Paolo D’Ippolito, industrial design and communication from 1995, with forays into copywriting, graphic design, fiction and scriptwriting.
He bases his projects on an idea he strongly chases, supporting it with clean lines, appropriate technologies and, sometimes, the complicity of irony.
He prefers team work and a tight close synergistic relationship with design companies.
Ideas for a multi-expressive design vision.

He is currently responsible for the communication at Nicolli srl, company developing architecture technologies and curtain wall systems, and design consultant for companies in Italy and Japan.
In 2012 (until 2017) he was co-founder of Codice, a self-production design group.
He has been teaching design history for various private istitutions, has set up Dovedesign (web search engine). In 2004 co-founded AidA, multi-disciplinary design group. He is also entered various international competitions gaining one special mention in 1994 (for furniture complements) ed one in 2002 (for fiction). His products and projects have been exhibited in Florence, Vicenza, Frankfurt, Chicago and Milan (Macef, Fuorisalone and Salone del Mobile).
He graduated in architecture in Florence with a research thesis about 80’s Spanish design.
He lives in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza, Italy).


Collaborations

R.F. Yamakawa, Diego Crestani, Balducci Design, Zad Italy, Caminetti Montegrappa, Nicolli srl, Houservice, Leonardo Rossano architetto, Anna Maria Cardillo architetto, Francesco Draisci studio, Revolution music school, Paolo Cocco architetto, Gesa-Imatec, Fiuto Rama artista, Steelbagno, Soso by Soso, AidA, Holistica, Scuola di Danza San Bassiano, Six Italia, Terralink, Studio Busnardo e Fauda architetti.


Contests and exhibitions

  • Source, self-made design, Florence 2015, 2016 (in collaboration with Codice – collective design).

  • Eventi Fuorisalone in conjunction with the Salone del Mobile di Milano, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 (in collaboration with Codice – collective design).

  • Fuorisalone: “Non solo design – oggetti d’arte e oltre“, Milan 2014. Collective exhibition by invitation of the artist Fiuto Rama. Design and realization of a bookcase/shelf inspired by the artist logo.
    Craftsman: Castellan falegnameria artigiana, Bassano del Grappa (VI)

  • Corian 40/40, international traveling exhibition: first leg Milan, april 18-23 2007;
    New York, may 19-22; Frankfurt, june 14-17; Oslo, september 8-9; Londra, september 20 – october 3; Prague, october 2-7; Bordeaux, october 18-21; Paris, november 5-10; Barcelona, december 3-21 (in collaboration with Draisci Studio).

  • Japan Houseware Show: Tokyo october 3-4 2007, Stand of R.F. Yamakawa Co. Ltd.

  • MACEF Milan, september 2000: “Quattronde” and “Unonda”, wall coat hangers.

  • Salone del Mobile, Milan 2000: “Carolina” tubular steel chair (prototype).

  • Special jury mention at international contest “Spazio Design 1994: furnishing accessories” organized by Rusconi Editore and sponsored by ADI on the occasion of the Milan Furniture Fair, 1994 (In collaboration with Anna Maria Cardillo).

  • Installation at the “Review of the works of one hundred artists for Sarajevo“, at the Istituto Degli Innocenti in Florence, 1994 (in collaboration with Anna Maria Cardillo and Daniela Colli), curated by Rodolfo Lacquaniti.

Publications

  • “I rivestimenti metallici: una scelta polivalente” (Metal cladding: a polyvalent choice)
    Article about Nicolli work.
    In FRAMES – tecnologia dell’involucro, nr. 146, may-june 2010.

  • “Il passato nel design presente” (Past in contemporary desing)
    Article about the tradition in contemporary design production.
    In Architetti Taranto n. 10, june 1999 and in Design &… (ADToscana) n. 19, november 2000.

  • “Sulla tecnologia nel design” (About technology into design)
    In Architetti Taranto n. 9, march 1999.

  • “Se potessi avere mille LIRAS al mese…” (If I could have a thousand Liras a month…)
    Reflections about the relations between design and technology and the profile of Liras srl, laser technology company in Schio (Vicenza).
    In I.D.E.A., online design magazine, 1996.

  • “Zoom Ahead non è casuale” (Zoom Ahead is not casual)
    Presentation     in verse of the florentine multidisciplinary design group Zoom Ahead.
    In Professione Architetto n. 1, january/march 1994 and in Modo n. 157 june/july 1994.

Paolo D'Ippolito