Rafael Simoes Miranda is a Brazilian designer based in Milan since 2000. He obtained his graduate diploma at Istituto Europeo di Design and concluded his master studies in Industrial Design at Scuola Politecnica di Design. He worked for some years at Hitachi Europe, and was in charge of the design of Plasma and LCD TVs and DVD cameras and readers, he also has collaborated with Giorgio Galli Design Lab, designing watches and jewels for the Timex group, propriety of the watches license of brands such as Versace, Ferragamo, Valentino, Marc Ecko and Nautica. A member of ADI (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale) and awarded with some of the most prestigious design awards amongst which the Red Dot, Rafael opened his own studio in 2009, in Zona Tortona, Milan, and became a consultant of Morellato-Sector Group. He acts in a number of different fields including furniture, interior, industrial, electronics, fashion and light design. Some of the most important clients of his studio are Morellato, Hitachi, Schuster and RJZ/Cyrela.