ALDO CIBIC was born in 1955 in Schio (Vicenza). He moved to Milan in 1979 to work with Ettore Sottsass, becoming his partner the following year, along with Matteo Thun and Marco Zanini. In 1989, he went out on his own, founding Cibic & Partners, providing his personal design services for his own projects and for other companies. His major interior design projects include: Istanbul Stock Exchange, Habitat stores in Italy and the UK, new Esprit stores in Italy and Europe, and the extension of Verona airport. Major design projects: Antologia by Boffi, a furniture collection, and the general collection of lamps for Habitat. He also teaches at the Domus Academy, as part of the Industrial Design degree in the Faculty of Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic, as well as doing research on the relationship between design and society

