Studio Cisotti Laube

Biagio Cisotti was born in Aradeo, Lecce. He lives and works in Florence where he graduated with honours in architecture in 1980. Since 1991 he teaches production technology and since 2000 Design at ISIA (Institute of Artistic Industries) in Florence. In 1990, with a group of other Florentine architects, he founded MADE, a cultural and exhibition centre association which promotes ideas in the field of architecture and design. In 2000 he taught at the Design Master class in Montevideo, Uruguay and at the University in Buenos Aires, Argentine. He holds various conferences in Europe and South-America and taught Industrial Design at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence. He is working as Art Director for various companies and has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions.

Sandra Laube was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and moved to Florence in 1986. The following year she enrolled at ISIA (Institute of Artistic Industries) where she graduated with honours in Industrial Design in 1993. In 1992, winning a scholarship, she spent a term at The College of Art and Design of Minneapolis, USA, and gained experience working for 3M, St. Paul, in the communications sector. At present she is working as Art Director in comunications and graphic design. She teaches at Polimoda, Florence, since 2000. In the past she has taught at the University of Florence, the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York in Florence and ISIA moda, Florence. She has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions. 

1992 they founded Studio Cisotti+Laube.The studio has established its reputation in various fields of design ranging from furniture and objects to exhibition and graphic design. Cisotti Laube collaborates with some of the leading names in the Italian and International design industry. Their products have received international design awards and form part of the permanent collections of prestigious museums such as: Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Triennale Design Museum, Milano, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Gent, Museum of Design in Cape Town, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseet, Bergen.

“Good Design is more than a simple matter of shape. We think that true design transfuses the totality of the product and is integral to the process of creation.

Design focused products should be conscious, typical examples of the time and culture they belong to. The objects which surround us should materially translate everything that belongs to us: our thoughts, our fears, our dreams. Being concerned with design means relying on objects to suggest new lifestyles, new ways of living and moving.

The aesthetics and technology inherent in new materials represents an extraordinary opportunity, not only to improve the comfort of the object, but to improve on it’s expressiveness.”