Ulap design

"Hi, we are Ulap: we think design!".
Ulap is an eco-friendly design company based in Trentino (Italy).
It's a real ecosystem, a family company that was born in 2017 to respond to a major goal: to raise awareness and promote Slow Culture on many levels and areas of life. Ulap design products are conceived following a creation path that investigates the relationship between human beings and nature.

ULAP IS A RESPONSIBLE DESIGN BRAND.
We produce effective design objects, for aesthetics and functionality, and immersive, for the ethics that has accompanied them since birth and the resulting purchasing experience.

The watchwords in Ulap are:
- Sustainability
- Exclusivity
- Human-centered / on a human scale

WHO WE ARE.
Cris Tumedei and Andrea Pregl. Entrepreneurs and co-founders of Ulap, together in work and in private life. We have joined our forces and skills to create an ethical and sustainable company project to promote the slow philosophy.
The purpose of all this? Doing what is in our power to leave to others, and to our daughters (The Three Storm Sisters), a better world. And, one step at a time, we continue to go beyond the curve.

- Andrea is the creative mind behind all Ulap design products. He is the creative director and designer of the company.
- Cris is the strategic mind behind every step of Ulap. She is the brand strategist and marketing manager, but not only.

WHAT AND HOW WE DO IT.
We are passionate designers and craftsmen: we take care of each of our products, from design to creation.

At Ulap we think, design and create design objects and furnishing accessories for:
- internal
- external
- lighting
- textile
- children/childhood

Our working method is based on the values ​​of Ulap: Eco-Friendly, Made in Italy, Slow Design. This is why we like to define each of our design objects as a product of exploration: of ideas, shapes and uses.

Each new object faces a precise journey, a path that takes it from being a fleeting inspiration to transforming itself into a design product.

OUR PHILOSOPHY
We have chosen to be responsible.

We follow 3 key values, which guide us every day in our business: Eco-Friendly, Made in Italy, Slow Design.

ECO-FRIENDLY
We love and respect nature, protecting the environment throughout the process of creating our products. From raw materials to ethical consumption. We always choose natural and recyclable materials.

> Here are our Sustainable Practices

1/ Design
Slow, careful and projected towards the future of the product.
Thanks to an innovative system developed by us, we are able to simulate the finished product exactly and test it even before its creation. Thus, we move on to prototyping only when the design object is ready to come to life.

2/ Materials
Always and only with low environmental impact.
We choose easily recyclable and certified raw materials to ensure full respect for the environment.

3/ Simplicity
We design objects that are easy to disassemble.
This makes it easier to dispose of and recycle them properly.

4/ Suppliers
Local and neighbours.
We rely on carefully selected suppliers. With them we create a partnership made possible by sharing values and a growth project to be carried out together.

MADE IN ITALY
Producing Made in Italy, for us, means creating beauty and quality in everyday life. We are proud designers of our region, rich in ancient knowledge that has been given to us. And that we spread with our creations.

> Here are our Made in Italy Practices: our quality assurance

1/ In the heart of the pre-Alps
All our products are conceived, designed and produced in Italy from our splendid Valle di Ledro. A cradle immersed in nature and made up of forests, mountains and the waters of our clear lake.

2/ We promote the art of know-how
We respect and value craftsmanship. Each of our products is assembled by hand, one piece at a time, allowing us to carry out careful quality control on every single design object.

3/ Objects that tell stories
Artisan art meets contemporary design to tell an all-Italian story: thatof knowing how to make beautiful (and good) things.

SLOW DESIGN
We have embraced the slow philosophy, both in private life and in work. Our aim is to give added value to products, based on ethical principles that translate into conscious consumer experiences.

All our products are made following the 6 principles of slow design: unveil, expand, reflect, engage, participate, evolve.

> Dialogue with the customer is essential for us.
Ulap branded products, as they follow the principles of slow design, are designed and conceived for an active customer experience.

We always provide advice on the correct disposal of products. In addition to reuse ideas and advice for the correct (natural) maintenance of Ulap design objects, we have a customer assistance service available to provide suggestions for all product life stages: from installation to disposal.

Finally, in the instructions, we always illustrate how to correctly manage the end-of-life phase of an object (suggesting that we respect the principle of circularity of nature, therefore preferring the reuse of components, recycling or disposal only as a last resort).

Furthermore, we have decided to treat each of our customers in the proper way. When an item not available in stock (and close to entering the production cycle) is ordered, the customer begins to receive periodic updates on the life of his product. From the photo of the raw wood, through images or mini-videos of the various production steps, up to the packaging.

In this way customers enter the company, understand (and help us to spread) the slow culture since we involve them in every step (not just during the mere act of purchasing).