What is the spirit of amunì ?
Amunì is nomadic. The studio has been everywhere from France to Uruguay to South Korea. We’re proud to say we have no fixed location because it allows us to absorb local surroundings and bring those fresh ideas into what we do. Reflecting Dom’s Sicilian roots, amunì is Sicilian for “let’s go”—with the dual meaning of let’s go to our next destination, a nod the studio’s nomadic nature, and let’s go get this project started, showing our desire to work with you.
When the studio is not moving, it has two small home bases in Colombia and Argentina, with a US-based address.
Who are we?
I wonder that myself sometimes. Amunì is currently made up of three individuals:
Dominic Montante
Principal Designer
Medellín, Colombia
Dom is a award-winning, Canadian-American industrial designer based in Medellín, Colombia who founded Amunì in 2020. He is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA), BFA Industrial Design 2017, with a minor in Graphic Design. Dom's experience spans multiple work environments including startups, corporate settings, consulting, and freelancing. His portfolio encompasses a wide range of products such as toys, furniture, medical devices, beauty products, and electronics. A key aspect of his work involves close collaboration with engineers and manufacturers, often taking on roles typically reserved for engineers, to bring his designs to life. Dom’s favorite part of the design process is the moment he can physically hold his finished product.
Eugenio Schiano
Senior Designer
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Eugenio is an Argentinian industrial designer, based in the heart of Buenos Aires, with a degree in Industrial Design from the Argentine University of Enterprise (UADE) . During his career he has had the opportunity to work both inside companies and factories gaining an overview of the needs of the parties involved. His portfolio contains electronics, furniture and home products, while his design process spans from ideation to product manufacturing. He is passionate about observing the objects around us to understand their origin, manufacture and context in relation to their aesthetic and functional aspect, always focused on improving them. What he finds most rewarding is materializing ideas, concepts and emotions through his work.
Ana Fiebiger
Architect
Medellín, Colombia
Ana is a Colombian architect based in Medellín, Colombia with a degree in Architecture from the University of Santo Tomás, with a specialization in BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology. She has worked on numerous projects between Colombian and Mexico in the residential, retail, and hospitality spaces: from apartment interior design to cafes to hotels. Ana prides herself in touching every aspect of archictecture, from the design and planning stage to being directly on the job site and working with engineers to supervise construction; whether it’s a simple bathroom remodel or the construction of an entire apartment complex.
We bring a multicultural lens.
Dom is the child of Italian and Lao parents, growing up eating pho and pasta; an unusual background to which he credits his adaptability across cultures. Born in the US, having lived in Canada, and traveling the world, Dom brings insights from various markets, customs, and ways of life back into his design practice.
Eugenio is Argentinian by birth with strong Italian ancestry and also eats a lot of pasta. Having lived in the US and traveled across South America, he brings a transcontinental vision to design.
Both Dom and Eugenio take pride in their shared Italian heritage, seeking to carry on the spirit of both their centuries-long family traditions of hand craftsmanship in the work they produce.
As a Colombian who has studied and worked between Colombia and Mexico, Ana brings a unique perspective to design and architecture in the Latinamerican sphere with a special focus on sustainability and bringing traditional elements into her designs.
Our process.
Despite a breadth of projects, our process is the same. There are five core tenets to our design methodology: research, ideation, feasibility, refinement, and production. Within that methodology, we focus heavily on two aspects: market viability and manufacturability. We want to help you create a product that consumers not only want, but that can be mass-manufactured and at a price the consumer is willing to pay. We want our projects to get made.
Imagining a new life for bricks washed up on the shores of Toronto, Canada.
Quick iterations showing the design process of a scooter used in a TV commercial.
Evaluating 3D-printed prototypes in Palermo, Sicily.