Gio Pagnai

Sofa designer of Sleemon, and well-known architectural designer, skilled in creative concepts of diverse cultures, with unique and innovative works.

Gio Pagani graduated from the Milan Institute of Technology with a major in Architectural Restoration; established his own studio in Parma in 1995, aiming to provide architectural solutions and unusually elegant designs, combining boldness and eclecticism with continuous research in functional aspects. His architectural, interior, and boutique projects cover residential, hotel, and commercial fields, including both Italy and many different countries abroad, such as the Bahamas, Port Chervo (Sardinia, Italy), Milan, London, Miami, and New York. Maison GIOPAGANI designed and supervised the completion of many projects in Italy, including related projects completed with Smeralda Group in the hotel industry, and projects completed internationally with the Qatar Investment Authority. The career of Gio Pagani, the cross-border designer, is not limited to architectural design, interior design, and industrial design, but also includes collaborations with Harrods, Technogym, Max Mara Group, Pinko, Bugatti, Maserati, Hublot, and other well-known brands. Multicultural background has influenced and enriched his creative world: travel, film, painting, sculpture, literature, music. His career is related to all arts, especially with a closer connection to the fashion industry. He leans more towards dynamic creative concepts and continuous research on style. Some of the elements of the GIOPAGANI he founded in 2015 were derived from fashion, which became the foundation of his exclusive products with strong style characteristics. At the beginning, the brand focused on furniture design only, but it gradually expanded to include furniture, lighting, coatings, carpets, fabrics, and other home related designs in a short period of time. GIOPAGANI exhibition hall, opened in Milan in 2016, and located at 30 Montebello Street in the Brera design area, with a total area of 600 square meters, is a place where the studio expresses its design concepts and showcases every element that shapes the spatial environment.

Erna Corbetta, design director and chief designer of Sleemon Italy. The soft bed series Erna of Sleemon was named and designed by the designer.

Erna Corbetta, who has a high reputation in Italy, obtained a degree in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1987, studied under Marco Zanuso, the world-renowned master of architectural aesthetics, served at the Milan City Hall after graduation, and participated in the design of the expansion and construction of the world-renowned “Sforzesco Castle”. In 1992, Erna began her career in the fashion industry and now she is the designer of numerous international top tier fashion stores and home furnishings. The brands she participated in designing include BARABRA BUI, Antonio Fusco, ARMATA DI MARE, John Richmond, Gai Mattiolo, international designer, and other world-class luxury brands. Erna Corbetta, from Milan, the global design fashion and trend capital, interprets different home furnishings with her ideal of perfect home furnishings design: home should ensure health, and make people very relaxed and happy; home should always be in a very harmonious atmosphere, and the resident can showcase their own personality through their living environment. The joining of Erna’s team gave the product design of Sleemon an imaginative and personalized design connotation.

Dai Kun, a renowned Chinese architect and interior designer, and the founder of EasyHome Interior, collaborated with Sleemon to design the soft bed series with strong eastern aesthetics.

The series is named as a set of four styles: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The spring style is inspired by the modern transformation of the standard oriental form, which is grand and graceful; the summer style is inspired by the charm of bamboo forest, with a hidden and serene aura, which is slim in shape and color, light and steady in appearance, clean and refreshing; the autumn style is inspired by the trend of the eaves and corners of traditional ancient buildings after raining, with a curved backpanel shape that is simple and vibrant; the winter style is inspired by the streamline and image of the drum-shaped bearing stone in front of the traditional residential house, which is round, full, thick and condensed, giving the bed a sense of encirclement.

The work jointly created by Sleemon and Dai Kun draws inspiration from the traditional Chinese aesthetics inherited for thousands of years, interprets the beauty of the alternation of the four seasons with modern design concepts, shows ingenuity in details, presents oriental charm, conveys the national charm of Sleemon to the world, and leads a new and young China-Chic.

Han Wen, a new-generation independent costume designer in China, the co-founder and creative director of MUKZIN, the Chinese style designer brand, graduated from the School of Arts at LEEDS University in the UK, majoring in textiles.

The pillow “Gold Tiger”, co-created with Sleemon, incorporates the auspiciousness and power of tigers of Chinese culture, providing young people with a more trendy new choice.

Luca Nichetto, a renowned architect and designer in Italy and Sweden, curator of internationally renowned design exhibitions, judge of international design competitions, artificial art director, and strategic consultant.

Wu Zuoguang, one of the top ten furniture designers in China, and Vice President of Zhejiang Industrial Design Society.

DYLAN, winner of the German Red Dot Design Award for 2009.

Won the China Furniture Gold Dot Award for 2014.