Piero Lissoni

Background

Piero Lissoni was born on 23 July 1956 in Seregno, Italy, and studied at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He started out with kitchen and bathroom designs for Boffi in the mid-1980s and in 1986 founded the studio Lissoni & Partners in Milan with Nicoletta Canesi. Lissoni Graphx, directed by his brother Massimo Lissoni, was added in 1996, Lissoni Architettura in 2013 and Lissoni Inc. in New York in 2015.

Signature Style

His studio describes its work as inspired by rigour and simplicity, with close regard to detail, coherence and elegance and scrupulous attention to proportion and harmony. As art director he shapes the whole identity of companies such as Alpi, Boffi, Living Divani, Lualdi, Porro and Sanlorenzo, designing products as well as showrooms and stands.

Notable Works

For Living Divani, where he has been art director since 1988, he designed the Extrasoft modular sofa (2008), whose Extrasoft Bed won Wallpaper*'s Best Sleepover award in 2017. His architecture and interiors include the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam (2012), the Teatro Nazionale in Milan (2009), The Middle House in Shanghai (2018), the Shangri-La Shougang Park in Beijing (2021) and yacht interiors for Sanlorenzo.

Legacy

Lissoni entered the I.D. Magazine Hall of Fame in 2005, won the Compasso d'Oro in 2014 and received the Compasso d'Oro career award in 2024. Living Divani calls him one of the masters of contemporary design.