About Us
Studio Italia is proud to exclusively represent leading Italian furniture design brands. Italy is celebrated as a country that produces leaders in style, innovators in design and exceptional standards of production. Our passion is to deliver the design and expert craftsmanship of Italy to discerning New Zealanders. The Studio Italia showroom offers an elegant, boutique shopping experience, making the best in quality Italian designer furniture, wardrobes and kitchens available in New Zealand. Here, you’ll discover a wide selection of styles for indoors and out – matched by impeccable service and knowledgeable advice.
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director
Joanna Hoeft
DIRECTOR
Emma Harron
With her warm, approachable sales style, Emma is a natural fit to meet our clients in our showroom. With a lifelong interest in fashion and art, it wasn’t until working in a furniture shop 20 years ago that she found her calling in interiors and design. Before joining Studio Italia in 2012, Emma was with Ralph Lauren home in London for seven years – giving her the opportunity to work with some of the City’s most affluent and discerning clientele. A more recent memorable project was supplying the Grace dining chairs to the best seat in Auckland – at Sky Tower’s Sugar Club. Emma loves meeting people and guiding them through the process of furnishing their home in a way that’s enjoyable and inspiring, so they walk away happy and excited.
Kady Ward
Kady helps us develop our custom-designed kitchen and wardrobe concepts. With a Bachelor of Industrial Design, she has over 10 years’ experience working in the industry and revels in the chance to be involved with some of New Zealand’s most prestigious renovations and new builds. Kady seeks inspiration in our surrounding landscapes, architecture and fine craftsmanship. She loves working with our dedicated artisan brands who believe in timeless and inspirational design. Off duty Kady enjoys the outdoors of both summer and winter, spent with her husband and twin boys
Matthias O’Malley
Matthias has been in the residential design industry for many years, firstly studying and graduating with a Bachelor Of Design in Spatial Design. He has worked for many years with a vast array of Italian furniture companies and as an Interior Designer. Matthias has an excellent knowledge of furniture design and is particularly familiar with Italian manufactured furniture. He brings his knowledge to Studio Italia where he joins the residential furniture team, specialising in designing the Poliform wardrobe and wall systems.
Marketa Ramage
Marketa’s day starts with a beautiful ferry ride to work and then straight into working on exciting kitchen and wardrobe design projects. Globetrotter Marketa studied in Prague, before a move to Ottawa introduced her to European furniture and interiors. As well as gaining invaluable training and experience, she completed exceptional projects for locally-based diplomats. Moving to New Zealand with her husband, she discovered her true design passion.
Kate Fisher
Kate joined the Studio Italia team over three years ago as Operations and Logistics Manager, with the opportunity to deal with Italy and Spain being too good to pass up. Her role encompasses the operational functions of our business and international logistics - from financial oversight to biosecurity matters to health and safety. Kate stays up to date on the latest design news on our brands and designers, as well as architecture and interiors. The move to this role was a natural transition, combining her skills and experience from previous industries, with a love of European languages and design. On Kate’s bookshelf, you’ll likely find Italian furniture catalogs and design books rubbing spines with biosecurity regulations for the Ministry for Primary Industries.
Constanza MuñozLobos
Constanza hails from South America and we are pleased to have her as part of our design team. She has a degree in Interior Design from Santiago University in Chile. She has also completed a design course at the prestigious Bauhaus Design School in Germany.
Constanza specialises in kitchen and wardrobe design and has four years of design experience in New Zealand. Constanza finds her inspiration in the beauty and elegance of the timeless Italian design, which inspired her to join our team.
Montri Jaimeetham
Montri joined Studio Italia in 2012 – he works closely with the kitchen and wardrobe designers and is responsible for all the CAD drawings and renderings that are produced. Montri graduated from Unitec with a degree in Interior Architecture and is extremely passionate about design in both the residential and commercial fields. Outside of work Montri loves watching and playing sport and enjoys cooking.
Job Opportunities
We are always looking for great people to join our team. Please feel free to drop us a line with your CV.
Email us your details at: [email protected]