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GIULIO IACCHETTI, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER SINCE 1992, DESIGNS FOR VARIOUS BRANDS, INCLUDING ABET LAMINATI, ALESSI, ARTEMIDE, DANESE, FOSCARINI, MAGIS, MOLESKINE. AMONG HIS DISTINCTIVE FEATURES IS THE RESEARCH AND DEFINITION OF NEW OBJECT TYPOLOGIES SUCH AS MOSCARDINO, A MULTI-PURPOSE BIODEGRADABLE CUTLERY, DESIGNED WITH MATTEO RAGNI FOR PANDORA DESIGN AND AWARDED THE COMPASSO D’ORO IN 2001. IN 2009 HE WAS AWARDED THE PREMIO DEI PREMI FOR INNOVATION CONFERRED ON HIM BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC FOR THE EUREKA COOP PROJECT, WITH WHICH HE BROUGHT DESIGN TO LARGE-SCALE RETAIL TRADE. IN MAY 2009, THE MILAN TRIENNALE HOSTED A PERSONAL EXHIBITION ENTITLED “GIULIO IACCHETTI. DISOBEDIENT OBJECTS”. ALWAYS ATTENTIVE TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRAFTSMANSHIP AND DESIGN, IN NOVEMBER 2012 HE LAUNCHED INTERNOITALIANO, THE “WIDESPREAD FACTORY” MADE UP OF MANY ARTISAN WORKSHOPS WITH WHICH IT SIGNS AND PRODUCES FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSORIES INSPIRED BY ITALIAN DOING AND WAY OF LIVING. AT THE SAME TIME HE CARRIED OUT HIS PERSONAL RESEARCH TOWARDS NEW DESIGN THEMES SUCH AS THAT OF THE CROSS FROM WHICH THE CRUCIALE EXHIBITION WAS BORN, HELD AT THE DIOCESAN MUSEUM OF MILAN, IN THE BASILICA OF SANTO STEFANO ROTONDO IN ROME AND AT THE CASTELLO DI LOMBARDIA IN ENNA, WHILE WITH THE EXHIBITION RATION K, THE SOLDIER’S MEAL IN ACTION, PRODUCED BY THE MILAN TRIENNALE IN JANUARY 2015, REFLECTS ON THE ESSENTIALITY AND PLANNING OF ANONYMOUS DESIGN LINKED TO FOOD. IN 2014 HE WON HIS SECOND COMPASSO D’ORO FOR THE SFERA SERIES OF MANHOLE COVERS, DESIGNED WITH MATTEO RAGNI FOR MONTINI.