In 2009 she founded Sara Ferrari Design in London, where she spent the first four years of her career getting her work recognized worldwide, winning design competitions, and designing successful products. In 2010, her project "Stone-Leaf" received a special mention from the international “Zanotta_Cristalplant Design contest". After her return to Italy in 2011, she was awarded with a special mentio
n from the YOUNG&DESIGN award for her project BACO, a sofa designed for the Milan-based company D3co. In October 2013, she started a research project on the subject "design and emotions" at Delft University of Technology, trying to find a way to create a link between academic research and design companies, where she also ran different courses including one in collaboration with the Italian brand Alessi. While in the Netherlands, Sara kept working for Italian companies such as Olimpia Splendid, a leader in air conditioning, heating and air treatment products, for which she designed "MIA", a pellet stove awarded with the GOOD DESIGN AWARD from the Chicago Athenaeum in 2014 and the RED DOT Design Award in 2015. Her work has been displayed and sold in various institutions including the Triennale Museum in Milan, The Others fair in Turin, The Somerset House and the ICA in London and The Peel Gallery in Texas.
