Matteo Thun was born in Bolzano in 1952 and graduated in Architecture in 1975 at the University of Florence. In 1981 he co-founded Sottsass Associati and the Memphis group. In 2001 he founded Matteo Thun + Partners, a multicultural architecture and design studio based in Milan with a branch in Shanghai. The company operates internationally and develops hospitality, residential, headquarters, retail, urban design and master planning projects. Antonio Rodriguez has been a partner of Matteo Thun since 2003. He develops architectural, interior, styling and product design projects, with particular attention to the Asian market.