Biography
QUONDAM borns from the need for experimentation and research of three young Italian Designers and Decorators: Bravo Stefano, Alessia Sarain and Isabella Tosi. The approach to Critical Design, not yet widespread in Italy, is for the group the right way to overcome the oversaturated design situation and the low attention to the Italian artistic culture. Through Critical Design QUONDAM wants to raise awareness about the value of Italian culture in terms of craftsmanship and decoration, as well as the famous art crafts that have characterized the history of Italian know-how applying them to products that deal with sensitive issues at the present society.
QUONDAM is a process of Critical Design that uses Italian artisan techniques as means for its prototypes.
QUONDAM takes what ‘used to be’ and shapes it into what’s going to be.
QUONDAM is changing the perception of handicraft through an up to date approach that offers it new expressive possibilities.
QUONDAM is the encounter of Art, Critics, Design and Technique.
