Draga & Aurel is the studio of designer Draga Obradovic and artist Aurel K. Basedow, founded in Como in 2007. From an atelier close to the lake they work across art, collectible design and product design, and have never been interested in keeping the three apart.
The studio made its name with early collections such as Deshabillé (2007) and Heritage (2009), and with a way of reworking vintage objects through a contemporary eye. With Transparency Matters, begun in 2019, the work turned decisively towards material research.
Their references are precise: the essential volumes of Minimalism, the optimism of Space Age design, the perceptual games of Op Art, the culture of the 1970s. Resin, concrete, glass, bronze and brass are treated as active mediums rather than finishes, poured, layered and polished by hand until colour appears suspended inside the object.
Their work has been presented at Design Miami, Salon Art + Design in New York and the Salone del Mobile in Milan, and with galleries including Rossana Orlandi and Nilufar. Alongside their own editions, the studio has designed for some of Italy’s leading furniture houses.
