Product Designer — Milan

Form
from
constraint.

Physical and industrial design across furniture, lighting, and eyewear. BA Product Design, Istituto Marangoni, Milan. My work makes material logic and structural reasoning legible — not decorative.

BasedMilan, IT
StatusAvailable 2025
ToolsFusion 360, SolidWorks, Rhino 8, KeyShot, Adobe CC
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Selected Work 07 projects
01
Mortise sideboard

Mortise

A sideboard defined by structural legibility. Visible vertical ash elements act simultaneously as load-bearing legs and guiding features — making joinery the primary visual language, not a hidden technical layer.

FurnitureWood / Walnut VeneerCAD + Rendering
02
Arcte optical frame

Arcte

Optical frame for long-duration clarity. Translucent recycled PET, embedded aluminium hinge core, and uniform minimal geometry designed to visually recede during 8–12 hours of daily wear.

EyewearRecycled PET + AluminiumSergio Cereda Award — Top 10
03
Serac sunglasses

Serac

Active performance sunglasses for high-exposure conditions. Frame produced from re-melted recycled PET — each piece carries a unique marbled pattern, making material origin visible rather than concealed.

EyewearRecycled PET + Aluminium MeshSergio Cereda Award — Top 10
04
Velo desk lamp

Velò

A desk lamp where control is embedded into physical form — the shade slides vertically along an aluminium structure, replacing abstract dimmers with a direct bodily gesture.

LightingFolded Aluminium
05
Arco bed

Arco

A bed defined by structural continuity. Leg and frame formed as one uninterrupted wooden element — making load-bearing logic visible rather than concealed. Developed for the Porada Competition.

FurnitureSolid WoodPorada Competition
06
Shift sunglasses

Shift

Everyday sunglasses designed for urban conditions. Restrained round geometry and 3D-printed cellulose acetate frame — functional protection that integrates naturally into daily movement without signalling performance.

EyewearCellulose AcetateUrban / Everyday
07
Irrbloss lamp

Irrbloss

A narrative desk lamp inspired by peripheral light. Translating Scandinavian folklore — the will-o'-the-wisp — into a contemporary domestic object that emphasises presence over output. Wood, aluminium, leather, textile cord.

LightingWood + Aluminium + LeatherNarrative Object

About

Design as a process
of reduction.

I am a product designer currently completing a BA at Istituto Marangoni in Milan. My work focuses on clarity, structure, and use-driven form across furniture, lighting, and consumer products.

I approach design through material logic and legible construction — moving carefully between concept development and execution. Form should emerge from constraint, not expression.

Before design, I built two Olympic-class fiberglass sailboats and fabricated a one-off 45-foot full carbon fibre vessel — a background in precision tolerances and structural reasoning that informs everything I make.

Gustav Craft
Education
BA Product Design, AFAMIstituto Marangoni, Milan — 2023–Present
SolidWorksDalarnas Högskola — 2022–2023
Product Design & TechnologyDesign Gymnasium — 2016–2019
Experience
Graphic Design & Web DevelopmentWidaqt AB, Sweden — 2024–Present
Marine Composite Boat BuilderSune Carlsons Båtvarv — 2019–2020
Award
Sergio Cereda Eyewear Design AwardTop 10 — International Competition
Languages
Swedish (Native) · English (Fluent)

CAD & Modelling

Fusion 360 SolidWorks Rhino 8 AutoCAD

Visualisation

KeyShot Rendering Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign

Materials

Wood & Joinery Carbon / Fiberglass Composites Aluminium & Metal Recycled / Bio Materials

Process

Concept Development Technical Drawing Prototyping & Model Making Basic DFM Awareness

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