Matteo Thun
Matteo Thun (born June 17, 1952 in Bozen ; full name Matthäus Antonius Maria Graf von Thun and Hohenstein ) is an Italian architect and designer .
Career
Matthäus Thun was born in Bolzano in 1952 as the first son of the South Tyrolean entrepreneurial family Thun (Lene and Otmar von Thun and Hohenstein), his younger brother Peter took over the management of Thun AG in 1978 .
Thun completed an architecture degree at the University of Florence , which he graduated in 1975. At the Summer Academy in Salzburg , he attended courses by Oskar Kokoschka . In 1981 he co-founded Sottsass Associati and the Memphis group . From 1983 to 1996 he taught design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna . In 1984 he founded his own studio, Thun & Partners , in Milan , where he creates interdisciplinary architecture, design and communication. In 2015 the company employed around sixty people.
Thun is married to Susanne Benger and has two children. He lives in Milan.
Awards
Thun has been awarded the “ Compasso d'Oro ” three times for first-class design. From 1990 to 1993 he was the creative director of " Swatch ". His Hotel Side in Hamburg, which he realized in collaboration with the artist Robert Wilson , was named " Hotel of the Year " in 2001 . For the 61st, 62nd and 63rd Venice Film Festival in 2004/2005/2006 he redesigned the facade of the “ Palazzo del Cinema ”.
In 2004 he received the “ Gala Spa Award ” and the “ Wallpaper Design Award ” for the “ Vigilius Mountain Resort ” in Lana , South Tyrol. It was also nominated for the “ Compasso d'Oro ” for the “ Girly ” collection (sanitary facilities) for “ Catalano ” and was inducted into the “ Hall of Fame ” in New York .
In 2005 he received the “ Panda d'Oro ” award from the WWF for the “ Vigilius Mountain Resort ” . In 2005 he received the Worldwide Hospitality Award in the category “ Best Hotel opened in the Year ” for the hotel “ Radisson SAS Frankfurt ”.
activity
As an architect, Thun has implemented projects in the following areas:
- Facility for the Edel-Club P1 in Munich
- Design of the design hotel South Tyrol in Merano
- Hotel, design and wellness
- Private housing as well as luxury projects
- Industrial and administrative buildings, e.g. B. Waldkliniken Eisenberg
- Energy-saving ready-made systems
- Shop and display systems
- Commercial building facades and installations
- Biomass power plant Schilling in Schwendi
- Matteo Thunscher Gucker in the gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle, Merano
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As a designer, he has already worked in the following areas:
- Design and furnishing of the rooms in the Radisson Blu Hotel , Frankfurt
- Watches for Bulgari and Swatch
- Glasses for Campari
- Logo renewal for Meinl
- Espresso cups for Illy , Lavazza , Hausbrandt and Meinl
- Lighting systems for AEG , Zumtobel , Flos and Artemide
- Lamps for Woka Lamps Vienna , Palais Bl-Tl and WL
- Baths for Keramag , Rapsel , Zucchetti and Catalano
- Sunglasses for silhouette
- Office chairs for Martin Stoll , United Office , Brunner , Schödes
- Cutlery and crockery for Zwilling JA Henckels , WMF , Alessi and Villeroy & Boch
- Porcelain for Rosenthal
- Furniture for Kartell and Magis
- Upholstered furniture for Wittmann and Rossi di Albizzate
- Carpets for Vorwerk
- Chairs and upholstered furniture for Driade
- Acoustic panel Pannello for Ruckstuhl
- AquaClean Sela shower toilet for Geberit
- IntercityHotel design
- Vapiano
Web links
- Literature by and about Matteo Thun in the catalog of the German National Library
- Matteo Thun & Partners
- Waldkliniken Eisenberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christine Mortag: The soul of the place counts , interview, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , August 22, 2015, p. 56
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thun, Matteo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thun, Matthew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian architect and designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolzano |