GIULIANO RICCIARDI

Founder & Senior Designer d-Lab studio

He approaches the design shortly after finishing high school practicing at the carpentry workshop of Gioacchino Salvago where he learned the basics and manual skills needed to work wood. 

After this learning experience lasting five years, noticed by Arch. Bernardo D’Ippolito and decided to improve and develope their professional skills, he joined to the staff of KinoWorkshop srl. as a draftsman, an experience that led him to pursue graduate studies in Industrial Design.

He graduated from the Polytechnic University of Bari in 2009, in Furniture Design, with a thesis entitled “SB-1 - Study of modular wainscoting”, and later he founded d-Lab studio, a concept lab for interior and of product design.

Acquired skills through various collaborations undertaken with architects, craftsmen and small/ medium businesses, but oriented towards customized products, in November 2012 it was awarded for the project of “Tavolo Chiglia” to online competition “Tra le briccole di Venezia 2012” organized by Riva 1920 Industria Mobili.

The following year, at the invitation of Arch. Claudia Pignatale (Owner of Design Gallery Secondome), he exhibit Tavolo Chiglia at Juice, a Fuorisalone event during the Milan Design Week 2013, alongside designers such as Sam Baron, Nigel Coates and Zaven.

Received several awards from design magazines and blogs of the reach of AD (N ° 387 - August 2013) and “Design Street”, he participated in the Milan Design Week 2014 as an independent designer presenting new concepts and projects to DIN - Promote Design in Lambrate. Following this exhibition, Ypsilon was published in AD 401 and Goccia on Spanish magazine On Diseño 346.

In 2015 exhibit Goccia at Tent London during the London Design Festival and Tavolo Chiglia at Bologna Design Week. In the same year he designed the Mantis table for De Mura, exhibited at the event Come To Light during Milan Design Week 2016.
During the same Design Week, Goccia was published in the magazine Design Diffusion 220. 

Oriented to the use of wood raw material, limiting as much as possible the use of other materials, as in the case of Tavolo Chiglia, over time he extends the range of materials of interest to approaching ceramics, metals and polymers, giving to his concept and products balance between technique and material.

Currently, launched self-production of furniture and accessories, he offers his expertise to collaborations with companies.

d-Lab Studio philosophy 

We think that design means to have an open mind, forward thinking, dare going over everything that is approved even when it seems excessive, believe in their own ideas, but always seeking confrontation; the confirmations come from market and consumers; all other players, in this beautiful world, can make only market forecast.

It’s possible to design by yourself, but to be operational and productive as the current reality requires us, you need to team up, compare your ideas with those of coworkers, compare the different skills necessary for the development of a concept/project; just so you can offer a complete range of services ranging from concept to finished product.

The d-Lab studio arises, then, as a collection of ideas and professionalism. Raw material, technique and craftsmanship are the basis of our work and we are aware that the human hand is the essential ingredient for a realization that makes a difference.