Born in Rimini in 1959, Roberto Semprini studied architecture in Florence. In 1987 he joined the Bolidista movement, which expresses design in a symbolic key. Having moved to Milan he began to collaborate as a free-lance journalist for design magazines such as Modo, L'Atelier (Paris) ARDI (Barcelona) and Vogue Italia. In 1989 he designed the “Tatlin” sofa by Edra, which was among the winning products of the prestigious TOP TEN award in Dusseldorf. In 1994 with the “Manta” coffee table for Fiam he was among the winners of the Youth & Design Award. Its products are part of the permanent collection of Montre-at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Canada and the New Museum of Design in London. In 2000 yes moves to Rimini where he inaugurates the “RM 12 art & design” space, art gallery and studio Project. Since 2006 the studio has been creating high-impact scenography for new interior spacesdesign and Contract, in the cultural part of events such as the Fuori Salone in Milan, Abitare il Tempo in Verona, Sun and SIA in Rimini and Maison Objet in Paris. In 2010 he was invited by Seoul Living Design Fair (Korea) to exhibit “The Italian/Korean house”. He has collaborated as a designer and artistic director with numerous design companies such as Fiam, Moroso, Alivar, Edra, Slide, Dilmos, Pedrali, Morelato, Morfeus, Scab, Poggesi, ect…He held conferences and seminars in various universities, such as the Faculty of Architecture of Florence, the Polytechnic of Milan, the University rsity of Studies of Bologna, the I.E.D. of Milan, the ISIA of Faenza, the Elisava School of Barcelona (Spain), Tsinghua University in Beijing (China), etc. He was a teacher for Chiara Fama at Polytechnic of Milan in the Outdoor Design course. He is currently director and teacher inDesign course at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts (Milan) and contract professor at IULMof Milan in the Project Communication Course. Since 2020 he has been Artistic Director of the Festival of art, fashion, design and cinema, Baroque & Neo-Baroque in Ragusa Ibla