Andrea Ponti (born in Cagliari, Italy in 1985) is an Italian designer specializing in product and industrial design. His projects combine the elegance of Italian design with the minimalism of Japanese design. After seven years in Japan, Ponti now lives in Hong Kong where he founded Ponti Design Studio in 2013. He designs for numerous global companies including Panasonic, Philips, Oppo, Samsonite and The Peninsula Hotels. He has received prestigious international design awards such as the iF Design Award, the Red Dot Design Award and the Good Design Award. Andrea Ponti studied industrial design at the Politecnico of Milan, where he obtained a graduate degree in 2008, with a dissertation on Shinkansen (the Japanese high speed trains). He then moved to Japan. Here he spent two years in Fukuoka, as a researcher of industrial and transportation design at Kyushu University. Later, in Osaka, under the guidance of master designer Chiaki Murata, he started forming his design concept while working on technological products that had a minimalist form. In Kyoto, with master Junzo Yamashita, he honed his artistic language while working with expert craftsmen and using traditional Japanese materials and techniques. The dualism between technology and art drives Ponti’s creative process and is at the heart of all of his projects. Since 2013 Ponti has been heading Ponti Design Studio where he designs a broad range of high-end products, with a focus on technology. Hong Kong is a constant source of inspiration for him and his projects reflect the spirit of the city. The dualism of east and west, past and present, art and technology best represents his professional development and design language.