Robin Rizzini is half British, and his desks know it

Britain can claim a share of this CV. Robin Rizzini describes himself as an Italian / British industrial designer — born in Genoa in 1973, trained through Antonio Citterio's Milan team from 2000, co-founder of Metrica in 2009 and independent since January 2018. The double passport shows in the client map: alongside Italian houses he has designed for Ligne Roset and brands across Europe, America and Australia, collecting a Compasso d'Oro in 2014 and Neocon awards in Chicago along the way — furniture for homes and offices drawn without a visible seam between the two worlds.

The office half is where La Mercanti comes in: Rizzini's client list includes Arper, Pedrali, MDF Italia and IVM Office — for whom he designed the Hito executive system, available through our catalogue.