Marco Campardo is a London-based, process-driven designer motivated by a curiosity to understand the world through making. With a focus on production, research, and teaching, he embraces a praxis–theory framework, dedicating much of his time to experimenting with diverse materials and production techniques. He approaches making and material exploration as a form of critical practice, using them to investigate broader narratives around culture, materiality, and authenticity—exploring what makes a design or material “genuine” and true. His work includes both commissioned and self-initiated projects, ranging from collectible furniture produced via Galerie kreo to industrial pieces. Founded in London in 2020, his practice reflects a hands-on engagement with materials and processes in unexpected and unorthodox ways. His mindset is to use design as a way to offer new perspectives — expressing not just objects, but ideas and reflections shaped through making.

SELECTED COLLABORATIONS

Apple, Design Miami, Loewe, Axel Arigato, AMO, Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, Futura Project, COS, Fondazione Cologni, Kelly Wearstler, Grymsdyke Farm, Selfridges, Wandler, HEM, Vero International, Centro Pecci, MACRO Museum, Michelangelo Foundation, Tate Modern.

AWARDS

Designers of Tomorrow, Design Miami in collaboration with Apple, 2025
Winner Ralph Saltzman Prize 2023, the Design Museum, 2023
Winner Wallpaper* Design Awards 2020

SELECTED PRESS

Wallpaper Magazine Apple and Design Miami celebrate the new guard of creativity with the inaugural Designers of Tomorrow
AD Magazine These 5 Designers at Design Miami.Paris Are Proof of a Brighter Future Ahead
Dezeen Apple reveals Designers of Tomorrow at Design Miami.Paris
Finantial Times Furniture but not as we know it: Marco Campardo’s radical designs
New York Times Finding Object Lessons via the Spirits of a Famed Artistic Couple
AD Magazine Voici 4 jeunes talents du design italien à suivre de (très) près
Wallpaper* Magazine Teatro Albers presents new works by Marco Campardo
Wallpaper* Magazine Marco Campardo wins Design Museum emerging designer prize
Dezeen Jello furniture receives ultra-glossy "almost edible" update to rival its gelatinous namesake
Living – Corriere della Sera Marco Campardo porta a Parigi i suoi arredi "di gelatina"
Interior Design Magazine 10 Questions With... Marco Campardo
Surface Magazine Designer of the Day: Marco Campardo
Disegno Journal Live Edges
Domus La collezione George di Marco Campardo riusa gli scarti del legno Alpi per Seeds gallery
STIRpad 'Jello' by Marco Campardo at Galerie Kreo delves into the designer's hands-on making
Elle Decoration UK Meet Marco Campardo, The Design Museum’s new rising star
Enki Magazine Marco Campardo wins The Ralph Saltzman Prize
Core77 An Experimental Furniture Collection Made Entirely from a Single Profile

SOLO EXHIBITION

Jello, curated by Luca Lo Pinto, Galerie kreo, Paris, France, 2025
Live Edges, curated by Luca Lo Pinto, Bazament Art Space, Tirana, Albania, 2024
Jello, curated by Simple Flair, Riviera Creative Space, Milan, Italy (Milan Design Week), 2022

GROUP EXHIBITION

Designers of Tomorrow, Design Miami in collaboration with Apple, Paris, France, 2025
PAD London, Galerie kreo booth, London, UK, 2025
Profili e Gesti, Rhinoceros Gallery, Rome, Italy (with Galerie kreo), 2025
PAD Paris, Galerie kreo booth, Paris, France, 2025
TEFAF New York, Galerie kreo booth, Park Avenue Armory, New York, USA, 2025
MAZE Design Basel, Galerie kreo booth, Offene Kirche Elisabethen, Basel, Switzerland, 2025
24, curated by Jamie Wolfond and Simple Flair, Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy, 2025
Doppiafirma, Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte, Fuorisalone, Milan, Italy
The Farm Shop, Fels Gallery, Fuorisalone, Milan, Italy, 2024
Perfectly Imperfect – Flaws, Blemishes and Defects, Gewerbe Museum, Winterthur, Switzerland, 2023
The Farm Shop, Fels Gallery, London Design Festival, London, UK, 2023
Teatro Albers, AMO & Albers Foundation, Fuorisalone, Milan, Italy, 2023
Raw Senses, OKRO Gallery, Zurich Design Weeks, Zurich, Switzerland, 2022
In the Direction of Colour, Fels Gallery, London, UK, 2022
Slanted/Enchanted, ESP Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2022
Future Heritage, Decorex International, London, UK, 2021
Joy, Seeds Gallery, London, UK, 2021
Where Things Land Down, Fels Gallery, London, UK, 2021
Art Making, Seeds Gallery, London, UK, 2020
Beirut Re—Store, Beirut, Lebanon, 2020
Under/Over, Marta Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2020

CREDITS

Website: Thomas Cornolti and David Giovanatto
Typeface: Alpha Regular by Omnitype