Piero Lissoni (1956-)
Piero Lissoni was born in Italy and studied architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. After obtaining his degree he worked for Boffi Kitchens until he founded Lissoni Associates in 1986. He has designed furniture, light fixtures, kitchen and bathrooms, homes, hotels, offices, and even yachts. Some of his more famous designs include the Monaco and Grand Canal hotel in Venice, the Al Porto hotel on Lake Zurich, the Bentley Design Hotel in Istanbul, and the Mitsui Garden Ginza Hotel in Tokyo.
Lissoni’s design philosophy is to never design for a specific function, but to design for human beings. His influences include Zanuso, Sottsass, Castiglioni, and Magistretti, as well as Danish designers Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjaerholm. He has designed for Alessi, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Flos, Fritz Hansen, Kartell, Living Divani, Matteograssi, Poltrona Frau, Porro, and Tecno.