
Marco Capellini
Owner at Marco Capellini Studio and CEO MATREC srl
One of the first in Italy to work on Design for Sustainability and Circular Economy, he has been working as a freelancer since 1997 at the Marco Capellini | sustainable design & consulting studio and as a CEO of MATREC Sustainable Materials & Trends, a consultancy company on circular innovation of materials and products.
His expertise is mainly focused on sustainable and circular materials with a focus on furniture, fashion, objects, packaging and construction and services sectors.
In recent years, he has devoted projects for:
- creation of circular material identities for different industrials sectors,
- development of circularity measurement strategies for products and services,
- definition of road maps and circular product innovation strategies.
- evaluation of the circularity of materials in relation to the functionality of use.
It collaborates with companies, research centers and public institutions at national and international level to develop projects and strategies for environmental sustainability and the circular economy for materials, products and services.
Some of the main clients: 3M, Samsung, Indesit Company, Fiat Auto, Luxottica, Tetra Pak, Boffi-DePadova, Nivea, Renault, Enel, Enel-X, Cassina, Giorgio Armani, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, Lavazza, Sitland, Hera Luce, AcegasApsAmga, Alpi, Elica, Ministry of the Environment, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Ecopneus, Bureau Veritas.
He has been a professor at La Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Camerino.
He regularly participates as a speaker at national and international conferences.