MANU designs and creates the highest quality custom color leather bags and accessories

The Architect of Manù

EMANUELA FRATTINI MAGNUSSON is the founder and principal of EFM Design, an international award winning multi-disciplinary practice that spans architecture, interiors, product design, brand development, and graphics. Notable architectural projects include the Aqua townhouse development project in Miami, retail concepts for Russell Athletic, offices and showrooms for Knoll International, various art galleries and studios, a Times Square Hotel and restaurant, as well as number of residential projects in the United States and Europe, including the renovation of a Frank Lloyd Wright House in Rye, New York.

Emanuela is also the founder and principal designer of Articolo, a collection of European produced furniture, and of course, founder and CEO of Manù. She has also worked as the creative director of Spinneybeck leather. Emanuela is a Board Member and Treasurer of Operation Design, a not-for-profit that promotes design education in public schools.

Throughout her career, she has created award- winning, top-selling products for leading manufacturers, including her PropellerTM Tables for Knoll, and a collection of accessories sold exclusively through the Museum of Modern Art. Emanuela has also served as a visiting faculty member at Parsons School of Design and at Yale University School of Architecture. Her architectural and design work has been widely published in the United States and Europe. Trained in architecture at the Milan Politecnico, she also holds an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business. She is also LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited.