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Antonio Citterio was born in Meda (Milano) in 1950 and started his design office in 1972, graduating in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano in 1975. Between 1987 and 1996, he worked in association with Terry Dwan, and together, they designed buildings in Europe and Japan.

In 2000, with Patricia Viel, he founded a practice for architecture and interior design, developing international complex long-term projects at all scales and in synergy with a qualified network of specialist consultants. Today, the studio has taken the name "Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel." Antonio Citterio works in the industrial design sector with numerous Italian and foreign companies. In 1987 and 1994, he was awarded the Compasso d’Oro-ADI. From 2006 to 2016, he was a professor of Architectural Design at the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture (Switzerland). In 2008 he was honoured by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce of London, which gave him the title “Royal Designer for Industry”.

Antonio Citterio is art director of Maxalto, Arclinea and Azucena.