Roberto Semprini

Born in Rimini in 1959, Roberto Semprini studied architecture in Florence. In 1987, he joined the Bolidismo movement, which expressed design in a symbolic key. After moving to Milan, he began collaborating as a freelance journalist for several design magazines such as Modo, L’Atelier (Paris), ARDI (Barcelona), and Vogue Italia. In 1989, he designed Edra's “Tatlin” sofa, which was among the winning products of the prestigious TOP TEN award in Dusseldorf. In 1994, with the “Manta” coffee table for Fiam, he was among the winners of the Young & Design award. His products are part of the permanent collection of the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts in Canada and the New Museum of Design in London. In 2000, he moved to Rimini, where he opened “RM 12 art & design,” an art gallery and interior design and architecture studio. Since 2006, the studio has created high-impact scenographies, researching new domestic and public spaces, as part of the cultural section of trade fair events such as Fuori Salone in Milan, Abitare il Tempo in Verona, Sun and SIA in Rimini. In 2010, he was invited by the Seoul Living Design Fair (Korea) to exhibit “The Italo/Korean House.” He has collaborated as a designer and artistic director for numerous design companies such as Fiam, Moroso, Alivar, Rede Guzzini, Edra, Slide, Contempo, Dilmos, Pedrali, Morelato, Morfeus, Scab, Valdichienti, Edilco Scale, L2, Mastella, Marchetti Illuminazioni. He has given lectures and seminars at various universities such as: the Faculty of Architecture of Florence, the Polytechnic University of Milan, the Advanced School of Design of the University of Bologna, the I.E.D. of Milan, the Elisava School of Barcelona (Spain), Tsinghua University in Beijing (China). He was a tenured professor at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts (Milan) from 1996 to 2016. From 2016 to 2017, he was a tenured professor and Coordinator of the Product Design Course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. He is currently a tenured professor at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts (Milan). Since 2015, he has been a lecturer for Chiara Fama at the Polytechnic University of Milan and has received a certificate as an Expert in Italian Design in China from the Municipality of Ningbo (China). In 2017, he won the Gold Design Award, the Archiproducts Design Award with the Nemo table project for Scab Design. He received an Honorable Mention at the Top Design of The Year for Grand Design Etico, with the Natural Giulia Pop project for Scab Design.