Andrea Branzi

An all-italian master that has set new worldwide standards in his field

Born in Florence in 1938, Andrea Branzi is an architect and designer, and one of the leading representatives of the New Italian design who has become somewhat of an institution on the international scene. From 1964 to 1974 he was a member of the Archizoom Associati, a collective which has set the basic themes of radical architecture. Throughout his extensive career he has collaborated with brands such as Alessi, Cassina, Qeeboo, Vitra and Zanotta. Many of his projects, including his undergraduate thesis, are kept at the Georges Pompidou Center of Paris which, in 2017, created a permanent collection of his work. Co-founder of the Domus Academy, one of the first international postgraduate design schools, where he acted as cultural director for the first ten years, he has received a number of awards and recognitions. Among these are the Compasso d’oro in 1987, the Honorary Degree in Industrial Design from the Ludovico Quaroni School of Architecture of La Sapienza University of Rome in 2008 and The Rolf Schock Prizes award by The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 2018. He currently teaches at the School of Design of the Politecnico di Milano. Among the numerous products he has designed, and in which he has transposed the key elements of his theoretical reflections, are “Bauhaus 1” and “Bauhaus 2”, an experimental collection of furniture for Alchimia, the “Century” sofa, the “Labrador” sauce boat for Memphis as well as the frame-shaped headboard for OAK.