Associ ates ) ▁F irm ▁which ▁today ▁oper ates ▁out ▁of ▁Milan , ▁Bolog na , ▁Moscow ▁and ▁Miami . ▁ ▁School ing ▁Born ▁in ▁Bolog na , ▁Mass imo ▁I osa ▁Gh ini ▁was ▁set ▁on ▁purs uing ▁illustr ation ▁until ▁he ▁realized ▁his ▁passion ▁for ▁architecture . ▁He ▁attended ▁Milan ▁Poly techn ic , ▁upon ▁gradu ating ▁he ▁was ▁thrust ▁into ▁the ▁fast - p ac ed ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁a ▁period ▁which ▁greatly ▁inspired ▁his ▁work , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁plays ▁with ▁the ▁ideas ▁of ▁media ▁and ▁movement . ▁ ▁He ▁went ▁onto ▁purs uing ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁art istic ▁practices ▁in ▁this ▁period ▁including ▁furn iture ▁design , ▁and ▁set ▁design ▁for ▁an ▁Italian ▁TV ▁network . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁his ▁ecc ent ric ▁designs ▁land ed ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁the ▁M emph is ▁Group . ▁This ▁cutting ▁edge ▁forum ▁of ▁architecture ▁and ▁design ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁further ▁school ing ▁for ▁the ▁young ▁architect . ▁It ▁was ▁here ▁that ▁he ▁completed ▁several ▁icon ic ▁works ▁including ▁the ▁" Ber tr and " ▁Side board ▁and ▁the ▁" O t ello " ▁arm ch air , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁recently ▁au ction ed ▁off ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁David ▁B owie ' s ▁Collection . ▁ ▁He ▁previously ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁S ap ienza ▁University ▁in ▁Rome , ▁was ▁an ▁adj unct ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁Techn ical ▁University ▁and ▁currently ▁teach es ▁at ▁Ferr ara