Silvio Coppola Biography
Silvio Coppola (Brindisi, 1920 – Milan, 1985) was an Italian architect. Graduated in architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan. As an architect he created buildings in Baghdad, university cities in Zaire, homes and hotel structures in various Italian cities, becoming designer architect of the European Development Fund of the EEC in 1965. In the fields of interior design, industrial design and visual communication, Coppola works as a consultant and collaborator with large Italian and foreign industries including Bayer, Bernini, Montecatini, Monteschell, Zucchi, Cinzano, Alessi, Cassina, Parmalat, Feltrinelli. In 1967 he founded the Exhibition design research group with Munari, Grignani and others, operating particularly in the pre-design sector. He obtained the Palme d'Or for advertising in 1962 and the Rizzoli Prize in 1966. Member of the ADI, the AIGA of New York and the AGI, of which he held the position of vice-president for two years. He was responsible for the study and creation of the label for the Tignanello (1971)¹, the well-known and award-winning wine of the Antinori cellars. He later designed other labels including those of the Ceretto² family wines: Blangè, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, Barbera, Barolo and Barbaresco (1981). Design teacher at the Gesamthochschule Essen and at the University of Wuppertal. His works are exhibited in various American and European museums.
