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Giorgio Biscaro was born in 1978 in Vercelli, and graduated in Industrial Design at IUAV university of Venice with an essay about the use of LEDs in lighting fixtures. Immediately after graduating he was hired by Foscarini, a relationship that will last for a long time. Subsequently, he worked with Imago Studio for Mizar, Doimo Group, Birex and other design related companies. With Prof. Luitprandi has been co-teacher for two years at the Politecnico di Milano, and collaborates with Nuovostudio to the development of “Città d’acqua” exhibition at the Venice Biennale. From 2004 to 2006 is art director at Disenia, bathroom furnishings. In 2007 he founded his own studio in Treviso and works with Slide and with Bosa Ceramiche. In 2008 he came back to Foscarini in the recently established Research and Development department, as Senior Designer. In 2009 he was selected to exhibit at Salone Satellite during the Salone del Mobile in Milan, gaining great feedbacks by the press and audience. In 2010 is again among the young exhibitors, with 12 brand new products. Among these, his Offset Stool received a nominée in Young&Design 2010 award and has been pointed by Elle Decor as a 2011 trend. His works appear frequently on different magazines, books, digital publications and TV shows. As a young prominent designer he’s been selected to represent italian design at the celebrations for 150th anniversary of Italy Unification, that took place in 2011 in Turin. Silvana Annicchiarico and Andrea Branzi selected three of his products to represent new italian design in Triennale di Milano’s “New Italian Design”, an itinerant exhibition that will move along Italy, Turkey, and others, and Case da Abitare magazine selected him as one of the 20 most young designers in 2011. In 2011, he’s been invited to hold a workshop for IUAV, focusing on pyrex and cork design.