We start today to present architects, designers, planners who have been, are and will be protagonists of our events related to design during the various Design week or other occasions. A roundup of the most famous names, an appointment here every Thursday.

Very young in 1980 was already in the Memphis group, together with other boys who would become protagonists of Milan in 2000. Aldo Cibic, counted by Domus among the one hundred best architects in the world in 2019, ten years before was at superstudio 13, with a small temporary living unit in the parking lot, with green spaces and vegetable garden. But at the time of coronavirus he's meditating on a new project, to be presented again to Superstudio. Meanwhile, he has left a mark in zona Tortona with Savona18 Suites hotel, an innovative hospitality project that lives among its iconic ...

Very young in 1980 was already in the Memphis group, together with other boys who would become protagonists of Milan in 2000. Aldo Cibic, counted by Domus among the one hundred best architects in the world in 2019, ten years before was at superstudio 13, with a small temporary living unit in the parking lot, with green spaces and vegetable garden. But at the time of coronavirus he's meditating on a new project, to be presented again to Superstudio. Meanwhile, he has left a mark in zona Tortona with Savona18 Suites hotel, an innovative hospitality project that lives among its iconic pieces and colors.
In his last interview Ettore Sottsass reminded you as the one of his group who perhaps absorbed his lesson more...
The eighties, seen and experienced from where I was, still remain in my memory as an unforgettable moment. Memphis was one of the references and for Milan also was a very exciting moment, full of opportunities, full of energy. The language of my work largely reflected that of the master at the beginning, but even then it did not correspond to the typical breaking speech of Memphis, being more classical, oriented to balance, harmony, proportions.
What about the fil rouge of your work now?
My work is mainly about love for shapes and colors, the relationship with nature, investigating how life occurs in places, and therefore the sense of community and the continuous desire to be able to interpret the world we live in.
With what adjectives would you define contemporary design trends?
All in all, I think that's rather mannerist.
Let's talk about your experience at Superstudio. In which year, what and how did you submit your proposal?
I presented "More with Less" at Superstudio and "Pocket Landscape" at Antonia Jannone gallery in 2009. More with Less, with the subtitle Enjoy Life in a Changing World, presented living modules of 4 x 4 meters, and represented the possibility to design and build functional "oasis" to a new way of living and relating to leisure, and in line with changing concepts of lifestyle and beauty. Superstudio was an original scenario, because it was a country scene in the middle of Milan.
How important was the mise-en-scène?
The mise en scène was one of the most difficult tasks of my life, as we managed to bring 4 x 4 m houses with trucks in those narrow streets, in the courtyard of Superstudio 13.
A memory of that experience? 
For me it was the first time that I presented on a real scale an idea of life that I had always dreamed and that I had presented a few years before at the Venice Biennale with Microrealities. The great joy was the reaction of the audience, seeing people fall in love with that idea of living. It made me happy to realize that what I had dreamed of was what people liked, too. I realize now that More with Less has been forerunner of a movement towards countryside, healthy food, kitchen gardens, a new relationship between man and nature.
If you had to mention up to three design icons of the last 20 years, yours or others, what would they be?
The Chair One by Konstantin Grcic for Magis in 2004. Apple’s Ipod Shuffle in 2005. The Ellissima bookcase, which I redesigned and produced in 2019.
What is Milan Fuorisalone for you?
The Fuorisalone was the first and greatest networking phenomenon in the world of design and more.
What about a project of yours for 2020?
We are experiencing a special moment (coronavirus epidemic), and I am thinking every day about what will be this year’s project, and if I still have time I hope to present it to Superstudio.