ABOUT ANDREA RUGGIERO
Prior to establishing his design practice, Andrea Ruggiero was a senior designer at Razorfish, where as a part of the Physical Solutions Lab he was responsible for developing next generation digital commu-nication devices and defining new product-user scenarios. Before Razorfish he collaborated with a number of design studios in New York, including Boym Partners, Vignelli Associates, and Arnell Group. Originally trained as an industrial designer, Andrea approaches design as a generalist, bridging various disciplines: In addition to product design, he has been actively involved in the design and development of visual identity systems, furniture, packaging, and environments. His work has been selected for numerous awards, including the Good Design Award, the Industrial Design Excellence Award / IDEA, and ID Magazine's Annual Design Review. He studied at the renowned Domus Academy in Milan and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons School of Design in New York, where he now teaches Product Design. Half Italian, half Hungarian, Andrea was raised in Italy, China, and Austria.