Dodo Arslan

Dodo Arslan is an Italian designer with Armenian roots, he lives and works between Miami and Milan. His diverse creativity and experimentation with materials has led to the creation of one-of-a-kind pieces as well as mass-produced items. His work stems from an extensive analysis of objects, disassembling them and making models to study a product’s components and materials. Arslan's portfolio covers a wide range of applications with Arslan specialising in the design of furniture as well as lighting, furnishing accessories and industrial products in collaboration with the most influential brands. Arslan founded his own studio in 2004, he won the Young & Design Award, the Mini Design Award, the Pirelli Pzero Award and the Art Directors Club.

Dodo Arslan has worked with Terzani for many years and created several lighting designs. Arslan's work comes from an extensive analysis of objects — disassembling them and making models to study a product’s components and materials. He explores shapes, prisms, and spheres and the idea of a frame and structure of a piece, be it a skeleton, weft, mesh or chassis.

"It is only by handling materials that we can truly notice how they behave, how they react to external stimuli." - Dodo Arslan