In her career the relationship between light and space is an area of constant research into dynamic harmonic balance. Art, architecture and design come together in an interdisciplinary vision that over time was expressed with increasing awareness in the commitment to safeguarding the environment and fragile cultures. Hers was an activity that was always consistent, capable of giving substance to the discipline through poetic projects with ‘heavy lightness’.
He represents a fundamental link between architecture and design, disciplines that in his constant university commitment are looked at and integrated in a vision that goes beyond the usual disciplinary approach in order to give us a complex vision of a project of civil modernity, something present in his vast amount of written work.
A volcanic personality, he has been able to graft the culture of the best in design in a territory traditionally devoted to the canons of tradition, overcoming scepticism and conformity with respect to new methodologies, new technologies and new experiences, and using every aspect of design culture. In his choices he has always dedicated special attention to the enhancement of local experiences, without failing to constantly stimulate international comparisons far from nostalgia and provincialism.
An original look at the world of design, based on an education linked to classical culture and the history of art criticism, has allowed her to create original and fundamental texts through which to understand the Made in Italy phenomenon in its broadest sense. A commitment that is never dogmatic but always dedicated to bringing design culture into broad professional territories, including that of teaching as well as that of spreading design culture through memorable exhibitions.
He has the ability to look at the world where others limit themselves to merely seeing it. A journey through projects for product types that are often very distant from each other, which he has developed in the concreteness of daily work, far from self-referential and self-congratulatory rhetoric.
A virtuous example of a path that is always new but which has never sacrificed the profound values of continuity and responsibility that have always been expressed by the family. A path that has contributed to the growth of a production model that over the years has established itself all over the world for quality and reliability, capable of building and enhancing a true Made in Italy design culture. Their courageous and always discreet journey has resulted in a solid corporate culture projected towards the future, in daily experimentation conducted, step by step, with consistency and determination.
A constantly evolving path, capable of innovating distribution models by inserting culture and passion and transforming the traditional concept of a store into a place of experience and knowledge for a wide audience, not just a small elite. A point of reference and enhancement for Made in Italy design culture on the international scene.
A multifaceted figure in the world of design: designer, entrepreneur, trainer, manager and communicator, his career has always been dedicated to civic commitment. His artistic training has led him to explore design as a sum of technical and narrative experiences, on a journey that has produced memorable objects, developed entirely through the companies he has founded over time or through relationships with historical Italian design brands. A disinterested as well as disenchanted generosity distinguishes his relationship with the young promises of design who, also thanks to his commitment as an international trainer, are confronted in a non-stereotyped way with an increasingly divided and complex profession.
Grace in the gesture distinguishes all his design activity with a coherence that is as courageous as it is lucid, based on a methodological substance absorbed from a close relationship with the great masters of Italian design and away from excesses of communication. A grace capable of listening to the unexpressed, and perhaps inexpressible, the deepest and most intimate instances of a man who, in his complexity, wants to remain himself.
Preferring not the limelight but the substance of things, she has been able to contribute significantly to the spreading, critical development and teaching of the culture of design and visual communication in Italy. She is both gruff and sweet, with a combative spirit that has accompanied her all her life and has allowed her to always aim for innovation and the good of her students.
A precursor of the relationship between buildings and the environment, he has created solid ‘living’ manifestos of a culture for sustainable development. He has explored the relationships between this cultural model and design processes with an unusual poetry, courageously anticipating issues of urgent relevance today with respect to manufacturing responsibility. A great spreader of design culture, he has passionately supported knowledge of the best Made in Italy design throughout the rest of the world.
