[t.a.]Born in 1952 in Bolzano. Student of Oskar Kokoschka at the Salzburg. In 1975 he graduated in architecture at the University of Florence by Adolfo Natalini.

In 1978 he moved to Milan, here collaborates with Ettore Sottsass with whom in 1981 he founded the Sottsass Associati and the Memphis Group. From 1982 to 1996 has been entrusted to the chair of design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 1984, he left the Memphis opens in Milan and a study of architecture, design and graphics. Won three times the "Golden Compass" Creative Director of the "Swatch" from 1990 to 1993

Side Hotel Hamburg, the hotel in 2001. Vigilius Mountain Resort, spa 2004.Nuova Award Gala façade of the Palazzo del Cinema "during the 61 ° Festival del Cinema di Venezia, September 2004.Selezionato for" Golden Compass "in 2004 for" Girly "in Catalan. Become a part of the "Interior Hall of Fame" in New York, December 2004.Nel project achieves its study of architecture, design and communication with characteristics of multi-transversality, following the model of the Renaissance "Homo Universalis". Matteo Thun and his team of 40 professionals, try to avoid any form of daily routine. Speed approached flexibility is the successful formula of the "big family" of Via Appiani.