Samuele Montorfano is an Italian industrial designer who trained as a cabinetmaker at the Cantù School of Art before studying industrial design at the Politecnico di Milano. He began his career as a designer at Riva 1920, contributing to the Agorà Theatre of the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, and has since worked on consumer electronics, industrial machinery and technical products, earning three Red Dot awards.
For Riva 1920 he created the Bigné Pouf with the pastry chef Iginio Massari. Carved from a single block of solid scented cedar, it takes the form of Massari's celebrated bignè (cream puff) and is finished with a soft cushion in leather or fabric.
