FELICIA

FERRONE

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FULL STORY

In 2001, Felicia Ferrone prototyped groundbreaking glassware that gained immediate design press recognition. She launched fferrone in 2010 after licensing partnerships failed to realize her vision. Drawing from architectural training and years working in Milan, Ferrone's work challenges design archetypes.

Produced exclusively with master craftspeople in Europe and the US, her designs appear in major films including Star Wars and John Wick. In addition to her brand, she serves as Chair of Industrial Design at the University of Illinois Chicago. Ferrone has established herself as a thought leader, creating pieces that deliver lasting emotional connections through pioneering design.

HOSPITALITY EXCELLENCE

Andaz
Atlantis Suites
The Dorchester
The Dunhill Bar Ginza
French Laundry
Gabriel Kreuther Restaurant
The Guest And The Regular
Hotel Carlton, Cannes
Hotel Jerome
Kimpton Everly Hotel
Lanserhof
Nobu
Nomad New Yor
Ossiano
Per Se

Ritz-Carlton Hotels
RH Guest House
Saga
W Hotel

LUXURY BRAND PARTNERS

Aplos
Cartier
Chopin Vodka
Christian Louboutin
Gucci
Kástra Elión Vodka
Krug
Luxardo
Mortlach
The Macallan

In addition to her practice, Ferrone is director of Undergraduate Studies and Clinical Associate Professor of Industrial Design in the School of Design at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) where she seeks to inspire the next generation of dynamic thinkers and makers who—while taught to create the singular, highly resolved formal object—are guided to arrive at their design solutions through a process of deep research and critical thinking. Ferrone served as Director of Graduate Studies of Industrial Design at UIC from 2015–2022 and taught as Lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2010–2015.

Recognition

- Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago:
Creator of the Year, 2022
- Newcity Design Hall of Fame:
Interior Architecture & Design for Home, 2022
- German Design Award, 2022
- Women Made: Great Women Designers: Jane Hall, Phaidon, 2019
- 1stDibs: The Study: 10 Trailblazing Female Designers: Karine Monié, 2019
- The Art Institute of Chicago: Permanent Collection, 2019
- Newcity: Top 50 Designers​: 2019, 2016, 2014
- Architectural Digest: Cleverest Award, 2018
- NYNOW Accent on Design: Best Collection, 2014
- ICFF: American Society of Interior Designers: Best Furniture Collection, 2014
- The Art Institute of Chicago: Permanent Collection, 2009
- Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design: GOOD DESIGN Award, 2004

Exhibitions

- Chicago Architecture Center - Archetypes: A Designed Object Pop-up Shop, 2023
- Walker Art Center - Idea House 3, 2023
- Milan Design Week - STILL NOW. The Dinner, 2023
- Volume Gallery - Object Reflection, 2016
- CHGO DSGN: Recent Object and Graphic Design, Chicago Cultural Center 2014
- American Design: Contemporary American Landscape, 2014
- NeoCon: Relationship by Design, 2012
- Volume Gallery - Felicia Ferrone: On Space, 2010

Thoroughly international in scope, [Woman Made] is a compendium of disarming surprises."
- Wall Street Journal

Lectures / Panels

Jury Participation