Andrea Steidl

Andrea Steidl graduated in Industrial Design at the Polytechnic of Milan with a thesis on “Gratuitousness” which he achieved in 2005. Moving to Milan he entered Patricia Urquiola's studio
where he assumed the role of head of design. In 2016 he designed his first personal project and subsequently co-founded \ar-o\ studio with Raquel Pacchini with whom he deal with
product design, interior design, strategic consultancy and art direction projects. He considers design an act of discovery that renews itself, continually changing the point of view,
trying to introduce languages and functions that create an assonance between different fields in a new aesthetic and use synthesis. He develops projects through a dialogue of use
and function, materials and forms. Actually he has designed for many Italian and international brands whose products have been published in several international magazines including
Wallpaper, Elle Decor, Ideat, to name a few and won the Archiproducts Design Award in 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025 as the Elle Decor China Best of 2024, the Good Design Award,
the IF Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award. He has always had particular attention to design training and has dedicated himself to it in recent years through holding courses at the Polytechnic of Milan, Domus Academy and NABA.