Paolo Parea

Roman-born and raised in the Eternal City, he studied at ISIA in Rome.

After completing his studies, he joined the studio of Fabio Lenci, taking on roles ranging from modelling and prototyping to design development. He worked on projects spanning the bathroom sector, furniture design, fitness and wellness, as well as the automotive industry, both electric and traditional, for public and private use. Each project was followed from the creative phase through to production, collaborating with leading companies such as Teuco Guzzini, Fiam, Testori Interiors, Newform, Gruppo Vitawell and Simas, to name but a few.

In 2001 he was appointed Head of Design, a role he held until 2005, when he left Lenci Design to pursue his independent professional career.

From 1995 to 2005 he was selected for several events, including Officina delle Arti, a special exhibition within CASAIDEA in Rome, and Abitare il Tempo, part of the Verona Furniture Fair.

His professional career continued in the bathroom sector, while also expanding into lighting, spa and wellness, and home accessories. He also took on art direction roles, overseeing catalogue development, product packaging, exhibition stands and retail design. During this period, he established long-term and fruitful collaborations with companies such as Gruppo Treesse, Modellazione Ceramica and Tecser-Onyx.

These collaborations led to significant recognition, including a mention at the ADI Lazio Design Index Award and publication in the Design Codex for the GEN-X bathtub designed for extended accessibility, produced by Treesse. Alongside his design practice, he worked as a consultant in product research, development and industrialisation.

In 2006 he partnered with two young professionals, Enrico Secci and Simona Vidoni, founding the studio TRIADE, an experience that lasted until the end of 2010. This was a particularly productive period, marked by the design of a luxury retail chain in the bathroom sector across countries of the former Soviet Union and further recognition, including a mention at the 2007 ADI Lazio Design Index Award for the “Wave” sanitaryware series by Ala Ceramica.

From 2011 onwards, he continued his path as a product designer and technical development consultant, founding Parea Design Studio. He consolidated his collaborations with companies such as Treesse and Ala Ceramica, while also establishing new partnerships with CiPì, Petrozzi Design, Ponte Giulio and Relax Design.

Following an earlier teaching experience in 2003 at the Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Architecture Ludovico Quaroni, Sapienza University of Rome, he has combined his professional career with academic teaching since 2008. He currently lectures at the Rome University of Fine Arts, teaching on the BA programmes in Graphic Design and Design, covering Packaging Design (until 2022), Product Design, Materials Technology and Model Making, in both Italian and English, across the Rome and Milan campuses.