Maurizio Rossi (born in Rome, Italy) is a professional architectural lighting designer based in Rome, Italy. He completed his studies in architectural and building techniques at the ITIS Bernini in Rome, Italy and began his professional career exploring several related fields: architectural and interior design as well as structural calculations.
When he moved to the United States he applied this experience working with manufacturers designing office and school furniture at the Herbert L. Farkas Company in New Jersey and at the same time exploring an artistic career with luminous sculptures, using to full advantage the characteristics of materials like Plexiglas.
In 1969 Rossi, in New York, met Seymour Evans one of New York's few lighting designers at that time. [1] Evans after reviewing Rossi's professional qualifications, offered him a leading position in his lighting design firm. At this point, Rossi also began to study and to attend lighting design courses to enhance his qualifications in this new field. Having heard about Rossi's creativity and design capabilities in 1970 Howard Brandston one of the most prominent architectural lighting designers in the United States [2] asked him to join his architectural lighting design firm in New York. At this time that Rossi while directing, among others, the lighting design project for the São Paulo Hilton in Brazil met and worked closely with Brazilian artist and landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. In 1972 Brandston and Rossi decided to open a partnership branch of architectural lighting design in Milan, Italy. In 1975 Rossi was formally accepted as a Corporate Member of the IALD International Association Of Lighting Designers (IALD). During these years Mr. Rossi also taught lighting design at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
After moving definitely to Italy, in 1981 Rossi established his own professional firm in Rome, and since then it has produced close to 250 architectural lighting design projects in Italy and abroad.
Rossi, was the first (and still is the only) IALD Italian member and American-trained architectural lighting designer in Italy.
Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and also product design. He was one of the leading exponents of the postmodern movement.
Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Gothic and Renaissance elements, and used modern materials, such as iron and glass. It was an important style in France until the end of the 19th century. It also had a strong influence on architecture in the United States because of the many prominent American architects who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, including Henry Hobson Richardson, John Galen Howard, Daniel Burnham, and Louis Sullivan.
Architectural lighting design is a field of work or study that is concerned with the design of lighting systems within the built environment, both interior and exterior. It can include manipulation and design of both daylight and electric light or both, to serve human needs.
Giovanni "Gio" Ponti was an Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, teacher, writer and publisher.
Rogier van der Heide is a designer born in the Netherlands who currently lives in Liechtenstein. He is noted especially as a C-suite design executive and as a lighting designer of public and commercial projects all over the world.
Marco Piva, Italian architect, interior designer and product designer, born on February 15, 1952, in Milan.
Marcello Piacentini was an Italian urban theorist and one of the main proponents of Italian Fascist architecture.
Speirs Major is a UK lighting design practice founded by Jonathan Speirs (1958-2012) and Mark Major in 1993. The practice is noted for its illumination of many prominent buildings, including Barajas International Airport, 30 St Mary Axe, the Millennium Dome and the interior of St. Pauls Cathedral. The firm has also developed lighting master plans for several British cities, including Cambridge, Coventry, Durham, Newcastle, and for major private developments including Greenwich Peninsula and King’s Cross Central, London
Focus Lighting is a New York City based architectural lighting design firm founded by Paul Gregory in 1987.
Gianfranco Frattini was an Italian architect and designer. He is a member of the generation that created the Italian design movement in the late 1950s through the 1960s.
Studio Festi is an Italian artistic project and production centre bringing into being shows and grand installations. Founded in 1982, by Valerio Festi and Monica Maimone, Studio Festi operates from its main offices in Velate, its workshop in Venegono Superiore (Varese) and, in 2010, it set up a branch in São Paulo, Brazil.
Gino Biagio Finizio is an Italian designer and architect based in Milan, Italy. He is known for his contributions to design management.
Eric Carlson is an American architect whose office, CARBONDALE, is located in Paris, France. He is most recognized for his design, both interior and exterior, of the Louis Vuitton located on the Champs-Élysées, Paris's 7th most visited destination.
Dean Skira is a Croatian lighting designer. Skira founded his own lighting design practice in 1990 in New York City, USA. He lives and works in Pula, Croatia.
Antonio Pio Saracino is an Italian architect and designer based in New York City. Saracino has designed monuments, buildings, and modern furniture, and several of his designs are part of the permanent collections of museums such the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Art and Design in New York City and the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Saracino's work has been shown in international exhibitions and received reviews in publications such as The New York Times and Architectural Digest. Among his notable projects are the public statues The Guardians: Hero and Superhero in Manhattan's Bryant Park. Vogue named Saracino "among the most prolific Italian designers abroad."
Paul Gregory is an American lighting designer. He is the president and founder of Focus Lighting, a New York City-based architectural lighting design firm.
Banca Finnat is a company that provides investment services to institutional, private and corporate customers; it is listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. The Bank's origins date back to 1898, when the company was founded by the Nattino family, initially as a finance company. Banca Finnat then became a brokerage company,a real estate brokerage company and lastly, since 12 February 1998, an intermediary bank. Banca Finnat is today listed in the STAR section of the Borsa Italiana-London Stock Exchange.
Vincenzo Eusebi is an Italian engineer, architect and designer. Eusebi studied engineering and architecture at the Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona.
Elisa Montessori is an Italian painter.
Rino Levi was a Brazilian architect important to the development of modernism in Brazil.
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