Matteo Thun (full name Mathäus Antonius Maria Graf von Thun and Hohenstein, 17 June 1952

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Biography

Matteo Thun was born in Bolzano in 1952 as the first son of the South Tyrolean entrepreneurial family Thun (Lene and Otmar von Thun and Hohenstein), his younger brother Peter took over the management of Thun AG in 1978. Matteo Thun studied at the Salzburg Academy under

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and graduated in 1975 from his architectural studies at the

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. In 1978 he moved to Milan, met

Ettore Sottsass Ettore Sottsass (Innsbruck, Austria 14 September 1917 – Milan, Italy 31 December 2007) was a 20th century Italian architect, noted for also designing furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, home and office wares, as well as numerous buildings an ...

and in 1981 co-founded Sottsass Associati and the

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. In 1984 he founded his own studio and worked for

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, whose art director he was from 1990 to 1993. From 1983 to 2000 he was professor of design and ceramics at the " University of Applied Arts" in

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. He founded Matteo Thun & Partners, a multicultural architecture and design studio with headquarters in Milan, Italy and a subsidiary in Munich, Germany. The company operates internationally and has been developing hospitality, residential, headquarters, retail and urban design projects and master planning for more than 20 years. Together with his partner Antonio Rodriguez, the office employs 70 experts from the fields of architecture, design and communication. Thun’s wife Susanne has been the trend researcher for the business for 30 years and the couple’s two sons have also picked up artistic professions.

Work (selection)

Architecture

* 1990
O Sole Mio
prefabricated house; * 2001
Side Hotel
* 2003
Vigilius Mountain Resort
* 2006
Hugo Boss Headquarters Switzerland
* 2008
Porsche Retail
* 2009 – Power Plant, Biomass; * 2015
JW Marriott Venice Resort + Spa
* 2017 �
International Roll-out IntercityHotels
* 2017
Waldhotel Medical Health & Excellence

Design

Memphis
* 1987
Bulgari watches
* 1986
Campari glasses
* 2001
Illy Cup - Espresso Cups and Cafe Accessories
* 2002
Zucchetti- Bath collections
* 2005
Artemide - Lamp Collections
* 2008
ZWILLING J. A. Henckels Kitchenware
* 2011
Duravit - Bath collections
* 2012
Venini – Vases
* 2013
Geberit - shower toilet
* 2015
Klafs - Sauna, Steam
* 2015
Axent - shower toilet
* 2017
Fantini - Bath collections

Literature

Awards

Matteo Thun has received several Wallpaper* Magazine Awards, Red Dot Awards, Good Design Awards, IF Product Design Awards, Green Good Design Awards for his Product Designs. For his Architecture and Interior projects his office has been awarded by Green Good Design Architecture, European Hotel Design Award/Architecture + Interior, Hospitality Design Award, MIPIM Award, Wellness Travel Award.

External links

Thun's Official site

Ettore Sottsass' site
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