BIAGIO CISOTTI - SANDRA LAUBE Biagio Cisotti was born in Aradeo, Lecce. He lives and works in Florence where he graduated in architecture in 1980. He has taught at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence and since 1991 he is teaching production technology at ISIA, the Institute of Artistic Industries, in Florence. In 1990, with a group of other Florentine architects, he founded MADE, a cultural and exhibition centre association which promotes ideas in the field of architecture and design. In 2000 he taught at the Design Master class in Montevideo, Uruguay and at the University in Buenos Aires, Argentine. He is working as Art Director for various companies and has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions. Sandra Laube was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and moved to Florence in 1986. The following year she enrolled at ISIA where she qualified in 1993. In 1992 she spent a term at "The College of Art and Design of Minneapolis", USA, and gained experience working for 3M, St. Paul, in the communications sector. She is at present working as Art Director in the graphics and multimedia fields. She teaches, in collaboration with the University of Florence and the Fashion Institute of Technology New York, at the International Institute of Fashion & Marketing POLIMODA, Florence. She has participated in numerous exhibitions. Since 1992 both designers are working together collaborating with numerous companies, such as Alessi, B.R.F., Fine Factory, Oca Nera, Nouvelle Bague, Plank, Poltronova, Vilca and Zeritalia. Their products can be found in the collection of various contemporary design museums including the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Gent and the Museum of Design in Cape Town. In 1996 they had their own exhibition "Wohnperspektiven" in Rottweil, Germany. They have been awarded the FORMA FORUM Design Price in 2000 with the Millefoglie chair. Interior Innovation Award Cologne 2004 for Luna chair. Studio Cisotti Laube Viale Petrarca 54 - 50141 Firenze Tel./Fax:+ 39 055 223331 e-mail: cisottilaube@supereva.it

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