Andrea Valentini

Who is Andrea Valentini?

Andrea Valentini graduated from Rhode Island School of Design 1995 with both Fine Arts and Bachelor Interior Architecture Degrees.

Upon graduation she and a colleague architect from RISD founded an interior architecture firm and she was recognized for her award winning designs for commercial and residential projects. Her interiors were custom down to the furniture and lighting and she would soon evolve from interiors to establish her own signature furniture and personal accessory collections.

In 2000 Andrea launched her furniture collections and in 2001 made a New York debut at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, ICFF. Her furniture was fresh and innovative using industrial materials like polyurethanes and ethylenes, sculpted into organic forms. The most outstanding piece to receive critical acclaim was her Coosh Egg Chair, A ball of high density foam cut from a block that breaks open into a chair and ottoman. This was awarded by Interior Design Magazine as one of their pics for their future furniture competition as well as being nominated for Best Product Design in 2003 by the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum.