Collection: Giorgio Biscaro
Giorgio Biscaro was born in 1978 in Vercelli, and graduated in Industrial Design at IUAV University of Venice with a dissertation about LED lamps. After graduating, he was hired by Foscarini, a relationship that lasted for a long time. Subsequently, he worked with Imago Studio for Mizar, Doimo Group, Birex, and other design brands. With Prof. Luitprandi, he taught at Politecnico di Milano, and worked with Nuovostudio on the development of the “Città d’acqua” pavilion at the Venice Biennale. From 2004 to 2006, he was art director at Disenia, bathroom furnishings. In 2007, he established his own studio in Treviso, working with Slide and with Bosa among others.
In 2008, he returned to Foscarini as a member of the newly established R&D department, as Senior Designer. In 2009, he was selected to exhibit at Salone Satellite during the Milan Salone, gaining great feedback from press and audience. In 2010, he was again among the exhibitors, with 12 brand new products. Among these, Offset Stool received a nomination in the Young&Design award and was highlighted by Elle Decor as a 2011 trend object. His works appeared frequently in magazines, books, digital publications, and TV shows. As a young prominent designer, he was selected to represent Italian design at the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Italy's Unification, which took place in 2011 in Turin.
Silvana Annicchiarico and Andrea Branzi selected three of his products to represent new Italian design in Triennale di Milano’s “New Italian Design,” a traveling exhibition that will move through Italy, Turkey, China, and more. In 2011, Case da Abitare magazine selected him as one of the 20 most talented Italian young designers, and in the same year, he was invited to hold a workshop at IUAV University, focused on pyrex and cork, while from Interni Magazine, Giulio Iacchetti pointed to him as one of his possible artistic successors. Since 2012, he has been the new Art Director of Fontana Arte, aiming to lead the world-famous brand to another level.
