Ferruccio Laviani was born in Cremona in 1960. In 1986 he graduated in architecture at the polytechnic 

institute in Milan . He also participated in the "12 nuovi memphis " and Memphis 87 collections and was 

one of the founders of the Solid group and designed part of the collection.

From 1986-1991 he was a member of the De Lucchi studio, designing for various companies such as 

Credito Bergamasco, Mandarina Duck, Memphis, Olivetti and Swatch. In 1991 he put on show the 

silverware from the Morandotti collection at the "Capitali Europee del nuovo design" (European capitals of 

new design) exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris . 1992 He designed for Foscarini, Emmemobili, T70, 

Halifax, Mixel, Fontana Arte, De Padova, Flos and Molteni & C.

From 1995-1997 he implemented the photographic show relating to the book entitled "Welcome to Brazil" 

for the Forum Confeccoes and the "24 hours" catalogue (Sao Paulo gallery). From 1997 until today he 

continues to collaborate with cosmit having fit out cultural exhibitions dedicated to Gio Ponti and Vico 

Magistretti.

Poul Henningsen

Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen to the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an 

architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg , Denmark from 1911-14, and then at Technical College in 

Copenhagen from 1914-17.

He started practicing traditional functionalistic architecture, but over the years his professional interests changed to focus 

mainly on lighting. He also expanded his field of occupation into areas of writing, becoming a journalist and an author. 

For a short period at the beginning of WWII, he was the head architect of the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen . But like many 

other creative people, he was forced to flee Denmark during the German occupation but soon became a vital part of the 

Danish colony of artists living in Sweden .

His lifelong collaboration with Louis Poulsen Lighting began in 1925 and lasted until his death. To this day, Louis Poulsen 

Lighting still benefits from his genius. Poul Henningsen was also the first editor of the company magazine "NYT". The CEO of 

Louis Poulsen at the time, Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen, gave the magazine to PH as a gift because he had been terminated from the Danish newspaper he worked for (his opinions were too radical).

Poul Henningsen's pioneering work concerning the relations between light structures, shadows, glare, and color reproduction 

compared to man's need for light remains the foundation of the lighting theories still practiced by Louis Poulsen Lighting.