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Alberto Meda
Born: 1945.\ Famous works: Titania lamp, Queen Titania lamp, Metropoli lamp, Lola lamp, Fortebraccio lamp and Berenice lamp.\ Education: Engineer.
Alberto Meda was born in Tremezzina in 1945. In 1969, he received his master's degree in mechanical engineering at the Politecnico in Milan.
In 1973 he became technical director of Kartell, responsible for the development of furniture and plastic projects.
In 1979, he became a freelance industrial designer for a wide variety of companies such as Alfa Romeo Auto, Alias, Alessi, Arabia-Finland, Cinelli, Colombo Design, Brevetti Gaggia, JCDecaux, Ideal Standard, Luceplan, Legrand, Mandarina Duck, Omron Japan, Philips, Olivetti and Vitra.
From 1983 to 1987 he was a lecturer in industrial technology at Domus Academy. He has held seminars at the International Design Symposium in Fukui, at the Workshop Design Quest in Osaka and at the Design Center in Tokyo.
From 1995 he was a lecturer at the Politecnico in Milan with the "Corso di Laurea di Disegno Industriale" in a design laboratory. From 1995 to 1997 he was also a member of the board of the Designlabor Bremerhaven at the Institut für System- und Produktgestaltung.
Since 2003 he has been a lecturer at IUAV in Venice with design workshops and has also given several lectures in Chicago, St. Louis. Louis, Washington University, Stockholm, Miami, San Paulo, Ulm, Istanbul, Toronto and Mexico.
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Design awards
Alberto Meda is a highly recognized designer and this is evident in the awards he has received over the years:
"Compasso d'Oro" for the Lola lamp from Luceplan in 1989.\ "Design Plus" award for the Titania lamp from Luceplan in 1992.\ "European Design Prize for his work with Luceplan in 1994.\ "Compasso d'Oro" for the Metropoli lamp series from Luceplan 1994.\ "Industrie Forum Design" Hannover for the UNI-X lamp series in 1995.\ "Industrie Forum Design" Hannover for the Titania Clamp lamp in 1996.\ ID design review "Best of category" with the Meda chair from Vitra in 1997.\ "Designer of the year", Salon du Meuble de Paris in 1999.\ "Bundespreis Produktdesign" 2000/2001 for the Meda chair in 2000.\ "Good Design Award", Chicago Athenaeum for Water from Arabia Finland in 2001 "Red Dot Award" for Iittala knives in 2002.\ "Hon Royal Designer for Industry" Londra RSA in 2005.\ "Design Plus" and "Light of the future" for the Mix lamp from Luceplan in 2006.\ "INDEX Award" for Solar Bottle in 2007.\ "Compasso d'oro" for the Mix lamp from Luceplan in 2008.
Some of his products are part of the permanent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Toyama and since 1994 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The design collection includes the Light Light chair from 1987, the Soft Light chair from 1989, the Longframe chair from 1991, and the On-Off lamp from Luceplan from 1988.
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