Giancarlo Piretti
born 1940 Bologna, Italy
| Degree in art education from the Bologna Art Academy; subsequently taught interior design at the same institution for seven years while simultaneously working as a furniture designer for Castelli | |
| 1971 | received the SMAU prize for the “Plia” chair |
| 1973 | Gute Form award by the German Design Council, Darmstadt |
| 1975 | advisory member of the ISIA Design College, Florence |
| 1980 | National Industrial Design Award, United States |
| 1984-6 | worked for Castilia, a subsidiary of Castelli |
| 1988 | presented the “Piretti Collection,” a seating system manufactured in the United States, Italy, Japan, Korea, Israel, Singapore, Venezuela, and Argentina |
| 1991 | eceived the Compasso d’oro |
| 1994 | Roscoe Award (U.S.) and G Mark (Japan) for the “Xylon” chair series |
| Giancarlo Piretti works as furniture and industrial designer. |
