From the June issue: Don’t ask architect and designer Piero Lissoni about design trends. The playful Italian admits he doesn’t follow them. When it comes to style, he says he creates his own. And he only works with clients he likes.
Lissoni, 60, co-founder of the Lissoni Associati group known for work from furniture to hotels, is busy in Miami with luxury residential projects including the Ritz-Carlton Residences Miami Beach, Oceana Bal Harbour and Gran Paraiso. His firm employs about 100 people, keeping offices in Milan, New York, Tokyo and Miami.
By phone from Italy, Lissoni spoke with TRD about designing for Miami, differences between European and American style and having to be “schizophrenic” to run a global firm, among other topics. [more]