Piero Lissoni is architect, art director and designer and is recognized as one of the masters of contemporary design.
Art director of the company since 1989, with him in the 90’s the brand specializes in modular systems for living and sleeping areas, for home and office areas, which reflect its spatiality of architectural imprinting. Modern day system of containers and suspended tops launched in 1996, System day system of bookcases and equipped walls launched in 1996 Storage system of wardrobes, open wardrobes and walk-in closets launched in 2000, and Boutique Mast new generation system for the day and night areas launched in 2015 bear his signature.
Over the years Piero Lissoni has contributed to create Porro unique image, made of essential, simple and elegant furniture elements: all Porro products are the result of a subtraction and derive from a progressive simplification process. Even the systems, which are complex in themselves, are the result of a very simple aesthetic vision, based on consistency and simplification without forgetting the highest quality.
Piero Lissoni, as main interpreter of Porro design, year after year studies new eye-catching compositions of the company’s systems and enriches the brand’s collection with new products. Among these, some of the company icons such as the Ferro table (1994), the Sidewall bookcase and the Groove bench (2007), the Neve chair (2010), the Metallico table and the Ex-Libris glass cabinet (2011), the Makura bed and the Materic table (2016) and the Offshore containers (2019), the Byron bed (2020), the Biscuit sofa (2025) and the Biscuit armchair (2026).
Piero Lissoni has received a series of international awards, including the Good Design Award, the Red Dot Award and the Compasso d'Oro ADI.
