Laetitia de Allegri

Laetitia de Allegri was born in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1981. Between 2000 and 2005, she studied industrial design at the Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL). In 2003, de Allegri interned at atelier oï in La Neuveville, Switzerland. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 2004. That same year, she moved to London, and has since worked with key London-based designers on projects ranging from industrial products and furniture design to interiors, with a special emphasis on graphics and textiles. De Allegri specializes in pattern, texture, and color, and her work combines craft and industrial process as well as non-traditional materials. She finds inspiration in nature as well as day-to-day environments.

De Allegri worked at Barber & Osgerby (senior designer, 2005–10); Alexander Taylor Studio (part-time designer, 2010–14); and from 2010 to date, as an independent designer and color consultant for the likes of Marc Newson, Tom Dixon, Barber & Osgerby, and MAP Project Office. In 2013, she established her own eponymous studio in London. Between 2013 and 2014, de Allegri collaborated with German designer Eva Feldkamp on the home accessories collections, Issue No. 1 and Issue No. 2. In 2014, she and Uruguayan designer Matteo Fogale designed –ISH , a collection of furniture and home accessories composed of recycled denim and postindustrial cotton and polyester remnants.

De Allegri has earned multiple awards, including a D&AD student award for the project Nesta (2002) and a nomination and distinction from the Lausanne Jardins competition for her design, On Stage (2014). Her work has been exhibited at the Musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains (MUDAC) in Lausanne (2004); Galerie Kreo in Paris (2005); the Milan Furniture Fair (2007 and 2014); and the London Design Festival (2013 and 2014).