Sara Palumbo
SM5 is a design firm founded in 2004 by architect Carlo Martino and expanded over time to include four other partners-Stefano Roscini (interior and industrial design), Andrea Sale (graphic design), Sara Palumbo (graphic design), and Fulvio De Nitto (industrial design).
SM5 works in a variety of design fields-from product and exhibit design to graphic design and visual communication to copywriting, video, photography, and the Web.
The firm conceives of its business as “directing”-strategic design that helps client companies coordinate and simplify normally fragmented dynamics and processes to arrive at a consistent and valuable end result.
Major clients include: Alfa Marmi, Ad Hoc, Adiper, Bellettini, Belli Factory, Catalano, Damiani Marmi, Delbasso, I Conci, Inova, Invitalia, Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid, Gedy, Gsi, Metaform, Ministry of Business and Made in Italy, Monitillo Marmi, Pixel, Relax Design, Rubinacci Napoli, Smetwork, Unioncamere, Unopiù.
It has won numerous international awards: Design Plus, Adi Index Selection, If Design Award, Good Design, Red Dot Design Award, Cersaie Exhibit Design Award, Designpreis Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Innovation Preis Architektur Und Technik and the Best
Design Exhibit Award.
