Maria Sole works with the materials she finds and sees strength in scarcity. She transforms these into unique wearable design objects, naturally limited in numbers. SO-LE STUDIO releases two main collections per year featuring new designs while the most iconic ones are constantly reinterpreted with new shades and finishing. SO-LE STUDIO's signature style is statement jewelry pieces that play with illusion and contrast: they appear to be voluminous and heavy and made of precious metal, while the leather they're created from makes them unexpectedly light, practical and comfortable.
Maria Sole Ferragamo is an Italian designer, founder of the jewellery brand SO–LE STUDIO. Raised in Florence, she earned a degree in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano and a Master’s in Jewellery Design from Central Saint Martins in London. Her background combines architectural knowledge, leather craftsmanship, jewellery design, and visual arts, reflected in her sculptural pieces that play with form, lightness and illusion.
Her creations have been exhibited at the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan (2020) and at the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence (2019–2020). In 2021, she presented works at the Rossana Orlandi gallery during Milan Design Week and at her summer gallery in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. In the same year, she was awarded the Jewellery Prize of the “Premio Giovani Imprese – Believing in the Future,” under the aegis of the Fondazione Altagamma. In September 2022, she was the Guest Curator of Sotheby’s The Luxury Edit, a sale series spanning London, New York, Paris and Milan.
