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Founders & designers Guglielmo Giagnotti & Patrizio Gola
Globally recognised for excellence across spatial, interior and product design, these 10 multidisciplinary designers for 2026 embody the infinite value of creative collision. They stay wide-eyed for the possibilities of collaboration, remain faithful to what they notice others overlook and regard human connection as fundamental to every design.
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Our design work is best summed up in the phrase:
Guglielmo Giagnotti: Deduction reveals complexity.
What aspect of your work are people most curious about?
Patrizio Gola: How to twist dry and sharp design into emotional minimalism.
What has recently challenged the way you think about design?
Guglielmo Giagnotti: How to emphasise constructive tradition while remaining contemporary. This is constantly happening with every type of design. A house for a special client, a new kitchen presentation or a new tap collection.
What person, building, product, or art piece has had a lasting impact on your work?
Patrizio Gola: We have a strong connection with the world of cinema. We love the work of the Italians: director and screenwriter Roberto Rossellini, the luxury brand Visconti, and poet and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini. There are also many others in film: from Peter Greenaway to Stanley Kubrick, from Béla Tarr to Andrei Tarkovsky. It’s not only about the cinematography or the scenography, but something more inside the construction of the full film—in someway you recognise that the approach of some master directors is totally similar to an architect’s approach.
The three words I would most like people to attribute to our work are:
Guglielmo Giagnotti: Subtle, effortless and elegant.
“We have a strong connection with the world of cinema ... It’s not only about the cinematography or the scenography, but something more inside the construction of the full film—in someway you recognise that the approach of some master directors is totally similar to an architect’s approach.”
– Guglielmo Giagnotti & Patrizio Gola
What is the one piece of advice you would share with an emerging designer?
Patrizio Gola: Be attentive to the psychological factors in design.
Where do you go to appreciate exceptional design?
Guglielmo Giagnotti: Our book collection.
What’s one thing you’d like to see more of in design? Less?
Patrizio Gola: Greater consistency, less focus on trends.
This piece originally appeared in our special print edition of est magazine, issue 60: ‘Design Instinct’.
