After graduating in furniture design in 2010, Allegra collaborated with Tsé & Tsé Associées and Constance Guisset, before developing her own practice as a freelance designer. Her early work was presented by VIA and Nelly Rodi, affirming her position within the contemporary design scene.
Now based in Barcelona, Lisa Allegra has launched her own studio dedicated to ceramic lighting and furniture. Her practice is rooted in drawing as much as in material exploration, allowing her to imagine a wide range of objects — from lamps and tables to architectural elements.
Her creations are conceived as collections, or families of objects that explore balance and tension: pillars rising from the ground, cushions seemingly suspended in mid-air, domes resting on slender legs. Elements touch, lean and support one another, revealing what Allegra describes as “the presence of absence” — the expressive role of emptiness, counter-forms and negative space.
Inspired by artists such as John Pawson, Donald Judd and Rachel Whiteread, Allegra pursues an essential and restrained aesthetic, where minimalism is softened by warmth, tactility and material depth.
Clay remains her material of choice for its intrinsic ability to be shaped by hand into forms both intimate and monumental. Earthy materials, rounded volumes and subtle contrasts are often combined with textiles and wood, while techniques such as weaving, upholstery and carpentry are integrated into her process.
Committed to a sustainable and intentional production model, Lisa Allegra produces small collections of durable objects, each handcrafted by the designer in her Barcelona studio. While conceived as part of a series, every piece remains unique, shaped by the gestures of the hand and the living nature of the material.
