Designer and architect, he believes in the project as a tool to spread poetry in the world of
things. Director of the Domus Academy Master in Design from 1990 to 1993, he was part
of the Olivetti Design Studio, designing cash dispenser and personal computers. In 1999
he founded FRAGILE, a corporate identity studio that he led together with Frida Doveil,
designing brands and communication systems for Banca Intesa, Cariparma, Coop Italia,
Fiera Milano, Gebana, Olivetti, Poltrona Frau, Poste Italiane.
He designs products for Alessi, Alias, Artemide, Caimi, Deborah Milano, De Castelli,
Hansa, Numa, Pasabahçe, Salvatore Ferragamo, Serafino Zani.
In 2016 he won the Compasso d’Oro with the Ossidiana coffee maker for Alessi. In 2019
he held his two solo exhibitions of drawings: “Mario Trimarchi: un romantique radical” at
the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, and “La cerca de la frontera entre l’útil i l’inútil” at the
Design Hub in Barcelona.
He constantly continues his sculptural research on objects, creating Oggetti Smarriti,
Strawberry Fields Forever and Close to the Edge, self-produced under the MT Artworks
brand.
In 2022 he was invited by Korean Craft and Design Foundation to design five little Altars in
Yugi Brass at the Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli in Milan. In the same year, he was
awarded the Targa d’Oro by the UID, Unione Italiana Disegno.
Former Professor of Corporate Identity at the Faculty of Architecture in Genoa, he
currently teaches Brand Design at Naba, Product Design at Abadir and Design Thinking at
Iulm.

He draws day and night.

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