Drocco & Mello

Guido Drocco was born in San Benedetto Belbo, Cuneo, Italy on September 19, 1942. He holds a degree in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Turin (Politecnico di Torino). He works professionally in the fields of architecture and industrial design and is based in Turin. Since 1996, he has been a lecturer in architectural design at the Faculty of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Turin.

Franco Mello was born in Genoa in 1945. He lived and worked in Turin and Spineto Scrivia. Mello creates works in the fields of design, clothing, graphic design, publishing, and art. He works on reissues of art books, design catalogs, and posters for many artists from Arte Povera to Transavanguardia, including Piero Manzoni, Giulio Paolini, Giuseppe Peone, Alberto Burri, Yves Klein, Bridget Riley, and Pinot Gallizio.