Zaven is a Venice-based design studio founded in 2008 by Enrica Cavarzan and Marco Zavagno. The studio operates across product design, graphic design, interior design, and art direction, treating design as an open field of research.

Each project develops through an analytical process in which research shapes form, leading to clear and essential outcomes. From objects of everyday use to visual communication systems, Zaven’s work seeks a balance between conceptual rigor and formal clarity.

The studio collaborates with creatives from diverse fields and is actively involved in teaching. Its work has been exhibited in museums and exhibitions internationally.



Photo: Mattia Balsamini



Selected Awards

Compasso d’Oro 2024 
Archiproduct Design Award 2024
AD100 Italy 2023
Archiproduct Design Award 2022
Best of Year Design Award 2022
Archiproduct Design Award 2021
Red Dot Design Award 2021
Red Dot Design Award 2019
IF Design Award 2019
Wallpaper Design Award 2019
Good Design Award 2018
Archiproduct Design Award 2018
ICFF New York X Design Award 2018
Wallpaper Design Award 2018
Milano Design Award 2016



Selected Clients

Bitossi Ceramiche
Cc-Tapis
CEDIT
De Santillana Foundation
Galleria Luisa Delle Piane
Kvadrat
Knoll
La Biennale di Venezia
Mercedes
Mini/Bmw
Nike
Palazzo Grassi/Pinault Collection
Società delle Api
Tim
Tod’s
Triennale Milano
Valextra
Verso
Wittmann
Zanotta
Zucchetti Kos



Selected Exhibitions

On Display - Società delle Api, Venezia, IT
Massimo Carico - Neutro, Reggio Emilia, IT
No Flags - Verso, New York, US
Ask Me If I Believe In The Future - Museum Für Kunst Und Gewerbe, Hamburg, DE
U-Joints, Knots & Knits - Art & Design Biennale, Fiskars Village, FI
Past Forward - Museo Archeologico, Venezia, IT
U-Joints, Adhesives And Fusion - Winterthur Trade Museum, CH
Under/Over - Marta, Los Angeles, US
Knit! - Kvadrat, Copenhagen, DK
The Conversation Show - Design Museum, Holon, ISR
Turn Me On… Now! - Side Gallery, Barcelona, ES
From A To Zaven - IIC, Toronto, CA
Grado Zero (°O) - Barcelona, ES
Out Of The Box - Brno, CR
Practice Practice Practice - London, UK
Nike – The Nature Of Motion - Milan, IT
Sempering - XXI Triennale Di Milano, Milan, IT
Wood Wood Wood - La Triennale Di Milano, IT
Bio50 – 24Th Biennial of Design - Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SLO
The Future Is Handmade - Form/Design Center, Malmö, SWE
Perfume, Sir? - London, UK
The New Italian Design 2.0 - San Francisco, US
Methods - London, UK
Edition Of Nine - Milano, IT
Experimenta Design - Lisbon, PT
Multiplicity - London, UK
Translations - London, UK
Three Yet One - London, UK
Unbroken - Milan, IT
The New Italian Design - Milan, IT




Current collaborator

Marta Bastasin



Former collaborators

Chiara Roggerone, Matteo Stefanuto, Michele Mancini, Gaia Rainoldi, Emma Sigon, Emanuele Argentieri, Costanza Montalto, Elisa Altan, Giacomo Serpani, Michael Carion, Lucia Del Zotto, Gabriele Lucchitta, Valentina Pierpaoli, Matteo Bordignon, Andrea Pavan, Barbara Fabris, Camilla Canessa, Costanza d’Alpaos.



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30123 Venezia, Italy
+39 041 922007
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