Ramón Benedito
Born in Buenos Aires of Italian descent, he currently lives in Barcelona, Spain. The focus of his career was initially placed on sculpture but he later became involved in the world of industrial design, allowing him to reach a broader public. His furniture and object designs are not mere exercises in arbitrary form, they are based on an original concept.

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Oscar Tusquets Blanca
Born in Barcelona in 1941, Oscar Tusquets Blanca graduated as an architect in 1965 from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Barcelona.He is a founding member of Bd Ediciones de Diseño and launched his career as a furniture and object designer with this group. Some of his pieces form part of the collections of important museums such as the MOMA in New York or the George Pompidou centre in Paris. Among other awards he has received the Premio Nacional de Diseño, the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, the insignia of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and the Creu de Sant Jordi. In addition he has twice won the Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, and several FAD de Arquitectura and Delta de Diseño.

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Achille-Castiglioni
He was born in Milan in 1918 and graduated with a degree in architecture in 1944. As early as 1940 he dedicated himself to testing industrial production with brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968).After graduating, he began research into shapes, techniques and new materials, aimed at developing an integral design process. MoMA in New York features 14 of his works.Other works can be found at:Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Kunstgewerbe Museum (Zurich), Staatliches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst (Munich), Museo del Design (Prato), Uneleckoprumyslove Prague Museum, Israel Museum (Jerusalem), The Denver Art Museum, Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein), Angewandte Kunst Museum (Hamburg and Cologne).

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Antonio Citterio
Antonio Citterio was born in Meda, Italy in 1950, opened his own design studio in 1972, and received a degree in architecture from Milan’s Polytechnic University in 1975. From 1987 to 1996 he worked with Terry Dwan and together they designed offices in Europe and Japan. In 1999 “Antonio Citterio and Partners” was founded as a multidisciplinary design studio for architecture, industrial design and graphics; founding partners were Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel.

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Danilo De Rossi
In 1979, Danilo De Rossi obtains his degree in architecture at the University of Venice . During the academic year 1985/86 he obtains a specialization in lighting engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Milan. In 1983 he takes up the independent profession in Venice , where he lives and works, developing experience in design and furnishings, lighting and furnishing accessories, exhibiting at different design selections. During the same year, he begins his long co-operation with Leucos, dealing with design management and product industrialization and becomes Art Director in 1996. Awards and Achievements include: “Best of Category Award” for the lamp Claire at the Lightfair International 2003 in New York; and Good Design Award for the lamps Glo and Flexa at The Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture & Design.

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Rodolfo Dordoni
Architect and designer Rodolfo Dordoni was born in 1954 in Milan, where he graduated in Architecture in 1979. After being responsible for the art direction of Artemide (glass collection), Cappellini (from 1979 to 1989), Fontana Arte (furniture collection), Foscarini (lamps), and Minotti (since 1998), he designs today for various companies, including: Arper, Artemide, Casamilano, Dornbracht, Driade, Ernestomeda, Fiam, Flos, Flou, Fontana Arte, Foscarini, Jab, MatteoGrassi, Minotti, Molteni, Moroso, Nobili Rubinetterie, Olivari, Pamar, Pierantonio Bonacina, Roda, RB Rossana, Sambonet, Serralunga, The Rug Company, Venini.

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Diego Fortunato
Born in Buenos Aires of Italian descent, he currently lives in Barcelona, Spain. The focus of his career was initially placed on sculpture but he later became involved in the world of industrial design, allowing him to reach a broader public. His furniture and object designs are not mere exercises in arbitrary form, they are based on an original concept.

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Ferruccio Laviani
An architect and designer, he works in the fields of furnishing and furnishing accessories, industrial communication, exhibition, event and show room installation. His contemporary style is hallmarked by a particular sign or color.

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Jasper Morrison
Jasper Morrison was born in London in 1959, and graduated in Design at Kingston Polytechnic Design School and the Royal College of Art in London, with a year at Berlin’s HdK. In 1986 he set up an Office for Design in London.After spending a year at Berlin's Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HdK), Morrison returned to London to open a design studio in 1986. Since then, his firm has built a vast and varied portfolio of work, creating products for such companies as SCP, FSB, Neotu, Rowenta, Olivetti, Alessi, Flos, Vitra International and Cappellini.

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Ludovica + Roberto Palomba
Ludovica & Roberto Palomba, architects and designers, founded Palomba Serafini Associati in 1994. Palomba Serafini Associati deals primarily with architecture, industrial design, exhibit design, art direction, communications and marketing consulting. They develop art direction and design management projects for several companies. Palomba Serafini Associati headquarter is based in Milano.

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Marco Piva
Marco Piva, graduated at the Polytechnic of Milan and founded the Studiodada Associates, one of the best known design studios of the Radical period. Since 1976 Marco Piva has been working in Italy as well as abroad on architecture, interior and industrial design projects. Since 1999 he has been coordinating Master Degrees at the Polytechnic of Milan, at the Design Polytechnic School (Scuola Politecnica di Design) – where he is coordinator of the Architecture and Interior Design Area – and at the European Institute of Design in Milan.

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Patricia Urquiola + Eliana Gerotto
Born in Orviedo ( Spain ), Patricia Urquiola lives and works in Milano. She studied in Madrid and she graduated at Politecnico di Milano in 1989 with Achille Castiglioni as a tutor. From 1990 to 2000 she collaborated with De Padova and Lissoni Associati. In 2001 she started her own design studio. She now works for Alessi, B&B, Bart, Bosa, De Vecchi, Fasem, Foscarini, MDF, Molteni, Moroso, San Lorenzo and for Knoll, Sag 80, Somma, R. Torreta.

Eliana Gerotto was born in Venice . She started her career in Milan as a graphic designer. She got her degree in Communication Techniques at Fondazione Davide Campari in Milan . She worked in various fields: graphics for "Elle" magazine in Paris and for the Venice Biennale. She collaborates with: Benetton, Foscarini, Molteni&C, ArchLinea, Vernini. As an interior decorator she designed houses, offices, restaurants, gyms, hotels and shops.

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R.Toso, N.Massari & Associati
Renato Toso was born in Murano (VE) in 1940; Noti Massari was born in Venice in 1939; Anna Toso was born in Venice in 1980; Marco Toso was born in Cortina d’Ampezzo (BL) in 1970; Pio Toso was born in Venice in 1973; Tito Toso was born in Venice in 1971. In 1996 they founded their associated architectural and design studio and work both on public projects as well as with some of the most qualified companies (Artemide, Estel, Leucos, Stilwood, Rossi di Albizzate, Frighetto, Fly Line, North Sailes, Henry Lloyd, Venini, Cattelan Italia, Ali, Alpi, Formica). They develop stands, exhibitions, stores and offices for different companies, taking care of their image and graphics.

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Roberto Pamio
Roberto Pamio, having graduated in architecture at the University of Venice, works at an international level within the areas of architectural planning and design. His experiences in Mexico in the 1980s and successively in New York, Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam and Japan have stimulated his creative sensitivity. In all of his architecture, natural elements such as light, air and water are emphasized, turning space into something fluid and changeable. Moving around within his creations, one never has the impression of facing foreseeable choices. The house loses its traditional function and becomes a “liberated” house. Roberto Pamio also co-operates with important companies dealing with lighting, furniture and accessories, attributing a unique meaning to objects, which is determined by the fusion of proportion, lightness, technology and aesthetics.

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Atelier Oi
The tr(oi)ka was founded by Aurel Aebi, Armand Louis and Patrick Reymond in La Neuveville, Switzerland , in 1991 under the label Atelier Oï. The main elements that characterise the atelier’s philosophy and work consist of its multidisciplinary nature. Orders come from the fields of architecture, design and scenography, and, most frequently, from between these different disciplines. Projects include developments for Wogg, Ribag, Roethlisberger, Swatch, B&B italia, and Desalto, among other clients. Invited to various design schools in Switzerland and abroad, they hold a teaching position in the design department of Ecal ( University of Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland).

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Jorge Pensi
The designer Jorge Pensi is a leading exponent of Spanish design. Pensi's elegant designs can be described as expressive Minimalist, notable for the balance he has so convincingly achieved between form and function. Born in Buenos Aires in 1949, Jorge Pensi also studied architecture there. In 1975 Jorge Pensi moved to Barcelona and became a Spanish citizen in 1977. Among the best known Jorge Pensi designs is the 1988 "Toledo", his take on the ubiquitous Spanish street café chair. In 1989 Jorge Pensi designed "Orfilia" (for Thonet), a chair with a cast aluminium frame and a seat and back of lacquered laminated wood. Jorge Pensi's designs for the Spanish firm B.Lux include the "Regina" and "Bluebird" lamps. Jorge Pensi's designs have been made by a great many big international names in design, including Arruti, B.Lux, Cassina, Disform, Driade, IBM, Knoll International, Kusch+Co, SIDI, and Thonet.

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Karim Rashid
Karim Rashid is a leading figure in the fields of product, interior, fashion, furniture, lighting design and art. Born in Cairo, half Egyptian, half English, and raised in Canada, Karim now practices in New York. He is best known for bringing his democratic design sensibility to the masses. Designing for an impressive array of clients from Alessi to Dirt Devil, Umbra to Prada, Miyake to Method, Karim is radically changing the aesthetics of product design and the very nature of the consumer culture. He has had some 2500 objects put into production to date.

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Thomas Sandell
Thomas Sandell is born in Finland in 1959 and studies architecture in Stockholm. From 1985 he works for Professor Jan Henriksson’s architecture studio, developing different projects, including the National Bank building in Örebro, an assembly hall for Volvo and the Royal Library in Sweden. He has worked as a designer for Artemide, Asplund, Offecct, Tronconi, FSB, and Leucos. He has received many awards, such as the Excellent Swedish Design for "Wedding stool" in 1990, for the bench ”Air” in 1993 and for the chair ”Akvarium” in 1997.

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Gino Sarfatti
Gino Sarfatti was born in Venice in 1912 and studied aeronaval engineering at the University of Genoa. During his thirty years of activity, Gino Sarfatti designed and produced over 400 luminaires and carried out non-stop research into innovation as regards typology, materials, production technologies, light sources, technical lighting effects and design aspects.

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Tobia Scarpa
Having obtained his degree in architecture in 1969, Tobia Scarpa is immediately awarded the “Compasso d’Oro” for the armchair “Soriana”. As a designer he is awarded among others the “IF Industrie Forum Design Hannover” in 1992. Several of his objects are exhibited in the most important museums of the world. For the Benetton group he realizes the industrial complex in Castrette di Villorba, and important restorations among which the Palazzo Bomben and the Palazzo Caotorta. Other restorations are the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice and the Palazzo del Mercato Vecchio in Verona. In 2004 the Italian Istitute for Culture has dedicated him a personal exhibition in Chicago and in 2005 in Los Angeles. The exhibition will be moved to Washington at the end of 2006.

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Ilkka Suppanen
Ilkka Suppanen is born in 1968 in the town of Kotka in the Southeast of Finland and studies architecture at the Technical University of Helsinki and interior and furniture design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. In 1997 he founds the Snowcrash design cooperative together with his three colleagues. Snowcrash is one of the most significant Finnish design groups today. Suppanen's interest in production techniques and new materials and usages can be seen in his works. His expression is light, forward-looking, yet classically Scandinavian. He is one the best-known contemporary Finnish designers. Suppanen's work has been exhibited worldwide.

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Matteo Thun
A man in between. Matteo Thun was born in Bolzano, Italy, in 1952, studied at the Salzburg Academy under Oskar Kokoschka, took his degree in architecture in Florence in 1975 with Adolfo Natalini and moved to Milan in 1978, where he met and started working with Ettore Sottsass. Matteo Thun has won the ADI Compasso d Oro Award for design excellence three times. His Side Hotel in Hamburg was chosen as Hotel of the Year in 2001, the Vigilius mountain resort won the Wallpaper Design Award in 2004 and the Radisson SAS Frankfurt was chosen as the best hotel opened in the year in the Worldwide Hospitality Awards in 2005.

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Manuel Vivian
Born in Venice in 1971, Manuel Vivian gained a diploma at the Venice Art Institute and began to design at a very young age, in particular blown glass. Following the success of his first projects in glass, Manuel enlarged his range of interests to various other fields of interior design. Since the creation of Axo Light in 1996, he has collaborated constantly with the company and has become its main designer.

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Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders is one of the Netherlands' most famous and versatile designers. He is reputed for his furniture, lighting, accessories, fashion and interior and his designs are included in many international collections. His designs are usually conceptual. Designing for names such as Cappellini, Cassina, Droog, Kartell, Vitra and his own 'Moooi' label, versatile Marcel Wanders (1963) belongs to the global top. Business Week once described him as Europe's leader of change.

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Sebastian Wrong
Born in Venice in 1971, Manuel Vivian gained a diploma at the Venice Art Institute and began to design at a very young age, in particular blown glass. Following the success of his first projects in glass, Manuel enlarged his range of interests to various other fields of interior design. Since the creation of Axo Light in 1996, he has collaborated constantly with the company and has become its main designer.

Products designed by Sebastian Wrong