Vito Noto

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Vito Noto, 2016

Vito Noto (* 1955 in Ragusa , Italy ) is an Italian designer.

Life

In 1958 the family moved to Switzerland in the canton of Lucerne and in 1969 to Ticino . In 1976 Noto graduated from the Scuola Politecnica del Design in Milan , where he was taught by Italian and international professors such as Nino di Salvatore, Alberto Rosselli, Isao Hosoe, Narciso Silvestrini, Bruno Munari , Max Huber, Achille Castiglioni and Bob Noorda .

After professional experience in design offices in Zurich , Hamburg and Paris , he founded his studio for industrial design in Cadro - Lugano , Ticino . Important collaborations with companies in the fields of capital and consumer goods, product design, corporate product design, interface design for machines and homepages, graphic design, trade fair stand design and art exhibitions followed.

His work has been awarded the Swiss Design Prize , Compasso d'Oro , IF Die gute Industrieform , ADI Design Index. In addition to his professional activity, he has didactic tasks at technical colleges and universities and from 2005 to 2016 he was President of FotoClubLugano.

Awards

  • IF Die gute Industrieform 1985, automatic table top machine Albe-RM 16
  • IF Die gute Industrieform 1990, LiStamat carousel
  • Compasso d'Oro 1991, GAMMA 25 Elet franking machine
  • Compasso d'Oro 1994, Clip Case / Clip Case Rack case system
  • Design Prize Switzerland 1995, Clip Case / Clip Case Rack case system
  • Design Prize Switzerland 1995, Fully automatic analysis device Microlab FAME
  • Compasso d'Oro 1994, cell preparation system for flow cytometer analyzes LYSET
  • ADI Design Index 2000, 24 hour wristwatch, Giorno / Notte
  • ADI Design Index 2002, analyzes of pipetting devices PIPETBOY
  • StampNews.com: World's Best Postage Stamps 2011, Top Ten, Alternative Energy, Principality of Liechtenstein
  • ADI Design Index 2016, weft yarn storage ECOSMART

Conferences and workshops

literature

  • Meret Ernst, Christian Eggenberger : Design Suisse. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-85881-172-6 , p. 198 ff.
  • Dorian Lucas: Swiss design. Braun Publishing AG, London 2011, ISBN 978-3-03768-048-3 .
  • Lisa Pantini: L'icona delle imprese. In: Ticino Business. , 9/2006, pp. 48-49.
  • Il piacere dell'utile / The pleasure of usefulness In: Plast Design. No. 10, 11/2007, pp. 50-54.
  • Corrado Bianchi Porro: Vito Noto: come aiutare l'economia a rivelare ed espandere le sue potentialità. L'icona delle imprese. In: Giornale del Popolo . March 6, 2006.
  • Thomas Carta: Designer per caso. In: Cooperazione. No. 41, October 12, 2005, pp. 86-87.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IF Design Award 1985, table top machine Albe-RM 16 ifworlddesignguide.com, accessed on July 30, 2016.
  2. ^ IF Design Award 1990, LiStamat- Umlaufregal ifworlddesignguide.com, accessed on July 30, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Noto, Vito
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Ragusa , Italy