→ DISTORTION STUDIO
is a multifunctional creative studio based in Bangkok - Thailand, founded in Italy by Davide Contran and Bianca Previato Schiesari, specializing in architecture, graphic design, and creative direction. The studio engages in architectural projects in Switzerland, Italy, China and Peru; develops an experimental project for digital spaces, and provides communication and creative direction to companies in the interior design sector.
With a dynamic identity, it also serves as a cultural hub and gathering center, hosting exhibitions and talks with guests from the art and architecture worlds. is a consultancy and creative studio, working in the field of architecture. is a bridge between concept, sketch, and construction.
Ph. Nicolò Parsenziani
→ DAVIDE CONTRAN
is an Italian-Peruvian architect living and working between Lima, Switzerland, Italy, China, and Thailand. He earned a Master of Science in Architecture from the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in 2016. After graduating, he joined Grafton Architects in Dublin, where he worked for six years as an architect and design consultant. During this time, he contributed to projects such as the Marshall Building for the London School of Economics, UTEC University in Lima, and an urban planning study for a university district at Dreispitz in Basel. He has also collaborated with architects such as Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell (Pritzker Prize 2020), Bijoy Jain, and B.V. Doshi (Pritzker Prize 2018).From 2020 to 2024, he was involved in academic teaching at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, working alongside architects like Dorte Mandrup (Denmark) and Xu Tiantian (China).He is currently teaching as a guest professor at INDA, the International Program in Design and Architecture at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
→ BIANCA PREVIATO SCHIESARI
is an Italian designer and art director working independently across Italy, with a strong network and professional roots in Milan. She holds a degree in Industrial and Multimedia Design from the IUAV University of Venice. For five years, she worked as a graphic designer at the architecture and graphic design firm of Piero Lissoni, graph.x, in Milan, where she collaborated on projects spanning branding, editorial communication, and exhibition design. Since 2020, she has been working as an independent professional, focusing on creative direction and the visual identity of cultural institutions, architecture studios, and design-driven companies. Her practice combines visual communication, graphic design, and strategic branding, often moving across disciplines and formats. She is currently developing visual research and curatorial projects between Europe and Asia, while continuing to collaborate with design brands, architects, curators, and publishers.
→ PAST AND PRESENT COLLABORATORS
Enrico Caldini
Giulio Dal Molin
Marco Giavazzi