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Mario Cananzi e Roberto Semprini

Mario Cananzi e Roberto Semprini

Born in Rimini in 1958, Mario Cananzi studied architecture in Florence and received his degree in 1985. His thesis was based on a prototype for a motorcycle. Within a few years he had earned a Master's degree in Industrial Design from Domus Academy in Milan. Since 1988, working as a freelancer in Milan, he has focused on both architectural and industrial design projects. Among his industrial furniture design clients are Edra, Vittorio Bonacina, Disform, Metals, Oliko, Masterly, Steel, Morphos, Mimo and Sawaya&Moroni. Recently he has begun collaborating with international motorcycle companies such as Piaggio, Bimota, Yamaha and KTM. He has worked as a consultant in the planning of commercial spaces in the fashion industry for both Fiorucci and Basile. In 1992 Mario Cananzi won the "Forum Design Prize" at the Milan Furniture Show for his armchair "Quadronda' produced with Vittorio Bonacina & c. The following year he received the "Top Ten Prize" for the sofa entitled "Tatlin" at the Cologne Furniture Fair sponsored by Dupont International.
Born in Rimini in 1959, Roberto Semprini studied architecture in Florence. In 1987 he joined the Bolidismo Movement which expresses design in a futuristic way. After moving from Florence to Milan, he started working as a freelance journalist for several design magazines like Modo,Vouge Italia, L’Atelier (Paris) and ARDI (Barcelona). In 1989 he designed the sofa “Tatlin” which was produced by Edra and it was among the winners of the prestigious TOP TEN in Dusseldorf. In 1994 he designed the table “Manta” produced by Fiam. It was one of the winners of the Young & Design awards. His products are part of the permanent collection of the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts in Canada and the New Museum of Design in London. In 2000 he moved to Rimini, where he opened “RM 12 Art & Design” which is a gallery and studio of Design. Since 2006, the studio has realised high-impact projects in both domestic and public spaces. Some of these projects include the design of stands at the following exhibitions: Sia in Rimini, the Fuori Salone in Milano, the Abitare il Tempo in Verona, the Sun in Rimini. In 2007 he was invited by the Seoul Living Design Fair (Korea) to exhibit “The Italian / Korean house“. He has collaborated with numerous design firms like Fiam, Moroso, Alivar, Rede Guzzini, Edra, Slide, Contempo, Dilmos, Pedrali, Morelato, Morfeus, Scab, Valdichienti, Edilco Scale, L2, Mastella, Marchetti Illuminazioni, ect… He has given lectures and seminars in various faculties of design such as the Faculty of Architecture of Florence, at Milan Polytechnic, the School of Engineering, University of Bologna, the IED Milan, the I. A.V. of Orleans and the School Elisava Barcelona, LABA Brescia, Politecnico of Milan and Tsingua University of Beijin. It ‘been a tenured professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera from 1996 to 2016 and is currently professor and Coordinator of the Course of Product design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. From 2015 is a professor for Clear Reputation at the Politecnico di Milano.

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