Giulio
Masciocchi
Giulio Masciocchi, I'M Alumnus of the Product Design Bachelor's programme at Milano Design school, is a talented concept and furniture designer. On top of designing accessories and furniture for "Versace" and "Versace Home", he is the owner of Gi.Disegni, a studio specialized in hand-painted and digital textile designs, as well as the Creative Director of Polrey Furniture.
Giulio was born in Como, an area of excellence in Italy’s furniture design industry. After his high-school diploma as Industrial Technical expert, he moved to the UK and worked as a textile designer for London's leading print design studio Westcott-Design Ltd. Here, he had the opportunity to experiment with concepts and develop his creative talents before returning to Italy and graduating cum laude from Istituto Marangoni Milano Design in 2013. He quickly managed to enter the design industry collaborating with the avant-garde eyewear brand Glassing. At the age of 23, he achieved success designing the "un1co" sunglasses, worn by, among others, Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. He designed furniture as well, with rational, cutting-edge interior design items including ‘WTF’, a series of cushions made using waste silk from the textile industry; and the functional wooden beach chair ‘Xylem’, exhibited at Salone Satellite during the Salone del Mobile 2014 trade show in Milano. “My expertise and my training are the starting point of my projects”, says Masciocchi. He claims to have taken a comprehensive approach to the "auto-planning" and design of everyday objects. His commitment to modern functionality combined with the wise use of materials, often conceived in an eco-friendly framework, is the key to his current and future success.
He is a member of the Prisma Project, the I'M Community Group that gathers young talented designers from Istituto Marangoni Milano Design School and promotes their collaboration with prestigious design firms.