MARIO MASTROPIETRO

Mario Mastropietro lives and works in Milan, where he was born in 1944 and where he graduated in Architecture in 1968.

His professional activity was developed towards design, architecture and territorial planning. But publishing has always represented his main interest. In 1974-1979 he was responsible for the architecture series “Planning and Design” for the Milanese publisher Mazzotta, directed by Ludovico Quaroni, as well as the review “Spazio e Società” directed by Giancarlo De Carlo. He is a journalist and a critic appearing on various architecture reviews, in 1982 he founded his own publishing house, Edizioni Lybra Immagine, which he still directs.

He has written and edited various design, architecture and fittings texts, especially concerning exhibitions organization: “Progettare mostre. Dieci lezioni di allestimento”(1991), “Colombo 92: la città, il porto, l’esposizione” (1992); “Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Exhibit Design” (1992); “Oltre il restauro” (1996); “Nuovo allestimento italiano” (1997); “Un’industria per il design” (1982, 1986, 1999); “I luoghi e il progetto” (1999), “Dal sogno al segno” (2007) He has edited and directed different project periodicals, such as “Exporre”, the most known and well appreciated exhibit design review in Europe. He has always been studying exhibition and museographical subjects, which he then develops on “Exporre” and on titles edited by his own Publishing house, he has held many courses cycles at the Faculty of Architecture of Milan, Venice, Palermo, at the Domus Academy and at the Istituto Europeo del Design of Milan and Turin.

At present, he teaches Exhibition fitting at the Faculty of Design of the Politecnico of Milan.
He is a member of ICOM - International Council of Museum.
He is a member of ADI - Associazione per il disegno industriale (Association for Industrial Design), Italy.
He is the Chairman of IDEA.

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www.lybra.it
www.exporre.it

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