PIERLUIGI CERRI

Pierluigi Cerri has graduated at Milan Polytechnic. In 1974 he is promoting partner of Gregotti Associates. He is member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, in 1976 he was in charged with the image of Biennale of Venice. He was editor of the magazines “Casabella” and “Rassegna”. He cured the image of the Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle of Bonn and he is responsible for the image of Grassi Palace in Venice.

He cured the design of some editorial collections for the most important Italian publishing houses such as Electa, Einaudi, Bollati Boringhieri, Fabbri, Bompiani, Skirà. He cooperated with the reviews “Lotus International”, Abitare, Domus, l’Espresso and he was in charged with the graphic design collection “Pagina” by Electa. He was curator with Pierluigi Nicolini of the Italian edition of “ Vers une architecture” by Le Corbusier, Milan 1974, he cured also “Pubblicità d’autore”, Electa, Milan 1983.

He designed several fittings in the most important museum venues: IDZ in Berlin, Palazzo della Promotrice delle Belle Arti in Turin, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Palazzo a Vela in Turin, Design Zentrum in Stockyard and Berlin, Sogetsu Kaikan in Tokyo, Lingotto in Turin, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo of Madrid, Brera Academy in Milano, Science Museum of London, Forte del Belvedere in Florence, Kunst-und Austellungshalle in Bonn, Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Palazzo Reale in Milan, Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Moderna Museet of Stockholm , Moderna Art Museum in Paris, la Triennale of Milan.

Together with Gregotti & Associates he won several architecture competitions among which the Cultural Centre of Bélem in Lisbon, the transformation of Pirelli area in Milanese Bicocca and the arrangement of the area for the universal exhibition in Seville. Together with Alessandro Colombo in 1998 he cured the project for the system of signs for public spaces, for pavilions and for temporary structures of Lisbon Expo and he has renovated Marino Palace in Milan and planned new Trussardi stores.

He designed the cruise ships “Costa Classica”, “Costa Romantica” and “Costa Vittoria”, the yacht motor Blue Velvet to which the International Superyacht Award has been assigned. He cured the corporate identity of Prada. He elaborated the visual identity for Italia 90, Ferrari Auto, Lingotto, Pitti Immagine, Unifor, iGuzzini and Fratelli Guzzini, Palazzo Grassi, Pirelli and Saras. He drew some objects for Unifor B&B Italia, Poltrona Frau, Fontana Arte, Arflex, Molteni & C., Fusital and he planned scenic installations for Rai3 and Rai2. He cooperated also with Alenia, FIAT, Merloni and Grandi Stazioni for whom he planned exhibition systems and fittings. In 1994 he got the "Award for good industrial design" for good industrial design from the Industrie Forum Design Hannover, in 1995 the “Compasso d’Oro” for graphic image of Unifor.

Studio Cerri & Associati
Studio Cerri Associati Engineering
Pierluigi Cerri Alessandro Colombo

In 1998 Pierluigi Cerri and Alessandro Colombo give birth to the Studio Cerri & Associates that works in the fields of architecture, industrial, graphic and interior design, of naval design and museum fittings.
The partners, Pierluigi Cerri and Alessandro Colombo, coordinate a staff of 25 professionals: architects, designers, graphics. Some projects by Studio Cerri & Associates have been realized in Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, USA, Japan and Australia.
Studio’s works are the project for the requalification of Bologna fairground, the rearrangement of Bologna fairground, the restoration of a building in Via Bagutta and the new venue of e.Biscom in Milan. In 2000 the studio wins the competition for the rearrangement of the museum of Palazzo Rosso in Genoa whose commission has been assigned in 2001.
The studio has realized the Prada new industrial complex (IPI) at Piancastagnaio (Arezzo), a proposal for the Forum of National Swiss Exhibition in Yverdon – Les Bains (CH), the new Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation in Milan, the construction of a big library in the hall of Termini Station in Rome, the selling points of Trussardi in Florence, Bologna, Rome and Paris, Sahzà in Milan, Novara and Valencia, the Bossi store and Brioni boutique in Milan.
The studio has cured the interior design of 47mt. motor yacht “Blowzy”, of 56’ Magnum ”Zero”, of 41mt. motor yacht “Blue Ice”, of 30mt. motor yacht ”Pmfwiw”and of “105’ Loa Sloop”. He also won the third prize at the International Architecture Competition “Milano 2001 – Millenium- segno luminoso”. Cerri & Associates have also realized the fitting for exhibitions “Excercises in Style” at the Ace Gallery of New York and Tokyo and “Il Futuro dei Longobardi” at St. Giulia Museum in Brescia; they also have cured the graphic image of the exhibitions “Gli Etruschi”, “Balthus” and “Da Puvis de Chavannes a Matisse e Picasso” at Palazzo Grassi, Venice, “Sandro Botticelli e la Divina Commedia” at the Papal Stables of Quirinale in Rome. The studio has cured the fitting for the exhibitions “Made in Italy”, “ La Città e il Design”, “Nuove Acquisizioni Triennale” and “Mobili come Aforismi” for Triennale in Milan and “Lingotto 1915 – 2002” for the opening of the picture gallery Giovanni and Marella Agnelli in Turin. In 2001 the Studio won the Compasso d’Oro for the table “Titano” designed for Poltrona Frau: it cures the art direction and the design of new models for Gebrueder Thonet Vienna.
It has elaborated the matching image of e. Biscom, Fabian Illuminazione, Prada America’s Cup and the graphic image for Arcimboldi Theatre.
Studio Cerri & Associates has realized several fittings for Maserati, Fiat, Pirelli, Unifor, Molteni & C.
Among the projects and recent realizations there are the covering of the excavations of Domus Romana in Rimini, the study for the Archaeological Park in Cortona, the new pavilions of Bologna fairground, Dada and Molteni shops, the new Brioni store in Milan and Gebrueder Thonet Vienna in Vienna, the corporate identity of the manifestations for Genoa 04 European Culture Chief Town and Milan Design Week for Cosmit; the system of signs for technological park of Pula, the graphic image of the exhibition Super Warhol in Montecarlo, the MART corporate identity, the one of Valextra and Valextra boutiques in Milan, Tokyo and Los Angeles.

Recent projects and realizations (1998 – 2007)

Stands e showrooms per Maserati, Fiat Auto, Pirelli Cavi, Pirelli Real Estate, Unifor, Molteni, Dada, Poltrona Frau, Desalto.
Boutiques Sahzà a Milano, Novara, Valencia, Andorra, Madrid, Londra, Vienna
la Mostra il Futuro dei Longobardi presso il Museo di S. Giulia a Brescia, 2000
la nuova libreria della Stazione Termini a Roma, 2000
i progetti per le nuove sedi Prada di New York e Scandicci (insediamento produttivo), 2000
Restauro, risanamento conservativo e adeguamento funzionale di Palazzo Rosso e sue dipendenze e allestimento museale, Genova, 2001-2004
progetti Natale 00 e Natale 01 per le Ferrovie dello Stato italiane
Restauro, risanamento conservativo e adeguamento funzionale dell’edificio di Via Broletto a Milano quale nuova sede e.Biscom, 2001
la ristrutturazione di un edificio in Via Bagutta a Milano, 2000
Restauro e risanamento conservativo delle sale Verdi e Puccini, allestimento del Museo di strumenti antichi, storici ed etnici, realizzazione dell’estensione della biblioteca, restauro e risanamento conservativo generale del Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano, 2000-2006
la riqualificazione del quartiere fieristico di Bologna,2000
Realizzazione del Museo della Domus Romana, Piazza Ferrari, Rimini, 2002-
il nuovo padiglione 16 18 della Fiera di Bologna, 2003
il nuovo padiglione 14 15 della Fiera di Bologna, 2006-
villa in provincia di Como, 2002
villa in provincia di Bergamo, 2002
la mostra Exercises in Style a New York e Tokyo, 2000-2001
il progetto di concorso per la nuova sede Adidas a Herzogenrauch, Germania
Il progetto del Parco Archeologico a Cortona
il progetto per l’illuminazione del percorso gonzaghesco a Mantova, 2002-2004
il progetto per l’illuminazione dei lungolaghi, Mantova, 2004-2005
i nuovi negozi Dada e Molteni&C
la mostra Lingotto 1915-2003 presso la Fondazione Giovanni e Marella Agnelli al Lingotto, Torino, 2003
l’allestimento e l’immagine coordinata della mostra Frammenti di Casa, Villa Torlonia, S. Mauro Pascoli, 2003
Naòs System, design per Unifor, IF International Forum Design, Design Award 2003, Gold Product Design, Compasso d’Oro 2004.
Insediamento industriale Unifor/Molteni a Verano Brianza, 2003-
la Mostra BeLight, Euroluce 2003, Milano
Il progetto per l’allestimento del Museo del Carnevale a Viareggio
Restauro, risanamento conservativo, adeguamento funzionale e allestimento museale della Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro presso le ex Acciaierie Riva, Milano, 2000-2005
Boutique Brioni, Milano
Negozio Gebrueder Thonet Wien, Wien
Progetto per piazza Matteotti, Borgomanero, 2003
Stands Alfa Romeo, sistema espositivo
“La Venere Svelata”, mostra al Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, 2003
“Genova, città del saper fare”, mostra a Genova 2004, Magazzini dell’Abbondanza
“ I transatlantici”, mostra a Genova 2004, Musei del Mare e della Navigazione
Interior design per Pirelli Real Estate headquarter, Milano Bicocca, 2004 2005
Villa Reale, Monza, Concorso internazionale di architettura, gruppo primo classificato, 2004
Hangar Bicocca, nuovo centro espositivo d’arte moderna, Milano 2005-
Nuovi archivi storici Pirelli, Milano, 2005-
“ La Scultura italiana del XX secolo”, mostra inaugurale alla Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano, 2005
Showroom Ferrari Maserati Park Avenue, New York, 2005
“Conflitti, Architettura contemporanea in Italia”, mostra al complesso monumentale di S. Sofia, Salerno, 2005
“ Gastone Novelli”, mostra alla Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano, 2006
“Tempo Moderno”, mostra a Palazzo Ducale, Genova, 2006
“New York New York”, mostra al Grimaldi Forum, Principato di Monaco, 2006
Nuovo showroom City Life, Milano 2005-2006
Headquarter Unifor, Melbourne, 2004-2006
I Saloni Worldwide, allestimento generale ed immagine coordinata, Mosca, 2005-06-07
I Saloni Worldwide, allestimento generale ed immagine coordinata, New York,
2005-06-07
Progettazione del marchio per il “ Centenario Mondatori”
Cantieri del Nuovo, mostra in Triennale, Milano 2006
Triennale Bovisa (TBVS), nuovo spazio espositivo per l’arte contemporanea, Milano 2006
Creative Center Casagrande Padana, Casalgrande, 2006
Immagine coordinata celebrazioni Franco Albini 2007
“Carlo Mollino”, mostra all’archivio di Stato di Torino, 2007
“Piero della Francesca e le corti italiane”, mostra al Museo d’arte medievale e moderna, Arezzo, 2007
“2RC- Doppio Sogno”, mostra alla Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano, 2007
“Camera con vista”, mostra a Palazzo Reale, Milano, 2007
Marchio e colorate identità Teuco 2007
Stand Artemide ad Euroluce 07, Milano
Convention Artemide, Milano, 07
Stand Molteni&C al Salone del Mobile 07, Milano
Stand Assoluce, Euroluce 07, Milano
Showroom Molteni&C-Dada, Oslo, in corso di realizzazione
Showroom Dada, Madrid, in corso di realizzazione
Headquarter Unifor, Toronto, in corso di realizzazione