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 2024 - Paris - 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
PRESS
CHOSEN BY
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 industriale, The structural concept in industrial design
Bologna, UNIBO Alma Mater Studiorum