Studio DeSimoneWayland are Marcello De Simone (Italian) and Bruce Wayland (American).
Since 2010 Marcello and Bruce operate as a design and ceramics studio based in Amsterdam, experimenting with the language of ceramic plates in combination with textiles.
The rich history and diverse forms of tableware serve as the foundational starting point of their extensive research, but it is the forms themselves—the various shapes and the combinations of these shapes in complex compositions—that constitute the core of their artistic practice.
These shapes are regarded as both a canvas and a sculptural element, and they are combined with textiles as a means to introduce additional texture and to enhance their inherent sculptural qualities.
Their acclaimed series, Altered Perspectives, represents a unique marriage between distinct ceramic pieces and paintings on canvas, resulting in a three-dimensional composition where the imagery is intentionally fragmented across the different forms.
For more than twelve years, Studio DeSimoneWayland have conducted an extensive research in mould making for slip-cast ceramics, introducing the texture of fabric and embroidery to a medium which is mostly used for smooth forms.
Throughout these years, this challenging process has pushed them to create pieces in colourful stoneware and fine porcelain to transform shapes into detailed sculptural works of art and functional ceramics.
This research has produced their series, From a Different Cloth and Soft Porcelain, highlighting their signature textile structure layered onto the ceramics, with some textiles showcasing exquisite monogram embroideries that add an extra layer of depth and aesthetic detail.
In Soft Porcelain textures from antique linens, including family monograms are combined with Mont Blanc porcelain.
The resulting effects create softly draped forms, revealing the liminal space between art and design, old and new, and evoking family history by way of the monograms.
In 2022 Studio DeSimoneWayland were included in the prestigious Homo Faber Guide of the best artist- makers, and in September 2024 they participated to the Homo Faber: The Journey of Life exhibition at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice.
In 2025 Studio DeSimoneWayland became partners of the Craft Council Nederland.
They participated in Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven from 18 to 26 October 2025 in an exhibition curated by the Craft Council with a piece that spells the word PEACE by way of embroidered capital letters on five platters created for the exhibition.
The use of capital letters and monogram embroidery to spell text in their work marks a new direction, and opens up many possibilities to create a dialog with the viewer through words.
In 2025 Studio DeSimoneWayland were accepted as members of the prestigious AIC International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva, Switzerland
