He was born in Giussano (MI) on September 25th 1956.
Following his studies at the State Art Institute of Cantù, he acquired considerable experience with the Design Center of one of the main furnishing industries.
Here he acquired depth knowledge on the materials, their technological applications, the engineering aspects of the products and the problems associated with industrial design.
In 1987, he went free-lance and worked as a consultant for some leading furniture companies. From the collaboration with the Research and Development Centers and their designers, he created products of international success.
In 1992, he worked closely with another important company, designing a furniture collection based on innovative concepts that consent, among other things, the development of the first modular system to appear on the market with finished multi-purpose elements.
In 2001, he created a new home concept founded on a space where there is interaction of products characterized by an evident technical arrangement: a modular system, a collection of tables (commended for the Compasso d’Oro 2005), a program/system for closing and subdividing the space (doors, sliding and partition walls).
In addition to the design and the industrialization of the products, he is art director for some companies and responsible for the corporate image strategies.

He was born in 1967 in Carimate (Co) and graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytech in 1993.
He then opened a professional studio that specializes in design.
Carlo Colombo has completed a number of restructuring programs for social buildings and private dwellings and has collaborated with a number of companies producing furnishings, illumination technology and accessories.
He has lectured in Industrial Packaging at the Faculty of Architecture, Milan Polytech where he is assistant lecturer in Furnishing department. He has held conferences in Industrial Design in Italy, Israel, Greece, Portugal, Solvenja, Ucraine, Australia and Great Britain.
His works have been displayed in museums of applied arts and galleries of contemporary art in Paris, Brema and Cologne.

The studio OPERA was founded in 1990.
Mario Dell’Orto, Emanuela Garbin, Enrico Cattaneo, founded the studio in order to combine their different professional experiences, matured in the same operational environment. The common denominator was the language affinity, which established the objectives geared to provide answers to the complex problems of the sector in a complete and specialist manner.
The studio is active in a number of areas that range from the operations to identify the development strategies, to the study of communication, industrial design, the plans or restructuring projects for showrooms and sales points.
For the companies, the consulting can include specific requirements or art direction in the more general sense, where it is possible to identify an organizational and synergetic route that can permit the coincidence of the various initiatives to provide better identification of the specific brand on the market.
In the area of design, the Studio has designed and continues to design models of the various product types. Armchairs, settees, furniture, beds and furnishing accessories that carry the name OPERA DESIGN have been accepted by prestigious companies and are now part of their production. Several models have also won prizes during exhibitions and competitions in both Italy and abroad.
For exhibitions and showrooms, the studio is responsible for the design and the restructuring programs, identifying the intervention strategies and defining the image and the communication. The project continues through a program of maintenance or growth of the sales point through initiatives, promotions and events.
The Studio therefore develops a synergetic activity produced by the interconnection between the individual operative specializations, and has the possibility of tackling with a much broader outlook the problems facing this sector in the light of the enormous transformation and mutation.

He was born in Milan in 1967.
In 1992, he graduated in Industrial Design from the Faculty of Architecture of the Milan Polytech.
He designs furnishing articles, lamps with Candle, Firme by Vetro and Fontana Arte, electrical appliances for Whirlpool, flooring for Hasetora, Forbo, Tarkett, Hi-Fi systems for Pioneer.
He is art director for a number of companies associated with the production of furnishing materials.
His professional activity includes the design of layouts for public areas and museums, such as the Milan Triennial, ID Forumin Copenhagen, Ozone Design Center in Tokyo, Musèe des Arts Dècoratifs in Paris.
He lectures at the Superior Institute of Architecture and Design in Milan.

Steve Leung is an international renowned architect, interior and product designer born in Hong Kong. He was honoured as the Winner of the Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year Award 2015, the Oscar of Design. Steve's works reflect the projects' unique characters with his contemporary touch, taking inspiration from the Asian culture and arts.
Steve founded Steve Leung Design Group (SEHK: 2262), the World’s No.1 Residential Design Firm accredited by Interior Design Top 100 Giants for four times in 2016-2020, and ranked Top 20 in overall global ranking in 2020. As one of the largest design practices in Asia, the Group has over 500 designers and professionals headquartered in Hong Kong and Shanghai and across branch offices in Beijing and Guangzhou. The Group has 12 brands delivering diverse and specialized designs in over 100 cities worldwide.
Steve is devoted to promoting design industry development and education. He is the President of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) 2017-2019, the first Chinese President in IFI history. He is also the Executive Director of Design Committee of China National Interior Decoration Association (CIDA) and the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Design Centre. In 2014, he joined hands with interior designers from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to establish “C Foundation” to foster development of the design industry.

Giulio Manzoni was born in 1952; following his graduation in Architecture in 1976 from the Milan Polytech, he worked at the Universities of Milan and Pavia, in the Comprensorio 8 (8th District) of Como, the Intercomunale, a cross-city initiative in Pordenone and in Casino, Campione d'Italia. He has presented works at the Venice Biennial of Architecture, he holds several Italian and European invention patents, including patents for the first storage bed 'Magico' and the bed-cum-desk “Riletto”; he won the 'Leonardo' award presented by Milan's Museum of Science and Technology; his bed 'Ercolino' won the prize 'Design Award Professional".
Throughout his career, he has worked with the top Italian furniture and design companies, with special attention focused on polyfunctional products and the new technological developments.

Born in 1972, Matteo Nunziati is considered one of the most influential international architects and designers of his generation. He opened his studio in Milan in 2000 and since then has been working in the fields of architecture, interior design and product design with a specialisation in the design of luxury hotels, spas, wellness centres and prestigious residential projects.
Among his numerous realisations - in Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India, the Maldives, China and the United States - stands out the collaboration with the Trump Organization, a world leader in the real estate sector, which chose him for the design of the Trump Towers in Pune inaugurated in 2017 and considered one of the most prestigious properties in India, or the Bosco Verticale penthouse in Milan, winner of the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects Award (RIBA) 2018 for international excellence.
In parallel to his work as an architect, he collaborates with some of the most prestigious design brands, creating products that - also in this field - have earned him prestigious prizes and awards; among them the Chicago Good Design Award, the Wallpaper Design Award, the Elle Deco International Design Awards, the London Design Award, and the IDA Design Award.
Finally, his solid experience has led Matteo Nunziati to teach at important institutions such as the Domus Academy, the National Taipei University of Technology, the IDI Interior Design Institute in Milan and the Tshinghua University Shenzhen in China.

Stefania Crippa and Marco Gottardi founded Studio Contromano in 2014, following their post-graduate specialization in Industrial Design at the Milan Polytechnic. Stefania qualified in 2005 and Marco in 2010.
They met while working in Studio Lissoni & Partners, Milan, Italy. This experience was a fundamentally important phase of their training. It allowed them to hone their design skills and gave them the opportunity to work with some of the most important companies within the furniture sector, with focus on product development, accessories and exhibition stands.
Studio Contromano is a melting-pot of ideas for individual creatives and teamwork, guided by the common factor of well-balanced esthetics. It can be described as work-in-progress to identify an original and contemporary language that harmonizes esthetic elegance, the research to develop new finishes and the presentation of novel colourways with the requirements of the industrial production.

Ilenia Viscardi was born in Brianza, an area north of Milan, in the heart of one of Italy’s furniture manufacturing districts. She immediately developed a strong interest for the world of design and architecture, inheriting from her family’s business depth know-how of the tradition of wood and the artistic skills of carpentry.
After her graduation from the Milan Polytech, she started working as principal interior architect with world-renowned architecture studios on a wide range of projects.
She works in Italy and abroad – mainly in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Bucharest, Astana, Almaty, Dubai and London – designing luxury homes, commercial properties, hotels and apartment complexes.
Her product designs are developed for brand leaders, and she also creates custom pieces made-to-measure specifically for the client.
She works as a stylist and art director for a number of companies, designing and overseeing displays, exhibition areas and showrooms.
Her approach to every project is standard - maximum attention to detail, in terms of the architectonic aspects and the decorative touches, considering every tiny component of the ensemble as a possible and invaluable source of inspiration. The results are ambiences and settings that reflect the personality and the lifestyle of the client.