Alberto Meda & Paolo Rizzatto

Alberto Meda graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1969 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. From 1972 to 1979 he was technical director for Kartell, where he experimented with plastic-based materials and production processes. After which he worked as a freelance designer, during this time he worked as a consultant for Gaggia and Alfa Romeo. All of this experience eventually led him to begin working with Luceplan founder Paolo Rizzatto. This sprung Meda into a world of top designers and their collaboration even extended to a collaboration with Kartell. From 1983 to 1987, Meda taught industrial technology at the Domus Academy in Milan.

Paolo Rizzatto graduated in Architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 1965 and continued to work freelance in his Milanese studio. He experimented in the fields of architecture, interior design, and product design. in 1978, he founded Luceplan alongside Ricardo Sarfatti and Sandra Severi. Paolo Rizzatto described his early work as ‘I work as an architect, my first approach to light was based on its function within architecture’. This led Paolo Rizzatto to design lighting that acts as many lighting solutions in different environments. He has won many awards, including four Premi Compassi d’oro in 1981, 1989, 1995, 2008 and 2011 and the International Competition of Design in 2004.