Matteo Thun, born in 1952 in Bolzano, Italy, is a famous architect and designer.
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Thun studied at the Salzburg Academy under the supervision of Oskar Kokoschka. He then obtained a degree in architecture in Florence, Italy, in 1975. In 1978 he moved to Milan, starting to work with Ettore Sottsass.
In 1981, he was one of the co-founders of the Memphis Group, a design movement that helped shape form and style throughout the 1980s. The following year, he was appointed the chair in product design and ceramics by the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
In 1984 he founded his Studio, in Milan, Italy. Between 1990 and 1993, he worked as the Creative Director at Swatch.
Matteo Thun has worked for Artemide, Catalano, Driade, Illy, Philips Electronics, Fontana Arte, Missoni, Porsche Design, VitrA, Villeroy&Boch, and Zucchetti, among others, .
Thun obtained three times the prestigious ADI Compasso d'Oro Award for design excellence.
In 2001, the 'Side Hotel' he designed in Hamburg was selected as Hotel of the Year. In 2004, the 'Vigilius Mountain Resort' won the Wallpaper Design Award while in 2005 the 'Radisson SAS' in Frankfurt became the 'best hotel opened in the year' in the Worldwide Hospitality Awards.
In 2004, December, Matteo Thun was chosen for the 'Interior Hall of Fame' in New York. He has also become a member of RIBA, the 'Royal Association of British Architects'.