Ambra Medda

Ambra Medda (born 1982) is a London based design consultant who is the co-founder and director of Design Miami. She also co-founded the design website L’ArcoBaleno and headed a department at Christie's auction house.

Career In 2005, Medda co-founded Design Miami with real estate developer Craig Robins and was the fair's director until 2010. The annual event began as a salon for Italian design. A sister show, Design Miami Basel, was launched in Switzerland.

In 2013, Medda co-founded an e-commerce design website named L’ArcoBaleno. The site included collaborations with David Adjaye, Tom Dixon and Reed Krakoff. In 2015, she became Global Creative Director of the "20/21 Design" department at Christie's. Medda is also involved with the Design Museum in London as a committee and trustee member.

Medda's other projects include curating an exhibit for Madrid artist, José María Cano in 2004 and writing the book "Destination: Limited-Edition Design" in 2008. She collaborated with Fendi in 2009 for the project Craft Punk and helped design a collection of handbags for Roger Vivier in 2014. In 2018, she organized visits to the Villa Borsani for the Milan Furniture Fair in Italy.

Medda has been described as being an "icon of the style" by Madame Figaro. Her design aesthetic has been interpreted by Alix Browne as "creating tension with unexpected combinations by mixing old and new". She studied Chinese Language and Culture and Asian Art at University of London, She currently lives in London with Edward Barber and their two daughters.