Lai Studio

Architect and Designer Maurizio Lai was born in Padua, he studied Architecture in Venice and at the Milan Polytechnic, where he graduated. He started his career as set designer for the national TV broadcasters, while working on retail and display concepts for major luxury brands, such as Longines, Montblanc and Gucci, among others. Soon after he would begin his collaboration with Ventaglio Travels Group and The Club Med, to develop hospitality and tourism related projects

In 1998 he founded LAI STUDIO in Milan, building synergies between architecture and design, which determine the fabrication of rather impacting concepts for the retail, commercial and hospitality industry, as well as for private residential projects and developments. An original interpreter of contemporary aesthetics, his work is defined by an instinctive approach, which certainly reflects in the originality of his lighting creations

Widely acknowledged for his remarkable production, his style has been described as one of the most interesting in the Italian contemporary scene. Maurizio Lai has recently been nominated as Best Interior Practice of the Year at the WIN Awards, and acknowledged with the Restaurant&Bar Design Award for Best Lighting UK & International

His work is featured in the most authoritative press. Besides the practice Maurizio Lai  supports the promotion of the Culture of Excellence in Design in collaboration with  influential educational  institutions, by teaching workshops and receiving international delegations