com/org: Karim Rashid
position: principal
site: New York, USA
website: www.karimrashid.com
contact: office@karimrashid.com
keywords: product, furniture, interior design, democratic design

“ Communicating cities’ identity throughout  existing material, removing all that is in excess, interacting with different customers using different messages such as ergonomy, safety and more...these are only few our project Sentieri Urbani ‘s features.” (www.sentieriurbani.com)

Karim Rashid is a product, interior, fashion, furniture, lighting and tiles designer!
He was born in Cairo, to Egyptian and English parents, was raised in Canada, and  now practices in New York. He received a Bachelor of Industrial Design in 1982 from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. (He pursued graduate design studies in Naples, Italy, with Ettore Sottsass and others, then moved to Milan for one year with the Rodolfo Bonetto Studio).  He is best known for bringing his democratic design sensibility to the masses.  He designs for an impressive array of clients from Alessi to Dirt Devil, Umbra to Prada, Miyake to Method.
His work is in the permanent collection of 14 Museums worldwide including MoMA and SFMoMA and he exhibits art in various galleries. Karim Rashid was an associate Professor of Industrial Design for 10 years and is now a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences globally.

com/org: Massimo Mariani Architetto
position: principal
site: Montecatini Terme (PT), Italy
website: www.massimomariani.net
contact: info@massimomariani.net
source: www.massimomariani.net
keywords: sustainability, energy saving, innovation > Cabel Industry - Empoli > Floor Gres

Massimo Mariani was born in 1951 in Pistoia, Italy. In 1977 he graduated from the Facoltà di Architettura di Firenze, where he collaborated with scholar remo Buti (from 1980 to 1992). Mariani founded a firm for the design and the production of experimental objects and furniture, Studio Stilema with Alberto Casciani in 1980. The studio was dedicated to the design of practical and decorative objects, graphic design, and interior design. In 1986, with a group of architects Mariani launched the Bolidismo movement that explored themes centered around contemporary truths and created playful relationships between images taken from the world of design, comics, and illustration. Since 1990, Mariani’s professional activity, based in a studio in Montecatini Terme, has focused on interior design and architecture, residential and working space. In 2005, Verbavolant editor published the monograph Fondazione Belloni a Milano. 

com/org: Baldinger Studio
position: principal
site: Arizona, USA
website: http://www.baldinger-studio.com
contact: ilan@baldinger-studio.com
keywords: focus on surroundings, indoor-outdoor relationships, minimizing site disturbance

Ilan Baldinger is a registered architect in the states of Arizona and California, and he is NCARB certified. He holds a bachelor of architecture degree from Arizona State University (1979) and is the recipient of the Henry Adams AIA award and school medal as a top graduating student. He has taught design, sketching, drawing and interior design at Arizona State University.
In over twenty eight years of architectural practice Ilan Baldinger has compiled a substantial body of architectural work, varying in scope from uniquely crafted residential projects to mix-use high-rise urban complexes. These diverse projects illustrate a deep understanding of architectural issues, urban design, technology and environmental sensitivity. Baldinger Studio combines rational program implementation with intuitive and experimental design exploration.

com/org: Emilio Ambasz and Associates
position: principal
site: New York, USA
web site: www.ambasz.com
contact: info@ambasz.com
source: www.worldarchitecture.org
keywords: architecture and landscape, reconciliation between nature and building, 'green over gray' , eco-sustainability, energy saving > Ospedale dell'Angelo - Mestre > Marazzi

Born in Resistencia, in 1943, Chaco, Argentina, Emilio Ambasz gained an M.F.A. in architecture in 1966. American architect, industrial designer, from 1969 to 1976 he was Curator of Design for MOMA in New York. In 1972 he produced the exhibition ‘Italy: The New Domestic Landscape’ and a related book for MOMA. An innovative designer, Ambasz sought to reinterpret the poetic aspects of Modernism and the relationship between architecture and the landscape. In 1976, he founded emilio Ambasz & Associates Inc. In all its projects, the firm seeks to reconcile the building with nature. This approach has resulted in unique designs that have won its clients national and international awards and acclaim. His architectural works include the Lucille Halsell Conservatory at San Antonio, TX (1987); Banque Bruxelles Lambert offices in Milan (1981), Lausanne (1983) and New York (1984); and offices for the Financial Guaranty Insurance Company in New York (1986), for which he won the International Interior Design Award. 

com/org: Patrick Norguet
position: principal
site: Paris, France
website: www.patricknorguet.com
contact: patrick.norguet@wanadoo.fr
keywords: interior design, decoration, esthetic and functionality > love is warm > Sofitel Hotel - Lyon > Lea Ceramiche 

The work of patrick Norguet has been embraced in disciplines as varied as product design, fashion and architecture. The parisian designer balances his self-taught skills with the trade’s basic rules learned from his studies at L’ecole Supérieure de Design. From 1996 to 1998, Norguet was in charge of window displays and special events conception at Louis Vuitton. Since then, his relationship with the world of fashion and luxury goods yielded opportunities for numerous projects with famous brand names such as Christian Dior, Lanvin, Martine Sitbon, Guerlain, and Bally. In 2000 he opened his own design agency in paris. The constantly growing workload of collaborations with Moroso, Cappellini, Jean Paul Gaultier and the car producer renault provides him with continuing challenges of exploring new design territories.

com/org: ZPZ Partners
position: principals:Mattia Parmiggiani, Michele Zini, Claudia Zoboli 
site: Modena, Italy
website:  www.zpzpartners.it
contact: mail@zpzpartners.it
source: www.triennale.it/triennale/sito_html/censimento/schede/elenco.php
www.darc.domusacademy.com/team_partner.php
keywords: innovation, sustainability, aesthetic> CReM - Modena > Laminam, Casalgrande Padana

ZPZ Partners carries out professional international works and researches in the architectural and design fields. Founded in 1998 by Mattia Parmiggiani, Michele Zini, Claudia Zoboli, it covers diverse thematic areas and project scales focusing on designing innovative systems, as concept and language, and managing the entire design process: from metaproject to works direction. 

com/org: Alamo Architects Inc.
position: principals and staff
site: San Antonio, Texas, USA
website: www.alamoarchitects.com
contact: ken@alamoarchitects.com
keywords: public spaces > interior design, sustainable design, Water Conservation, Energy Use, Materials/Resources, Indoor Air Quality > SoFlo Office Studios

“For us and for many architects, "green" design, or sustainable architecture, is not a new idea. It is integral with traditional best practices when siting a building to best climatic advantage, deciding to adapt an existing structure, or opting to reuse materials.” (quoted at www.alamoarchitects.com/projects/sustainable/1512-South-Flores/)

Alamo Architects began in 1984 as a cooperative venture among four friends. All were contemporaries at the University of Texas at Austin, where they each received their architectural training. After graduation, they and others from their class moved en masse to New York City. The galvanizing experience of living and working in New York on young architects’ salaries cemented their relationship as an extended family, a sense of which is still integral to the firm’s character. The firm’s first major commission would be the history-making move and subsequent adaptive reuse of the Fairmount Hotel. The team is formed by Jerry Lammers, who was named a principal in 1999, and associate principals Ariel Chavela and Sal Garcia. With a diverse client base providing project work in a wider range of sectors, the office of approximately fifty people is continuing to develop team leaders and individuals to meet increasing challenges of time- and cost-accountability in project management.

com/org: BNIM ARCHITECTS
position: principals and staff
site: Kansas City, MO, USA; Houston, TX, USA; Des Moines, IA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Diego, CA, USA
website: www.bnim.com
contact: www.bnim.com/fmi/xsl/contact/index.xsl
keywords: Community > environmental conservation, sustainable design, integrated design, achieving > Deep design, deep green

“… our projects strive to have a lasting positive impact on those people and organizations that they are designed to serve while minimizing the consumption of resources, reducing waste and pollution and restoring natural systems.” (quoted at www.bnim.com/fmi/xsl/deep/index.xsl)

Since 1970, BNIM Architects have dedicated themselves to making significant contributions to the community, and in the process has established a reputation for design excellence and environmental conservation provided with conscientious service.
BNIM employees continue the firm’s passion for community involvement through work with organizations such as Habitat For Humanity, Ronald McDonald House, Harvester’s, Gillis, and more. The firm has a strong record of supporting activities that benefit the city and especially those that encourage revitalization of the urban core, such as the Urban Core Group, the Downtown Council and the Chamber of Commerce.
In recent years, BNIM embraced a more flexible model of collaborative work organized  around five independent design “studios,” each made up of 13 to 16 architects.

Born in 1963. Marc Newson is known for his funkily futuristic, but technically rigorous approach to design. Born in Sydney, he has worked from studios in Tokyo, Paris and, now, London, to design everything from a private jet to a Ford car.

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com/org: Studio Marzorati Architettura
position: principal
site: Sesto San Giovanni, Milano, Italia
website: www.marzoratiarchitettura.it
contact: viale Casiraghi 167 · Sesto San Giovanni, Milano, Italia
keywords: big structures, offices > functionality, renovation of buildings of historical interest > Campari > cotto > Palagio Engineering, Sannini

An architect living and working in his home town of Sesto San Giovanni, near Milan, Giancarlo Marzorati graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in 1984.  An extremely versatile architect with multifarious talents, his design portfolio is extensive – shopping centres, apartment blocks, multi-screen cinemas and auditoriums: a testament to his personality as a designer focusing on a careful study of design concepts that fit the urban context and paying close attention to a building’s functional role. Studio Marzorati frequently design the renovation of buildings of historical interest as well as large capacity areas such as those for the world of entertainment, for example multiplex cinemas.  Other designs include the Impregilo headquarters, the ABB and Oracle buildings, the Campari factory in Sesto San Giovanni, and the Palasesto and Carugate sports complexes.  Studio Marzorati’s work also extends to hotel buildings - Hotel NH-Sesto San Giovanni, MilanoSantaMonica and Alinvest-Milano to name a few, university buildings (e.g. the Department of Communications at Milan’s Università Statale) and the student halls of residence in Sesto San Giovanni and Cernusco S.N. plus the Fondazione Belloni in Milan. 

com/org: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
position: principal
site: Genova, Italy; Paris, France
website: http://rpbw.r.ui-pro.com
contact: italy@rpwb.com  ; france@rpwb.com
keywords: sustainability, energy safe, aware planning, lightness

Renzo Piano was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1937, into a family of builders. He has maintained strong sentimental and cultural ties with his hometown. Genoa's historic center, its port and its connection to the sea, and his father's trade activities deeply influenced the young architect's perspective. During his studies at the Milan Polytechnic, Renzo Piano worked at Franco Albini's workshop. He graduated from the University in 1964 and began working with experimental lightweight structures and basic shelters. 
Between 1965 and 1970, Piano traveled extensively to the United States and the United Kingdom. In 1971, he founded ‘Piano & Rogers’ jointly with Richard Rogers, and together they won the competition for the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, where Piano currently lives. From the early 1970s until the 1990s, he collaborated with engineer Peter Rice and established ‘Atelier Piano & Rice’ in 1977. 
In 1981, Piano founded the ‘Renzo Piano Building Workshop’ (www.rpbw.com), employing a hundred people with offices in Paris, Genoa, and New York. 

Piano's projects include, among many others, the Cultural Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris; the regeneration of Genoa's old port; the redevelopment of Potsdamer Platz in Berlin; the Kansai International Airport Terminal in Osaka; the Beyeler Foundation Museum in Basel; the Centre Paul Klee in Bern. His most recent projects, including the New York Times' newly-established headquarters in New York City (2008) and the California Academy of Sciences' sustainability-oriented compound (2008), are indisputable proof that Piano's art matures, but his gaze remains adolescent and uncompromising. Renzo Piano's many awards include: R.I.B.A. in England in 1989, the Kyoto Prize in 1990, the Goodwill Ambassador of Unesco for Architecture in 1994, the Pritzker Architecture in 1998, the Gold Medal UIA in Berlin in 2002, and the Gold Medal of AIA in Washington in 2008.

com/org: DPA France, Spain, Luxembourg, Russia
position: principal
site: Paris, France; Madrid, Spain
website: www.perraultarchitecture.com
contact: dpa@d-p-a.fr ;  dominique.perrault@perraultarchitecte.es
keywords: responsible architecture,Sustainability, smart construction, minimizing waste, high tech technology, energy saving.

"Architecture can no longer be defined in itself, but rather in what separates it from the surroundings ; ... the context is the qualifying element of what architecture is nowadays." (quote from www.pavillon-arsenal.com/en/videosenligne/collection-9-128.php)

Architect, urbanist, creator of important works like the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, Dominique Perrault is known as the radical, innovative exponent of ‘an architecture that isn’t there’, where geometric abstraction incorporates nature and creates large open living spaces for all. Composed of solids and voids, his spatial vision has always extended to the scale of the smallest details.
In 1978 he has his diploma in architecture (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris), the following year receives the Certificate of Superior Studies in Urbanism of the Ecole Nationale DES Ponts ET Chaussées of Paris and in 1980 Diploma of Deep Studies in History of Ecole DES Social Hautes Etudes in Sciencies, also of Paris. In 1981 it creates his own professional Study. Since 1981 he works in France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Russia, Korea. From 1982 to ‘84 Development architect in the Parisian town-planning workshop - APUR, France; from 1992 to ‘97 Consultant architect for the city of Bordeaux, France; from 1990 to ‘92 Consultant architect for the city of Nantes, France; from 1998 to 2001 he is President of the French Institute of Architecture IFA, from 1994 to ‘97 he is Member of the council for urban planning of the city of Salzburg, Austria; from 2000 to 03 of the city of Barcelona, Spain.
Dominique Perrault is member of the academy of Architecture in France dell’Accademia di Archiettura, knight of french ‘Legion D’Onore’, member of the American Institute of Architects – AIA,  Association of Germans Architects – BDA, of the Royal Institute of British Architects – RIBA.

com/org: Confindustria Ceramica
position: General Director
site: Sassuolo, Italy
website: www.confindustriaceramica.it
contact:
keywords: Confindustria Ceramica, Corporate Social Responsibility, energy.

Armando Cafiero holds a Degree in Economics, with a specialisation in Banking. In 1987, he started his professional career at Assocarta, the Italian association for the paper industry representing paper, pulp and board manufacturing companies in Italy. His responsibilities covered, among other issues, energy, forest and transportation.
In 2001, Armando Cafiero was appointed Managing Director of Assocarta and in this position he represents the Italian paper industry in international and national bodies such as CEPI and Confindustria, the Confederation of Italian Industry.  He is also CEO of Gas Intensive, the purchase consortium which is a pool of more than 230 companies of 9 different trade Associations of the Italian manufacturing industries. Since January 2008 he is general Director of Confindustria Ceramica, the association of Italian ceramic tile and refractory material manufacturers. 

com/org: University of Trento
position: University professor, Faculty of Engineering.  Director of University Centre for Intelligent Buildings (CUnEdI) of the University of Trento
site: Trento, Italy
website: www.polaris.unitn.it
contact: antonio.frattari@ing.unitn.it
keywords: sustainable buildings; smart buildings; conservation of heritage buildings; innovative technologies for construction of buildings with low energy consumption; renewable materials

Civil Building Engineer, graduated at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome.  From 1975 to 1978, Research Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
From 1978 to 1983 Assistant Professor,Faculty of Engineering, "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy; from 1983 to 1986 Associated Professor of Building Restoration, Faculty of Engineering, "La Sapienza" University of Rome,  Italy.  Since 1986  he is Professor of Building Construction and Wooden Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Trento, Italy.
He is Head of the Laboratory of Buiding Design (LPE) of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Trento and vice Chancellor for Building Projects of the University of Trento.
He is Director of the University Center for Intelligent Buildings (CUnEdI) of the University of Trento, and since 1999 he is on the board of the International Wood Committee of the ICOMOS (UNESCO). Since 1999 he is also part of the Italian UNI-Normal Committee for the development of the Italian and European regulation for the conservation of wooden buildings and structures. The main areas of study and research dealt with are: sustainable construction, domotics, low energy consumption timber buildings and the conservation of traditional vernacular architecture in timber.

com/org: Studio Urquiola
position: principal
site: Milan, ITALY
website: http://www.patriciaurquiola.com/
contact: info@patriciaurquiola.com
keywords: sensitivity, respect, cultural heritage

“I like to think in different scales at the same time,  in architecture and design. I’m interested in behaviour structures, artisan techniques, certain aspects of memory...  aspects of my life.” (designboom met patricia urquiola in milan on march 26th, 2007)

Patricia Urquiola was born in 1961 in Oviedo, Spain. She studied architecture
at the Faculdad de Arquitectura de Madrid. After transferring to Italy she graduated from the Milan Polytechnic in 1989 (with a thesis mentored by Achille Castiglioni). From 1990 to 1992 she assisted in the courses held by Achille Castiglioni and Eugenio Bettinelli, both at the Milan Polytechnic and at the ENSCI, in Paris. In 1991 she started working for the De Padova furniture company in Milan, where she also designed her first furniture items (together with Vico Magistretti). Between 1993 and 1996 she opened an associated studio with two friends, working on architecture, interiors, showrooms and restaurants. From 1996 to 2000 she became manager of the Lissoni Associati Design Group and in 2001 she opened her own studio in Milan, focusing on product design, displays and architecture. She is best known for her many pieces for Moroso. Patricia has won many design awards and spoken at conferences and seminars in various international universities. Her recent work includes projects for Depadova, Moroso, Agape, B&B, Alessi, Driade, Foscarini, Kartell, Flos, Molteni, Artelano, Mutina and others.

com/org: Mario Botta Architetto

position: principal

site: Lugano

website: www.botta.ch
contact: info@botta.ch

sources: www.archimagazine.com/bbotta.htm
www.botta.ch/Page/MB_01_Biografia_en.php 

keywords: architecture > nature, cultural heritage, durability, ecodesign, smart construction, tradition > innovation, cotto > Il Palagio, Sannini

Born in 1943 in Mendrisio, Ticino. After an apprenticeship with the architectural firm of Carloni and Camenisch in Lugano, he first attends the Art College in Milan and then studies at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice. Directed by Carlo Scarpa and Giuseppe Mazzariol he receives his professional degree in 1969. During his time in Venice he has the opportunity to meet and work for Le Corbusier and Louis I. Kahn.
His professional activity begins in 1970 in Lugano. He builds his first single-family houses in Canton Ticino and subsequently all over the world. He has always committed himself in an intense architectural research and since 1996 he is involved as creator and founder of the new academy of architecture in Ticino. His work has achieved international renown and important awards and been presented in many exhibitions.
Among his realizations must be remembered the theatre and cultural center André Malraux in Chambéry, the library in Villeurbanne, the SFMOMA museum of modern art in San Francisco, the cathedral in Evry, the museum Jean Tinguely in Basel, the Cymbalista synagogue and Jewish heritage centre in Tel Aviv, the municipal library in Dortmund, the Friedrich Dürrenmatt centre in Neuchâtel, the MART museum of modern and contemporary art in Rovereto, the Kyobo tower in Seoul, the office building Tata CS in New Delhi and Hyderabad, the Fondation Bodmer, museum and library in Cologny, the church and pastoral center Pope John XXIII in Seriate, the public library in Bergamo and the restoration of the Theatre alla Scala in Milan, the church Santo Volto in Turin and the wellness center in Arosa.
Among the works in progress must be counted: the development of the ex-Campari area in Sesto San Giovanni  (MI), the new casino in Campione d’Italia, the office and residential complex in Treviso, the university library in Trento, the Bechtler art museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Tsinghua University art gallery and museum in Beijing, the Leeum offices in Seoul, the underground stations in Naples, the new auditorium in Rimini, the museum of architecture in Mendrisio.

com/org: Paolo Bodega Architetto
position: principal
site: Lecco, Italy
website: www.paolobodega.com
contact: bodegaprogetti@tiscali.it
keywords: sustainability, energy safe, water

"Water is a natural element bound, like the sun, to the concept of life. It is vital from the evocative point of view, but above all as a "construction matter. It is a living matter, which is transformed quickly from a source which reflects, is luminous, silent and calm, to an element which is choppy, reverberant, massive, bustling and noisy. It is remarkable, flexible, and necessary. It is the mirror of architectural vanity. It is always present in our projects, both as a pure natural, scenic and vital element, and for use in energy, especially sensorial"
(february 2008, quoted at www.ncforum.com/english/inerviews/interviste.htm)

Born in Lecco in 1961, Paolo Bodega studied at the Istituto Europeo di Design (European Institute of Design) and graduated with a degree in Architecture in 1987 from Milan Polytechnic. He was a designer at the Centro Ricerche Strutture Naturali (Natural Structures Research Centre) of Milan from 1984 to 1986. Paolo Bodega was part of Renzo Piano's Building Workshop (RPBW) design team of Genoa from 1987 to 1992, and was responsible for different and numerous architectural and environmental operations of international importance, and until 2000 he collaborated with RPBW as Local Architect. Paolo Bodega was a member of the Studio Bodega Ceppi Piancastelli Planning Associates between 1992 and 1997 (Various Projects). He has conducted his professional activity in his own Lecco studio since 1992.
From 2002 to 2008 he was a contract lecturer at the Engineering-Architecture Faculty in Milan Polytechnic, Lecco site, Technical Architecture Laboratory I.

com/org: Wilmotte et Associés SA d'Architecture
position: principal
site: Paris, France
website: www.wilmotte.fr
contact: info@wilmotte.fr
keywords: architecture, city furniture design> innovation, durability, ecodesign, > Cotto d’Este

« The human being, the city, the shape of the trees, the movements of the streets…Walking… to explore the space. This constitutes, for every single project, the first step, the necessary approach, be it in Paris, London, Moscow, Seoul, Kiev or Doha. This is always, for an architect, the same fundamental challenge: a space to decipher» J.M.Wilmotte

Born in 1948, a graduate of the Camondo school in Paris, Jean Wilmotte created his own firm in 1975. With approximatively 80 employees, his office Works on industrial and furniture design, interior design, architecture. Jean-Michel Wilmotte's design work is a quest for quality, using a unique palette of light and depth in the creation of the forms and shapes that are born out of his vision.
His pursuit of excellence is guided by a clear vision of elegance, proportion, comfort and refinement. These qualities are brought together in his architecture, urban planning, product and interior design.
Projects range from towers to individual houses, racing circuits to shopping centres, housing to headquarters, and hotels to museums. The experience of Wilmotte, coupled with a sensitive approach towards the environmental, cultural and social aspects, brings a high quality to our everyday lives in his spaces.

com/org: Michael P.Johnson Design Studio Ltd
position: principal
site: Cave Creek, Arizona, USA
website: www.mpjstudio.com
contact: michael@mpjstudio.com 

“The joy one experiences with the engagement of the piazza is not limited to the beauty of the architectural elements, but more importantly, with the interaction with the people drawn to the environment. A visual, physical and human dialogue is unavoidable in such a setting.” (http://mpjstudio.blogspot.com/ “Piazza, a public square in an Italian town”, Confindustria ceramic stand for Coverings ‘09)

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, between 1958 and 1967 Michael P. Johnson gained extensive experience at various architectural firms, before going freelance. In 1968 he set up the architectural design company that takes his name. Considered as one of those artists who have never drawn a clear line of demarcation between private life and work, Johnson practises his profession with a clear ethical code and very strong personal convictions. The alternative attitude evident in his works is esteemed the world over, as demonstrated by the numerous articles devoted to him in the trade press. His innovative approach places great emphasis on the environment, focusing on the discovery of fleeting values of the human spirit. Johnson has received numerous awards and was amongst the winners of the Ceramic Tiles of Italy Design Competition 2001 at Coverings for his project for the Yoder-Doornbos Residence in Phoenix, Arizona.

com/org: DGO
position: principal
site: Milan, ITALY
website: http://www.diegograndi.it/
contact: info@diegograndi.it
keywords: deepening the materials and conceptual research, materials or capacities, tactile, visual and sound effect suggestions

 Diego Grandi was born in Rimini in 1970, and now lives and works in Milan, where he graduated as an architect and has worked since 1997. He specialises in interior and surface design. Between 2000 and 2002 he worked with the Calatroni studio. In 2002 he created DGO. DGO is dedicated to conceiving interior, product and visual design. Since 2003 he has been designing ceramic tiles for Lea Ceramiche. In 2005 he started working with Deroma and he participates in the development of the product and the image of the company. Apart from his work as a designer he also lecturers in Italian schools and universities (Istituto Europeo di design, Politecnico of Milan, Istituto Marangoni, Naba). He has also participated in many exhibitions in Italy and abroad. He has worked and continues to work with several other companies (Abet Laminati, Brunello Cucinelli, Cashmere, Coincasadesign, Deroma, Guzzini, Lea Ceramiche, Ivano Radaelli, Jannelli&Volpi, Stephan Janson, Teracrea, Ycami).

com/org: Adriano Design
position: joint proprietors
site: Turin, Italy
website: www.adrianodesign.it
contact: info@adrianodesign.it
keywords: nice is wise, ecodesign, school, minimizing material, innovation

“ Communicating cities’ identity throughout  existing material, removing all that is in excess, interacting with different customers using different messages such as ergonomy, safety and more...these are only few our project Sentieri Urbani ‘s features.” (www.sentieriurbani.com)

Adriano Design is the brand name used by Davide and Gabriele Adriano to promote their industrial projects and products design. The Italian brothers were born in Piedmont and are both architects.  Davide Adriano was born 1968 in Cuneo and graduated in Architecture at the Turin Polytechnic. Gabriele Adriano was born in Turin in 1971 and graduated in Architecture. He went on to master in Ergonomics at the Turin Polytechnic where he now teaches Industrial Design. Ever since university,  their design projects have been awarded Italian and international prizes and honours, including many ADI Design Index selections. They opened their Turin studio in 1999, after two years of collaboration with Giugiaro Design.  Since then, they have jointly created innovative products.