DESIGNER’s STORY
The studio OPERA WORK IN PROGRESS was born in 1990. Mario Dell’Orto, Emanuela Garbin, Enrico Cattaneo, created a studio to join their different experiences, matured in the same professional environment. The common denominator is a common affinity, with a common goal: answer to the sector problems in a complete and specialized way. The activity of the studio ranger from the identification of development strategies to the study of communication, to industrial design, to the project or restoring of shops and exhibitions. Fro the companies, the advice can also include specific needs or the art-direction as a general matter, to individuate an organizational route which permit a better use of the brand on the market.
In the design field the Studio has projected and projects many important models.. Armchairs, sofas, beds, containers and complement signed by OPERA WORK IN PROGRESS are produced by prestigious companies. Many models have been awarded in occasion of exhibitions and prizes in Italy and abroad. Fro the shops and the exhibitions the studio takes care of projecting and restoring, identifying the strategy of the intervention, defining the image and the communication. Then it organizes activities to promote the shop itself. The studio develops also a synergic activity to better face the important requirements of the market.
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Timeless elegance and discreet shape are the words that best define Piero Lissoni’s style. His work is characterized by a personal language, that hides a simplified complexity. Lissoni’s architecture and design projects, seemingly minimal, are the result of a thorough research of both new technologies and materials.
After graduating in 1973 she worked as an Art Director at CentroKappa (1975-1979): planning and development of the image, sales instruments, sales outlets, exhibitions and special initiatives. During this period she collaborated with Alessandro Mendini at “MODO” magazine.
Born in 1962 in Lokeren, Belgium. As soon as he was qualified as an architect in 1985, he started work in Milan collaboratine with Cinzia Ruggeri and with studio Aldo Cibic-Sottsass Associati. In 1990 he established his own architects’ studio in Antwerp.
George Yabu is one of the founding partners at Yabu Pushelberg and oversees the creation and development of all design components for each project and product within its multidisciplinary practice. In his conceptual leadership and creative direction role, George reviews and refines the details of each project and product in collaboration with the design teams.
Giuseppe Bavuso is an architect and designer who lives and works in Seregno, located in the North of Milan. His projects are characterized by the combination of minimalistic rigour and accurate technical research thanks to the use of technological and innovative materials.
M.A. Lenka Damová 1983 has been living and working in Prague. Successfuly graduated at AAAD in Prague, concretely Department of Design in Zlín. Now has been occurring as a freelance designer, dedicated mainly to interior and product design.
