Riccardo Giovanetti

Born in Milan in 1967, Ricardo Giovanetti attended the Faculty of Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic where he graduated in Industrial Design in 1992. Two years later, he opened his own studio in Milan, devoting himself mainly to product design. In the year 2000 he accrued collaborations with leading names in Italian design such as Cassina and Flou. For FontanaArte, he designed the Sipario wall lamp. He has also developed layouts for temporary exhibitions at the Milan Triennale, the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen, the Living Design Centre in Tokyo and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He lectures at the ISAD design school and at Milan’s Scuola Politecnica di Design (SPD).