Materials honesty, craftsmanship, shape pureness.
ATTICO was founded in 2010 to identify the work of Cristina Celestino, architect and designer.
The idea is to introduce a brand new project, which takes strength from local identity. Industrial design quality and research skills applied to traditional materials generates a new projectual philosophy.
Pure and honest volumes, sincere shapes blended with genuine materials, made in the best italian districts.

Common features to all projects are defined geometry and rigorous research, combined with a subtle play on the impact of traditional forms.
Through variations of scale and small inventions the meanings of objects are often changed. The search for niche production and new production techniques, hidden in the traditional processing, has led to the creation of projects that, although suited for mass manufacture, bring all the charm of craftsmanship, the discovery of the error and the luxury of time.

Cristina Celestino

A great collector of Italian design masterpieces and curious towards all objects, her work is based on observation and research, critiquing the potential of an objects form, function and attitude.
Across discipline approach between fashion, art and design and an inbedded interest of old and new,traditional and contemporary, aid her to develop and play freely with ideas.

Cristina Celestino was born in 1980 in Pordenone.
She graduated in Architecture in 2005 at the IUAV in Venice under Architect Massimo Carmassi, starting immediately to work in his studio based in Florence.
In the following years she has been working on retail interior projects for several brands. She has also cooperated for three years with Architect Francesco Barbagli in Florence on interior design, public buildings and spaces including the Scuderie Medicee restoration. Since 2009 she has been working at the Sawaya & Moroni design, architectural office based in Milan and Strato kitchen.
Her research is mainly focused on architectures shapes and their applications in domestic projects, developing products made of iron, marble, glass, working side by side with the most qualified craftsmen.

2015

February | Stockholm Design week- Designboom Mart 2015 – selected by Triennale Design Museum, thanks to Ice.
February | Exhibition “Tempo Italiano”, Italian Culture Institute C.M.Lerici, Stockholm Design Week.

2014

December | La Bellezza quotidiana. Un percorso nella Collezione permanente del Design Italiano, Triennale di Milano @ Villa Reale di Monza.
October | The New Italian Design, Triennale di Milano @ 5th-25th October 2014 – The Waterfront Lookout, Granger Bay Blvd, Cape Town.
April | Exhibition “Ambrosiana – Milan inspired design collection “, in collaboration with Spazio 900, via Archimede 6, Milan.
April | Exhibition “Nufurniture” – Les Volieres – Seletti @ Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan.
February | Exhibition “Tempo Italiano”, Italian Culture Institute C.M.Lerici, Stockholm Design Week.
2013 December – 2014 March | “The New Aesthetic Design”, curated by Silvana Annicchiarico, Triennale of Milan- Biennale Shanghai, Design Shanghai, The Power Station on Art Shanghai.

2013

October | Abitare 100% project, Design Market exhibition curated by Giulio Cappellini, Verona.
September | Exhibition “Cabinets of Curiosity” MINT Gallery, London.
September | Source, Self made design, Limonaia di Villa Strozzi, Firenze
June | The New Italian Design, Triennale di Milano @ Cannery Galleries, Academy of Art University, San Francisco.
April | Exhibition “Wabi Sabi- Italian slow design”, Galleria Colombari, Milano.
April | Exhibition Fuorisalone Event 2013 “PAST / FUTURE”-Enzo Mari and contemporary Italian design”, Carlton Hotel Baglioni, Milano.
April | Exhibition Ventura Lambrate District “FOOD MADE”, at PADIGLIONE ITALIA

2012

October | Exhibition “Giardino d’Inverno”, Rua Confettora, Brescia.
October | Exhibition “Wabi Sabi- Italian slow design”, L’Eglise, Torino.
September | Exhibition “A Spatial Surprise” , MINT Gallery, London.
September | Exhibition POP-CORN @ Maison&Object, Paris.
May | Cristina wins the call for entries “Who’s Next”, promoted by Akille.
April | Exhibition Salone Satellite Milano Furniture Fair.
March | Scic Cucine | “Cabinet” nominated as one of the finalist of the CKS Award.
February | Garage Design | “Florian mirror “ and “Florian Lamp” winner of Garage Design Competition.

2011

October | Exibition “Selected, an Italian design auction”, Aste Boetto, Genova.
September | Triennale Milano | finalist of the International Design Competition Pelle+
July | Gruppo Sintesi | Attico selected for the Designers Only Workshop.
April | Exhibition “Invito a casa con degustazione di design”, Fuori Salone Milano Furniture Fair.
January | Exhibition at Florian Schmidt Gabain Gallery in Zurich.