MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGNER AND FOUNDER OF STDIO-STDIO, SALVATORE CALTABELLOTTA BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN CRAFT, INDUSTRY, OBJECT & USER. HE GRADUATED FROM THE DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN IN THE MAN & WELLBEING DEPARTMENT. HIS WORK IS CHARACTERIZED BY EXPERIMENTAL MATERIAL RESEARCH AND INFLUENCES FROM THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADITION & LOCAL CULTURE.

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IN 2019, CALTABELLOTTA WAS APPOINTED AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF GERMAN FURNITURE AND DESIGN SHOWROOM 'MATHES' IN AACHEN, GERMANY. RESHAPING THEIR IMAGE BY DESIGNING NEW STORES, CREATIVE CONSULTLING AND SET NEW STANDARDS IN THEIR HIGH-END INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE STUDIO. BETWEEN 2017 AND AUGUST 2019, HE COVERED THE ROLE OF CREATIVE DESIGNER & ART-DIRECTOR AT 'BEL EPOK' IN COLOGNE, GERMANY. AN AGENCY FOR DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION THAT SPECIALIZES IN THE PREMIUM LUXURY LIFESTYLE SEGMENT. HERE, HE DESIGNED THE WINDOWS FOR HERMÈS GERMANY AND HELPED ESTABLISH 'ONE HUNDERED', THE DEPARTMENT THAT HANDLES CUSTOMER GIFT DESIGN & PRODUCTION.