Architect, designer, and artist. He was a key figure in Alchimia and Memphis, and headed Olivetti Design from 1988 to 2002. He is the designer of the world's best-selling lamp, the Tolomeo by Artemide, awarded the Compasso d'Oro in 1987. He has designed furniture for the most prestigious Italian and European companies and has carried out architectural projects worldwide in the cultural, business, industrial, and residential fields.
In 2000, he received the title of "Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana" from President Azeglio Ciampi. In 2001, he was appointed professor at the IUAV in Venice. In 2006, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University. In 2008, he was appointed Professor at the Faculty of Design at the Politecnico di Milano and a Fellow of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome. In 2018, he was a guest editor of the journal "Domus." In 2022, he received the Compasso d'Oro Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2024, he was appointed Academician of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence and an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2025, he was appointed Asahikawa Special Design Ambassador.
For over twenty years, he has drawn, painted, and carved objects and wooden models in his workshops in Milan and Angera, seeking the essence of architectural form, a source of inspiration for his professional projects. In 2003, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris acquired a significant number of his works. Selections of his designs can be found in major museums in Europe, the United States, and Japan.
He is the founder and member of the multifaceted AMDL CIRCLE studio, internationally recognized for its humanistic approach. AMDL CIRCLE works across diverse sectors, offering its clients expressive and strategic projects spanning architecture, interior design, design, and graphic design. It continually explores the future of architecture and its responsibility to imagine projects that not only recognize change, but, whenever possible, inspire it.