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Matteo Thun & Antonio Rodriguez
Matteo Thun, architect and designer born in Bolzano in 1952,
studied at the Academy of Salzburg with Oskar Kokoschka and
at the University of Florence. After having met Ettore Sottsass,
he became co-founder of the Memphis group in Milan and,
from 1980 to 1984, partner of Sottsass Associati. From 1983 to
2000 he taught design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna
(Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Wien). In 1984 he opened his
own studio in Milan and was Art Director for Swatch from 1990
to 1993. After having met Luca Colombo and Antonio Rodriguez,
the Matteo Thun & Partners studio was opened and subsequently
subdivided into three different companies: MTLC, MTD-R and MTD-R
China. These three creative businesses are focused on the development
of architectural, interior design and product design projects.
Antonio Rodriguez was born in 1963 and grew up in Spain.
He studied in Valencia and Milan. He founded the Valencia l’Estudio
A6 in 1989 that dealt with Product Design. He moved to Milan
in 1993 where he worked with Taipei Design Center, Studio
Matsunaga and Ugolini Design. He was professor at the European
Institute of Design in Milan from 2000 to 2005. He had already
been Product Design Manager and partner of the Matteo Thun &
Partners Studio since 2003 before founding the MTD-R industrial
design studio and the MTD-R China and Shanghai studio
of architecture, interior and industrial design with Matteo Thun.
[ ITA ] Matteo Thun, architetto e designer, nato nel 1952 a Bolzano, ha studiato presso l’Accademia di
Salisburgo con Oskar Kokoschka e presso l’Università di Firenze. Dopo l’incontro con Ettore Sottsass
diventa cofondatore del gruppo ‘Memphis’ a Milano e partner di Sottsass Associati dal 1980 al
1984. È professore della cattedra di design all’Università di Arti Applicate a Vienna dal 1983 al
2000. Nel 1984 apre il proprio studio a Milano e diventa Art Director per Swatch dal 1990 al 1993.
Dall’incontro con Luca Colombo e Antonio Rodriguez nasce nel 2001 lo studio Matteo Thun
& Partners che successivamente si articolerà nelle società MTLC, MTD-R e MTD-R China.
Antonio Rodriguez, nato nel 1963 e cresciuto in Spagna, studia a Valencia e Milano. Nel 1989
fonda a Valencia l’Estudio A6 che si occupa di Product Design. Nel 1993 si trasferisce a Milano dove
collabora con il Taipei Design Center, Studio Matsunaga e Ugolini Design. Dal 2000 al 2005 è docente
presso l’Istituto Europeo di Design di Milano. Dal 2003 è Responsabile Product Design e Partner dello
Studio Matteo Thun & Partners, prima di fondare insieme a Matteo Thun lo studio di industrial
design MTD-R e lo studio di architettura, interior e industrial design MTD-R China a Shanghai.
