Riccardo Giovanetti was born in 1967 in Milan and obtains his industrial design degree at the "Politecnico" university of Milan. In 1994 he opens his own architectural studio in Milan and he starts to cooperate with many companies in the italian design business.

He also designs many stands for design exhibits held in Italy and abroad. His activity as a designer is complemented with an intense work of research on the design business, proved by the many exhibits in Italy and Japan.

In the furnishing business he has designed products for Cassina, Felicerossi, Montina, Pallucco, rugs for Hasetora, small eletricity appliances for Whirlpool. He has worked as art director for many companies such as Armstrong, Bayer, ECVM, Frati, Forbo, Istituto Rame, Omnidecor, Tarkett.

For FontanaArte he has designed many products including the G.Rex and Gles lamps.