Setsu e Shinobu Ito

Setsu & Shinobu Ito are both Japanese designers with a broad work experience in architecture, interior and space, surface, product, industrial and packaging design. They opened their design studio in 1997, and since then, they work and consult for international clients, in a wide range of activities in the design. Setsu Ito, graduated from Tsukuba University in Japan, began collaborating with leader of avant-garde italian design Alessandro Mendini, and then with great master of modern architecture and design. Their works have been presented and exhibit all around the world and also have been published in many books and magazines. They also received design awards such as: : "Compasso d' Oro" (2011, Italy), "Compasso d' Oro Menzione d' Onore" (2011, Italy), "Red Dot Award Best of the Best" (2016, Germany, Singapore), "Design Plus" (2016, Germany), "NY NOW Best Product" (2017, USA), ”The Good Design Award (2001, Japan) and many other international design award. They are visiting professors of Domus Academy, Politecnico di Milano, IUAV / Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, IED / Istituto Europeo di Design of Milan, Raffles Milano (Italy) and Tama Art University (Shinobu Ito, Japan).