Piero Lissoni
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Birthplace
Piero Lissoni started his career as a designer in the late
70s.
After his Architecture degree at Milan Polytechnic, he started his
collaboration with Boffi in 1985, as designer first and than as Art
Director until today.
Together with Nicoletta Canesi, Piero Lissoni founded Studio
Lissoni in 1986 (later become Lissoni Associati) and Graph.x in
1996, developing projects of Architecture, Interiors, Industrial
and Graphic Design in addition to Art Direction and Corporate
Image.
Among his clients: Alessi, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Flos,
Fritz Hansen, Glas, Kartell, Knoll International, Lema, Living
Divani, Poltrona Frau, Porro, Tecno, Thonet and Wella.
Industrial design and graphic projects range from furniture,
accessories, kitchens, bathrooms, lighting fixtures to corporate
identity, signage and packaging.
Interior projects include showrooms, trade stands, hotels, private
houses and yachts.
Among the recent realizations of interiors are:
The interiors of the Shangri LaTM Hotel & Resort in Miami; a
private villa near Como.
In Venice, restoration and furnishing of all common areas of the
luxury Hotel "Monaco & Grand Canal", the Bacaro Bar and the
re-design of the historical "Zanin" pastry shop; in Istanbul the
Bentley Design HotelTM; in Switzerland the "Al Porto" Hotel by the
Zurich Lake; in Tokyo the "Mitsui Garden" business Hotel in Tokyo
Ginza district.
Furthermore: interiors for private residences in Milan, Tokyo and
Moscow; the main Boffi showrooms around the world; Porro showroom
ViaDurini15 in Milan, Cassina showroom in Paris along with various
Cassina IXC in Japan; the Milan offices of La Rinascente Group and
Tecno headquarters and showroom.
Besides, the corporate identity for Elie Tahari, an American
fashion designer in current expansion, and in collaboration with
Studio Brenta a private sailing yacht for a New York art
dealer.
The latest assignments, still in progress, include:
A luxury resort at the Turks & Caicos Islands, inclusive of a
Mandarin HotelTM and private villas; a 5 star hotel in Jerusalem
and in Italy the re-design of headquarters/factories for Boffi,
Glas and Living Divani; projects for private villas and interiors
for a 50m private yacht.
Additionally, new collections for the long list of corporate
clients presented during the last Milan Furniture Fair 2006.
In November 2005 Piero Lissoni received one of the highest
recognition in the design world: the prize "Hall of Fame of
Interior Design" in the occasion of a reception at the New York
Waldorf Astoria and more recently the "Best kitchen 2005" Elle
Decor Intern. Award for the "Table System" Boffi kitchen.
