THE GIULIA

To celebrate the unruly beauty of Creazione SUGO co-founder Giulia DiBonaventura’s curly hair, The GIULIA emerges as a sculptural object liberated from the obligations of function. It is not designed to serve, but to exist.

Entirely 3D-printed in recycled graphene-reinforced plastic, the structure unfolds as an elliptical constellation of elements that obey only gravity. Each piece must be placed intuitively, forming a composition governed by chance rather than order. The surface is finished with sand gathered from Lantau Island and hand-painted by Kevin Chu in soft gradients that recall the shifting blues of the Sicilian sea. The result is a tactile landscape—part sculpture, part memory—pointing toward a future of sustainable art-furniture.

More than a decade ago, when Kevin first met Giulia, he became fascinated by the geometry of her Mediterranean curls: chaotic, resistant to control, yet strangely harmonious. This observation became the unlikely starting point for a design that rejects the conventions of symmetry, practicality, and standardization. Over the years, as their lives evolved—from partnership to marriage, and eventually to the birth of their son Leonardo—the concept matured alongside advances in sustainable fabrication.

Finally realized in 2021 after a long gestation, The GIULIA stands as one of Creazione SUGO’s most intimate works. Its seemingly disordered structure embraces the poetry of imperfection, transforming “messiness” into architecture.

The piece carries traces of the family’s geography and time: sand from the island they once called home, colors of the sea where Leonardo was first conceived, and the tangled geometry of Giulia’s hair. Curating it requires patience and sensitivity, as if arranging fragments of memory.

In the end, The GIULIA is less an object than a quiet manifesto—an affirmation that beauty, sustainability, and personal narrative can coexist within the same form, a belief shared by Giulia and Kevin, and perhaps one day by Leonardo as well.