Formafantasma
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Textile test: four designers rethink Alcantara at IMM Cologne
By Sujata Burman • Last updated
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Having a Thing: the props, pillars and peculiarities of personal brand building
By Tony Chambers • Last updated
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Quartz and all: the making of Handmade 2015’s dining table, by Formafantasma and Caesarstone
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Formafantasma reimagine leather in surprising ways for Fendi
By Henrietta Thompson • Last updated
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Gallery Libby Sellers inaugrates new London space with works by Formafantasma
By Ellen Himelfarb • Last updated
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Design duo Formafantasma turns volcanic rock into furniture at the Salone del Mobile
By JJ Martin • Last updated
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Design figures on the scents they find sanctuary in at home
Sabine Marcelis, Farshid Moussavi, Alice Rawsthorn, and Formafantasma share the frangrances filling their homes during lockdown
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Formafantasma asks: what is the global impact of wood consumption?
The Amsterdam-based duo’s exhibition Cambio reopens at London’s Serpentine Sackler Gallery
By Ali Morris • Last updated
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Harry's celebrates Pride with design luminaries
The men's care brand collaborates with illustrator José Roda for a special campaign that celebrates creative talents within the LGBTQ community
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Formafantasma on GEO-Design and design education
Design Emergency began as an Instagram Live series during the Covid-19 pandemic and is now becoming a wake-up call to the world, and compelling evidence of the power of design to effect radical and far-reaching change. Co-founders Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn took over the October 2020 issue of Wallpaper* – available to download free here – to present stories of design’s new purpose and promise. Here, Paola Antonelli talks to designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of Studio Formafantasma
By Paola Antonelli • Last updated
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Studio Formafantasma show us around their design workshop
By JJ Martin • Last updated
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Formafantasma creates a furniture collection from technology scraps
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Top 20 under 40: the stars of tomorrow
Inevitably, our Power 200 is stuffed with consistent old-hands and longstanding design royalty. But as part of this exploded approach, we've also curated a concise selection of the finest practitioners under 40 – not so much the stars of tomorrow as precocious dazzlers
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Anticipating Lexus: Formafantasma designs trio of experimental installations
By Sujata Burman • Last updated
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Formafantasma's tiles rise from the ashes of a Sicilian volcano
By Laura Rysman • Last updated
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Irakli Sabekia on research and design as ‘tools to attack reality’
Georgian designer Irakli Sabekia talks about the power of artistic work to confront complex subjects, while Formafantasma names him as one of 25 creative leaders of the future in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
By Shawn Adams • Last updated
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Formafantasma goes bananas for Johanna Seelemann
Known for projects such as exposing the journey of a banana, German designer Johanna Seelemann brings a fresh perspective to mundane objects, and is tipped by Formafantasma as one of 25 creative leaders of the future in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Formafantasma named Designer of the Year: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Formafantasma on their GEO-Design master’s programme, and designers thinking big
The Italian design duo – and Designer of the Year in the 2021 Wallpaper* Design Awards – are among our featured visionaries in ‘5x5’, Wallpaper's 25th anniversary project. They discuss their first year heading the GEO-Design master’s programme at Design Academy Eindhoven, educating students for a changing world, and their pick of five creative leaders of the future who are expanding the practice of design
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Incarceration, interrogation and power: Joanna Piotrowska and Formafantasma’s ‘Sub Rosa’
Now on view at Arch Athens, a collaborative project by photographer Joanna Piotrowska and design duo Formafantasma sees ethereal photography transformed into provocative objects inspired by interrogation-room architecture
By Harriet Lloyd Smith • Last updated
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Natuzzi’s new furniture exudes Mediterranean attitude
Part of Natuzzi’s ‘Circle of Harmony’ creative series, its new furniture collections feature pieces by Sabine Marcelis, Formafantasma, Marcel Wanders Studio, Patrick Norguet and more
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Prada and Formafantasma announce Milan Design Week symposium
Curated by Formafantasma and at Milan’s National Braidense Library from 6 – 8 June 2022, Prada Frames is a free event exploring the relationship between the natural environment and design
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Matisse cut-outs inspire this lighting collection by Formafantasma
At Milan Design Week 2022, Maison Matisse celebrates the French artist’s paper cut-outs through contemporary design collections
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Step inside Formafantasma’s chic new live/work space in Milan
Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of Formafantasma invite us to their new Milanese studio, set within the Assab One cultural complex and featuring bespoke furniture created with Sicilian manufacturer DiSé
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Formafantasma’s minimalist, responsible shelving system for Hem
Formafantasma and Hem unveil the ‘T Shelf’, a design in extruded aluminium created in collaboration with specialist Hydro
By Anne Soward • Last updated
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NGV’s new blockbuster Triennial brings together over 100 artists and designers
By Dimity Noble • Last updated
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In the frame: standout designs from around the globe
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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