Born in 1930, the youngest of six siblings, from the age of thirteen he worked for a well-known furniture industrial complex in Brianza. In 1959, after obtaining a diploma from the Higher Institute of Design, and having demonstrated, over the years, strong skills in drawing and design, he founded the Formanova company in Meda, creating a line of products, first armchairs and chairs, then furniture, desks and tables. Objects endowed with a design with pure and functional lines, skilfully crafted using precious woods, steel, fabrics and natural leathers.