Draga & Aurel

Founded in 2007 in the town of Como, Italy, Draga & Aurel is a multi-disciplinary design studio that works along the spectrum of furniture, textile and interior design. Draga Obradovic and began her career in the fashion industry, first working in London and Milan as a textile designer before eventually settling in Como. Aurel K. Basedow graduated from Milans Accademia di Belle Arti with a degree in Fine Arts, having previously trained as a carpenter and woodworker. Thanks to their sympathetic methods, combined with an artists approach to material and composition Draga & Aurel are widely recognized for their clever reinvention of bespoke vintage design pieces. Their showing at 2009s Salone del Mobile introduced the duo to the world stage; it followed the partnerships with Italian design brand Baxter, wallpaper brand Wall&Deco and major American fashion retailer Anthropologie that have pushed the pairs domain beyond the reinvention of singular vintage pieces. While interior pr...