About
(1995) Born and raised near Turin (Italy), where I currently live and work.
I design and make furniture with a tailored approach, which is conveyed from products to the creation of custom furnishings and interior design consultancies.
In 2022 I have started my own production grounded in metal, a material that allows technique and aesthetics to expresse themselves harmoniously.
Through my products I try to develop a pragmatic approach to authorial design, in which production and logistic solutions become the statement of an ethical vision.
I have worked with the Turin based studios Nucleo, Studio F and Velvet Studio, and I am professor of Design History and Culture in IAAD.
giorgiobena@gmail.com
Phone
(+39) 349 8238 653
IG
@giorgio.bena
Exhibitions
- EDIT Napoli 2023 – Sezione Seminario
- Isola Design Gallery, Fuorisalone MDW 2024
- ASAP Works x Saturated Spaces, MDW 2024
- EDIT Napoli 2024
- Minimal Radicalism (Lockwerk Collection), Piet Hein Eek Gallery, Eindhoven, Dutch Design Week 2024
- Nitaj, Wasl Art Gallery, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
- Islamic Arts Biennale 2025, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
- “Magnificat”, Spazio Vito Nesta, Fuorisalone MDW 2025
Awards
- “Best Unreleased Product” Sezione Seminario – EDIT Napoli 2023 (Lockwerk Lounge Shelf)
- Nominee finalist – Isola Design Award 2024 (Lockwerk Coffee Table)
Press
- “I progetti più interessanti di EDIT Napoli 2023”, Elle Decor Italia“
- EDIT Napoli 2023. Le cose migliori che abbiamo visto alla fiera di design”, Artribune
- “EDIT Napoli 2023 solidifies its status as a prominent event within the industry”, Designwanted
- “Le vie del design che abbiamo percorso a EDIT Napoli 2023”, Cielo Terra
- “Move over, Milan: This Naples-based fair is providing young designers a prominent platform”, Sight Unseen
- “This Future is Currently Unavailable: Isola 2024 Highlights”, Designwanted
- “Lockwerk Coffee Table Bluntly Flaunts Bolts, Screws in Ultra-Industrial Design”, Homecrux
- “Giorgio Bena: The Minimal Radicalist in Metal Design”, tocco.earth
- “EDIT Napoli 2024. Cosa ci è piaciuto nella sesta edizione della fiera”, Living Corriere
- “Quattro storie di design indipendente che competono (sul serio) con l’industria”, Cielo Terra
- “Magnificat, quando il design nasce dall’incontro”, Cielo Terra
- “Magnificat exhibition in Milan pays tribute to indipendent design”, Archipanic