Donatella Balloni is an Italian product designer and CMF specialist currently working at Martin-Hudson & Gibson interior designers of Sandycove, offering her expertise in colour, materials and finishes as well as her outstanding sketching and painting skills.
Having grown up under the Tuscan
sun, surrounded by artistic family members, Donatella quickly learned to
appreciate the depth and beauty behind the colours and textures surrounding
her.
Having come from
a long line of artists, Donatella has always had a passion for creativity. From
a very young age she remembers being in awe of the colours and textures of her
natural surroundings- she recalls as a child curiously attaching leaves of
every colour to her clothes to create different impressions.
Donatella’s grandfather, Giovanni
Bertilorenzi, was a respected affresco artist and sculptor who devoted his life
to creating works of art in residences, chapels and other grand buildings.
Aside from several artists and sculptors, Donatella grew up with poets,
musicians and masons.
Donatella studied for 5 years at art
school and later went on to study for 5 years at the University of Milan where
she worked on material selection, sketching and on various prototypes. From
there, Donatella went on to work for a well known Italian organisation working
with a team of designers and engineers on selecting colours, materials and
finishes for high-end fitness products.
Thanks to her
qualifications and her experience in CMF, Donatella now specialises in
chromatic solutions and material selection (such as wood, textile, glass, etc)
for a wide range of products. Donatella’s plans are to mix the Tuscan and Irish colours in a domestic setting, combining colour combinations inspired by the two countries she calls home.
Donatella has been designing some beautiful furniture for our clients:
Balloni is currently working on a
very exciting project run by Martin-Hudson & Gibson titled "Cácaí Mellish", for which she
had beautifully hand drawn and painted a selection of deliciously appealing
cakes inspired by the Mrs. Mellish Fancy Desserts (Arc). The original prints can be seen here.
Some of Donatella's cake drawings:
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See Donatella’s blog here.
If you have any interior design needs and require
a consultation or a quotation in Italian, please call us today on 00 353 1 284
3486 and ask for Donatella Balloni.
Ciara Eloise Nolan.
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