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Architectural degree from Politecnico of Milan and initial work experience and collaborative projects with Bruno Munari and Isao Hosoe. During the same period also studies music. Areas of activity range from architecture, interior and product design, art direction, teachings to musical production and composition.

He designed many things, from houses to guitars, lamps, tables ..., chocolate pralines.
As Art Director: Milanosoundesign (with Giulio Iacchetti); 16 designer per Invicta, 2007; Lefel (brand extension for Feltrinelli Editore), 2009-2010; DesignRe (with Giovanni Pelloso); Arthemagroup, 2010; Stone italiana, since 2012.

From 1997 he also teaches. Held lectures and conferences in Italy and abroad Institute.

In the musical field: composes for theatrical performances, films and specific events.
In 2009 comes out his first pop album “preparativi per la pioggia”.

A few of his clients: Fumagalli componenti, Valenti Luce, Arthemagroup, Korg, Noah guitar, Garofoli, Andreoli, Guzzini, Invicta, Upgroup, Caffè River, De Vecchi, Nissan, Feltrinelli, Napapijri, Biò fireplace, Pandora Design, Lavazza, Corvasce, Danese, Knam, Caimi Brevetti, Stone Italiana.

He partecipates to important design personal and collective exhibitions.
His projects won numerous international prizes among whom Adi Design Index and Good Design Award.

Currently he is working on the launch of his second album “erbamatta” and various projects in design and architectural fields.

www.lorenzopalmeristudio.it

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From 2002 to 2007 he was a Contract Professor of Environmental Design at the Faculty of Architecture of Ferrara.
From 2002 to 2007 he led the first specialisation course in Feng Shui Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of Ferrara.
Since 2007 he has been a Member of the Hong Kong International Feng Shui & Bazi Institute.
He has held international seminars in Feng Shui Architecture at universities and associations in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Montevideo (Uruguay), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Berlin, Regensburg, Zagreb and Lugano. He is a Reiki Master. He has attended motivational seminars with Antony Robbins, Bob Proctor and Jack Canfield. He practises Kriya Yoga. In the last 10 years he has often lived in the Far East (China, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia).
He provides consulting and collaborates on qualified bioarchitecture projects.
In 2009 he became a Feng Shui & Bazi Master of the 73rd generation of Chinese lineage after studying for the previous 15 years with the most important international-level Chinese masters. He is a researcher and scholar in the art of Mian Xiang (Face Reading).
From May 2012 to May 2014 he co-hosted the television programme Wellness&Living on Adachannel, the first channel devoted entirely to living and home design.

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Ángela García de Paredes (1958) and Ignacio Pedrosa (1957) graduated at Madrid Architecture School where they are architectural design professors. They are visiting professors in Barcelona UIC, Valencia and Navarra Universities. Critics in the GSD Harvard, ETH Zurich, Mendrisio and Lausanne Universities. Lectures in the Universities of Sao Paulo, Oslo, Münster, New York City University, FADU Buenos Aires, Dallas Architecture Forum, Monterrey México, Polytechnic of Milano, San Juan in Puerto Rico, Technische Universität München, TU Graz University of Technology.

They establish the architectural firm PAREDES PEDROSA in 1990, dedicated to competitions, and project and urban design mainly for public buildings related to cultural equipment.

Paredes Pedrosa won the following competitions: Visigoth Museum in Mérida, Jaén Justice Court, Auditorium in Lugo, Public Libraries in Madrid, Córdoba and Ceuta, Valle Inclán Theatre in Madrid, Pradolongo Social housing in Madrid, Espacio Torner in Cuenca, Peñiscola Congress Centre, Olmeda Roman Villa, Almería Archaeology Museum, Congress Center in Murcia, EUROPAN 4, Borghetto Flaminio in Rome, Plot for Murcia University, Town Hall in Valdemaqueda, EUROPAN 2.

Their recent projects include: Visigoth Museum in Mérida, Public Libraries in Madrid, Córdoba and Ceuta, Jaén Justice Court.
Built works: Auditorium and Convention Center, Peñíscola 2003; Archaeology Museum, Almería 2004; Faculty of Psychology, Madrid 2004; Torner Museum in Cuenca 2005; Olimpia Theater, Madrid 2005; social housing in Madrid 2006. Currently under construction: Olmeda Roman Villa Museum, Palencia 2008; wine cellars, Bodegas Real, Valdepeñas 2008, Police Station in Seville 2009 and Kid University in Gandía 2011.
Their built work has been awarded with the Gold Medal International Prize for Sustainable Architecture Fassa Bortolo 2012, Mansilla Prize 2012, Madrid Architecture award, Madrid Institute of Architects Award, ar+d award, Murcia Architecture award, ASCER award, ARCO award, Europa Nostra award, Asprima award, and the Spanish Architecture award 2007. Nominated Mies Van der Rohe award 2010.
They participate in exhibitions in Cologne, BIAU Medellín, Lisboa and México Biennales, AEDES Berlin, Aichi Japan, Madrid Institute of Architects, FAD Barcelona, Spanish Architecture Biennales, Venice Biennales, RIBA London, Sao Paulo Biennale.

biographical notesMattia started his career by launching his own company as his Master Thesis project of a Business Administration Master; He then moved to Consulting for Private Equity houses for L.E.K. Consulting in London, Munich and Milan offices; He joined Rocket Internet at very early stage, 2011, first launching Lazada in South East Asia, then Jumia in North Africa; Today Mattia is Managing Director of Houzz Italy, the leading platform for home remodeling and design.

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Graduated in architecture at Polytechnic of Milan, I’m also a professional journalist, I have always dedicated myself, also during university’s years, to everything that revolves around the world of forniture organizing photographic services for the various furniture magazine, like Gioia Casa, Amica and Spazio Casa. I worked at Cose di Casa and in 1998 I joined the editorial staff first off Home and then of Marie Claire Maison, where I'm currently work dealing especially of design deepening themes related to decoration and new trends.

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Member of the Architects Association of Catalunya since 1987
International Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects  since 2012
Honorary member of the American Institute of Architects since 2011
Council  member of the National Museum of Architecture and Urbanism of Spain since 2008

After winning international recognition for her work with Enric Miralles in projects such as the Igualada Cemetery, Carme Pinós set up her own studio in 1991, undertaking projects which she had initiated in her previous office, such as the Boarding School in Morella.
Among her most outstanding recent projects are the Master Plan for the historic center of Saint Dizier (France), where the architect is also carrying out various interventions in public spaces; the Departments building of the new campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria); and the Cube II Tower in Gudalajara (Mexico). In Spain, her projects include the Caixaforum Cultural and Exhibition Center in Zaragoza; the Regional Office of the Generalitat in Tortosa; the architectural set composed by Gardunya Square, Massana School of Arts, a block of flats and the back façade of the popular Boqueria Market in the Historical District of Barcelona; and a public housing block in the district of Vallecas (Madrid).
Among her most notable completed awarded works are the Pedestrian Footbridge in Petrer (Alicante), the Juan Aparicio Seafront in Torrevieja and the Cube I Tower in Guadalajara (Mexico), the models of which were acquired by the MOMA in 2006. Likewise, in 2010 the Centre Pompidou also acquired scale models of the Caixaforum project in Zaragoza and the Hotel Pizota in Mexico, among others.
Carme Pinós has received many awards, including the National Architecture Award by the High Council of Spanish Architects (1995), the Award by the Professional Association of Architects of the Community of Valencia (2001), the ‘ArqCatMon’ award by the Professional Association of Architects of Catalunya (2005), the First Prize at the Spanish Biennial of Architecture (2008), the National Award for Public Architecture by the Catalan Government (2008) and the A-Plus Award for the best professional career in 2013.
Carme Pinós combines her work as an architect with teaching activities and has participated in seminars, training courses and workshops. She also has been guest professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1994-1995), the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf (1996-1997), Columbia University in New York (1999), l’Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2001-2002), Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2003), Accademia di Archittetura di Mendrisio in Switzerland (2005-2006) and Universitá di Roma Tre (2007-2008), among others.
In 2012 Carme Pinós launched OBJECTS, a collection of products designed, produced and commercialized by her own studio.

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He graduated from the Polytechnic of Milan in 1992 and in the same year he qualified for the profession. He has been a freelancer since 1993, when he opened his own studio, where he develops projects in both the public and private sectors. In the public sector, it deals with issues of urban furniture and redevelopment of spaces in the city up to the design of public buildings.
In the private sector it deals with building, renovation and new constructions, also addressing urban planning issues by drafting various implementation plans in the areas of recovery, residential and industrial. Since 2011, together with a team of designers, deals with the design and feasibility studies of tourism accommodation facilities throughout the country and abroad.
He also deals with building site safety, structural testing, and appraisals as a CTP.
Appointed in several Local Authorities as a member of building and landscape commissions. Appointed an external member, as a representative of the Order of Architects of the province of Milan, in various graduation commissions both at the Politecnico and at the Faculty of Architecture in Milan. He is currently appointed Commissioner for State Exams to qualify as an architect at the Milan Polytechnic

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Ilaria Pizzoferrato for over twenty years has been working in consultancy and trend research for international  companies in Fashion & Interior Design Industry.

For the last 15 years she exclusively represents Carlin Creative Trend Bureau in italy. 
Carlin Creative Trend Bureau is the first Trend Office in the World.