Antonio Citterio was born in Meda in 1950, started his design office in 1972, and graduated in architecture at the Milan Polytechnic in 1975.
Between 1987 and 1996 he worked in association with Terry Dwan and, together, they designed buildings in Europe and Japan.
In 2000, with Patricia Viel, he founded a practice for architecture and interior design, developing international complex long-term projects, at all scales and in synergy with a qualified network of specialist consultants.
Antonio Citterio currently works in the industrial design sector with Italian and foreign companies such as Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Hermès, Iittala, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec (Geberit Group), Technogym and Vitra.
In 1987 and in 1994 Antonio Citterio was awarded the Compasso d’Oro-ADI. Since 2006 he has been a full professor of Architectural Design at the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture (Switzerland). In 2008 he was honored by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce of London, which gave him the title of Royal Designer for Industry.

The German designer Glen Oliver Löw (b.1959) studied industrial design at the University of Wuppertal, after which he moved to Milan and studied design at the Domus Academy. Since 1987 he has collaborated with Antonio Citterio. Together with Citterio Löw has developed numerous products for companies such as Iittala, Hackman, and Kartell. He has won several design-prizes and some of his work is a part of the permanent exhibition at MOMA.