Giulia Archimede is an Italian interior and product designer based in Florence. Her official biography notes that, after classical studies, she focused her academic path on interior and product design, completing a bachelor's thesis centered on travel and on the merging of shape, matter, and light. That early investigation became a foundation for her later work, which is consistently presented as an exploration of emotion through material and luminous form.
Public profiles and Catellani & Smith's official materials describe a practice shaped by spirituality, nature, and craftsmanship. Born in Fiesole near Florence in 1990, Archimede originally dreamed of dedicating her life to horse riding, a path interrupted at seventeen by a personal event that redirected her toward design and toward the artisanal world she encountered through her father's work. Her designs, including Alchemie and Talismano for Catellani & Smith, reveal a language rooted in light, ancient matter, and emotional resonance, often creating objects that feel both contemporary and timeless.
