Industrial design & research
London, UK

Designing Materials

Studio Verderosa works the seam between the grown and the engineered; From living materials and earthen structures to the machines that make them at scale

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Mycelium

Mycelium

Bio-grown insulation and panel system, developed to industrial pilot scale over four years at Biohm.

Materials Experiments
En

En

Small earthen shelters for one to three people, 3D-printed from lime and waste construction soil.

Spaces Materials
Biocomposite Materials

Biocomposite Materials

Bio-based composite panels from agricultural by-products, scaled to 6m² per day production.

Materials Systems
Gcode Exploration

Gcode Exploration

Custom G-code toolpaths unlocking geometries and surface logic beyond standard slicing software.

Experiments Systems
Nido

Nido

Disused river barges rewilded into floating islands — habitat, water-quality monitoring, and testbeds for river technology.

Spaces Systems
Vuoto

Vuoto

Folding furniture for Victorian conversions — a desk and a dining table that disappear when not in use.

Products Spaces
Biocomposite Materials Ceramics En Gcode Exploration Illustrations Lighting Mycelium Nido Perch Spaces Vuoto Biocomposite Materials Ceramics En Gcode Exploration Illustrations Lighting Mycelium Nido Perch Spaces Vuoto
About London, UK
Francesco Verderosa

Studio Verderosa is the practice of Francesco Verderosa, an industrial designer exploring materials and the machines that make them.

Rooted in years of commercial product development, bringing over 100 products from concept to manufacturing, my personal practice seeks ways of making a more interesting world.

The work begins in material research: sustainable, local pathways that reuse the waste of nearby industry, draw on regional crafts and skills, and stay rooted in the culture of a place.

My goal is bridging the gap between the handmade and the industrial. Not everything needs to be made at scale, but craft, left as it is, rarely reaches its full potential for impact, education, work, and community.

Finding the voice of a material, understanding its processes and strengths, and leveraging modern technologies to maximise its potential within its regional context creates projects that are part of a greater whole, and speak more than just beauty or high throughput.

Some of it resolves into autonomous pieces; some into systems for industry. It's one enquiry: how matter behaves, why it should be made, and how to make more of it without losing what made it worth making.