Tono Morganti

DePadova-Designer-Tono-Morganti

Architect Tono Morganti, a member of the Milan Order of Architects, was born in Milan in 1939 and in 1965 graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Milan.

He works both in Italy and abroad, mainly in Spain and the United States, in the field of civil and industrial architecture as well as of interior and industrial design, creating furniture and household products.

From 1968 to 1978 he was a partner, with Enrico D. Bona, of the architecture studio of the same name, and from 1998 to 2010 he was a member of the Académie Européenne des Sciences et des Arts, Paris.

From 1989 to 2009 he was President of the Board of Directors of the construction company Ing. A. Morganti Ltd. – that since 1905 has been implementing major civil and industrial projects throughout Italy – with which he participated in numerous competitions and tenders; many of his works were published in Italian leading architecture magazines (Domus, Casabella, Interni, Ville e Giardini, Cree, Gran Bazar, L’Industria delle Costruzioni, and L’Industria Italiana del Cemento).

In the field of industrial design, since 1972 he has been collaborating with Enrico D. Bona from the Skipper company, with which he has produced, among others, the marble or marble and glass “Giano” table, the marble “Concord” table, the “Mizar” armchair, the wooden “Scanno” armchairs, as well as household products, office furniture, and lamps.

In 2019, the “Carlo” table, a 1984 design revamped in collaboration with Renato J. Morganti, was included in the De Padova collection.