Marco Dessi

After an apprenticeship in the technical field, Marco Dessí(born 1976 in Merano, Italy) studied industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where some of his student projects already drew international attention, like his concept for a radiator adapting an industrial function and aesthetics to the living space. In 2007 he founded his own design studio and since then realizes projects with renowned manufacturers like Lomeyr, Augarten or Richard Lampert.For Augarten Vienna, second-oldest porcelain manufacturer in Europe, he recently designed their first dinner service in forty years, guiding the company a considerable step further into the present. Marco Dessís approach of tinkering with shapes and possibilities until they "fit"and feel light and intuitive again, his close reading of the production process, be it crafted or industrial, and the sparse but effective use of fine detail leads to products that suggest both the radically contemporary and aesthetic longevity.Marco Dessí lives and works in Vienna.