Leonardo Rossano

Architect and designer he graduated in ‘91 in Florence, where he resides. In the 90’s he collaborated with architect Claudio Nardi’s studio designing for private residence, public spaces and boutiques for leading Italian designers like Dolce & Gabbana, G. Ferrè and Valentino. Since ’98 he is a freelance designer of furniture, furnishing complements, exhibition space and company image communication. His client list includes Lapalma, RF-Yamakawa and True Design. For Clerprem, he worked as art director overseeing the design of seats and components for trains. He was teaching assistant to Prof. Robert Segoni in the course of “Industrial Design” before becoming a teacher himself lecturing for the Bachelor of Fashion Design in Florence until ‘09. The subjects he taught included “Furniture design Product” and “Theory and History of Industrial Design.”He currently teaches History of design at IED and Furniture Design for the international masters at Florence Institute of Design International. He won the “Good Design Award” of Chicago Athenaeum 2013.