Laurel Dining Armchair

Valerio Sommella and Simone Bonanni, Italian industrial designers based in Milan, have since 2021 joined forces to develop special projects for selected international brands.

Valerio Sommella was born in Cortona in April 1980 and raised in Milan, where he graduated with honors from the Design Department of the Milan Polytechnic. He spent the first years of his career working for important design practices between Milan and Amsterdam before he founded his studio in 2009.

Simone Bonanni was born in Pordenone in August 1989. He graduated from IED Istituto Europeo di Design (Milan) in 2011 with a project awarded with Honorable Mention at the 23rd ADI Compasso d’Oro Award (Targa Giovani).

In 2012, he left Milan and joined the Marcel Wanders team (Amsterdam, NL), where he worked as a product designer and project leader for 3 years. Back from the Netherlands in 2015, he founded Simone Bonanni Studio (SBS) in Milan.