About

Riva Simone - Architetto

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Riva Simone (1973) is an Italian architect and designer. After graduating in Master of Art in Furniture and completing his studies in architecture, he graduated at the Polytechnic of Milan in 1999. He started his professional activity at  Milano Interni Group and then at the Interni Mobili & Design group, as chief architect and project manager. He did many creations in the contract sector both in Italy and abroad (United Arab Emirates, Russia, Kazakhstan, France, Czech Republic)

In 2005 he founds the Riva Simone Factory Design Studio, an interdisciplinary reality that ranges from architecture to interior design, to product design. During these years he achieves a deep knowledge of the HoReCa sector, thanks to the collaboration with the Angelo Po group, for which he will design and follow the Technical and Artistic Direction of restaurants and commercial concepts.

Since 2008 partner team partner of ENSPACE, since 2020  INTERIOR ADVISOR LUGANO, visiting professor at NAD Nuova Accademia del Design in Verona e Milano.

Una forte connotazione tecnica, l’esperienza maturata sul campo nella conoscenza dei materiali e delle tecnologie innovative di lavorazione, l’indole creativa e l’unicità del suo linguaggio architettonico, sono questi i caratteri distintivi del suo lavoro; le realizzazioni e collaborazioni spaziano in vari settori, dall’Horeca all’Interior Design, dall’Oil all’Architettura commerciale.

A strong technical connotation, the experience matured in the field in the knowledge of materials and innovative manufacturing technologies, the creative mind and the uniqueness of his architectural language are the features that distinguish his work; his projects and collaborations include various sectors, from Horeca to Interior Design, from Oil to Commercial Architecture.

The daily design experience, together with the Italian artisan and industrial culture, the personalization of the environments and of the products he creates, as well as the atmospheres generated as an expression of "tailoring" knowledge, give an added value and uniqueness to his creations.

He works as a freelancer and consultant for privates and multinationals of the sector; as an expert on the subject, he gave lectures at the Politecnico of Milan as well as consultancy conferences for professionals and companies about commercial strategy, CMF engineering, brand identity and concept creation in the Supplies, Design & Horeca sector. At the moment, he is following some projects in Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia; some of his creations have been published in well-known magazines of  product design & contract sector.