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= Andrea Ponti =

Andrea Ponti (born January 17, 1985 in Cagliari) is a Hong Kong-based Italian designer specializing in product and industrial design. His work has received numerous international awards including the iF Design Award, Red Dot Design Award and Good Design Award (in Japan). His projects have been featured in major international design media.

Biography
Andrea Ponti graduated in Industrial Design from the Politecnico of Milan, where he obtained first an undergraduate degree with a project on a portable medical device (2006) and then a graduate degree with a project on the Japanese high-speed trains Shinkansen (2008). From 2007 to 2009 Ponti was a researcher at Kyushu University, in Fukuoka (Japan).

From 2009 to 2010 Ponti worked as an Industrial Designer for the Osaka-based studio Hers Experimental Design Laboratory Inc., headed by designer Chiaki Murata. In 2010 Ponti moved to Kyoto to work on Japanese crafts at the design studio Space Magic Mon headed by designer Junzo Yamashita. Here he honed his design language and project skills and he learned about ancient Japanese production techniques and unique traditional materials such as bamboo, fabrics, metal, washi and karakami (two kinds of Japanese paper). In 2011 Ponti organised The Philosophy of Water show for the Salone del Mobile in Milan. The show featured handmade works by Junzo Yamashita, Giuseppe Chigiotti, Paolo Schianchi and Roberto Marcatti.

In 2013 Ponti moved to Hong Kong where he founded Ponti Design Studio. His projects have a global scope and reflect years of extensive research and professional growth. The Japanese influence can be seen in his use of simplified volumes and shapes that enhance the materials. Ponti has realised numerous projects for leading international brands such as Philips, Panasonic, Samsonite, Oppo and The Peninsula Hotels. Samsonite Evoa, a luggage collection made of polycarbonate with a brushed steel finish, exemplifies Ponti’s design and has been extremely well received in Asia. Ponti has also designed innovative products for various North American startups. For Matrix Industries he created Matrix Powerwatch (2016), a smartwatch powered exclusively by body heat, and Juno (2020), a rapid beverage chiller that employs sustainable thermoelectric technology.

In 2017 Ponti introduced at the Salone del Mobile in Milan his “Shadows in The Windows ”, a project that portrayed Hong Kong’s urban landscape through two symbolic elements: a window and a seat, in eight variations. The project was a metaphor of urban density and represented the relationship among the individual, the product, and the urban landscape. In the last few years Ponti has designed a broad range of products including audio equipment, electronic wearables, household and lifestyle products.

Notable Projects

 * Room facilities for The Peninsula Hotels (2019-2020)
 * Product range for Oppo, confidential project (2019-2020)
 * Samsonite Enow, polycarbonate suitcase collection (2019)
 * Juno, rapid beverage chiller with thermoelectric technology (2019)
 * Air-related product range for Panasonic and KDK (2016-2018)
 * Samsonite Hartlan, polypropylene suitcase collection (2018)
 * Samsonite Evoa, polycarbonate suitcase collection (2018)
 * ORII, bone-conduction smart ring for Origami Labs (2017)
 * Matrix Powerwatch, smartwatch powered by body heat (2016)
 * Philips HTL7140B, soundbar speaker (2015)
 * Philips Fidelio XS1, soundstage speaker (2015)

Awards

 * iF Design Award: CORX Series 2, Medical Smartwatch (2020)
 * Red Dot Design Award: Samsonite Hartlan, Polypropylene Suitcase (2018)
 * iF Design Award: CORX Smartwatch, Biometric Smartwatch (2018)
 * iF Design Award: SmartEar Anchor, Wireless Earphones (2018)
 * iF Design Award: ORII, Smart Ring (2018)
 * iF Design Award: Matrix PowerWatch, Smartwatch (2017)
 * Good Design Award: Matrix PowerWatch, SmartWatch (2017)
 * Good Design Award: Ommo Diga, Mixing Bowl (2016)
 * Good Design Award: Ommo Torus, Tea Infuser (2016)
 * Red Dot Design Award: Philips HTL7140B, Soundbar (2015)
 * Red Dot Design Award: Philips Fidelio XS1, Soundstage (2015)
 * Jamco International Design Award: 1st Prize with Bcube (Japan 2013)
 * LG Mobile Design Competition 2012: Grand Prize with LG Touch (Japan 2012)