Alberto Meda was born in 1945 in Lenno Tremezzina, a small town in the province of Como. In 1969 he received a degree in mechanical engineering from Milan's Polytechnic.

After four years at Magneti Marelli as an assistant in the production department, he became the head of the technical department at Kartell in 1973, where he was in charge of overseeing all designs and research for technological developments in polyurethane foam.

In 1979 he began to work as a freelance designer and product engineering consultant. He worked with the Alfa Romeo Auto design division for four years.

He currently provides designs to: Alias, Colombo Design, Italtel Telematica, Luceplan.

He won the Golden Compass in 1987 for the design sections of the book entitled "La materia dell'invenzione" by Ezio Manzini (Arcadia) and in 1989 with his "Lola" lamp for Luceplan.

His designs have been shown in Tokyo (1990, one-man show), Osaka (1991) and Milan (Triennale, 1992).

He currently lives and works in Milan, where he is a professor at Domus Academy.

AMBROGIO ROSSARI

Ambrogio Rossari, born in 1943 in Salò, graduated in 1966 from the School of Industrial Design in Venice.

Pozzi’s "Piemonte" collection is one of the first projects he designed. He received a Master’s in Product Designfrom the ITT Institute of Design in Chicago. After returning to Italy, he worked for Studio Bonetto. In 1971 he became a freelance designer, while in 1983 he founded the Rossari & Associati studio. He has designed for many companies in Italy and abroad, including Accornero,Appiani, Bilumen, Carrara & Matta, Cesame, Colombo Design, Dado Ceramica, Duratex, Duker, Eschenbach, Erre.Ci.Gi., Fastigi, F.lli Guzzini,

F.lli Frattini, Gedy, IKEA, Inda, Lave Bath, Olivari, OMS, Philips, Pozzi, Industrie Pirelli, Rapsel, Saniplast, Technova, Tropical and Vorberg. He designed fair booths and exhibit areas for Cristallerie Livellara, Italtrade, Keravem, NCR, and Valdadige and also designed the exhibit "The Italian Bath" at ICE of Los Angeles. He also worked as a graphic designer. He has held numerous conferences, including "Design in Ceramics" at Federceramica (1990) and "The Bathroom: Myth and Reality in the ‘90s" at the PEG International Convention (1990). He gave a speech on the Italian bathroom at N.K.B.A. of Atlanta (1992), three seminars on body care accessories at the University of Milan’s Faculty of Architecture (from 1992 to 1994), and a speech on "The Future of Bathroom Design" at A.D.I. Incontri in Bologna. He has participated in international design juries in 1988 and 1990, the year he taught Design at I.E.D. in Milan. He received the "Design Plus" - Frankfurt Fair award in 1987 for Spiegelau glasses and the "Design Innovation" - Essen award for the "Floria" bathtub by Albatros System in 1989. He has been an ADI Golden Compass finalist several times: in 1987 for the System collection by Cesame, in 1989 for the "Particolari" table set by F.lli Guzzini, and in 1991 for the "Particolari" napkin rings and dishes by F.lli Guzzini, the "Tempra" single-lever mixing unit by F.lli Frattini, and for the "Logic" shower stall by 2S Cesana.

ANGELETTI E RUZZA DESIGN

Silvana Angeletti was born in Rieti in 1969, Daniele Ruzza was born in Rome in 1967.

After receiving their Degrees in Industrial Design from I.S.I.A. in Rome, they opened their design studio: Angeletti e Ruzza Design.

They have participated in a number of competitions, winning both awards and acknoledgments: quinto premio "Il design degli oggetti" Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Gallarate (Varese), menzione d'onore "La ritualità in tavola" Serafino Zani (Brescia), primo e secondo premio "Changing Colour Lamp" MID Italia (Milano), vincitori del concorso "Interreg Design Competition '95" e del concorso "ST/ART" promosso dall'argenteria G. De Vecchi (Milano).

They work with Italian companies which produce household goods, nicks-nacks and and furniture, like Airon, Albis Fumagalli, Colombo Design, Fratelli Guzzini, Laboratorio Pesaro Bucci, Rede, Q.B., R.S.V.P. and Serafino Zani.

Among their projects of interior decoration is the Quinto Assio Hotel in Rieti

(near Rome).

ANNA BARTOLI

Anna Bartoli, born in Milan in 1963, in 1988 earned her degree in architecture from the Polytechnic in Milan with a thesis on urban renewal for an area of the city within the Spanish walls.

She learned the ropes by working first with her father, architect Carlo Bartoli, in his studio, and later with architect Cini Boeri, concentrating on exhibition dressing in museums and in renovations of residential interiors and commercial areas.

She currently lives and works in Monza, where she collaborates with the Studio Bartoli on environmental renovation projects, building plans, interior and industrial design.

She works for many companies, among which are Colombo Design and Rossi di Albizzate, designing kitchens, bathroom accessories, upholstered furniture, seats, lighting systems and wooden residential furniture.

At the same time she works on shoppping areas and renovation projects.

In 1996, her sofa "Tube", designed for Rossi di Albizzate, has been awarded with the Award for Good Industrial Design of the Hannover Industrie Forum.

BONINI SPICCIOLATO

Bonini Spicciolato Associates collaborated an collaborate with: Aquachiara, Artifort, Bic Italia, Box Cucine, Cavari Officina, Colombo Design, DDA Domus Design Agency (Domus Academy), Ferr Art, Fine Factory, GB Arredamenti, Gedy, Glas, ILL Sud Uffici, Le Cose Nostre, Lumiance, MAS, Sedie & Company, Shibasaki, Taipei Design Center, Tombow, Uchida, Unitalia, Viceversa, Vittorio Bonacina, Zanussi-Rex, Zeritalia. Some of their works are permanently exhibited at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York and at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris. The "Arctic" series, designed for Gedy, has selected by the MOMA (New York 1995, "Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design") for its innovations. They have taken part to several exhibitions in such cities as Paris, Rome, New York, Venice, Florence, London, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Thessaloniki, Barcelona, Tokyo and Munich.

- Santina Bonini, born in 1961, graduated in 1990 from the School of Architecture in Florence. Between 1988 and 1991 she collaborated with Andrea Branzi in numerous projects, including the New Museum of Contemporary Art in Arezzo, and participated in the international competition "Fiabilandia, the Ecological Park of the Imaginary". In 1992 she was a founding member of DIN (industrial design consultants). She works as adviser for several Corean companies.

- Ernesto Spicciolato, born in 1957, graduated in 1983 from the School of Architecture in Florence. Between 1987 and 1990 he collaborated with Makio Hasuike, projecting for Ariston, Gedy, Indesit, Lamy, Maxer, Merloni Termo Sanitari, MH Way, Mobil Girgi and Villeroy & Boch. Together with Andrea Branzi, he won the 2nd prize in the international "New York Waterfront Competition" in 1987 and he won the 1st prize in the national competition "Piazza Plebiscito and VII Novembre", Castel di Sangro (AQ) in 1988. He was a founding member of "Elettra" (1982), "Bolidismo" (1985) and "DIN" (1992). He taught "Fashion and Product Design at the Accademia delle Belle Arti, in Florence and he has been tutor at the seminar "Discover New Potential in ceramics" held at Domus Academy of Milan, I.D. course 1996.

They both teach in Narai Academy of Industrial Design in Seoul.

CARLO BARTOLI

Carlo Bartoli, born in 1931 in Milan, began his career as an architect in his birth-place, after receiving his degree from the Polytechnic. His main interests lie in interior and industrial design.

He has created designs for: Accademia, Antonangeli, Arc Linea, Arflex, Artelano, Bonacina Italia, Colombo Design, Con & Con, Kartell, Matteograssi, Merati, Nobili, Oscam-Osi, Rimadesio, Rossi di Albizzate, Segis, Tisettanta, UCG Confalonieri, Ycami. He is the artistic director for Colombo Design and Segis.

Carlo Bartoli taught design at the Advanced Institutes of Industrial Design in Florence and in Rome. Lately his interests have broadened to the architectural and environmental conservation. At the moment he gives one-theme lessons and seminars to the Polytechnic Schools of Milan and Turin on methods for industrial design and the relation between designer and industry.

He has participated in numerous exhibitions: Milan (Triennale 1968, 1983, Eurodomus 1970, XVI Compasso d’Oro), New York (Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 1968, Museum of Modern Arts, 1969), Libyan (Biennale of Industrial Design, 1968), London (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1970), Turin (Eurodomus 1972), Prague (Museum of Decorative Arts, 1972), Kyoto (1979), Hong Kong (1979), Athens (Zappion Megaron 1980), Cologne (Stadtmuseum 1981), Buenos Aires (monographic exhibition "Carlo Bartoli: thirty years of design", 1997).

His "Gaia" armchair for Arflex is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, while his "Sophia" chair for Bonaldo is part of the permanent collection at the Architectural Museum in Libyan. The armchair "Breeze" produced by Segis, is part of the Vitra Design Museum and of the Thessaloniki Design Museum collections. It has been bestowed with the ID Design Distinction Award 1996 and with the Red Dot - Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany. The sofa "Tube" produced by Rossi d’Albizzate and the armchair Breeze have been assigned the IF Award for Good Industrial Design in 1996 and 1997 at Hannover, Germany.

CASTIGLIA ASSOCIATI

The Castiglia Associati studio was founded in 1982 by Sergio Castiglia, Marinella Santarelli and Tiziana Tazza, who are still directing it.

The studio focuses on interior architecture and industrial design projects for furniture, kitchens, and mass distribution systems, as well as stands for trade fairs and furnishings for areas open to the public.

The studio has worked or works with: Accademia, Albatros System, Arc Linea, Binova, Colombo Design, Confalonieri, Feg, Interby, Intercom Casa, Merati, Mobilsystem, Potocco, Modulo 3, Rifra, Scavolini, Segis, Stilwood.

- Sergio Castiglia was born in Terni in 1951. After attending the School of Architecture, he focused on studying the manufacturing and image of furniture companies.

- Marinella Santarelli and Tiziana Tazza, both born in Terni in 1955, received their degrees in architecture in Rome University in 1981. In 1980, they had begun working with Sergio Castiglia.

JASPER MORRISON

Jasper Morrison was born in London in 1959 and graduated in Design at Kingston Polytechnic Design School, London and at The Royal College of Art for Post Graduated studies. In 1984 he studied at Berlin’s HdK on a scholarship. In 1986 he set up an Office for Design in London. Jasper Morrison - Office for Design design for many companies, among which are Alessi, Alias, BETTE & Co., Cappellini, Colombo Design, Flos, FSB, Hannoversche Verkehrsbetrieb (Bus Stop and Expo 2000 Tram, Mabeg & Co., Magis, Rosenthal, SCP, Sony, Üstra, Vitra International.

He takes part in many events and exhibitions, among which: Documenta 8 in Kassel (following the project for The Reuter’s New Centre) in 1987; "Design Werkstadt" at the DAAD Gallery in Berlin (1988); "Some new items for the house" - Part 1 (1988) and Part 2 (1989) in Berlin; personal exhibition for Cappellini at the Spazio Romeo Gigli (1989); exhibition "Progetto-Oggetto" with Irvine at Cappellini (1992); installation at the Austrian Museum of Applied Art (1993); personal exhibition at the Binnen Gallery in Amsterdam (1994); personal exhibition at the Magazzini Cappellini (1994); personal exhibition as the guest of honour at the fair "Interieurs ‘94" in Courtrai (Kortrijk); exhibition at the Frankfurt Museum für Kusthandwerk (1995); exhibition at Bordeaux’s "Arc en Rêve" Centre d’Architecture (1995); exhibition at Christofer Farr in London (1997);

He receives numerous awards, among which several IF Awards and Design Plus Awards, a selection for Itali’s Compasso D’Oro and, in 1992, three awards for a series of door handles designed for FSB: the Bundespreis Product Design; the Industrie Forum "Top Ten" Award and the Nord Rhein Westfalen Design Zentrum Prize. In 1997 he was awarded the IF Transportation Design Prize and the Ecology Award with a vehicle projected for the Hannoversche Verkehrsbetrieb (Hannover Transportation Authority) for the Expo 2000. In 1997 he holds a conference at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. Some of his works are in the permanent collections of several museums, including the New York MOMA, where the chair "Lima" (produced by Cappellini) is exposed.

The Kairos studio, founded in 1980 by Massimo Bonetti, Giuseppe Manente and Abramo Mion, focuses on the building, industrial design and furniture fields.

The studio has created designs for: B&B Italia, B&B Office, Colombo Design, Dada, Ellebi, Nordica, Dolomite, Molteni and C., the City of Venice, Murakoshi Japan, Samsonite Italia, Fincantieri S.p.A.

In 1984, the Kairos studio won the Golden Compass and "Furnishing of the Year" prize from the Schöner Wohnen magazine, with its "Sisamo" closet for B&B Italia.

In 1987, the studio was chosen for another Golden Compass for its Dolomite ski boot, for "Futura" kitchen produced by Dada-Molteni, as well as for "Abak", designed for B&B Office in 1989.

- Massimo Bonetti, born in 1949 in Turin, received his degree in engineering in Padova, where his academic and research careers are based.

- Giuseppe Manente, born in Mestre in 1947, received his degree in Architecture in Venice. He began his career in 1973 in the civil and industrial building sector for both government-owned and private groups.

- Abramo Mion was born in Mirano (near Venice) in 1951. He studied engineering in Padua and architecture in Venice. His main focus is on interior design and he is currently on the design staff for a noted furniture maker.

Born in Monza (near Milan) in 1968, Luca Colombo is the son of Mario Colombo, who founded with his brother Tranquillo the handle manufacturing company of the same name.

He attends the courses of the Architecture Faculty at the Politecnico University of Milan.

He has collaborated with the office of the architect Carlo Bartoli.

In 1996, he became the coordinator of the Colombo Design designer team, with whom he develops projects - particularly the design of handles for doors and windows - assesses their feasibility and marketability.

Currently he lives in Renate, near Milan, where he also works as an industrial designer.

MAKIO HASUIKE

Makio Hasuike, born in Tokyo in 1938 and of Japanese nationality, earned his degree at the "University of Arts of Tokyo" in 1962. He has been active in Milan, Italy, since 1963 as designer in a great number of sectors, cooperating with Italian and European firms of major importance.

In 1983 he created his own company in Fizzonasco (Milan) specialised in fashion bags and articles for office use recognisable by the brand name MHWay. The company is considered one of the most innovative of the sector, gaining recognition and appreciation from a vast public.

An attentive observer of changes in consume trends and in quality of life, during his thirty years old activity he received many prices: he won the "Compasso d'Oro" in 1979 with "Osa" electrical appliances as well as fifteen awards; he was awarded prizes during seven editions of the International Competition for Industrial Design held in Ljubliana, and during four editions of the Design Plus held in Frankfurt as well as four editions during the Design Innovationen of Essen. Gold medal for exposition preparation and art work at the "XV Triennale di Milano", his brush conteiner "Cucciolo" (Gedy) is at the MOMA permanent exposition in New York.

He also cooperates with: Alenia, Ave, Colombo Design, Fiam, Gaggia, Gedy, Gruppo Merloni, Panasonic, Pozzi, Quattrifolio, WMF, Villeroy & Boch.

OTTAVIO DI BLASI

Ottavio Di Blasi, born in Milan in 1954, received his degree in architecture in his birthplace, where he later founded the Di Blasi Associati studio. Between 1979 and 1989 he worked closely with Renzo Piano on several projects, including the San Nicola stadium in Bari.

His own professional base is in Milan, where he divides his time between architecture and industrial design.

He is a professor of Technological Studies at the Faculty of Architecture at Milan's Polytechnic, and he also teaches at the Natural Structures Research Center of the European Institute of Design.

He has created designs for: AFV Beltrami, B&B Italia, Colombo Design, IPAE, TAD Italia, Terry Plastic. He has also worked for the Archbishop's curia in Bari, Finarvedi, Matarrese S.p.A., the Government of Malta, the University of Bari and Milan's Polytechnic.