He received a PhD in arts theory and history (School of Advanced Studies in Venice, 2006) and has been an adjunct professor and research fellow at the Università Iuav di Venezia. In 2012 he co-curated with Giorgio Camuffo and Mario Piazza the 5th edition of the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, TDM5: Grafica Italiana, and the catalogue with the same title. Among his publications: Gli Anni dello Stile Industriale 1948-1965 (Marsilio, 2007) and Comunicare l’Impresa (co-edited with Giorgio Bigatti, Guerini e Associati, 2010); the chapter “A Historiography of Italian Design” (with Maddalena Dalla Mura) in Made in Italy: Rethinking a Century of Italian Design (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013); “Graphic Design, History, Italy”, special issue of the magazine Progetto Grafico (co-edited with Maddalena Dalla Mura, Aiap, 2013).