Raffaella Mangiarotti is an architect and designer, living and working in Milan. Graduated in architecture, with a PhD in environmental design. She is a researcher in Politecnico di Milano. After a collaboration with Marco Zanuso and Francesco Trabucco, she founded deepdesign, with Matteo Bazzicalupo, designing innovative and mass produced products. In 2010 she founded Raffaella Mangiarotti studio where she specializes in furniture design, art direction, showrooms and exhibition stands, designing for brands at international level. Some of her products are exhibited in museums and are part of permanent collections, like MoMA and recognized with the most important international awards. From 2017 to 2024 she was appointed Ambassador of Italian Design in the world.