Winner of the 'Lights of the Future' competition.

Born in 1959 in Turin, Ferdi Giardini graduated in 1982 from the Accademia di Belle Arti (Fine Arts Academy) in Turin after following a course in stage design and worked as a stage designer until 1985-86. In 1986 he held his first one-man sculpture exhibition at the "Franz Paludetto" gallery in Turin.
Ferdi entered the world of design with the "BLOW" fan made of polymethyl methacrylate produced in 1997-98 by Luceplan, a company with which he also worked on other projects concerning ventilation.