Maurizio Duranti was born in Florence in 1949 , He lives and works in Milan as architect and designers.
He has tutored at the Faculty of Architecture in Genova from 1976 to 1980 and at the European Institute of Design in Milan from 1984 to 1989.
Among his realizations there are the planning and design of building structures , the fitting out of exhibition stands and showrooms which have frequently been published by the national and foreigh press for their innovative features.
Since 1990 he has concentrated his efforts on industrial design and has created many successful products for leading manufactures of household products adopting all types of raw materials and productive technology.
In 1996 /97/98/03/05/ he received acknowlegements as the GOOD DESIGN AWARDin the USA and was honoured at the award giving of the Segnalazione d'Onore al 18° Compasso d'Oro in 1998.
Numerous products designed by him are present in permanent collections of well – known museums : Athenaeum di Chicago , Bunkamura Design Collection of Tokio, Neve Samlung Museum of Monaco Baviera , Museum of Design and Decorative Arts Of Gent, Victoria & Albert museum of London.
His creations are full of irony which compete with everyday life.Although he has profound knowledge of productive work processes and the physical possibilities of raw materials , instead of technology he prefers a narrative type of image.