Ferruccio Laviani

Background

Ferruccio Laviani (born Cremona, 1960) is an Italian architect and designer. His own studio site says he graduated in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1986, after courses taught by Achille Castiglioni and Marco Zanuso, and in 1984 received a diploma from the private Politecnico di Design in Milan. He worked at Michele De Lucchi's studio, became a partner in 1986 and left in 1991 to open his own studio in Milan.

Signature Style

In an interview for the Salone del Mobile he calls his way of designing instinctive and says a place, a journey or an object that intrigues him can make him see things from another perspective. He works across product design, interior design, art direction and graphics.

Notable Works

• Art director of Kartell since 1991, and the Bourgie lamp for Kartell
• The Doda and Doda Low armchairs and the Hi-Line 6 kitchen for Molteni&C (Dada)
• The Good Vibrations cabinet for Fratelli Boffi, acquired in 2020 by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris

Legacy

His studio site lists clients and collections that include Kartell, Foscarini, Moroso, Poltrona Frau and Dada - Molteni, and exhibitions he designed such as "The Art side of Kartell" at Palazzo Reale in Milan in 2019. Molteni states that he has designed for Dada and Molteni&C since 1999.