Design for design’s sake

Roberto Niccolai, in addition to being the creator of still-life Bongio photos and of Bongio Live Emotion catalog, he has also collaborated on the design of Acquaviva collection.
“I’ve always been fascinated by communication, or rather, mysterious hemisphere of the product, than it tells, in spite of what they contain.
So before photographing, it must be studied, almost secretly, to find out what immediately appears”.

Designer and architect, Federico Rossi graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of Politecnico di Milano.
After decades of experience at the firm Buzzi, he opens in 1998 his architectural firm in Arona (Novara province) on Lake Maggiore where he lives and works today.
For Bongio he designed Pure Glam, Acquacarica, T.ube collections and Bongiocasa home decor products.

He studied architecture at Politecnico of Milan, in 1997 he opened Studio Poletti.
He considers design and architecture as they were one, with the main reference point to give life to a creative idea, which is space, it’s surface, it’s volume, through interpretations of strong emotional impact.
He designed Stelth collection, Riva HT collection, Mini One and he collaborated in Acquaviva products development and Myamix Crystal collection.

Massimiliano della Monaca, born in 1972, has always cultivated a passion for invention and research, the study of materials and production technologies. Winner of important design awards, works with many companies both in Italy and abroad.
He designed Soffi collection and collaborated in Myamix Crystal developing.

Antonio Castignoni, a native of Romagnano Sesia (Novara province), is a renowned Italian architect and designer of the ’70s.
He designed historical collection as Maja and Tanga.

Argenti e Marchini architects, have collaborated in 2012 with Bongio in TOOLS project, an innovative faucets mixer with pull and roll-out spray.
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Giancarlo Vegni, classe 1949, si forma presso l’Istituto d’Arte di Cascina. Vegnidesign è l’inizio del suo percorso professionale, una carriera ricca di successi. Oggi, Vegnidesign è uno staff di professionisti. Le loro opere spaziano in ogni campo del design, caratterizzate da un tratto pulito, la predilezione per il tondo e le geometrie modulari, uno stile apprezzato in tutto il Mondo.
Per Bongio ha collaborato alla progettazione della collezione Acquaviva.

Mario Augusto Ragusa, is a prestigious Italian architect of sixties who designed and developed the historical series of bath accessories on auction Floreo in 1978.

He is a fervent importer of Anglo-Saxon culture that has influenced him throughout his professional career. Since 1997 he has been combining custom-made projects and consulting. Andrea Castrignano is the creator and presenter of the programme “Cambio Casa, Cambio Vita!” (I move out, I change my life!), the documentary-style reality show on air on La5 since 2011 and this year in its eighth edition, and “Aiuto! Arrivano gli Ospiti…” (Help! The guests are arriving). He is also the author of three books dedicated to interior design, and he has created the first interior design blog – an interactive window that uses pictures and videos to describe his vision of on-going projects, renovation projects and product design. He also collaborates with several companies in the world of interior design by developing exclusive projects that he follows personally from idea to production.

Maurizio Galimberti was born in Como in 1956 and grew up in Meda. He studied as quantity surveyor and worked in construction sites. There he refines the rigorous point of view with which he impressed the world.
As a boy, was involved in several photo contests, winning them, even with different names such as that of the mother or wife. In the early 90s, he decided to devote himself only to photography. In 1991 he started working with Polaroid® which soon becomes the official spokesperson and that as a result the volume POLAROID PRO ART published in 1995, the true object of worship for fans of Polaroid film integral type. His works are part of the most important collections of photography all over the world.
He did in June 2015 a photographic work directly in the heart of the company, reinterpreting red version of Bongiocasa® Sweet In.grid armchair.

Matteo Vecchi is a photographer of architecture and still-life.
It photographed products for major brands, such as Metro and Coop, with a special eye for food photography .
Her experience in photography, his attention to details, his love for lines and volumes, returns a special taste to his images, in order to improve every detail.
His true passion remains that for architectural photography, which led him to accept the commitment of the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona for a series of shots of the theater and of the inner rooms.
Expresses its most artistic using Holga and Polaroid in contrast with the digital age, where shoots with his iPhone, showing that it is not the medium of photography that makes the photo.
He is co -founder of FotoPerCorsi and Eliantho, a collective of 4 photographers dedicated to wedding photography and unconventional events.
For Bongio photographed the collection of contemporary furniture of Bongiocasa.

Lorenzo Di Nozzi is still photographer. He studied photography at the EFTI – Escuela Profesional Photography in Madrid and specialized in stage photography at the Academy of Photography Scene of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He currently works as official photographer of the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, of Stresa Festival, of MiTo Settembre Musica and Vinicio Capossela. It’s part of the faculty of the Academy of Photography Scene of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He teaches photography at the Academy of Visual and Multimedia Communication of Cuggiono.
For Bongio photographed the collection of contemporary furniture of Bongiocasa.