Roberto Piatti was born on July 29^th, 1961 in Turin, Italy. While studying Mechanical Engineering at University, he worked as a contributing editor for Auto & Design magazine, wrote some books on automotive and was involved in design projects.

After completing the PHD degree at the Turin Politecnico, Piatti started his working career at the I.DE.A Institute, initially as Project leader and afterwards as Director of Automotive Projects, where he gained experience in the automotive development in emerging countries, such as China, India and South America.

In 1996 he joined the Bertone Group, and was appointed Managing Director of STILE BERTONE in March 1998, serving in this role until February 2006.
While at Bertone, he developed the company’s operational structure and expanded its services. He also inspired advanced automotive projects such as the Filo (2001) and the Novanta (2002), with drive-by-wire technology, and the innovative architectonic concept expressed in the Villa (2005).

At the same time Piatti carried on his great interest for sailing and transferred the experience gained in Automotive Design towards nautical and aeronautical sectors.

In March 2006 he founded his own company TORINO DESIGN, with the target of creating a new Design Center like a task force of skilled professional designers and engineers for both Automotive and Industrial design.

Giuliano Maria Biasio was born in 1962 in Turin, Italy. Keen on car design since the childhood, nowadays he has got 40 years’ experience in Automotive Design.

Graduate in Progettazione della Carrozzeria in 1980, he showed his portfolio to Tom Tjaarda, Fiat Styling director, and Mr. Nuccio Bertone. They were both impressed and asked Giuliano Biasio for a job. He preferred to work in Nuccio Bertone’s Design Center for 10 years, where he was involved in several concepts as Lamborghini Genesis, Lotus Emotion, Chevrolet Nivola and many production cars and trucks.

Giuliano Biasio joined Heuliez Group (France) in 1990 as Senior Designer. Here, he managed various projects for European and extra-eu brands, exchanging experiences with different mindsets and style visions.

In 1997 Biasio was back in Bertone as Exterior Design Director. This role allowed him to develop visionary concepts as BMW Birusa, Aston Martin JET 2, and many production cars and trucks as Alfa Romeo GT, which won “The most beautiful car in the world” award in 2004, and Fiat Panda, which received “Compasso d’oro” prize in the same year, as well as Scania, Iveco and Tata trucks.

From the very beginning of Torino Design in 2006, Giuliano Biasio covered Design Director’s role, looking after all the aspects of design philosophy.

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