Designer and brand strategist, Emilia Burchiellaro has forged strong identities for companies such as Rocky Mountain Hardware, Design Within Reach, and California Closets. Educated at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, she began her career as a motion picture set designer, working alongside Francis Ford Coppola, John Frankenheimer and Roberto Benigni, which explains her love of a great story: brands included.