TIPSTUDIO is a design studio founded by Imma Matera and Tommaso Lucarini that explores the potential of materials and production processes through a critical approach focused on research and experimentation. Based in Florence and Pietrasanta, the studio draws on the diverse influences of the surrounding territory, bridging the gap between design and art.
TIPSTUDIO experiments materials starting from the analysis of places, anthropological aspects, and conceptual research, translating these reflections into products, spaces, and installations.
The studio works across product and spatial design, collectible objects, and creative consultancy, developing industrial and limited-edition projects
for companies, galleries, brands, and private clients.
TIPSTUDIO is among the winners of the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026 with the project Fregio. Their work has been presented in international contexts dedicated to art and design, including Salone del Mobile, PAD London, Nomad Circle, Collectible Fair, the Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco, Dubai Opera, and others. Imma and Tommaso both teach in the Product and Interior Design Department at IED Florence.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
INSIEME - Exhibition design for Vanity Fair, Curated by Sabato De Sarno - Milano design week 2026 - Milano – IT
GRAND HOTEL – Curated by Nina Yashar, Nilufar, Milano design week 2026 - Milano – IT
ONE, TWO, MANY - Movimento Gallery - Milano design week 2026 - Milano – IT
NOMAD CIRCLE – Curated by Francesca Neri Antonello and Nilufar, Saint Moritz, – CH
2025
ART WEEK SHANGAI - Hengshan House, Shangai, China
TRANSMATTER - Curated by Lizzy Li, Gallery 1979, Shenzen, China
LOBBY NOMADE - Ex chiesa di Santa Caterina, Como, Italy
PARIS DESIGN WEEK - Boon Room Gallery, Paris
INTRECCI INTERTWININGS – Curated by Valentina Rito, Salve, Puglia – IT
NEW PERSPECTIVES - Classico scomposto, Giacosa 35, Milan
MARKS OF EXISTENCE - Light Tension for Movimento Gallery, Fuorisalone, Milan
SALONE DEL MOBILE - Rawmoroh sculptures for Visionnaire, Stand Visionnaire, Milan
COLLECTIBLE - Collectible Brussels with BOON ROOM, Vanderborght Building, Brussels
2024
VASTO GALLERY - Collectible Barcelona, curated by Carmen Riestra, Barcelona
PAD LONDON - Light Tension for Marks of Existence with Movimento Gallery, London
SPAZIALE - Curated by Claudia Pignatale, BNL Italy Major Premier Padel 2024, Foro Italico, Rome
EFFIMERA - Curated by Claudia Pignatale and Giorgio Galotti, Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Foro Italico, Rome
DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE - Curated by Nicole Saikalis Bay, Circolo, Milan
2023
ATP FINALS - 2023, Curated by Claudia Pignatale and Giorgio Galotti, Turin
FATTO BENE - curated by Teo Sandigliano, Basilica di San Celso, Milan
CASELLI 11-12 - Makers 2.0, Milan
CERCAI UN MOTIVO TROVAI LA BELLEZZA - Curated by Millim Studio, Curva Pura, Rome
FUORI CONTESTO - Collectible design exhibition, Fuorisalone, Dopo? Space, Milan
ZOO design - Manifattura Tabacchi, ZOO Hub, Florence
2022
LAKE COMO DESIGN FESTIVAL - In Search of Lost Time exhibition by Movimento Club, Como
DISRUPTED STABILITY - Alcova, Fuorisalone 2022, Milan
THE ATTICO - Curated by Superhouse, Milan
ORIGINS - Curated by Movimento Club, Brussels
LIVING WITH SCENTS - Curated by Elisabetta Pisu and Clara Muller, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco
2021
EDIT NAPOLI - Fog vases for Artieri 1895, Naples
3DESIGNER - Spin OFF Officine Fratti, Perugia
DUBAI OPERA - Unity in Diversity Curated by Khawla Art & Cultural Foundation, Dubai
LAKE COMO DESIGN FESTIVAL - History Repeating, Como
3CO DESIGN - Curated by Silvana Annichiarico and powerd by Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Doha Design District, Doha
MATERIA DESIGN - Transizioni materiche, Catanzaro
ALCOVA - Secondo Fuoco - Fuorisalone 2021, Milan
IL NUOVO DESIGN ITALIANO - Curated by Elisabetta Pisu and powerd by IMF Foundation, COD - Center for Openness and Dialogue, Tirana
FUCINA MADRE - Complesso delle Monacelle, Matera
3CO DESIGN - Curated by Silvana Annichiarico and powerd by Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Italian Institute of Culture in Prague
PRESENT CONTINUOUS - by Nèo Design Italiano, 5VIE, Milan
2020
EDIT NAPOLI - Curator Domitilla Dardi, Emilia Petruccelli.
Complesso Monumentale del San Domenico, Naples
MATERIA SOSPESA - digital exhibition curated by Antonio Aricò
2019
SPOTTED - curated by Federica Sala at Riviera, Milan
MATERIA DESIGN FESTIVAL - Catanzaro Design week, Catanzaro
GUSTO AL DESIGN - Fuorisalone Milan Design week, Milan
2018
PNA DESIGN - Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
FUORI SALONE - Gobbetto Showroom, Milan
LOVELY WASTE - Fuorisalone Milan Design Week, Milan
WHAT WE DO
> Collectible design;
> Furniture design;
> Creative consultancy
in interior design and communication;
> Art direction
CLIENTS
Triennale Milano, Nilufar,
Vanity Fair, De Castelli, Visionnaire, MAECI, IIC Barcellona, IED Firenze, Vasto Gallery, Accademia Italiana, Movimento Gallery, Superhouse, The Attico, Fonderia Artistica Versiliese, Studio F, Artieri 1895, Ego Italiano.