Chiara Selmi, born in Milan in 1994, is an industrial designer with a focus on product design, installations, and creative direction. After studying at the Politecnico di Milano (IT) and the Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen in Oslo (NO), she has been developing personal projects and collaborating with professional studios since 2019, exploring contemporary materials, processes, and production solutions.

Services
Product design, Exhibitions, Installations, Creative direction, Design consultancy

Clients
About:, ADI Design Museum, Argo, , Centro Autismo Cascina san Vincenzo, Cosentino, Fondazione TOG, Intarbor, Politecnico di Milano, Shizuoka Prefecture, TobeUs, Unicoop Firenze

Publications
2025 | New geographies of design: stories of innovation and future sponsored by Fondazione Symbola and ADI Industrial Design Association, curated by Carlo Branzaglia and Yara Cutolo
«From the concept to the creation of the product. Chiara Selmi is a designer with a clear vision: designing is not only about imagination, but also building, giving tangible form to ideas. In her path – between studio, workshop and production – design is a bridge between creativity and manufacture, between thought and reality.»

Other publications
About:, Domus, IoArch, iO Donna, La Repubblica, Linkiesta, Living Corriere, Rivista BC, Sky Arte, Wired Italia

Conferences and lectures
2025 | Zoom on Talks – designers’ experiences | Politecnico di Milano | Milan, IT

2025 | If Italy does Italy sponsored by Fondazione Symbola and ADI Industrial Design Association | Teatro Scientifico Bibiena | Mantua, IT

Exhibitions
2026 | About: writing tools curated by Sovrappensiero Design Studio | Angle Gallery | Shangai, CN

2025 | ADI Design Index with About: curated by Sovrappensiero Design Studio | Theoretical, historical and critical research category | ADI Design Museum | Milan, IT
2025 | LighTOGether curated by Matteo Ragni | Centro TOG | Milan, IT
2025 | About: tape cutter curated by Sovrappensiero Design Studio | Sopa Design Studio | Milan, IT
2025 | About: grids curated by Sovrappensiero Design Studio | FIRM.GS | Milan, IT
2025 | About: sandpaper curated by Sovrappensiero Design Studio | TMSP | Milan, IT

2024 | Bicyclette: Another Tour between France and Italy curated by NoDesign and Matteo Ragni | ADI Design Museum | Milan, IT
2024 | About: bristles curated by Sovrappensiero Design Studio | TDFK Studio | Milan, IT
2024 | Made in Shizuoka across the Sea curated by Rieko Hagiwara and Keiko Suzuki | CCC – Shizuoka City Center for Creative Communications | Shizuoka, JP

2023 | 50 years of Unicoop Firenze: a history of people curated by Giulio Iacchetti | Stazione Leopolda | Florence, IT
2023 | Shizuoka city meets Milan Design curated by Rieko Hagiwara and Keiko Suzuki | Chie Gallery | Milan, IT

2020 | Welcome to the post-analogue condition* curated by Elisabetta Donati de Conti | Circolo del Design | Turin, IT