequent years by collaborations with brands such as Flos, Magis, and Decoratori Bassanesi.