HÒSTRAKA

Luxurious on-water guest experience with collection of microplastics

Concept

Humans are behaving like parasites, damaging the initial balance of the natural ecosystem.
It’s time to be part of the change: Hòstraka aims to protect the marine ecosystem while demonstrating how a sustainable vision can coexist with an amazing navigation experience. Our inspiration came from the ocean, with the cleaning activity of oysters that are able to create pearls from something bad for them: we want people to learn from what nature has already proved, offering the cleaning and the pearl experience. The greatest pleasure will be for the guest, who will enjoy the sea like never before: respecting it.

The Team

Giulia Ettori
Giulia Ettori

Politecnico di Milano

Davide Grasso
Davide Grasso

Politecnico di Milano

Rosanna Caldarella
Rosanna Caldarella

Politecnico di Milano

Elisa Schembri
Elisa Schembri

Politecnico di Milano

Giulia Ettori
Giulia Ettori

Politecnico di Milano

About Giulia EttoriLinkedin-in

I was born in Milan, renowned as the city of design. From a young age, I exhibited a profound interest in the realms of art and nature. My educational journey commenced during high school at the Liceo Artistico Statale “di Brera”, where I encountered the field of interior design. This discovery subsequently sparked the notion of enrolling in the Interior Design program at the Politecnico di Milano. This invaluable opportunity facilitated the augmentation of my artistic acumen and fortified my resolve to see through every initiated project. Notably, I swiftly engaged in university life and collaborative endeavors.

Through my university experience, I was afforded the chance to undertake extracurricular projects, thus expanding the horizons of my knowledge. My remarkably imaginative disposition has enabled the realization of projects that transcend conventional boundaries, and fueled by an insatiable curiosity, I remain in a perpetual quest for fresh inspirations.

Giulia Ettori
Davide Grasso
Davide Grasso

Politecnico di Milano

About Davide GrassoLinkedin-in

Davide. 22 years old. Always been fascinated by every type of projects, I’m now moving my activities and interests between graphics, photography, architecture and interior design. Graduated in graphic and communication design by the age of 19, I decided to study interiors at Politecnico di Milano to discover a different field of design and to improve my approach to this wide discipline.

My attitude to design has always given me very memorable results during my activities, shaping

my path to the future. But I know that without my hard working mindset I’ll never reach my many

goals for life. I feel very confident about what I can do, with my designing skills giving all my projects a personal visual style. It’s like I belong to design and design belongs to me.

Now spending my life in a continuos rush between university, projects, working, teaching and fitness, I’m very focused on self-improvement but also on helping people around me doing the same: that’s why I always try to learn with curiosity. I do believe that designers in their activity can change the world and the support of a great team is the key to actually do it.

Davide Grasso
Rosanna Caldarella
Rosanna Caldarella

Politecnico di Milano

About Rosanna CaldarellaLinkedin-in

Passionate about the world of design since childhood. After the scientific high school diploma, at the age of 18 I decided to leave my homeland and move to study interior design at the Politecnico di Milano. Here I discovered a new approach to the wonderful world of design that I had never really explored before, and which has been my greatest passion ever since.

Today I’m in the last year of my bachelor’s degree, and every day I carry on my duties with enthusiasm and with a strong belief that the role of designer can not only improve people’s lives, but also that of the planet, changing the world for the better. I believe that design is a very powerful tool capable of shaping the values that will determine our future; To that end, I work every day keeping in mind that our surroundings have a lot of power over our moods and emotions, and therefore, harnessing that power can be a truly life-changing experience. Always looking for new challenge and enriching experiences, I’m curious to find out what the future holds for me.

Rosanna Caldarella
Elisa Schembri
Elisa Schembri

Politecnico di Milano

About Elisa SchembriLinkedin-in

Born and raised in Italy in a big city near Milan, I’ve studied scenography during the high school learning how to manage big and complex project and cooperate in groups, facing all the difficulties as a leader. I’m always been a curious girl who wants to change the point of view from which to observe across the world, one brick at a time. This vision plus the innate sense of connections with young people thanks to volunteering with teenagers in Church, bring me to study interior design at university at Politecnico di Milano, with a special focus on public and temporary places, where in my opinion the center of social life takes place.

Thanks to the passion for this work, I graduated in July 2023 and i’m persuasive to continue the studies in this direction, to improve my hard skill, maybe while I’ll working in an interior study to open my mind on real life project.

Elisa Schembri

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