Born in Bussi sul Tirino (Pescara) in 1938 and originally from Arpino (Frosinone), he lives and works in Milan, where he graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1964.

An architect by training as well as an artist, filmmaker, editor, musician, cartoonist, and educator, since 1960 he has described himself as a researcher in the fields of communication and visual arts, working simultaneously across the domains of art and design. An indefatigable experimenter, he has explored a wide range of artistic movements—from Sign Painting to Conceptual Art, from Narrative Art to artists’ cinema—and has employed multiple media in research that culminated in the theory of the “Disequilibrating System”, an original contribution within the Radical Design movement.

His work has also focused on significant sociological themes, including The Telematic House (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1972; Milan Trade Fair, 1983), The Relationship between Real Space and Virtual Space (Milan Triennale, 1979 and 1992), The Neo-Eclectic House (Abitare il Tempo, 1990), and Seaside Culture (Cattolica Cultural Centre, 1985–1995).

He has presented his work in numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including several at the Milan Triennale, the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon, the FRAC Museum in Orléans, the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, the Fondazione Ragghianti in Lucca, the Mudima Foundation in Milan, and the MA*GA Museum in Gallarate.

Throughout his career, he has consistently championed—through artworks, objects, theoretical writings, teaching, and publishing—the humanistic, symbolic, and place-based dimensions of art and design, maintaining a critical perspective on their cultural and social significance.