Matteo Nunziati

Background

Matteo Nunziati was born in 1972 and opened his studio in Milan in 2000. His own site describes Studio Matteo Nunziati as working internationally across architecture, interior design and product design, delivering high-end residential, hospitality and large-scale developments. Molteni&C says the studio pursues design research in which space, architecture and product are conceived as elements of a single, coherent system.

Signature Style

Molteni&C describes a language rooted in the tradition of Italian design and reinterpreted through a contemporary, measured and essential vision, based on rigorous proportions, the quality of materials and attention to context. His design task, quoted on its page, is to create an object that balances mankind's functional and existential needs.

Notable Works

The studio lists the Aston Martin Residences in Miami, the Al Mourjan Business Lounge at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Voco West Bay Suites in Doha and the Trump Towers in Pune, as well as the penthouse of the Bosco Verticale in Milan. For Molteni&C he designed the Breeze sofa, the Alisee coffee tables, the Note tables and desks and the Baltimora wardrobes and walk-in closets.

Legacy

Awards named by his studio include the Good Design Award in Chicago, the Wallpaper Design Award in 2017, the RIBA award in 2018 for the Bosco Verticale penthouse, and the Red Dot, London Design and IDA awards in 2022. Flou also notes that he has taught at the Domus Academy, the National Taipei University of Technology, the IDI in Milan and Tsinghua University in Shenzhen.