Objects & Direction
My name is Paolo Stefano Gentile and I am based in Milan. In 2020, Elle Decor selected me among the 30 best young international designers, and in 2021 I was included in Magazine For Living’s list of emerging talents. In 2024, the Pocopiano plate, designed for Orografie and presented at MUDEC by multi-Michelin-starred chef Enrico Bartolini, was included in the ADI Design Index. Over the years, I have worked closely with professional figures and various companies, partnering on how objects are conceived, presented, and experienced — across product design, art direction and exhibition. My work has been published in leading magazines in the sector and exhibited in national and international exhibitions and events.
Clients
About, Baulives, Corraini Edizioni, Cosentino, Cutefold, Cyrcus, Ecopneus, Enrico Bartolini, Essent’ial, Galbani, ISGMD, Istituto Oikos, Kellogg’s, Leifheit, Mani Milano Lab, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Orografie, Pessina Acciai, Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta, Repower, Rossana Orlandi, Skyway Monte Bianco, Teknemika, TobeUs, Tog, Vuun, Xilografia and others.
Publications
04.2025
Elledecor.it Takeover – Elle Decor
Tommaso Caldera
03.2025
Talents – AMC Architecture n°329 (88-91)
Laure Carsalade
10.2024
ADI Design Index – Food Design category
ADI Associazione per il Disegno Industriale
04.2023
Inside Design – Elle Decor Italia n°4 (378)
Tamara Bianchini and Murielle Bortolotto
04.2023
10 Young Italian designers at the FuoriSalone – Interni Magazine
Paola Carimati
01.2023
Paolo Stefano Gentile, lo straordinario nel quotidiano – Pianeta Design
Daniela Giambrone
09.2021
10 Young international designers – Magazine For Living n°54 (24 – 25)
Chiara Chiapparoli
10.2020
30 Young international designers – Elle Decor Italia n°9 (119 – 123)
“…si intravedono i segni nei suoi pochi ma intensi progetti. Che sembrano tutti nascere da un’attenta riflessione sul senso non solo del disegnare, ma di trasformare la materia in un gesto che accarezza la coscienza. Per divertire.”
Paola Carimati
Other publications:
ADI Design Index, AMC architecture, Archiproducts, Artibune, Cieloterradesign, Corriere della Sera, Designboom, Design Diffusion, Design Wanted, Dezeen, Domus, Elle Decor, GQ Italia, FRaU Magazine, Gambero Rosso, GreenMe, Il Giorno, Il Sole 24 Ore, Interni Magazine, Inventario, Linkiesta, Living Corriere, Magazine For Living, Marie Claire Maison, Matrec, Packaging of the World, Pianeta Design, Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana, The Silk Road, VIlle&Casali, Yanko Design and others.
Conferences
11.2025
Designers’Experiences – Politecnico di Milano – Scuola del Design – Campus Bovisa – Marco Ajovalasit, Beatrice Villari, Bryan Sabin
03.2025
Nuovi Riti Da Abitare – Talk sulle cose le case le persone – Orografie – Piazza Scamacca 9, Catania
01.2025
La Nuova Iconicità Degli Oggetti – Icone in Libertà (Paolo Stefano Gentile) – POLI.design (Politecnico) – Milano Home Rho Fiera – Fabio Daglio, Francesco Scullica
10.2024
Designers’Experiences – Politecnico di Milano – Scuola del Design – Campus Bovisa – Marco Ajovalasit, Beatrice Villari, Bryan Sabin
06.2024
35 Designer Under 35 – Fondazione Symbola with ADI Associazione per il Disegno Industriale – Teatro Scientifico Bibiena, Mantova
Teaching
2024 – 2025
ISGMD – Product design course – Lecco
Awards
10.2024
ADI Design Index – Food Design category
06.2023
MM Award – Special mention
12.2020
”Guiltlessplastic” by Rossana Orlandi – 2nd Prize
Exhibitions
10.2025
EDIT Napoli 2025 – La Santissima
05.2025
“Weaving the Future” – Red Dot Design Museum
05.2025
“Essenziale e Quotidiano” – TuttoFood Week, ADI Design Museum
04.2025
Milan Design Week 2025 – Nyx Hotel Milan
10.2024
ADI Design Index 2024 – ADI Design Museum
06.2024
XXVIII ADI Compasso d’Oro Award – ADI Design Museum
06.2024
BeDesign Week 2024 – ADI Design Museum
04.2024
Milan Design Week 2024 – Design Variations
04.2024
Milan Design Week 2024 – Design Variations
04.2024
Milan Design Week 2024 – Kellogg’s Extra Hub
04.2023
Live performance by multi-starred chef Enrico Bartolini – Mudec
04.2023
Milan Design Week 2023 – Archiproducts Milano
06.2022
Milan Design Week 2022 – Brera district
04.2022
Qatar Creates 2022 – Qatar Museums
10.2021
EDIT Napoli 2021 – Complesso Monumentale San Domenico Maggiore
09.2021
Maison&Objet 2021 – Paris
10.2020
Milano Design City 2020 – Leonardo da Vinci National Museum
04.2019
Milan Design Week 2019 – BASE Milano
04.2018
Milan Design Week 2018 – Tortona district
04.2018
Milan Design Week 2018 – Palazzo Litta Cultura
05.2017
Milan Design Week 2017 – Fabbrica del Vapore
