With offices in Milan and New York, Lissoni & Partners has a thirty-year history in developing international projects in the fields of architecture, landscape, interior, product and graphic design, in addition to being responsible for the art direction for some of the most influential design companies.
Led by Piero Lissoni, the practice combines a range of expertise with an holistic and tailored approach that sets it apart, establishing a stylistic code and a visual identity that are clearly and instantly recognizable.
The practice’s work is inspired by a sense of rigor and simplicity and is characterized by a regard to detail, coherence and elegance with particular attention to proportion and harmony.
Piero Lissoni is creative director for Alpi, B&B Italia, Boffi, Living Divani, Lema, Lualdi, Porro and Sanlorenzo for whom he also designs an extensive range of products. Recognized as one of the masters of contemporary design, he has worked with many international brands including Alessi, Antrax, Atlas Concorde, B&B Italia, Bonacina1889, Cappellini, Cassina, Cotto, De Padova, Fantini, Flos, Glas Italia, Golran, Illy, Janus et Cie, Kartell, Kerakoll, KN Industrie, Knoll, Nerosicilia, Olivari, Salvatori, Tecno, Viccarbe.
Organised into three fields of intervention, the practice is composed of Lissoni Casal Ribeiro and Lissoni New York for masterplans, landscape design, architecture and interior design, Lissoni Associati for product design, art direction and fit-outs and Lissoni Graphx for graphic design, visual communication and brand identity.
Completed architectural projects include the Grand Park Hotel in Croatia (2019), the restyling of the historic Camparino bar in the Galleria of Milano (2019), The Middle House for the Swire Hotels Group in Shanghai (2018), The Oberoi Al Zorah Beach Resort Ajman in the UAE (2017), the 240-unit condominium Oceana Bal Harbour in Miami (2017), the Casa Fantini hotel on the shores of Lake Orta (2017), the Sanlorenzo yachts SX88 (2017) and SX76 (2018), the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam (2012), the renovation of the historic Teatro Nazionale in Milan (2009) in addition to the corporate headquarters of Boffi, Cassina, Fantini, Glas Italia, Living Divani and the Sanlorenzo shipyards in La Spezia.
Current projects include Hotel and Residences Dorottya in Budapest, SLS Lux Hotels & Residences in Washington D.C., the Miami Beach Ritz-Carlton Residences, apartments at 45 Park Place in New York, the Hilton Tbilisi hotel in Georgia and private villas in Amsterdam, New York and Mumbai.
Lissoni’s interest in the art world has brought him to design a range of temporary exhibitions such as the retrospective of the photographer Giovanni Gastel at Palazzo della Ragione in Milan and curated by Germano Celant, and the anthology dedicated to the Renaissance painter “Bernardino Luini e i suoi Figli” at Palazzo Reale, also in Milan. Lissoni Associati is a supporting member of the Fondazione Palazzo Te, a partnership that began in 2018 with the design, graphics and catalogue of the exhibition “Tiziano/Gerhard Richter. Il Cielo sulla Terra”, followed in 2018 by the design of the exhibition “Giulio Romano: Arte e Desiderio”.
Since 2015 the Studio has been an active supporter of the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum in Milan, curating the exhibition fit-outs and becoming an institutional partner in 2017.
Piero Lissoni has received a series of international awards, including the Good Design Award, the Red Dot Award and the Compasso d'Oro ADI. He is Board Member of the MAXXI National Museum for the Arts in Rome and is visiting professor and part of the Advisory Board at the Politecnico di Milano. He also serves as an Honorary Member of the Altagamma International Council.
PRODUCT DESIGN AWARDS
2002 “Red Dot Award/Product Design”, Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (D)
Case System 2.3 – Boffi
2003 “Kitchen & Materials”, Elle Decoration International Design Awards
Case System – Boffi
2005 “Hall of Fame”, I.D. Magazine International Design Award (USA)
2006 “Best of the Best” & “Best detail” IMM Cologne Int. Innovation Award (D)
Hub – Glas Italia
2006 Elle Decoration International Design Award
Table System – Boffi
2006 “Good Design Award”, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Arch. & Design (USA)
Table System – Boffi
2007 Good Design Award, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Arch. & Design (USA)
Hi-Tech - Living Divani
2008 “Monte-Carlo Showboat International Award” (FR)
Tribù Yacht
2009 “Elle Decoration International Design Award”
Glass – Boffi
2009 “Good Design Award”, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Arch. & Design (USA)
Ile Club – Living Divani
2010 “Best of the Best” IMM Köln Intern. Innovation Award Cologne (D)
Eve – Cassina
2012 Elle Decoration International Design Awards
Shin – Porro
2012 “Good Design Award”, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Arch. & Design (USA)
Audrey – Kartell
2014 “XXIII Compasso d'Oro”, ADI/Association for Industrial Design (ITA)
L16 – Lualdi
2015 “Best Grid”, Wallpaper* Design Award (UK)
Lipp Sofa – Living Divani
2015 “Best International Designer of the Year”
Interiores Awards/Madrid - Prisma Publicaciones (ES)
2016 “Best Product/Furnishing System”, 1st Salone del Mobile Award (ITA)
Commodore – Glas Italia
2016 “Best of Category”, Archiproduct Design Award (ITA)
Tarsie 1 – Alpi
2017 “Best Sleepover”, Wallpaper* Design Awards (UK)
Extrasoft bed -Living Divani
2017 “Best Ribs and Ripples”, Wallpaper* Design Awards (UK)
Commodore - Glas Italia
2017 “Red Dot Award/ Best of the Best”, Essen (D)
Piuma - Kartell
2017 “Bedding”, Elle Decoration International Design Awards
Makura – Porro
2018 “Honorable Mention” XXV Compasso d’Oro
Piuma - Kartell
ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS
2006 “New Designer of the Year”, World Superyacht Awards
Ghost sailing yacht (USA)
2014 “Meilleure architecture intérieure d’hôtel en Europe”, Prix Villégiature
Conservatorium Hotel/Amsterdam (NL)
2016 “Meilleur hotel du Moyen Orient”, Prix Villégiature
Mamilla Hotel/Jerusalem (IL)
2016 “NYC Aquarium & Public Waterfront” open ideas competition winner
Arch Out Loud/ New York (USA)
2017 “Interior/Architecture”, Iconic Award
Roomers Hotel/Baden Baden, (D)
2017 “Best Lobby and Public Spaces” Ahead Europe Awards 2017
Roomers Hotel Baden Baden (D)
2017 ”Editor’s choice” winner at the Identity Design Awards 2017
The Oberoi Al Zorah Beach Resort Ajman, Identity Middle East (UAE)
2018 “Excellent Communications Design” Winner - German Design Award
The David Citadel Hotel/Jerusalem (IL)
PUBLICATIONS
Piero Lissoni, published by DAAB 2007
Piero Lissoni Recent Architecture, published by Hatje Cantz 2011
I maestri del design Piero Lissoni, published by Sole24Ore 2012