Lissoni / Milano – IT next prev
Piero Lissoni
Studio:
Lissoni Associati - Milano - Design Architettura
Web:
www.lissoniassociati.it
Biografia:
Dopo la laurea in Architettura presso il Politecnico di Milano nel 1985, collabora prima come designer e poi come Art Director per Boffi, Living Divani e Porro. Nel 1986 apre con Nicoletta Canesi lo Studio Lissoni, oggi Lissoni Associati; nel 1996 creano Graph.x per lo sviluppo dei progetti di grafica. Nel campo del product design, lo studio progetta per Alessi, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Flos/Antares, Fritz Hansen, Glas Italia, Kartell, Knoll International, Lema, Living Divani, Poltrona Frau, Porro, Tecno, Thonet e Wella. Lissoni ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti alla carriera, tra cui il premio Hall of Fame of Interior Design a New York nel 2005, i premi di Elle Decoration International Design Award per Table System (2006) e Glass bathtub (2009) di Boffi, il Good Design Award del Chicago Atheneum Museum per la sedia Hi Tech (2007) di Living Divani. New Designer of the Year al World Superyacht Award per la barca a vela Ghost nel 2006, con la barca Tribù ha vinto il premio Showboats International di Monte-Carlo (2008).
Biography:
After graduating in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1985, Piero Lissoni began his career as a designer by working with Boffi as an art director and designer. He set up the Studio Lissoni practice with Nicoletta Canesi in 1986, followed by Graph.x in 1996, to work on graphic-design projects. In the field of product design, he has worked for Alessi, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Flos/Antares, Fritz Hansen, Glas Italia, Kartell, Knoll International, Lema, Living Divani, Poltrona Frau, Porro, Tecno, Thonet and Wella. He has received numerous career awards, including entry into the Hall of Fame of Interior Design in New York in 2006, as well as the Elle Decoration International Design Award for his Table System (2006) and Glass Bathtub (2009) made by Boffi, and the Good Design Award from the Chicago Atheneum Museum for the Hi Tech chair (2007) made by Living Divani. He was named New Designer of the Year at the World Superyacht Award for the Ghost sailboat in 2006, while the Tribù boat won the Showboats International Prize in Monte-Carlo in 2008.
