Collection: Marta Sansoni

Marta Sansoni, architect and designer from Florence. A designer of architecture and interior design for private homes, public spaces, and installations, she works in Italy and abroad. Her work combines geometric abstraction, rigor, spatial play, attention to detail, and monochromaticism, creating a harmonious relationship between light, objects, and space, identified by the strong iconography of her sign. She has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions and competitions. Her project entitled ‘A Building for Worship’ was published by the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Florence; selected in 1991 by the Department of Design for the Salon International de l’Architecture in Paris, the project was also exhibited the same year at the Milan Architecture Fair and, in 1992, at the Milan Triennale. As an expert in the subject, she coordinated seminars at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Florence within the course of Interior Design and Architecture between 1990 and 1996.

Since 2007, she has been a member of the Italian Design Council (CID), an advisory body of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. In 1990, she was one of the winners in Alessi’s “Memory Containers” competition, becoming a designer for the brand on an ongoing basis and producing thirty objects in the catalogue since then. For Alessi, “Folpo” was selected as one of the best designs worldwide for the 1999 edition of the “International Design Yearbook” and since 2018 has been part of the Permanent Collection of Italian Design at the Milan Triennale. Also for Alessi, the “Cactus!” bowl was featured twice in the Design Store of the MoMA museum in New York among the Best Sellers – Most Popular & Best Selling Products. It has also been featured in stores at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago, the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM), the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Wisconsin, and other contemporary art museum shops internationally.

Since 2016, the “Cactus!” bowl has been included in Alessi’s Super&Popular and “Icons” collections. Over the years, the project has grown into a large family of objects. In 2022, the “Potty” (Outline Glass Teapot) tea set for IVV became part of the products at the MoMA Design Store in NY. In product design, she has worked or is working for Alessi, IVV, Martinelli Luce, Studio Italia Design / Lodes, Antinori, Visconti, Serralunga, Bitossi, Pampaloni, Stayer. Her interest in art design has led to several projects including Raw Less on designer ceramics.