Andrew Haythornthwaite and Shai Akram

Andrew Haythornthwaite and Shai Akram began their collaboration shortly after graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2006 on the Design Products course headed by Ron Arad. Their projects have taken them to China, New Zealand and now, back to the UK. Completed projects together range from interiors to commercial products, whilst they continue their independent explorations and experiments in their East London studio.

Alberto Brogliato

Alberto Brogliato was born in Schio, Vicenza in 1981.
He got a specialization in Industrial Product Design at IUAV in Venice;During his studies, he joined a lot of projects in collaboration with some companies, like Lotto Italia and Tecnica.
Besides caring about their graphics, he took part in some project for the architecture studio ASA studio albanese in Vicenza.

Since 2006 he is caring about design, research and development and production management for Euro3Plast and PLUSt collection.

Alessandra Pasetti

Alessandra Pasetti is leading DEfrag studio since 1999.
Her extensive experience ranges from fashion to industrial design and from furnitures to sport accessories.
She worked for Koziol, Pianca, Disguincio, Rudy Project, Ferplast, Molecole, Morellato & Sector, Altek, IseaBaggio, Alt luci alternative, Orange Design, Pubblicom. Developing design, comunication and graphic.
Beside her design consultancy she is also teaching Industrial Design and Design Management at the University of Venice, assisting Michele de Lucchi, Anna Lombardi, Enzo Berti, MM Design, Ico Migliore, Naoko Shintani and Setsu Ito.

ANTONIO DA MOTTA

ANTONIO DA MOTTA is a native of Bahia, Brazil – where he was trained in interior architecture. da Motta studied art history at the University of Pennsylvania, painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and stage design at the Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies in the Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). In 1992 Antonio relocated to New York City, to establish the da Motta Studio.

alvidesign

alvidesign was founded in 2007 by Åsa Kärner, when the alvihanger for clothes, bags and towels, as the first product was launched in Sweden. “My ambition is to design furniture and products, using environmentally friendly materials with a focus on sustainable production methods and humane working conditions. These are the criteria I use as a platform for my design and production.” I studied at Nyckelviksskolan in Stockholm 2006-2007 and is since 2008 doing my Bachelors´ Degree at The Danish Design School in Copenhagen with furniture design and interior architecture as my main subjects. During my education I put a lot of effort in broadening my knowledge in ecological and sustainable design and production. In my design, my am is to, in a playful way, to combine and push the limits between modern, functional design, art and handicraft from different cultures.” Åsa Alvi Karolina Kärner

Antonio Citterio

Antonio Citterio was born in Meda in 1950. He graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic and opened his studio in 1972 where he started his architectural and interior design business.
Between 1987 and 1996 he worked in association with Terry Dwan and, together, they created buildings in Europe and Japan. Among his most significant works: the restyling of a block in the historical centre of Seregno, Esprit headquarters in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Milan, industrial plants for Vitra, in Germany, and for Antonio Fusco, in Milan. In 1999 “Antonio Citterio and Partners” was founded by Citterio and Patricia Viel, a multidisciplinary practice for architectural design, industrial design and graphics. Patricia Viel was born in Milano in 1962. She graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 1987 and she started her collaboration with Antonio Citterio in 1986.
From 2005 she is member of the National Institute of Architecture IN/ARCH. The firm develops projects for residential complexes, apartment buildings, hotels, trade centres, industrial sites, restructuring of public buildings, planning of workspace, offices and showrooms; it is also operational in the field of corporate communication - implementing corporate image projects, fittings, graphics.
From January 2007 the firm is UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 certified.
In the field of industrial design Antonio Citterio works for Italian and foreign companies such as Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, Aubrilam, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Fusital, Guzzini, Iittala, Inda, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec Group - Pozzi Ginori, Simon Urmet, Technogym, Tre Più, Vitra. In 2000 the new headquarters opened in Milan, Via Cerva 4, and in May of that same year new offices were opened in Hamburg, 75b Wrangelstrasse. In 2002 the construction of the building where the headquarters of the Edel Company are located, along the Elba river, was completed as well as an office building in Neuerwall, two constructions for offices and textile manufacturing in Legnano and Lecco and the headquarters of the CR&S Centre completed with showroom and offices for B&B Italia in Novedrate. Between 2003 and 2004, a corporate image project was implemented for De Beers (London and Tokyo) and, in May 2004, the Bulgari Hotel was inaugurated in Milan, the first of a chain of luxury hotels known as “Bulgari Hotels and Resorts”. In 2005 the restructuring of the historical Town Hall of Clusone, the project for the headquarters and nursery of the drug company GlaxoSmithKline in Verona, the project for a law firm in Sondrio, Italy were completed; added to this two projects for private house, one in Basel, Switzerland, the other in Sardinia, Italy and the jewellery De Beers in Los Angeles. In September 2006 has been inaugurated the Bulgari Resort in Bali, the Aspesi showroom in Milan and the pedestrian square “Michele Alboreto” in Rozzano. In 2007 the Bulgari restaurant and cafè opened in Tokyo, Ginza district.
In January 2008 was completed the building for the New Ermenegildo Zegna Headquarters.
The project for the new “Technogym Village” in Cesena (production site, offices and trade centre), a new square in Busto Arsizio; the functional restructuring, furniture and security of the Southern Pier in Marina di Ravenna, the renovation of the urban ex-Martinelli area in Morbegno, all in Italy, master planning and private houses are underway. Antonio Citterio and Partners took part in a great number of international competitions.
In 2004: project in cooperation with other architects to change the historical centre of Fiera Milano into a new urban centre; project for the building of the “Brooktorhafen” bridge in the new “Hafencity” district in Hamburg; project to enlarge a new multifunctional school building and a kindergarten for the Deutsche School in Milan. In the same year, together with other architects, he won the competition for the functional arrangement, street furniture and security systems of Molo Guardiano sud / Marina di Ravenna, which was presented on the occasion of the 9th International Exhibition of Architecture of the Biennale of Venice, section “Towns on Water”. In the year 2004, publishing company Electa launched the monography “Antonio Citterio Industrial design”.
In 2005, Antonio Citterio and Partners won the competition for the project of an hotel in the Hafencity district in Hamburg and received the 2nd prize at the international design competition for the hotel facilities in the new exhibition grounds of Rho-Pero.
In the same year the Neumühlen project receives the 2nd prize from the Hamburg Architektur Preis and a special mention from the Deutscher Architektur Preis.
Still in 2005, written by Luigi Prestinenza Pugliesi and published by Edilstampa, the monography “Antonio Citterio” has been issued.
In the same year, he received 2nd prize at the design competition for Parco Levante Cesenatico and wins the international architectural competition for the renovation of the Ferrante Aporti building (former Italian post office) in Milan.
In 2007: the Mies van der Rohe Award jury selects the project for the GlaxoSmithKline day nursery in Verona; the Italian publishing house Skira issued the monograph “Antonio Citterio. Architettura e Design”; 2nd prize at the international design competition for the Diocesano Museum in Milan. From 2006, Antonio Citterio is professor at the Accademia di Architettura dell’Università della Svizzera Italiana and from 2007 he is member of the Italian Design Council.
In 2007 he received the “Royal Designer for Industry” award from the “Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce” in London.

ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI

Born in Milan in 1918, he graduated in Architecture in 1944. Since 1940 he had dedicated himself to experimenting on industrial products with his brothers Livio ((1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968).
Their interests were directed towards Urban Planning, Architecture and Design; they performed analysis and research on new forms, techniques and materials, aimed at developing a process of “integral design”.
In 1969, he was nominated Professor of “Artistic Industrial Design”; he chaired the Faculty of Architecture in Turin until 1980 and taught in Milan until 1993 as Professor of “Industrial Design” at the Polytechnic of Milan.
In 1956 he was one of the founders of ADI (Association for Design Industry). MoMA’s permanent collection in New York hosts 14 of his works.
Other works may be found in the following museums: Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Kunstgewerbe Museum in Zurich, Staatliches Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Munich, Design Museum in Prato, Umeleckoprumyslove Museum in Prague, Israel Museum in Jerusalem, The Denver Art Museum, Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Angewandte Kunst Museum in Hamburg and Koln.
ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI

Atelier Van Lieshout

Atelier Van Lieshout´s workshop is situated in a large old warehouse in the harbours of Rotterdam. The building, Katoenveem, is an industrial monument, since it is one of the first warehouses of concrete. It was build by architect J. J. Kanters in 1920. The warehouse was originally used to store cotton in. Artworks and a host of other products begin their lives here before travelling to points around the globe. The workshop has different departments, a fibreglass, sculpture, wood, and metal workshops. Atelier Van Lieshout’s 20 employees have different backgrounds and origins. The designers are closely involved in the manufacturing process of each product. Design and making of the art works all take place in this workshop.

Atelierdorp

Atelierdorp
Where once people prayed devotedly to God, now people work with a similar devotion on concepts that conquer the world. This devotion is not only focussed on their work but just so much on doing good to the world. With faith in the fact that spreading the right energy and conceptualizing what the world and the people need today, the people of Atelierdorp think of how to make this world a better place. Not as a rigid religion, but as a way of working, of collaborating, of sharing.
They all finished their education at Design Academy Eindhoven and since then stone by stone built up their career from this special place – de Van Aars Kerk - , that was offered as a temporarily working space by the Housing Corporation Woonbedrijf. In this church people have been working inventively on ideas and products that went travelling through the world. The designers of Atelierdorp have been exhibiting in Milano or Miami or any other place in the world. They sold their work through world famous galleries, to sometimes world famous customers. No visitor of any importance in the design industry left Eindhoven before visiting this church. But then this global range of activities does not make them less aware of the environment they live in. With the people in the neighbourhood and schoolkids they have been working on a project like Buurt Etalage: to stimulate happier living in this somewhat deprived neighbourhood. Poems on the walls, happy animals in the street. A project that make people living there, proud of their environment that radiates now with more positive energy. Atelierdorp would like to spread this kind of working all over Eindhoven. A positive and creative energy that can be shared with schoolkids in workshops, with people in neighbourhoods in coffee sessions, with entrepreneurs. Furthermore they offer working space to student designers that benefit from their coaching during the finalization of their graduation projects. With faith in the motto that one and one makes three, that collaboration in openness pays itself back in sharing costs and facilities, feedback, exposure , the collective of Atelierdorp - although consisting of people of different origins - demonstrate the spirit that is so characteristic for Eindhoven and the region.

Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen (1902-71), architect and designer. Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, professor at the Academy (1956-65).

As a designer, Jacobsen made prototypes for furniture, textiles, wallpaper, silverware etc. Among his most famous designs are The Ant™ (designed for Novo Nordisk canteen) (1952), Series 7™ (1955), The Egg™ and The Swan™ (designed for the SAS Royal Hotel ) 1958, and the tableware Cylinda-Line (1967).

Among his most famous works as an architect are the apartment blocks Bellavista in Klampenborg (1933-34), Bellevue Theatre (1935-36), Århus Town Hall (in co-operation with Erik Møller) (1939-42), Søllerød Town Hall (in co-operation with Flemming Lassen) (1940-42), Søholm semi-detached houses in Klampenborg (1950-54), Rødovre Town Hall (1957), Glostrup Town Hall (1958),The Munkegård School in Copenhagen (1955-59), SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen (1958-1960), Toms Chocolate Factories in Ballerup (1961), Danmarks Nationalbank (started in 1965), Saint Catherine’s College in Oxford (1964-66).

Jacobsen also designed a project for the lobby of Hannover Concert Hall (1964-66), Castrop Rauxel mall (1965), Christaneum Grammar School in Hamburg (1965), Administration building for the Hamburg power station (in co-operation with Otto Weitling) (1965).

Arik Levy

"Design is an uncontrolled muscle" according to Arik Levy (born 1963).
Designer, technician, artist, photographer, filmmaker, Arik Levy's skills are multi-disciplinary
and his work can be seen in prestigious galleries and museums worldwide.
Best known publicly for his furniture design for global companies, installations and limited editions,
Arik Levy nevertheless feels "The world is about people, not tables and chairs."

Hailing originally from Israel and moving to Europe in 1988, Arik Levy currently works in Paris
with his 20-strong team of designers and graphic artists forming L design.
Under the vision of Arik Levy and his associate, Pippo Lionni, the firm also produces brand identities, packaging, signage, exhibition and interior design…

Arik Levy formation was unconventional where surfing and his graphic design studio took up much of his time back home.
However, following studies at the Art Center Europe in Switzerland where he gained a distinction in Industrial Design in 1991, Arik Levy's first international success was winning
the Seiko Epson Inc. competition, which jettisoned him into the public consciousness as a "thinking" designer.

After a stint in Japan where Arik Levy consolidated his ideas producing products and pieces for exhibitions, the designer returned to Europe where he contributed his artistry to another field - contemporary dance and opera by way of set design.

The creation of Arik Levy firm then meant a foray back to his first love, Art and industrial design, as well as other branches of his talents. Respected for his furniture and light designs on all continents, Arik Levy also creates hi-tech clothing lines and accessories for firms in the Far East.

Considering himself now more of a "feeling" designer, Arik Levy continues to contribute substantially to our interior and exterior milieu, his work including public sculpture - his signature Rock pieces - as well as complete environments that can be adapted for multi use. "Life is a system of signs and symbols", he says, "where nothing is quite as it seems."

Adrien Rovero Studio

Born in 1981 in Switzerland, Adrien Rovero, already the holder of a CFC in interior design and a Bachelor in industrial design, received his Master diploma in industrial design in 2006 from the Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, ECAL (where he is now teaching) and open adrien rovero studio the same year.
Since then, Adrien Rovero has a double activity of research and industrial production by associating the market and institution context.
Exhibited in galleries like Kreo (Paris), Libby Sellers (London), gallery Ormond (Geneva) and working for institution like Grand Hornu (Belgium), le 104 (Paris),Villa Noailles (F) and collaborate with established brand like Hermès,…
Adrien Rovero works for international design companies like Droog Design (NL), Dim (D) & Campeggi (IT). Adrien Rovero work is based on an precise observation of elementary needs, where everything is excuse for speculations, with hypotheses and imagination.
With force details, Adrien Rovero brings together use ,commonplace and extraordinary, he brings unexpected solutions simple and relevant.
Mentioned in the international press, Adrien Rovero has been awarded a number of prizes including the D&AD Nesta product Innovation Awards for 2003 and 2004, the jury prize at the Villa Noailles in France (2006) and the Swiss federal prize in 2007.
Adrien Rovero works has been collected by public collections of the Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou(Paris), the Grand Hornu (B) and the Mudac (Lausanne).

Atelier Van Lieshout

Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL), founded by artist Joep van Lieshout (1963) in 1995, is a multidisciplinary art practice encompassing installation, design, furniture and architecture. The name Atelier Van Lieshout emphasises the fact that the works of art do not stem solely from the creative brain of Joep van Lieshout, but are produced by a creative team of artists, designers and architects. The works of art are practical, uncomplicated and substantial. The work varies from sculptures and furniture, bathrooms and mobile home units to large installations and complete architectural refurbishments. One of the many applications and techniques used by AVL are the large polyester constructions in striking, bright colours. These polyester constructions, of which the large mobile home units are the best known, form the AVL trademark. Recurring themes in the work of AVL are autarky, power, politics and sex. Works of AVL can be found in private collections and several museums. Please check our exhibition agenda on the news page for current and coming exhibitions. If you have any questions about Atelier Van Lieshout and our works, please contact us via our office in Rotterdam.
Atelier Van Lieshout website

Alexander Lotersztain Studio

Alexander Lotersztain was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1977, he graduated from Industrial Design at Ort School.
He moved to Australia age 19.
Travel has always being his main source of inspiration.
It was in Australia that he further graduated from the Queensland College of Art, receiving many design awards,including the Design Institute of Australia Prize "Best Design Student".
In Japan at GK Planning & Design in Tokyo he participated in the development of products for clients such as Asahi, Mizuno and others.
At IDEE Headquarters, he developed a range of low furniture including his acclaimed "skid seaters" and softsofa for Sputnik and defied the pre-conceptions of existing industrialized products with his "lightflow" light.
Had participated in international exhibitions with Sputnik,Designers Block London,Tokyo,Milano, New York, San Francisco,Berlin, Moscow and one of his products is part of the design Collection at the Pompidou Museum in Paris.
He currently collaborates with companies around the globe including IDEE-Sputnik/Japan, Planex/Australia, SIGG/Switzerland, COVO/Italy, Ufl/New Zeland, Escofet/Spain, S&G/Australia and InAfrica Foundation as lead design consultant.
Alexander Lotersztain was name one of 100 most influential top designer worldwide in &fork by Phaidon, top "10" most influential faces in Design by Scene Design Quarterly 2007 and top 10 of 100 Young Brightest Australian Achievers Bayer/Bulletin Award.
Has won many awards in both product and interior design and his work has appeared in design journals around the world.
Alexander is also part of the "Smart State Council work group" for the Queensland Government, drafting the Smart State design Strategy 2020.
Latest Interior design projects include: Limes Hotel - Part of designhotels.com the Hotel opened its door in Brisbane on June 2008.
The Studio has overseeing every aspect of interior, image and branding, form bedroom design and layout to glassware for the bar. The derlot range has been specified for interior including custom made objects.

Alexander Lotersztain Studio website

Arne Quinze

Arne Quinze's talent lies in his ability to fuse polar extremes - passion and chaos with controlled elegance. He creates immaculate, urbane and polished works that are balanced with a certain contradicting tension, giving them a refined yet exuberant appearance. He realizes his ideas with verve and is able to generate crossovers between art and architecture as if it's child's play.

His headquarters in Kortrijk, Belgium, are located in a complex of 10,000 square meters. A unique creative platform where Quinze has surrounded himself with architects, urban developers, product and graphic designers, video artists, copywriters and sculptors. The Art Studio in Miami is another volcano for his creative artistic outbursts. Every new creative breed captures his research and study on interaction, urbanity movement, speed and light in present-day society. Quinze scans a city in a blink of an eye and divulges the ongoing rhythm running through multifarious buildings and settlements expressing the continuously evolving of human beings and their surroundings. Man cannot survive alone, we find refuge in one another. Neglecting our human needs we live in an era where social interaction has been well-nigh diminished to nonexistent.
Arne Quinze website

Alfredo Häberli

Alfredo Häberli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1964. Today, he is an internationally established designer based in Zurich. He manages to unite tradition with innovation, joy and energy in his designs. The result are works with companies such as Alias, Camper, Iittala, Kvadrat, Luceplan, Moroso and Volvo.
alfredo-haeberli website

Antonio Citterio

Antonio Citterio was born in Meda in 1950.

He graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic and opened his studio in 1972 mainly focusing on industrial design.

In 1999 "Antonio Citterio and Partners" was founded by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, a multidisciplinary studio for architectural design, industrial design and graphics.

The studio develops projects for residential complexes and trade centres, industrial sites, restructuring of public buildings, planning of workspace, offices, showrooms and hotels; it is also operational in the field of corporate communication and implements corporate image projects, fittings and graphics.

Antonio Citterio works now for Italian and foreign companies such as Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor - Hansgrohe, Aubrilam, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Fusital, Guzzini, Iittala, Inda, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec Group - Pozzi Ginori, Simon Urmet, Technogym, Tre Più, Vitra.

One of the acknowledgements obtained was the Compasso d'Oro in 1987 and 1995.

The products "Mobil" and "Battista" designed for Kartell are exhibited in the design permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "Mobil", "Battista", "Dolly", "Gastone" and "Oxo" are exhibited in the permanent collection of the Pompidou Centre in Paris. The cutlery collection ‘Tools Citterio 2000', designed for Iittala, is part of the permanent collection of design at the Museum of Architecture and Design in Chicago together with the "Axor Citterio" taps designed for Hansgrohe.

In the year 2004 the Italian publishing company Electa launched the monography "Antonio Citterio Industrial design" distributed in the English version by Phaidon Press and in 2005, written by Luigi Prestinenza Pugliesi and published by Edilstampa, the monography "Antonio Citterio".

From 2006, Antonio Citterio is professor at the Accademia di Architettura dell'Università della Svizzera Italiana.

In January 2007 the project for the GlaxoSmithKline day nursery in Verona has been selected by the Mies van der Rohe Award jury and together with other 32 projects will be part of the catalogue and exhibition.

In 2007 he received the "Royal Designer for Industry" award from the "Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce" in London.

Antonio Citterio website