ABOUT FRANCESCA

A designer that combines two cultures: Her Italian creativity and German organization. She inherited bilingualism and a passion for interior from
her family’s office fittings business.

Next to her work, as a Junior Art Director for Ogilvy & Mather, she uncovered a passion for textiles, which led to a degree as a Textile Design Engineer.

In 2008 she started as a Design Assistant for the textile legend Ulf Moritz. Encouraged by her mentor, she collaborated with Mulberry in India, developing decors for European textile editors, showcased at high-profile fairs.

Since 2018 she has worked for Marcel Wanders studio pioneering in surface pattern design, and becoming the in-house Sustainability Advisor, after qualifying in Sustainability Management at the University of Cambridge.

Followed in 2022 by an engagment as Tile Designer for Villeroy&Boch and a collaboration with YO2 for a yearly collection of wallpapers and rugs.

In 2023 she started a to explore how to combine her expertise with Artifical Intelligence in textiles. From there she created Woven from Stone
and Artisan Intelligence.

Based in Amsterdam, she developes unique surfaces
for rugs, wallpapers, textiles & tiles.