Coki Barbieri, an Italian architectural and product designer, began her career in 2014 by creating the first house with sustainable underfloor heating on the Adriatic coast, a small villa by the sea where she perfected every teaching of sustainable architecture. She studied natural materials for years to use them as an architect.

Still, over time, she approached the prototypes for sustainable household objects, driven by the desire to offer her customers products that do not emit harmful oil-based substances. Thus was born Rocklumìna table lamp, which in 2019 arrived at the Salone del Mobile in Milan - SaloneSatellite, curated by Marva Griffin.

From there begins the story of COKI, a brand of high craftsmanship for home decor, exclusively made in Italy with natural, safe materials and a sustainable production cycle.

 

 


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"When I draw, I imagine a curious person observing a new material, touching it, using it, and keeping it with great care, thus beginning to develop a serious liking for it. I believe that the person to whom I draw my products would be someone who brings about silent revolutions through listening, research, and awareness of our contemporary world and the importance of our souls."

 

COKI BARBIERI  |  Architectural and Product Designer | Founder & Creative director


 

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024  MAISON & OBJET 2024Paris - From Daimon to Eudaimonia

2023  SALONE DEL MOBILE 2023 - EUROLUCE - Milan - Sate...Light 1998-2022 

2023  FUORISALONE 2023 - ELLE DECOR - Milan - The Art of Light

2022  SALONE DEL MOBILE 2022 - Milan - Vitamins from the Italian soils

2022  MAISON & OBJET - Paris - The new Soil & Season Cochlea vases collection

2021  LONDON DESIGN WEEK - Soil, Surface, Sky by Cluster Crafts, London

2021  MILAN DESIGN WEEK - Nature's Whisper by Isola Design District, Milan

2020  LONDON CRAFTS WEEK

2020  ISOLA DESIGN DISTRICT - Isola Goes Digital

2020  GREEN PRODUCT AWARD

2019  SALONE SATELLITE AWARD

2016  LA CERAMICA E IL PROGETTO

 

2011  Nhow Hotel restyling - Triennale di Milano

2008  Mini Design Award

2007  Next: International Car Design

with Alessandro Ajmino, Elena Marrone, Federica Castagno & Sara Petrucci (now Acquacalda Design)

2007  Pietra di Langa e Design



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CHOSEN BY

2024  STUDIO SALARIS Styling for RUBELLI GROUP

2024  DARIA PANDOLFI Styling for LIVING CORRIERE

2023  MICOL CERANI, MA! STUDIO Styling for ELLE DECOR

2023  SALONESATELLITE Styling for EUROLUCE-SALONE DEL MOBILE

2023  STUDIO GRETA CEVENINI Styling for SABA

2023  CONTI MARCHETTI Styling for ACQUA DI PARMA

2023  CONTI MARCHETTI Styling for FIAM

2022  STUDIO GRETA CEVENINI Styling for SABA

2022  CONTI MARCHETTI Styling for FIAM

2022  CORA VOHWINKEL Styling for Arketipo Firenze

2022  VERONICA LEALI with Alessia Biasion Styling for CIERRE 1972

2022  DECO HOME Styling for June issue

2022  SARA SARLI Styling for CATTELAN  

2021  STUDIO SALARIS Styling for RUBELLI GROUP



awards

2022  SALONE SATELLITE PERMANENT COLLECTION with Rocklumìna lamp

2020  GREEN PRODUCT AWARD, 1st prize

2007  Next: International Car Design, 1st prize

with Alessandro Ajmino, Elena Marrone, Federica Castagno & Sara Petrucci (now Acquacalda Design)

2007  Pietra di Langa e Design, 1st prize



book quotes

2021  "Soil, Surface, Sky" by L. Swift, E. Marinova, V. Del Vacchio, ed. Cluster, London 2021

2020  "We design the future" N. Bader, GREEN PRODUCT AWARD, Berlin 2020



educational background

2017  User Experience (UX) E-learning Research and Design MicroMaster Program (University of Michigan)
2015  CasaClima network - Agenzia per l'Energia Alto Adige - CasaClima (Bolzano)
2011  Public Spaces Advanced Training - POLIMI Politecnico di Milano (Milan)
2011  Architecture - Building Engineer Science Bachelor's Degree - UNIBO Alma Mater Studiorum di Bologna (Cesena) 110/110
2007  Interior Designer ID European Graduated  IED Istituto Europeo di Design (Turin) 100/100

UNIVERSITY THESIS-BOOK

C. Barbieri, 2011 La concezione strutturale nel design industrialeThe structural concept in industrial design

Bologna, UNIBO Alma Mater Studiorum