was born the 4th of may 1950 in campagnola, reggio emilia, italy. denis santachiara began his design career focussing on linguistic/poetic potentiality in the artificial world. he experimented with new tecnologies on new industrial processes in order to obtain new aesthetical values. he always worked in between art and design, and his work has taken part of the biennale of venice, the documenta 8 in kassel, triennale of milan in '82,'84 and '86; his work was shown at the centre pompidou,the louvre and the grand palais in paris, at the museum of modern art in tokio, at the chicago atheneeum, the vitra museum, at the berlaghe museum in amsterdam, at the moma in new york...
he has won several awards for design and exhibition planning. denis santachiara works in milan.