Andrea Destefanis
Born in Turin, Italy, Andrea Destefanis developed very early a strong interest for visual arts and scenography. Graduated from University of Architecture of Venice, he started to cooperate with several architectural firms and developed award winning projects inarchitecture and city planning. Moved by his personalinterest in different fieldsof design he founded a cooperative studio focusedon research of innovativeinstrument of design in computer graphics. In 2000he founded Kokaistudios together with Filippo Gabbiani.

Filippo Gabbiani
Born in Venice, Italy, Filippo Gabbiani developed very early a multidisciplinary interest for art and design.Upon graduated from University of Architecture Venice, he began work on European Community sponsored project innovative searchproject on the usage of alternative energies in architecture and worked in several countries in Europe andin the U.S.A. cooperatingwith prestigious firms of architecture, interior and industrial design before meeting Andrea Destefanis with whom he founded Kokaistudios in 2000.