About Mauro Olivieri

Mauro Olivieri was born in 1959 in Genoa.

After attending an art-oriented high school Mauro graduated in Architecture in Genoa.

In 1986 the designer Mauro Olivieri opened his studio in Arma di Taggia, a space where ideas and projects flourish every day and where experimentation reigns.

In 1998, in Andalusia, he designed the Benaocaz house of the well-known design critic Grard Gayou, discoverer of young talents such as Sottsass, Mendini, Stark, Ugo la Pietra, Enzo Mari, Ron Arad and many others. Grard, who was and still is his mentor. That same year he designed Baco, his first collection of lamps, which marked the beginning of a long collaboration with Vistosi.

In 2006 he was one of the founders of the ADI Food Design delegation, and in 2007 he was organizer of the first international conference of the Food Design delegation, entitled Foodtous during the first international conference of Tuttofood Milano 2007, also managing the graphics.

2009 saw the launch of the Withwith lamp collection, composed of five individual elements in blown glass that are available as both pendant and ceiling lamps.

n 2011 the Assiba collection for Vistosi came to life, a sublime expression of Murano mouth-blown glass.

Today he is a Member of the Design Department of the ADI Association and scientific manager of their food design group. He is responsible for training courses on design, interior design, visual design communication and food design. He is professor of food design at the IED European Institute of Design Food of the territory and Food production courses. He deals with the artistic direction and/or graphics of different companies in the food sector such as Mengazzoli, Mioitaly, Sommariva, Boeri, Roi, Panedoz. His last and recent venture was being the protagonist of the film Tensione e Sintesi di Isplora, which saw Mauro Olivieri interpreting materials and traditions along a design and experimental itinerary that begins in inland Liguria.