Alberto Alessi

Alberto Alessi was inducted into the Hall of Fame as the first International Inductee in 1996, the inaugural year of the Hall of Fame.

Alberto Alessi was born in Arona, Italy and is the eldest son of Carlo, and the first of the third Alessi generation. He graduated in Law in Milan before joining the Alessi family company to become responsible for marketing, communication and research.

From 1970 he has developed and worked with architects and designers world wide, making Alessi one of the most important names in the international design field. He is currently managing director and acts as general manager for strategic marketing, communication and design management.

He is the author of several books and a member of the Scientific Committee for the Domus Academy in Milan and of the Academic Board of the University of Industrial Art of Helsinki.

He collaborates with many international publications and writes and reviews issues of design.

He is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art in London, Honorary Professor of the Hochshule de Bildenden Kunste in Saarbrucken, Germany, a member of the Honorary Committee of the Design Museum in London, and Doctor of Fine Arts at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.