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
ADI Design Museum, Argo, 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
2025 | ADI Design Index with About: | Theoretical, historical and critical research category | ADI Design Museum | Milan, IT
2025 | LighTOGether | Centro TOG | Milan, IT
2024 | Bicyclette: Another Tour between France and Italy | ADI Design Museum | Milan, IT
2024 | Made in Shizuoka across the Sea | CCC – Shizuoka City Center for Creative Communications | Shizuoka, JP
2023 | 50 years of Unicoop Firenze: a history of people | Stazione Leopolda | Florence, IT
2023 | Shizuoka city meets Milan Design | Chie Gallery | Milan, IT
2020 | Welcome to the post-analogue condition* | Circolo del Design | Turin, IT
2017 | AHO Works | Oslo, NO