Lagranja Design is a multidisciplinary studio founded in Barcelona in 2002 by Gerard Sanmartí and Gabriele Schiavon. The studio develops projects in architecture, interior design, product design, museography, and installations, working across different scales and within diverse cultural and geographical contexts. It currently has offices in Barcelona, Istanbul, and Singapore, and develops projects throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Gerard Sanmartí (Barcelona, 1974) is an interior designer trained at ELISAVA. Before founding Lagranja Design, he worked at Fabrica, the Benetton Group’s creative research centre in Treviso, Italy, where he met Gabriele Schiavon. Since the beginning of his professional career, he has combined his work at the studio with teaching and participation in workshops, lectures, and juries related to design. He has collaborated as a lecturer with institutions including ELISAVA and IED Barcelona.
Gabriele Schiavon (Padua, Italy, 1973) is an architect who studied at the Università Iuav di Venezia between 1992 and 1997. In 1998, he joined Fabrica on a scholarship, where he met Sanmartí and began to engage more closely with product and interior design. Between 2001 and 2011, he combined his professional practice with teaching at institutions including the IUAV in Venice, EINA, and IED Barcelona. From 2014 to 2016, he served as vice-president of FAD (Foment de les Arts i del Disseny). Sanmartí and Schiavon continue to lead Lagranja Design as co-founders, partners, and creative directors.
The studio’s work has received numerous national and international distinctions, including Red Dot Awards, IDEA Awards, IIDA Excellence Awards, the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona de Disseny, the ADI-FAD Silver Delta, and Architizer A+ Awards. Its product design work includes the Key bicycle rack, developed for Urbidermis and recognized with a Red Dot Award, an IDEA Award, and the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona de Disseny.
Alongside their professional practice, Sanmartí and Schiavon have maintained an ongoing involvement in teaching and the dissemination of design through classes, workshops, lectures, and participation in international juries. In 2025, they launched Open Design Editions through Lagranja Design, a programme aimed at supporting the development and production of proposals by emerging designers.
