Two minds, one studio.
WHO WE ARE
An industrial designer and an architect who saw the same thing missing
We met at one of the world’s leading playground companies and left to build something more honest, more creative, and more fun. Two decades of hands-on expertise, from rope physics to product safety, from first sketch to launch.

Samantha
- 2022Co-FounderBANANAZ STUDIO GmbHBerlin
- 2014 – 2022Head of Product Solution & Design ManagerKompan Design StudioBerlin
- 2013COROCORD DesignerKompan Inc.Tacoma, USA
- 2012COROCORD DesignerKompan Playscape Ltd.Brisbane, Australia
- 2009 – 2012COROCORD DesignerCorocord GmbHBerlin
- 2005 – 2009Design of Playing & Learning, Diploma MABurg Giebichenstein Hochschule für Kunst und DesignHalle
- 2002 – 2004Intermediate Diploma, Industrial DesignUniversity of ArtsBerlin
Martino
- 2022Co-FounderBANANAZ STUDIO GmbHBerlin
- 2021Co-Founder, Lianas Trellis projectTF Leicht Bauten Berlin GmbHBerlin
- 2020 – 2023Set designerGENERA FESTIVALCisternino, Italy
- 2020Founderunmetroquadro, micro art galleries around ApuliaCisternino
- 2016 – 2021Senior Designer and Playground ArchitectKompan Design StudioBerlin
- 2013 – 2015Architecture MAPolitecnico di TorinoTurin, Italy
- 2010 – 2013Bachelor’s Degree in ArchitecturePolitecnico di TorinoTurin, Italy
OUR NETWORK
We are never
alone.
Over the years we have designed, built and played alongside a big family of play experts: people with very different skills, from engineers and safety inspectors to artists, rope makers and educators. Every project gets the right hands around the table. Our network is our superpower.
Landscape architectsStructural engineersSafety inspectorsManufacturersRope and net makersCarpentersLandscape architectsStructural engineersSafety inspectorsManufacturersRope and net makersCarpenters
ArtistsIllustratorsEducatorsInclusion experts3D visualisersParametric designersArtistsIllustratorsEducatorsInclusion experts3D visualisersParametric designers


