Marcello Ziliani was born in Brescia in 1963 under the sign of Pisces.
He graduated in architecture at Politecnico di
Milano in 1988 with Achille Castiglioni
as speaker (and teacher unmatched).
After three years abroad, he returned to Italy
and he devoted himself mainly to developing projects for the design of
furniture, complement, lighting, bathroom, office, objects and early childhood,
working in addition to exhibitions, theatrical scenographer, art direction,
design coordination, graphics and communication.
He doesn’t like the absolutism and the
indestructible certainties, he loves to look at things with always different
eyes to be in tune with them, he prefers to speak softly and, above all, listen.
He believes that any project is, after all, a
desire, a hope of flight and he trust that, despite the great run you can do
waving your arms uselessly, sooner or later everyone can have his own ten
meters of gliding.
Like “more or less” all the designers he put
aside the minimum necessary equipment of prizes
and awards, he served on juries, he
took part in exhibitions and he has been giving lectures and workshops.
He has been a professor of product design
at the University of San Marino / IUAV since 2011.