Architect and designer, he studied Visual Design at the Scuola Politecnica di Design of Milan, and took a PhD at Politecnico di Milano, where he’s Professor since 1995.

His activities and creative strategies are focused on sensorial design, development of new materials, inclusive design.

Among the founders of the Master in Business Design at Domus Academy and Schola Italica, he’s Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of Genova and Rome, at Politecnico di Torino, at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, and at Università Cattolica in Milan.

Till 1998 he was coordinator of the Domus Academy Research Center and then Senior Design Consultant at Philips Design.

From 1999 with TotalTool, a design network (Milan and Buenos Aires), he develops new business ideas worldwide for corporations and public entities.