Mario Bellini
Mario Bellini (Milan, 1935) is an architect and designer, internationally renowned for creating iconic products and important buildings worldwide.
He studied at the Polytechnic of Milan, where he was a student of Gio Ponti and graduated in 1959.
In 1963, he became responsible for design at Olivetti, where he designed the first programmable calculator, the Programma 101.
In the 1960s and 1970s, he worked as a freelance designer for companies like Cassina, B&B Italia, and Artemide.
In 1972, he participated in the MoMA exhibition “Italy. The New Domestic Landscape”.
From the 1980s onward, his work mainly focused on architecture, realizing major international projects and from 1986 to 1991 he was the editor of the magazine Domus.
He has been a professor at important institutions.
His works are part of the permanent collections of museums such as MoMA New York and he has received numerous awards, including eight Compasso d’Oro. The Triennale di Milano awarded him the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in 2015.
