After his early experience in the design industry, linked to Industrial Design, he decided to focus on furniture and items of common use. A graduate of the I.S.I.A school of industrial design in Florence in 1968, he has taught Design at the Institute of Art and the I.S.I.A. and he currently teaches a degree course in Industrial Design at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence. He began working in design in the 70s, initially as part of ‘Internotredici’ and since 1985, independently. He has taken part in competitions and exhibitions in Italy and other countries.