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Alberto Meda | |
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| Born | 1945 |
| Occupation | Designer |
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| Website | http://www.albertomeda.com |
Alberto Meda (born 1945) is an Italian engineer and designer. His work is held in museums around the world. He works and lives in Milan.
Meda was born inTremezzina, in the Italian province ofComo in 1945, and graduated with alaurea in mechanical engineering at thePolitecnico di Milano in 1969.
In 1973 he became the technical director and head of planning atKartell,[1] in charge of furniture and plastic laboratory equipment projects.
In 1979 he worked as a freelance industrial designer for companies such asAlfa Romeo Auto, Alias,Alessi, Arabia-Finland,Cinelli, Colombo design, Brevetti Gaggia,JCDecaux,Ideal Standard, Luceplan,Legrand,Mandarina Duck, Omron Japan, Philips,Olivetti, and Vitra.
Meda came to design from engineering, bringing a pragmatic mind and an attention to details in materials and production process. His applied-science background shaped Meda’s designs that are modern in form, and organic in feel. This sophistication caught the eye of Rolf Fehlbaum, chairman of Swiss manufacturer Vitra, who commissioned the engineer to design a chair. This collaboration resulted in seating pieces such as the MedaPro and the MedaPal.[2]
From 1983 he was a lecturer on industrial technology atDomus Academy,[1] which lasted until 1987. He conducted seminars at International Design Symposium in Fukui, at Workshop Design Quest in Osaka, and at Design Center in Tokyo. From 1995 he was a lecturer atPolitecnico of Milan "Corso di Laurea di Disegno Industriale" with a design lab.
From 1995 to 1997 he was a member of Board of Designlabor Bremerhaven.
From 2003 to 2007 he lectured atIUAV in Venice with design workshops.
In 2016, he became a member of the Scientific Committee of the Fondazione Politecnico di Milano.
He gave lectures and seminars at Chicago,Washington University, in Stockholm, Miami, San Paulo, Taipei, Ulm, Istanbul, Toronto, Mexico, Hong Kong, Firenze, Oslo, Istanbul, Lausanne, and Seoul.
Meda's designs are held in the permanent collection of museums such as theMuseum of Modern Art of Toyama, theMuseum of Modern Art in New York. Examples of these works include the"Light light " chair (1987), the"Soft light" chair (1989), the"Longframe" by Alias (1991), andthe "On-Off" lamp by Luceplan (1988).
In 2023 theTriennale di Milano staged a retrospective in of his work titledAlberto Meda: Tension and Lightness.[3][4][5]
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| Compasso d'oro | 1989 | Lola lamp | Luceplan |
| 1994 | "Metropoli" lamps | Luceplan | |
| 2008 | MIX lamp | Luceplan | |
| 2011 | Teak table | Alias | |
| 2016 | Flap acoustic panel | Caimi Brevetti | |
| 2018 | Origami screen-radiator | Tubes |
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