Filippo Protasoni

Filippo Protasoni was born in 1980. During his studies in Italy and Norway, he worked in product and interior design and developed a distinctive methodology which he applied to various projects. In 2004 he won a competition organized by Politecnico di Milano and exhibited for the first time at Salone del Mobile with Piu Yiu in a joint installation with Sawaya & Moroni. After various commissions in international studios (Emmanuel Babled, Markusbeneschcreates and Pierandrei Associati), he opened his own practice in Milan in 2009. He creates products for the furniture and lighting industry, hotel, retail and commercial spaces, exhibitions and small limited editions at the interface between art and design. He is a professor at IED Milan and the IED Management Lab, and a member of the ADI's permanent design observatory.