Designer
Anna Deplano
Anna Deplano was born in Cagliari in 1953 and is based in Milan. According to Zanotta's designer profile, she trained at the Design Polytechnic and the Brera Fine Arts Academy.
Biography
Background
Anna Deplano was born in Cagliari in 1953 and is based in Milan. According to Zanotta's designer profile, she trained at the Design Polytechnic and the Brera Fine Arts Academy.
Signature Style
Her interest focuses on color and decoration and on applying them in housewares, lighting, upholstered furniture and fabrics. She is also drawn to craftwork experimentation that goes back to Sardinian tradition, including plaiting and basket-making reworked for the furniture industry.
Notable Works
Zanotta lists Girò as the product she has designed for the company.
Legacy
She consults for a host of firms, handling chiefly avant-garde research in design and corporate image, has taught at the European Design Institute and the Milan New Fine Arts Academy, and has worked for Zanotta since 1998.
