Born in Milan, graduated in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano with top marks in 1975, the same year she enables the profession of architect.

Member of the Order of Journalist, since 2003 is full professor in Industrial Design at the Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design. She co-founded and directed until 2003 the Degree in Interior Design; She participated in the design and chaired the Master of Science in Naval and Nautical Design, joint between the Politecnico di Milano and the University of Genoa, from its inception in 2005 to 2011.

Since its establishment in 1999 to 2015 she was Director of the Master of the Politecnico di Milano in Yacht Design, she is currently teacher. Recently retired, she has been a member of the Design School at the Politecnico di Milano, where she continues to hold the project studio for degree thesis.

From 2011 to 2019 she has been the Head of the Department of Design at the Politecnico di Milano, member of the Academic Senate of the Politecnico and part of the Scientific Commission of the University and of the Commitee for Regulation. She founded and currently directs the Series “Design International” for Franco Angeli editor in Milan. The Series published till now 22 texts on contemporary design issues.

In November 2021 she was appointed honorary professor of the Politecnico di Milano.

After completing the university studies in the humanistic-linguistic area at IULM in Milan, Roberta Busnelli entered the world of journalism and specialized publishing in the early 90s. In 2005 she founded the publishing house Verbus Editrice in Milan, responsible for the publication of the IQD architecture and design magazine, now internationally recognized as one of the most dynamic and authoritative publications in the sector. In the last years, the publishing house has become a reference point for the publication of architectural books, such as the recent Vacua Forma by architect Beniamino Servino, and collections of architectural and interior design projects. She collaborates with the most important exponents of the architecture world, who directed the magazine’s issues within a farsighted project of shared communication, such as Alfonso Femia, Alexander S. Brodsky, Giancarlo Mazzanti and Renato Rizzi. Alongside IQD’s Editorial Director activity, in recent years she has promoted events and activities aimed at supporting the culture of the project and encouraging meetings between the various protagonists of the design and architecture scene in the world.

Bocconian never graduated, he worked as a draftsman and designer / interior designer in one of the most important architecture studios in Milan in the mid-1980s. In 1987 he began his adventure in the world of specialized publishing working as an agent and consultant for the Editorial Staff of Milan , Publishing House of the three Italian Lighting, Compolux and Compoarredo magazines specialized in lighting, lighting components and components for furniture and furnishings. Over the years, following the evolution of light sources and the advent of new technologies, he participates in numerous refresher and training courses at Philips Lighting Academy, Osram, Guzzini. In 2004, realizing the potential of LEDs, he promoted the new “Speciale LED” section, the first to deal exhaustively with the new sources and the related development of the new luminaires. In 2007 he acquired the Editorial Staff, subsequently assuming the position of Chief Editor of the three publications. In 2013 the Company moved to the new headquarters in via Davanzati and from 2014, thanks to the collaboration with Honegger, Representatives of Messe Düsseldorf for Italy, it organized the “Italian Lighting Lounge” a group of companies during the prestigious Euroshop Fair in Dusseldorf.

Francesca Losi (Lecco, 1975) graduated from “Università Cattolica” of Milan in Literature with a thesis on Utopias in Contemporary Architecture, under the supervision of Alessandro Mendini. Since 2004 she is a journalist enrolled in the Order of Lombardy. Between 2001 and 2017, as a freelancer, she took care of the press office and communication projects for many companies specialized in the production of materials and systems for architecture, ranging from contemporary architecture to restoration and protection of cultural heritage of religious interest. After many years of intense collaboration, she became Communication and Media Manager for Company Tabu, as well as Training for Architects and students of the Faculties and Schools of Design and Architecture.

Graduated in International Cooperation Development and Human Rights at the University of Bologna in 2013 with a thesis supervised by Prof. Andrea Segrè on the role of the primary sector in the process of sustainable development. Prior to his position at FSC Italy, he worked as Senior Consultant for environmental/social certifications and Corporate Social Responsibility practices in the wood, paper and textile sectors. On the strength of his experience with companies and the functioning of FSC within supply chains, today Andres holds the role of technical manager for Chain of Custody (CoC) Certification in FSC Italy, contributing in particular to technical support and training and the development of supply chain projects.

Born in 1943 in Salò, he got in 1966 a Diploma in Industrial Design in Venice. In 1970 he graduated with a Master in Product Design at IIT in Chicago. He began his free-lance activity in 1971 and works as designer with many firms in Italy and abroad in many fields: from table top to kitchen accessories, from lamps to bath accessories. He works also in exhibition design and graphic design. He has been curator of cultural exhibitions. Award “Design Plus” Award in 1987 and selected for “Compasso d’Oro ADI” in 1987, 1989 and 1991. He has been juror in international design competition and speaker in several international design meetings. He has been teaching design at Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan (Italy). He has been President of ADI Lombardy since 2010 and now is Past President He has been teacher of Design at Accademia di Belle Arti Cignaroli di Verona from 2013 to 2014. Member of the Scientific Commitee for the final selection of ADI Design Index 2018/2019 for Compasso d’Oro 2020

Andrea Tagliabue (Como 1972) represents the third generation in TABU and collects an entrepreneurial legacy consolidated over 90 years, born from an intuition of the founder Achille Tagliabue, his grandfather, who was the first to start the dyeing of wood in the world. Andrea interprets his role and his time with energy and confidence, opening up new paths, which will prove decisive for what has become an authentic Italian excellence. Degree in Business Economics at LIUC, and a career that begins very early while his father Enrico builds TABU as we know it today, Andrea from the 90s is the soul of the strategic opening to the world market and its consolidation especially in countries such as the USA, India and China.

History and tradition are the core values of BRUSA PASQUÈ architectural studio which always wants to achieve high innovation and sustainable projects. The success of the studio has grown from generation to generation with professional engineering and architectural competences: from the grandfather Alfredo, building inspector, born in 1983, to the father Sergio (born in 1923), engineer and the studio founder (1947-1990), to his daughters, Anna Manuela and Elena, architects and business partners since 1990. The studio follows many projects for sport structures, auditorium and theatres, restoration projects (including the Restoration of “Besana Roundabout” in Milan (2002), the previous cemetery church Cà Granda in Milan date back to XVII century, today a children’s museum, one of the most important in the city, or the Mantova conservatory, the most ancient building of Italy with a charter of 1777, situated in a Barnabite convent date back to XV century). Moreover, private residences, Italian hotels and abroad, mobility projects and pedestrian bridges, offices and community centers, hospitals and medical centers (such as the renovation of the pediatric oncology department in Varese for the day hospital hold by Ascoli Foundation).

He was born in Argentina and graduated from the Catholic University of Cordoba. He became a fully registered architect in Spain and was enrolled on the EEA list of architects enabling him to practise his profession in the European Community. Starting from 1987, for eight years, he worked with a group of architects in Milan, Carmellini e Magnoli Associati, developing projects in Italy and abroad. During this time, he carried out much personal research work on his own in the world of architecture and, after having gained important, distinctive experience in the fashion, luxury hotel, and residential sectors, he decided to set up his own studio.

Studio Mosca was founded in 1994 and immediately responded to customer requirements by adopting an approach centred on the conceptual development of projects strongly based on references to art and worldwide culture.

His profile as a designer-architect thus took shape and found a strong base in the perfect balance between the rigour of nearly minimalist inclination and the use of highly technological, innovative materials alongside traditional ones; a formal balance in which the personal use of lighting bestows an exquisitely “spatial” arrangement to any environment.

Following this conceptual basis, the Studio realises projects for various different architectural sectors: Residential (apartments, villas) – Commercial (clothes, shoes, accessories, glasses); Wellness and health (beauty centres, spas, dental facilities); Religious Architecture (convents, restoration work, and design); Entertainment and Food (discos, pubs, restaurants, bars). Also on the list of professional activities is participation in international architecture competitions and conferences.

Born in Rimini in 1959, he studied architecture in Florence. In 1989 he created the Tatlin sofa by Edra, which was among the winning products of the prestigious Top Ten Award in Dusseldorf. In 2000 he moved to Rimini where he opened “RM 12 art & design”, Art Gallery and Design/Interior Architecture Studio. In 2010 he was invited by Seoul Living Design Fair (Korea) to exhibit “The Italian/Korean house”. He is currently a tenured professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. He is “Chiara Fama” (for outstanding reputation) lecturer without tenure of the course of Outdoor Design at the Milan Polytechnic. He won the Gold A’Design Award 2017 with the project of Nemo table for the Company SCAB Design.

Francesco Scullica, architect and research doctor in interior architecture, is an associate professor in industrial design at the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano. Since 2012 he has been the scientific director of the Interior Design Master of the Politecnico di Milano- POLI_design; he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Politecnico di Milano. From 1990 to 1999 he began to collaborate in the interior design and design courses of the furnishing products held by Prof. Arturo Dell’Acqua Bellavitis at the Politecnico di Milano, paying particular attention to interior design, product design, mobile and design in general. In particular, in relation to this educational collaboration, there are tutoring activities carried out on projects related to major Italian companies (“Bernini”, “Cassina”, “Fiat Auto”, “Techno” and “Zambon”). He has participated and participates in the activities of visiting professor in international seminars and workshops in foreign schools, including the Barcellona School of Architecture (SP) La De Montfort University in Leicester (UK), the Institute of Art Visule of Orleans (F), the Fachhoch-schule fur Gestaltung Schwabish Gmund (DE), the TEI (Technological Educational Institution) of Athens (GR) the Lantao Culture- (China), the HEAD (Haute Ecole de Design- Art) in Geneva ( CH), the Tongji University of Shanghai (China). This in relation to his role as Co-Director of the Executive Design Management Master for Innovative Environments- Politecnico di Milano and Tongji University of Shanghai, the RTU Riga Technical University and the Academy of Art and Design of Riga. His main research interests are focused in interior design, hospitality and hotel design, furniture, office, retail, sustainability in the interior design in relation to Design for All.

He has published many articles, essays, texts, conference proceedings for national and international publishers.

From the academic year 2000-01 he teaches at the School of Design of the Politecnico di Milano. His most recent consultancy activities include the role of scientific curator of the “Hybrid Lounge” exhibition at Homi, the Lifestyle fair at Fiera Milano, an exhibition on new trends in interior design finishes and materials.

Architect and designer, she works with her own studio in Biella, Italy. She has carried out building renovation and urban planning projects, worked as an art director, and a visiting professor. She participates in International Juries. Author of the book Abitare nel Biellese, and of the books and exhibitions “DcomeDesign” and “POPDesign”. She was Ambassador for Italian Design Day in the world in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 for La Farnesina – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and curator of Torino Design of the City 2017.

She was President of ADI Association of Industrial Design (2008 – 2014), President of WDO – the World Design Organization (2017 – 2019).

She is currently Senator of WDO.

Born in 1958 in Milan and graduated in architecture in 1984 with professor Marco Zanuso, when his chair was still called Art Design for the Industry, Massimo Farinatti has begun his professional career during his academic period by working for prestigious creative studios and ateliers in Milan. In 1985, he founded the Triplano Associati studio for architectural and industrial design projects. In 1997, he transferred his operative seat in Brianza, opening his studio in Merate, and then he moved to Milan, where he created a network of partnerships able to face international challenges. He has taught Industrial Design at International College, Camera della Moda, Scuola Politecnica di Design and Design in Town, actually he is professor at Politecnicoof Milano and holds workshops at schools of industrial design and communication. He is a member of ADI (Association for Industrial Design) since 1983, he is the Coordinator of the Designers Department, he is Vice-President of ADI Lombardy, Coordinator of ADI Design Permanent Observatory of Lombardy for the selection of ADI Design Index and Compasso d’Oro and  he was member of the board of Fondazione ADI Collezione Compasso d’Oro. He is a speaker at conferences and member of juries for national and international competitions and awards. Over the years, he has focused his activity on interior design and industrial design, collaborating with major companies of the design sector to create new types of products, as well as new ways of living the environments. The works conceived by his studio combine the ambitions and the desires of the customers in projects characterized by a rigorous methodological basis and a solid vision of the available resources and technologies, resulting into architectures and products destined to last over time.

Architect and PhD in urban design from the Venice Institute of Architecture (IUAV), Andrea Boschetti founded the Milan-based architecture and urban planning studio Metrogramma in 1999, of which he is now CEO and art director. Gold Medal for Italian Architecture (2004) and Benemerenza per la Cultura e l’Arte Italiana conferred by the Presidency of the Republic (2008), Andrea Boschetti, with Metrogramma, has participated over the years in many international exhibitions, including La Biennale di Venezia (2000, 2008, 2010), the London Exhibition (2008) and the Brasilia Exhibition (2008). He was then the director of the 5th edition of the ‘Barbara Capocchin’ International Architecture Biennale (2011-’12) dedicated to the themes of urban regeneration, designing, together with Michele De Lucchi, the exhibition design for Palazzo della Ragione in Padua entitled ‘Superurbano’. He is currently also art director and head of design at The One Atelier, a London-based company specializing in luxury real estate. In September 2019 he won, together with Stefano Boeri and Petra Blaisse, the international competition for the reconstruction of the Quadrante Val Polcevera – the Red Circle and the Bridge Park in Genoa. Finally, in May 2021 he won, with Loreto Open Community, the international competition promoted by the Municipality of Milan together with C40 Reinventing Cities, for the urban redevelopment of Piazzale Loreto in Milan, which is now in the executive phase.

Born in Cuneo, Italy, and graduated from Turin Polytechnic in 1988, Duilio Damilano founded the architecture studio DAMILANOSTUDIOARCHITECTS in 1990. Early on he became interested in architecture, developing an interest in the plastic and material aspects of objects that was passed on to him by his father and brother, both sculptors. The studio’s work immediately breaks the link with the Piedmontese masters, developing two compositional and spatial strands that almost negate each other. On the one hand the clarity and purity of signs in his stately homes and on the other the experimentalism of forms in his commercial and industrial buildings; two apparently opposed strands of research which coexist and feed off each other, bringing out three keys to interpreting the architect’s works as suggested by the architecture critic Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi: the symbolic, the sculptural and the emotional ones. Particular attention is paid to light, transparent and reflective surfaces in projects that take a force of expression that sometimes cancels or enhances the built volumes. The main areas of intervention to date are the design of residential, office and commercial buildings both in Italy and abroad.

Maria Aslam holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture and a Master’s degree from McGill University. Director and principal architect of ArchWorks studio based in Karachi, Pakistan, she founded ADA Architecture Design Art magazine in 2008. In a career spanning more than 20 years, she has worked in the field of design, conducted research and been appointed as a speaker, organizer, juror and critic at major global events. She has held prestigious positions in numerous Pakistani architectural organizations, is an active member of the Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP) and was the president of the Karachi chapter from 2007 to 2009. In 2016, she published her first book entitled “Interiors of Pakistan Volume I”.

Alessandra Angelini (Parma, 1953) is an artist living between Milano and Pavia. She held the chair of Graphic Art at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Urbino and Venice.

She is part of the Swiss Visarte association

With a classical and philosophical education, she graduated in Painting at the Brera Academy with a thesis on Music and Painting in the rules of the Bauhaus. The artist dedicates herself to different expressive languages, sometimes creating connections between art, science and design,  giving rise to contaminations between procedures and materials. She has taught drawing and color theory and conducted workshops and lectures in Italy, Switzerland, Estonia, Germany and the United States. She has collaborated with various diplomatic institutions.

Interested in the connections between Art and Science and in the sustainability characteristics of new materials and technologies, she has long been conducting research, experimenting with procedures in the name of the fusion between manual skills and technology. She has collaborated with various scientific institutions including INAF – Brera Astronomical Observatory, the Polytechnic of Milan, the University of Pavia, the Electrical Technology Museum – Pavia, the Cairoli College – Pavia, the Technische Fachhochschule – Berlin, the BAU International University of Applied Sciences – Berlin, the Department of Interior Architecture and Design of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tallinn – Estonia, the Embassy of Italy in Santo Domingo, creating and participating in numerous artistic and educational projects. On the theme of biodiversity and nature she has conceived and conducted artistic projects with the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Pavia and schools in the Pavia area.

She has exhibited in numerous solo and collective expositions in public and private spaces, in Italy, Europe, the United States and China. His works are present in the collections of important Italian and foreign museums.