Ambra Medda

Ambra Medda (born 1982) is a London based design consultant who is the co-founder and director of Design Miami. She also co-founded the design website L’ArcoBaleno and headed a department at Christie's auction house. Career In 2005, Medda co-founded Design Miami with real estate developer Craig Robins and was the fair's director until 2010. The annual event began as a salon for Italian design. A sister show, Design Miami Basel, was launched in Switzerland. As director, Medda created partnerships with notable galleries, collectors and companies. After stepping down, she continued to sit on committees as a creative consultant for the fair. In 2013, Medda co-founded an e-commerce design website named L’ArcoBaleno. The site included collaborations with David Adjaye, Tom Dixon and Reed Krakoff. In 2015, she became Global Creative Director of the "20/21 Design" department at Christie's. Her department focused on auctioning design objects from the 20th and 21st century. In 2016, she founded Ambra Medda Office (AMO), a design consultancy firm where she advises clients like Airbnb and Louis Vuitton. Medda is also involved with the Design Museum in London as a trustee and committee member. Medda's other projects include curating an exhibit for Madrid artist José María Cano in 2004 and authoring the book "Destination: Limited-Edition Design" in 2008. She collaborated with Fendi in 2009 for the project Craft Punk and helped design a collection of handbags for the Roger Vivier in 2014. In 2018, she organized visits to the Villa Borsani for the Milan Furniture Fair in Italy.