Andrea Trimarchi (17-03-1983) and Simone Farresin (15-09-1980) are  Studio Formafantasma – two italian designers based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
The collaboration between the two started during their BA in communication design, illustrating books and magazines. Their interests in product design developed on the IM masters course at Design Academy Eindhoven, where they graduated in July 2009 with a thesis based on traditional Sicilian folk craft.
 
The work of Studio Formafantasma touch relevant design issues such as the role of design in folk craft, the relationship between tradition and local culture, a critical approach to sustainability, and the significance of objects as a cultural vector.  
 
Andrea and Simone believe in the role of the designer as a bridge between craftwork, industry, user and objects. From this in-between position the studio is interested in creating a design practice that merges craft and industry, local necessity within the global context and on a conceptual level, to stimulate a more critical and conscious relationship of the user with objects.
 
The aim of the studio is to create in time a coherent body of work both with self-commisioned projects and in collaboration with companies.
 
 
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS -
DEC.2010: (upcoming) “Autarchy” AND MOULDING TRADITION,THE NEW ITALIAN DESIGN, TRIENNALE DESIGN MUSEUM MILAN, ISTANBUL
Nov.2010: (upcoming) “New installation Autarchy”, Abu Dhabi Art, United ARAB EMIRATES
Nov.2010: (upcoming) “MoUlding Tradition”, Saint Etienne Biennale, France
Oct.2010: (upcoming) “Autarchy”, Plart Foundation, Naples
Oct.2010: (upcoming) “Autarchy”, Sotheby’s, London
Oct.2010: (upcoming) “Autarchy”, Lodz Design festival, Poland
Oct.2010: (upcoming) “New project”, Vienna design week, Vienna
Sept.2010: (upcoming) “Autarchy”, Inside Design Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Sept.2010: (upcoming) “Autarchy”, MOSS GALLERY, NEW YORK
Sept.2010: (upcoming) “Autarchy”, Archaic Shelter, Maison and Object, Paris
JUNE. 2010 : “HIDDEN COLLECTION”,DROOG GALLERY, DESIGN BASEL
MAY. 2010 : “AUTARCHY” SOTHEBY’S LONDON
APR. 2010 : “AUTARCHY”, SPAZIO ROSSANA ORLANDI, SALONE DEL MOBILE DI MILANO
SELECTED PUBLICATION - MAGAZINE -
 
Sep. 2010: Elle décor Italia
Sep. 2010: Numero
July 2010: GCASA
July 2010: L’OFFICIEL
July 2010: InTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE BY ALICE RAWSTHORN
July 2010: Interni Magazine
July 2010: Icon Magazine
July 2010: Elle décor Norway
JULY 2010: L’UOMO VOGUE
JULY 2010: PASAJES DSN
JULY 2010: VIEWPOINT
APR 2010: INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE BY ALICE RAWSTHORN
APR 2010 : INTERNI KING SIZE
MAR 2010: LIFE MAGAZINE CHINA
MAR 2010 : FLAIR
JAN 2010 : COMME DES GARCONS MAGAZINE
JAN 2010 : BMM MAGAZINE
FEB. 2010: MODERN WEEKLY MAGAZINE
FEB. 2010: BLOOM MAGAZINE
FEB. 2010: DOMUS
JAN. 2010: INTERNI MAGAZINE
JAN. 2010: CASAD
JAN. 2010: FRAME MAGAZINE
 
 
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PHOTO CREDIT: NICHON GLERUM
DEC. 2009: DOMUS
DEC. 2009: D CASA, CORRIERE DELLA SERA
NOV. 2009: FRAME MAGAZINE
JUN. 2009: EXPERIMENTA
JUL. 2009: FRAME MAGAZINE
JUN. 2009: L'OFFICIEL
OCT. 2008: VOGUE LIVING
OCT. 2008: L'OFFICIEL
SEP. 2008: ELLE WONEN
SEP. 2008: EIGENHUIS
 
SELECTED PUBLICATION - BOOKS -
 
2010: INRESIDENCE DIARY, CORRAINI EDIZIONI
2009: DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN GRADUATION,  EPISODE PUBLISHER
2009: SOURCE 03-TIMELESS NECESSITY, EPISODE PUBLISHER
2009: SIMPLY PACKAGING, VICTIONARY
2009: DESIGN ANNUAL REVIEW
2009: ONCE UPON A CHAIR, DIE GESTALTEN
2008: ILLUSIVE, DIE GESTALTEN
2007: LEMON SEEDS, DIE GESTALTEN
2007: TACTILE, DIE GESTALTEN
 
 
 
 
 
 
APR. 2010 : “TEN SMALL ATLASES”, SALONE DEL MOBILE DI MILANO
 
APR. 2010  “QUESTION”, DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN, SALONE DEL MOBILE DI MILANO
 
JAN.-FEB. 2010: DESIGN BAZAAR, DESIGN HUIS, EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS
 
DEC. 2009: “DROOG GALLERY”, DESIGN MIAMI
 
OCT. 2009: “GETTING LOST”, 4 APOSTELEN, DUTCH DESIGN WEEK, EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS
“GRADUATION GALLERY”, DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS
 
JUN. 2009: “SECRET NATURES”, ICFF, DROOG GALLERY, NEW YORK
 
APR. 2009: “DROOG DESIGN”, SALONE DEL MOBILE DI MILANO
 
APR. 2008: “A TOUCH OF GREEN”, DROOG DESIGN, SALONE DEL MOBILE DI MILANO