8 Questions for Matteo Thun

Matteo Thun was born in 1952 in Bolzano, studied architecture in Florence and Salzburg, and later taught design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 1984 he started his own business; since then he has realized prominent hotel projects and commercial buildings, designed glassware, porcelain, lighting and furniture and received various awards. From 2004 to 2006, he redesigned the façade of the Palazzo del Cinema three times for the Venice Film Festival. The father of two children attaches particular importance to sustainability - for his home South Tyrol, he calls for a respectful approach to the mountain world and warns against progressive urban sprawl in the original landscape.