studies under Oskar Kokoschka at the Salzburg Academy
architectural doctorate in Florence in 1975
co-founding member in 1981 of Memphis Group
founds his own Studio Matteo Thun in Milan in 1984.
awarded three times the Compasso d’Oro for good design
spa designer of the year 2004.
Inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, New York december 2004

“a rejection of the designer ego and an attempt to create products and environments with a certain resonance and emotional quality”.

The beauty of economy – building with simplicty – economy through subtraction.