Sara Bologna is a designer, design consultant and researcher based in Milan.

Focusing on the anthropological and intangible aspects of material culture, she conceives artifacts as narrative mediums that can surface alternate sets of values, to steer systemic change. Her imagery is permeated with rituals, symbols, graffiti from the creases of pre-history, fragments of poems, and grimoires. All these inspirations are deconstructed and reconstructed based on iconographic, semantic and historical insight, and turned into objects through a narrative-driven approach.

In 2024, she is shortlisted by AD Spain for AD Creators Award among the best emerging talents of contemporary design. Her project Tenacissimae designed for the social enterprise Nuova Libbaneria Mediterranea (matera, PZ) is selected in the ADI Design Index 2024, in the Social Design category. Her work is published on international media outlets including Manera Magazine, AD, Exibart, Interni Magazine, Elle Decor, Archipanic and Living – Corriere.

She is specialized in the coordination, communication, and curation of design events, thanks to her yearly experience working within Milan Design Week, and consulting for companies and NGOs in the fields of crafts and contemporary design. She collaborates with Politecnico di Milano and other universities, her research interests being mainly related to design-driven innovation of traditional crafts.